Suntup Editions - All Books

[Sock Monkey]

I am stepping away from this thread and most others. I find that my comments aren't constructive or positive for collectors.

Go forth and enjoy the hobby. Collecting was a joy and reprieve from the every day worries in my life for the last 17 years or so.

Others have far more eloquently responded to this, but I wanted to chime in as well. While I'll clearly respect the decision to step away, I don't find your posts all that negative. While you might not jump on board the bandwagon of excitement around certain announcements, I don't find any malice or anything of the sort in your comments. Frankly, I had the same thought about TREASURE ISLAND.I'd hate to lose a forum member just because they can't be a cheerleader for everything that comes down the pike. Yes, we're a laid-back crew, but contrary to what the rest of the internet (or the whole world, it feels like sometimes), differences of opinion are not a bad thing. It's how we chose to voice those differences where things go astray. And I've always found your comments to be measured and appropriate. Hope you stick around.

[dannyboy121070]

I am stepping away from this thread and most others. I find that my comments aren't constructive or positive for collectors.

Go forth and enjoy the hobby. Collecting was a joy and reprieve from the every day worries in my life for the last 17 years or so.

I get not wanting to post any negativity- I keep myself from posting things like that A LOT, lol- but I think that most here would agree that we don't need, or want, to lose one of the handful of people who call the board home, or see them fall silent. I hope you'll reconsider...differing opinions keep conversations going.

[RonClinton]

I am stepping away from this thread and most others. I find that my comments aren't constructive or positive for collectors.

Go forth and enjoy the hobby. Collecting was a joy and reprieve from the every day worries in my life for the last 17 years or so.

I wouldn't be so concerned about offending sensitivities, as you know we're all a pretty hearty bunch around here. I've been involved in collecting for more than twice as long as you (late '80s), and a $250 limited book -- public domain or not -- would have been, for the most part, inconceivable in the small press until a decade or so ago when industry price standards began to progressively stretch upward, normalizing three-figure price points. For most of us, even a decade on from that shift, $250 is still a leap.

[Ben Staad]

I am stepping away from this thread and most others. I find that my comments aren't constructive or positive for collectors.

Go forth and enjoy the hobby. Collecting was a joy and reprieve from the every day worries in my life for the last 17 years or so.

[Ben Staad]

Yikes! $250 for Treasure Island? It's a public domain book.

Looks like today's book is Treasure Island, an easy pass for me, especially at that $250 price point. My wallet is glad for a break!

[Dave1442397]

Looks like today's book is Treasure Island, an easy pass for me, especially at that $250 price point. My wallet is glad for a break!

I bought the AE. It's a book I loved as a kid, and the copy I had then is probably somewhere in my parents' house, so I decided to go for this one.

[Sock Monkey]

Looks like today's book is Treasure Island, an easy pass for me, especially at that $250 price point. My wallet is glad for a break!

Dang, I've gone two for three so far with my Suntup guesses this year! A blind squirrel and all that, right? I'm with you, though. This is an incredibly easy pass, especially at $250.

[sholloman81]

Looks like today's book is Treasure Island, an easy pass for me, especially at that $250 price point. My wallet is glad for a break!

[RonClinton]

I can't believe that, as of this writing, all three editions of the Matheson title are still available. Mind-boggling, especially that lettered with the inlaid Matheson signature. I mean, it's $3,500, but I would think that there would be more than enough interest from the "high rollers" to sell out a 26-copy edition. I know that if I had that kinda cash, I would have snatched one up. Still haven't bought any edition at this point...

If a low-limitation Suntup-Matheson team-up can’t sell out with a relative quickness, I think that says a good deal about the state of the market at the moment. These things tend to follow the general economy, so perhaps the economic rebound many folks anticipate this year with the new administration will trickle down to the small press world.

Or maybe it’s more limited to a Suntup issue, for whatever reason. But that certainly seems less likely.

[Splync]

I picked up a numbered edition. And I have a loose Matheson signature, so I know where that's going!

[Sock Monkey]

I can't believe that, as of this writing, all three editions of the Matheson title are still available. Mind-boggling, especially that lettered with the inlaid Matheson signature. I mean, it's $3,500, but I would think that there would be more than enough interest from the "high rollers" to sell out a 26-copy edition. I know that if I had that kinda cash, I would have snatched one up. Still haven't bought any edition at this point...

[Sock Monkey]

It doesn't , but thanks for commiserating with me.

Hey, I do what I can.

[RonClinton]

If it makes you feel better, since misery loves company and all, I, too, regret not picking up a copy of PSYCHO...

It doesn't , but thanks for commiserating with me.

[Sock Monkey]

SM and Todd, can't blame you, I know how tough months with more-opportunities-than-budget are. But that said, don't be like me and experience my regret: BORN... is a seminal title (for the Matheson fan, certainly, but I'd argue that Matheson's work, and this debut, had a tremendous impact on the genre and those who followed, e.g. King) in a fantastic reprint package with a relatively low 500-copy limitation. Anecdotally, I sure wish I would’ve snagged an Artist of PSYCHO. Yes, I have the signed and numbered Gauntlet edition and don’t have shelf room for multiple variants of the same book, which is why at the time I skipped it, but, damn, I’ve always regretted it, and it’s only getting worse. Lansdale introduction, *incredible* dustjacket art (with original 1st on the reverse), and I like the interior art. And it’s Bloch. Of course, it’s not one of those Suntup titles that has stumbled in value on the secondary…$225+ these days. So if the budget does somehow allow, do yourself a favor and avoid my Bloch regret.

Edit: Then again, I suppose we all have books like that, and yet we manage to go on. ;-)

Everything you said is exactly the reason why I'm trying to figure out how to squeeze this title into the budget. I do have this nagging feeling that not picking it up will end up in some of that regret you discuss. If it makes you feel better, since misery loves company and all, I, too, regret not picking up a copy of PSYCHO...

[RonClinton]

Ron, I share your excitement, though I haven't pulled the trigger yet. As a fellow Matheson enthusiast, I really want this book, but so far in January we've had Best of Weird Tales: The 1920s at $225, Shadowland by Straub at $295--both of which I purchased--an upcoming, unannounced lettered from Thunderstorm at $300+, Hive by Curran was announced today by Weird House and I was hoping to get this one but looks unlikely, and, finally, this title. I want it all, but something's gotta give. Hive is an easier pass, but still leaves me with around $1000+ of books in January alone. And this a little over three weeks past Christmas. Brutal.

I will say that the lettered Born of... is now a grail of mine. I doubt I'll ever be able to snag one, but how I'd like that on the shelf.

I am also very surprised--yet happy as it helps give me to more time to think--that it hasn't sold out yet. It seems like maybe a little softening of the market is happening because I'd think that this type of genre title from a widely-known and celebrated author produced by a press like Suntup would sell out in 24 hours easy. Yet there are still like a third of the copies available. Maybe everybody's feeling the January pinch like I am.

SM and Todd, can't blame you, I know how tough months with more-opportunities-than-budget are. But that said, don't be like me and experience my regret: BORN... is a seminal title (for the Matheson fan, certainly, but I'd argue that Matheson's work, and this debut, had a tremendous impact on the genre and those who followed, e.g. King) in a fantastic reprint package with a relatively low 500-copy limitation. Anecdotally, I sure wish I would’ve snagged an Artist of PSYCHO. Yes, I have the signed and numbered Gauntlet edition and don’t have shelf room for multiple variants of the same book, which is why at the time I skipped it, but, damn, I’ve always regretted it, and it’s only getting worse. Lansdale introduction, *incredible* dustjacket art (with original 1st on the reverse), and I like the interior art. And it’s Bloch. Of course, it’s not one of those Suntup titles that has stumbled in value on the secondary…$225+ these days. So if the budget does somehow allow, do yourself a favor and avoid my Bloch regret.

Edit: Then again, I suppose we all have books like that, and yet we manage to go on. ;-)