Please allow me to introduce myself...

[Dan Hocker]

Inscribing is one of those things that is typically only something of value to someone collecting for themselves, not as an investment. At least that is how I always saw it.

[theenormityofitall]

Hiya Norm - has pasted a link below to Stephen King's one and only visit to Australia - I think you'll find it amusing

http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertain...-1111114196239

And, yep, have a couple of flat signed King's and a couple of inscribed (not to me though) but the majority are limited and lettered editions.

"BEST-selling US writer Stephen King was mistaken for a vandal at an Alice Springs bookshop yesterday when customers saw him scribbling in books."

LOL that's hard to believe but at the same time, I can see people thinking that since he only made one trip to Australia, and a surprise trip at that.
A couple inscribed but not to you, that's something I couldn't buy. Yes, it's signed but to someone else. It would just kinda turn me off. But having said that, I wouldn't want any author inscribing a book to me directly because it all but ruins the collectibility factor. But I actually do have two books...one by Laymon and one by Ketchum...that are personally inscribed to me and I kinda like that. It sounds contradictory, but it's kinda cool actually, just as long as I only have two and not dozens, I'm ok with it.

Most people on forums call me "Norm" or even "Enorm" lol, but also "Normity". I was just wondering...do you have any signed trades by King? I've moved away a bit from the limiteds and started buying more trades. The Bag of Bones edition I have is the best with the aftermarket slipcase. But has King ever been to Australia and signed books? I would have to assume so but I'm just curious. By the way, anyone here know where I can find a slipcase for my FDNS trade??

Hiya Norm - has pasted a link below to Stephen King's one and only visit to Australia - I think you'll find it amusing

http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertain...-1111114196239

And, yep, have a couple of flat signed King's and a couple of inscribed (not to me though) but the majority are limited and lettered editions.

[theenormityofitall]

Ok, thanks I'll check it out.

[Dan Hocker]

Most people on forums call me "Norm" or even "Enorm" lol, but also "Normity". I was just wondering...do you have any signed trades by King? I've moved away a bit from the limiteds and started buying more trades. The Bag of Bones edition I have is the best with the aftermarket slipcase. But has King ever been to Australia and signed books? I would have to assume so but I'm just curious. By the way, anyone here know where I can find a slipcase for my FDNS trade??

We had sold some, but we ran out awhile ago. I think overlook connection was selling them as well.

[theenormityofitall]

Uummm ..... Mr Enormity (or may I call you All ?? ) I'm highly embarrassed (but as Siep so clearly elucidates, on the odd occasion - I have no, absolutely no, self control) .. I cannot lay claim to five states of FDNS (the CD version) ... cos I don't have an ARC ------ yet ... Having said that, I don't have the flat signed Scribner version

Most people on forums call me "Norm" or even "Enorm" lol, but also "Normity". I was just wondering...do you have any signed trades by King? I've moved away a bit from the limiteds and started buying more trades. The Bag of Bones edition I have is the best with the aftermarket slipcase. But has King ever been to Australia and signed books? I would have to assume so but I'm just curious. By the way, anyone here know where I can find a slipcase for my FDNS trade??

Space is more of an issue for me, as I live in a 1 BR apartment, lol. Have some books in the bedroom, others in the living room. Hoping to get into a 2 or 3 BR place in the next year or two so I can use 1 bedroom as my little library

Same here, two years again we were in a pokey little 1 bedroom unit in the city, with the books and other stuff stored in the garage in the basement - now we have three bedrooms, one for the library, the other for my partners art stuff

[RJK1981]

Space is more of an issue for me, as I live in a 1 BR apartment, lol. Have some books in the bedroom, others in the living room. Hoping to get into a 2 or 3 BR place in the next year or two so I can use 1 bedroom as my little library

I would have to agree with that. If it would have been something I could manage buying I would have attempted to get the lettered edition of It as well, but buying the gift and signed limited took all my money at the time pretty much. Still need to get myself a lettered edition of a book someday. Also wish I could afford to purchase more of the art (especially the one of a kind Glenn Chadbourne paintings). Not that I have room to display it right now anyway though, lol

Yep, room can be an issue for sure - don't know about you, but I have to have all my stuff in one room so I can look at it as a total package - my partner, Connie, reckons I should spread it out into the adjacent hallway, which I'm deadset against because (to my warped way of thinking) this "splits" up the collection. Anyways, re Glenn Chadbourne, I have two "one off's" coming (purchased them from a fellow CD'er) which should be pretty cool (one's from The Stand, the other from Buick 8). I'll be posting them on my collection thread as soon as Australian Customs releases them

[peteOcha]

This I want!! Thanks Squire, good info! Now to be fast enough to pick up a copy... And fingers crossed for it to be reasonably priced!

I'm working on rebuilding my Kelly collection, thankfully theres the essential collection for that!

[srboone]

I'm looking at A Dark & Bloody Ground by Ronald Kelly published by CD hopefully next year...

[peteOcha]

So thats how we're playing now?

[srboone]

I figured...

[peteOcha]

I was hoping for some details.

[srboone]

I hope so. The key is to get it when it is first announced....