Trading a S/L Stephen King HC for a signed print...will I regret it?

[RonClinton]

I hope you find that oddball book in your collection that doesn't mean much to you but really rings this bookseller's bell.

Thanks, Jeff — that’s the magical formula I certainly hope to find.

[Ben Staad]

Best of luck to you. Very hard to walk away from something you really want.

Thanks, Jeff — that’s the magical formula I certainly hope to find.

[slayn666]

You could always sell some lesser titles on here/FB/eBay to raise the funds. If you can bear to part with lesser titles, I suppose.

[RonClinton]

You could always sell some lesser titles on here/FB/eBay to raise the funds. If you can bear to part with lesser titles, I suppose.

Yeah, I thought about that, but after selecting dozens of books, it would be more like the death of 1000 cuts rather than one big Band-Aid to get rid of that many books. Plus, of course, you have The hassle of listing, shipping, etc. so I think I’ll either go with the one big Band-Aid or forget about it.

[bookworm 1]

It's to bad the deal didn't work out for you. Following you on Twitter I really appreciate and understand how much that print means to you. Maybe things will come together and the stars will align one day and it will work out for you.

[RonClinton]

It's to bad the deal didn't work out for you. Following you on Twitter I really appreciate and understand how much that print means to you. Maybe things will come together and the stars will align one day and it will work out for you.

Thanks, I appreciate that. Yes, I waver between horror fiction and vintage pb noir fiction as my favorite genre -- push comes to shove I usually give the former the top spot, but there are vintage noir books that make me falter and wonder about that order... There are certain artists and authors who capture exactly why I love the noir stuff, and that print just ticked off all the boxes. Goodis, in fact, whose cover is displayed in the print, is one of my favorite noir authors, so the combination of Maguire and Goodis made the piece especially appealing.

[RonClinton]

Unfortunately, the dealer ended up passing on my trade offer a few minutes ago, so unless I make the trade even more painful (a higher-end (more rare) King, a rare Centipede title, etc.) it looks like the whole issue has been put to bed without a snack.

I actually have a vintage paperback (a Lionel White title) signed by Maguire on the title page, so will very likely let that suffice and keep my higher-end Kings and Centipedes...I was prepared to have the trade hurt, but not scar.

EDIT: I should add that along with the signed Maguire pb I also have a vintage paperback (a John D. MacDonald title) signed by Robert McGinnis (as well as the signed/limited/slipcased book that came out a few years ago) and a couple signed pamphlets/chapbooks/? (kind of hard to describe what they are) by James Avati. To my mind, these three artists make up the Holy Trinity of vintage paperback artists, so even if I don't manage to get my hands on that above limited print, I still feel pretty fortunate to have signed pieces by all three gentlemen.

Just posted the Robert Maguire signed pb as my Showcase Book of the Day:

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