What is the most expensive Stephen King collectable ?

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Mr. Cranky said:
This isn't about most expensive, but I was just wondering how many prints they made of this edition:
Pet Sematary by Stephen King (1983, Hardcover Thomas Holdorf Edition.)
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The term 'Thomas Holdorf Edition' only refers to the artist for the dustjacket. Doubleday commissioned him to redo the covers (which I think are fantastic!) when they decided to re-release in hardcover the King books that Doubleday had published. I would imagine that at the most 5,000 copies were printed.
 
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Don't know if these would be the most valuable, but if these were genuine movie props, I'd sell my granny fer em.

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As I'm sure you all know, The Gunslinger was originally released as a series of five short stories in five issues of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. I think the first volume (October 1978) is the rarest one of the lot. My personal "rarest" Stephen King possession is the October 1994 issue of "Antaeus" which features an early version of Blind Willie.

By the way to the OP, the early version of Blind Willie was also included in another limited collection called Six Stories that is quite rare (only 1100 signed and numbered copies exist.)
 
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flipska19 said:
As I'm sure you all know, The Gunslinger was originally released as a series of five short stories in five issues of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. I think the first volume (October 1978) is the rarest one of the lot. My personal "rarest" Stephen King possession is the October 1994 issue of "Antaeus" which features an early version of Blind Willie.

By the way to the OP, the early version of Blind Willie was also included in another limited collection called Six Stories that is quite rare (only 1100 signed and numbered copies exist.)
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The F&SF magazines are currently going between $20 and $25 each in fine condition. (They go for about $5 and $10 more if they don't have an address sticker on them.) Not a real rarity. The Antaeus magazine has been going for about the same also. Unfortunately, Blind Willie is just not that popular a story. If it were more popular, it would go for more.

The Six Stories is going in the $500-600 range. If the aftermarket slipcase is included, it goes for more. I passed up the slipcase back then and am kicking myself for missing it.

John
 
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jchanic said:
The F&SF magazines are currently going between $20 and $25 each in fine condition. (They go for about $5 and $10 more if they don't have an address sticker on them.) Not a real rarity. The Antaeus magazine has been going for about the same also. Unfortunately, Blind Willie is just not that popular a story. If it were more popular, it would go for more.

The Six Stories is going in the $500-600 range. If the aftermarket slipcase is included, it goes for more. I passed up the slipcase back then and am kicking myself for missing it.

John
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Could you provide me with a link to purchase these please. By PM if links are not allowed on the forums.
 
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Mr. Cranky said:
I was wondering what the most expensive Stephen King collectable, be it memorabilia or a limited edition that book that was discontinued due to some error, or whatever.
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Well, if we were to go all Annie Wilkes, I suppose it would be King himself. Tabitha King already snapped that one up, it being a limited edition and all. In all seriousness, memorabilia is pretty hard to place a value on. I suspect that old typewriter he wrote some of his first books on would probably fetch a princely sum. I suppose it is what the market will bear. I'm a simple guy and since I don't collect the stuff for resale, the monetary value pales besides the sentimental or metaphorical value. Hell, I live in the same town as Sai King and have eaten at the same eateries he is supposed to favor. I guess that means he and I have probably relieved ourselves in the same pot. In the grand scheme of things that means nothing. However, all of us who have read his books have been connected to him in a personal, almost intimate way. That is probably closer and more meaningful than even a day when he signs a book in person and you catch a glimpse. Books are a backstage pass to someone's mind, something they issued the personal invitation for, like being pulled onstage at a Rock Concert. While I love my memorabilia and I'm sure I will collect what I can till the day I die, I still don't value it as much as just another trip between the pages.
 
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Robert Gray said:
Well, if we were to go all Annie Wilkes, I suppose it would be King himself. Tabitha King already snapped that one up, it being a limited edition and all. In all seriousness, memorabilia is pretty hard to place a value on. I suspect that old typewriter he wrote some of his first books on would probably fetch a princely sum. I suppose it is what the market will bear. I'm a simple guy and since I don't collect the stuff for resale, the monetary value pales besides the sentimental or metaphorical value. Hell, I live in the same town as Sai King and have eaten at the same eateries he is supposed to favor. I guess that means he and I have probably relieved ourselves in the same pot. In the grand scheme of things that means nothing. However, all of us who have read his books have been connected to him in a personal, almost intimate way. That is probably closer and more meaningful than even a day when he signs a book in person and you catch a glimpse. Books are a backstage pass to someone's mind, something they issued the personal invitation for, like being pulled onstage at a Rock Concert. While I love my memorabilia and I'm sure I will collect what I can till the day I die, I still don't value it as much as just another trip between the pages.
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...well, if they ever put a urinal up for sale that is authenticated to have sluiced the wee away of our host, it will be a buyers market.....:biggrin-new:
 
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