Needful thing: ballpark value estimate of SK collection
Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 3:24 pm
Hi, Collectors, and forgive me for posting a new topic as a new user but I'm a tad on the desperate side. My house burned down, destroying my lovingly curated Stephen King collection. I now have to try to assign a value to it for my insurance company and would hugely appreciate any help ballparking what number I should put down for this loss.
Starting with IT in 1985, I bought First Edition hardcovers of every novel and short story collection SK published through End of Watch in 2016, including audiobooks and the little Green Mile installments, as well as the Bachman books from Thinner on. I had also painstakingly completed the collection with 1st Ed.s of the earlier and special edition works through used book stores, eBay, Bookfinder, and a pristine 1st/1st Book Club edition of Carrie left by someone who passed. Everything was in great condition.
Of the special editions, non-fiction anthologies and other publications featuring his work. What I can remember is below:
Danse Macabre
On Writing
My Pretty Pony (1989 Trade)
Dark Forces
Modern Masters of Horror
Fear Itself
Dark Descent
Night Visions 5
Prime Evil
The Book of the Dead
The Complete Masters of Darkness
Shock Rock
Midnight Graffiti
Dark Love
Shivers VI
Borderlands 5
McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales
Esquire & Playboy issues
Shooting scripts for IT, Hearts in Atlantis, Misery, Riding the Bullet, Delores Claiborne, Needful Things
And a Rock Bottom Remainders hat from their 2012 concert at the El Rey theater.
Any thoughts and/or guidance would be a big help. Thanks!
Starting with IT in 1985, I bought First Edition hardcovers of every novel and short story collection SK published through End of Watch in 2016, including audiobooks and the little Green Mile installments, as well as the Bachman books from Thinner on. I had also painstakingly completed the collection with 1st Ed.s of the earlier and special edition works through used book stores, eBay, Bookfinder, and a pristine 1st/1st Book Club edition of Carrie left by someone who passed. Everything was in great condition.
Of the special editions, non-fiction anthologies and other publications featuring his work. What I can remember is below:
Danse Macabre
On Writing
My Pretty Pony (1989 Trade)
Dark Forces
Modern Masters of Horror
Fear Itself
Dark Descent
Night Visions 5
Prime Evil
The Book of the Dead
The Complete Masters of Darkness
Shock Rock
Midnight Graffiti
Dark Love
Shivers VI
Borderlands 5
McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales
Esquire & Playboy issues
Shooting scripts for IT, Hearts in Atlantis, Misery, Riding the Bullet, Delores Claiborne, Needful Things
And a Rock Bottom Remainders hat from their 2012 concert at the El Rey theater.
Any thoughts and/or guidance would be a big help. Thanks!