Hah. Sorry, John, but I inadvertently killed that market.
Ray had a couple of 1982 HC 1st Ed for sale out of his garage, and I bought them both. The shipper lost them, and it ended up taking the better part of a year to get that sorted. On the bright side, this increased my holdings in 1982 HC 1st Editions by 2, and at the same time reduced the number in the market by an additional 2. A very, very nice incremental gain, but since everything has a cost, the cost of that gain was Ray's time and effort. Given that "cost" came out of his pocket... I don't see that as being a possibility. If I lived in So. California, I'd simply buy everything he had for a reasonable lump sum, and then resell them rather than let him pulp them. As it is, doing that from Baltimore would burn any profit just getting it all shipped out to me. rip -- I'm sorry, is my MBA showing? On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 2:49 PM, John Buttimer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey if you owned it and I hadn't had it yet I'd pay slightly more than > normal to have a book owned by the author. > > John Buttimer > > On Oct 16, 2013, at 1:45 PM, Raymond Feist/New ATT <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > On Oct 16, 2013, at 10:46 AM, Richard Williamson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> I think the comment was aimed more at "You have all these authentic > items... sign 'em and throw them up on EBay" > >> > >> The logistical/time-sink overhead OR having to deal with loss of > control of the process... nah. > >> > >> I absolutely recommend you pulp them yourself (because ... you know ... > that reduces the amount in the wild, and so incrementally increases the > amount my copies are worth). > >> > >> rip > > > > Harlan Ellison once told me I need to buy every remainder of my books > and warehouse them, then when I go to conventions or lectures, have someone > sitting in the back of the room selling them. Harlan failed to realize I > have never gone out of print. So I might be able to sell a few hardcovers > to those who want them (assuming I want to buy 3 or 4 hundred copies and > store them), but lugging around even 5 copies of 30 titles? I don't think > so. > > > > Best, R.E.F. > > > > >
