Here's what I got at the auction:
JACK SHIT.
I wanted X-Ray #1 but $1,680 is way over what I can afford. That's kind of a relief. If the hammer price was $50 above my high bid I'd be eating my heart out for weeks.
Never mind the books...did you see what the boxes of photos went for...
Here's the Montfort archive for sale on September 11th at Pacific Book Auction. It looks like everything is uploaded but there still may be a few stragglers. Some tasty morsels.
http://www.pbagalleries.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/341/
This is a lot of money but I'm telling you this was a fucking steal. A much lesser copy sold at the Runfola auction last June for a lot more that this. This copy is in perfect condition. And it's inscribed. If the economy wasn't in the shitter this would have sold for close to double.
I think I might know how this happened. Dan, correct me if I'm wrong. The thumbnail photo in the auction listing was of the crappy copy of Post Office. Naturally, nobody bothered to click on the auction link, except for our brilliant friend here. Had he used the painting for his thumbnail, the...
I caught some mjp shrapnel! It was only a matter of time. You can't poke a angry bear with a sharp stick and not expect to get raked with his claws.
Incidentally, your observation regarding rare book collectors and readers is astute and correct.
This one has been collected but not by Black Sparrow. I post it for the edification and enlightenment of those who have wasted their energies damning Martin for his supposed revisions to Bukowski's work.
Here we have a poem published in 1961 in San Francisco Review No. 8 (on the left). It next...
I'm posting the version 12,000 Dollars in 3 Months... from Midwest No. 4, 1962, and the version from Roominghouse Madrigals for comparison purposes. But I have another question aside from the changes. Can anyone tell me what the green pen notations are in my copy of Midwest? Isn't that usually...