Price these, please.

[Lolita Twist]

Since I'm a veteran (of the site), be nice.

Anyway. Ken and I are moving (I are moving? ugh) to Las Vegas and are taking nothing but our clothes, via car. Need to sell everything. I have...

A New Years Greeting From Black Sparrow Press (1989) Mint Condition (1 of 1,000)
New Year's Greeting 1995 basically mint but with a slight coffee stain

I also have an Xmas card with drawings from Buk on it... but John on here gave that to me so I don't really want to sell it.

Also if anybody knows... I have what the record shop guy thinks is a rare Edwin A. Robinson. "Collected Poems" it has a name written inside it - Ellen something, dated 1932. But I'm not sure what edition it is. The guy at the record shop said, "I can't take that from you... that's worth about $1,000 dollars." I was like, what?

 

[chronic]

A New Years Greeting From Black Sparrow Press (1989) Mint Condition (1 of 1,000) $15.00
New Year's Greeting 1995 basically mint but with a slight coffee stain $2.00

I also have an Xmas card with drawings from Buk on it... but John on here gave that to me so I don't really want to sell it. Keep it

 

[Lolita Twist]

I trust your opinion, chronic. I'm just curious as to how one comes up with those numbers?

 

[chronic]

You can search abebooks or see what they typically sell for on ebay. A coffee stain makes the '95 NYG pretty much worthless.

 

[bospress.net]

yeah, Chronic is right. The NYGs are cool books, but the later ones are not worth much. Even the early ones are not very pricey unless you are talking about lettered or signed copies.

His prices are spot on.

Bill

 

[Rekrab]

Not knowing the details, my wild guess is that the Edwin A. Robinson signed book is not worth anything near $1,000. A search for his books, signed, on ABE, finds one title at $16. Collected Poems, 1 of 300 copies, signed, can be had for $40. Maybe this is some incredible inscribed association copy, but still, he's not exactly a hot author these days.

 

[mjp]

But the record shop guy said it was rare.

 

[Lolita Twist]

I didn't think it was rare myself. Hence, "I was like, what?"

Thanks guys.

 

[mjp]

we're moving to Las Vegas [to] play horses all day everyday...taking nothing but our clothes...

What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Lolita Twist]

The idea is to embody Nicholas Cage and Elisabeth Shue.

Although, we do have a dog now.

 

[jordan]

you know nicholas cage dies at the end, right?

 

[hoochmonkey9]

and Elizabeth Shue is still a prostitute. I mean in the movie. real life, I can't say. but I'm leaning towards no.

 

[Rekrab]

That was my first thought, it sounds like "Leaving Las Vegas."

 

[Lolita Twist]

you know nicholas cage dies at the end, right?

That's sort of the point. But for both of us, I won't be a pros.

 

[jordan]

oh i get it. well, say hi to father luke on your way to living-out-a-fantasy-because-you're-too-fucking-boring-to-live-a-real-life land.

 

[Lolita Twist]

Every one and thing else is fucking boring. Why subject yourself to that if you don't have to? That's stupid.

 

[jordan]

this was never about pricing your bukowski ephemera, was it?

 

[mjp]

It's about angst and fucking your grandpa, dummy. Get with it.

 

[Lolita Twist]

Yes, actually it was. Youse keep bringing other things up and I try not to ignore people.

Mike - he's not my grandfather, he's my great-uncle (Pop's brother in law).

Bye now. Thank you again.