tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post662554606311744183..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: Do You Collect Signed Books?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-25997208731161956872013-01-16T22:37:26.477-05:002013-01-16T22:37:26.477-05:00Yes, I love signed books. I don't shelve them ...Yes, I love signed books. I don't shelve them differently because I only keep precious books and I know where they all are at any one time. A decade ago, I gave 1500 books away to a university. Now my collection is back up another 200 and I weed it routinely.Anonymous-9https://www.blogger.com/profile/09018422038963109199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-33784483083791516422013-01-14T14:30:21.900-05:002013-01-14T14:30:21.900-05:00You know what is sad. When you see signed books at...You know what is sad. When you see signed books at a flea market or a used bookstore. Especially if they are signed very personally. Either the book owner is dead or the writer is dead to the book owner. <br />Liked signed baseball cards, they don't mean much to me unless I know the writer. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-88245330706957250962013-01-14T14:05:40.700-05:002013-01-14T14:05:40.700-05:00I have a ton of signed books. I don't shelve ...I have a ton of signed books. I don't shelve them any differently. I can't say one is any more treasured than any other, really. I do get personalized inscriptions, not just a signature whenever possible. Kills the resale value, but I don't intent to sell any of them.<br />I will admit to paying a lot for a few of my signed Joe Lansdale books like God of The Razor was $75 I think, but they are out of print versions and not just bought through eBay or something but directly from Joe so that means more somehow. and they're signed Joe Lansdale books for crying out loud!<br />Biggest regret, I missed a chance to get Ray Bradbury to sign books. It was before I started collecting them and it was a thing where I had to go into a cocktail party at a film festival to do it and it all seemed like a pain at the time. Major miss on my part.<br />And okay, maybe a very special book is my copy of Cameron Crowe's biography of Billy Wilder signed by both Crowe and Billy Wilder only months before his death. As a major film geek, that one is special in a different way. Eric Beetnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12504563937840205835noreply@blogger.com