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Rekrab

Rekrab

Usually wrong.
bospress.net said:
I dont think that there has ever been a pirated copy of "Charles Bukowski Spit In My Face". He is likely talking about otehr authors. If I am wrong, I need to know though, David...
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Not to my knowledge. That's the first I've heard of it. It would be ironic if I'd been ripped off that way, and here I am speculating on how easy it would be to run a scam like that.

mjp: I agree, IT CATCHES would be more work than it was worth, but FLOWER, FIST & BESTIAL WAIL or other early chapbooks would be simple.

MULLINAX said:
I was just kidding about "...Spit In My Face". Please don't have a coronary, anyone.
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Ah...I thought you were serious. Actually, it made me smile. The idea that someone had made more money off the book than I had would be poetic justice of a sort. Payback for sins committed.
 
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Rekrab said:
Glad to hear that I am remembering it fairly correctly.

All this discussion about the cover being different and the signature looking off on the copy of IT CATCHES, makes me ask: what's to keep a skilled craftsman from recreating an entire rare book? With the high prices on some of Bukowski's early collections, the pay off could be huge. A book as complex as IT CATCHES would be a great deal of work, with difficult to match papers, old typefaces, etc., but some of the early chapbooks might be relatively simple. Printed mimeo or offset on mundane paper stocks, I imagine a con man could make a passable copy cheaply and easily. Then they'd have multiples to sell, each at hundreds of dollars. If this sort of thing hasn't happened, I'm surprised. I think such copies could and would be detected, if examined in person by experts, but if sold in a quiet, non-public way, they could fool many collectors. Has this sort of fraud ever been attempted with a Bukowski book? I know it's happened with other authors. None of this is intended to suggest the book now on eBay is anything but legitimate.
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I can assure everyone that the original owner of this book had neither the skill nor the education to know how to reproduce it. In fact, I don't think he had the slightest clue that his dead wife's collection was in the least bit valuable. That's probably why he gave it to me.

Nothing like money for nothing.
 
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MULLINAX

And you'll be handing over some of your loot to him as a sign of your belated appreciation?
 
nymark

nymark

Would you? Was that a witty sarcasm? I can't tell. Seriously. Would you pass along some of the profits to the original owner? Clearly, you are under no obligation, but would you do it?
 
bospress.net

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I would pass a lion's share to the original owner if they were a friend or family. If they were a stranger (why would a stranger give me a book?), then I probably would not. I would like to say that I would always do the morally right thing, but truthfully, it would depend.

That is an honest answer anyway.

BIll
 
nymark

nymark

I concur. It would all depend on who the original owner was. Honestly, if it were someone I didn't know, I would feel little motivation to send in the cash.
 
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MULLINAX

Pass it on!

nymark said:
Would you? Was that a witty sarcasm? I can't tell. Seriously. Would you pass along some of the profits to the original owner? Clearly, you are under no obligation, but would you do it?
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No sacrcasm intended. Everyone here knows that I'm a pedantic, literal-minded dolt.

Yes, as far as passing along some cash. It would be a "finder's fee" or something like that. He inadvertently did you a favour. You can return the favour and tell us about it. Doesn't have to be more than 15% or so. You know, a "taste", as the boys in Joisey would say.

Then, you can bask in the warm praise that will be showered upon you by Buk.net members!
 
Rekrab

Rekrab

Usually wrong.
I know a dealer who bought a book cheap (say $10), thinking it was worth maybe $100. Then later discovered it was very rare and quickly sold it for $7,000. He contacted the guy he bought it from and gave him an additional $1,000. He's a highly ethical guy, and I thought that showed class. The dealer still made a handsome profit, and the guy he bought it from did okay. Windfall all around.
 
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