It Catches (1 Viewer)

[PBBUK]

What did you guys think about It Catches selling for US$461 on ebay.

The copy was OK but I loved the drawing.

Maybe people are hurting and prices are coming down?

What did you guys think it would go for?

Here is the link

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT&item=280279022235

 

[ROC]

I think discretionary spending is slowing as we watch the economy implode.

It went cheap, for sure. But I would not have paid much more even with the drawing given the condition.

 

[james]

i don't think it was worth it really. well, not to me anyway(pretty bad condition). and the drawing looks suspicious. i was thinking it would sell for a couple hundred...

 

[Purple Stickpin]

I agree with James and ROC. I was considering a top bid of $250, but figured it might go for about $300 or a bit more. Pages were dog-eared a bit, and the silver paint spilled on the visible page edges and the drawing was smudged.

But prices have come down some, that's for sure.

 

[mjp]

Drawing isn't smudged (I think he was going for a dust effect), but it's half torn away, looks like. But the drawing is legit. Who knows what that is on the edges of the other pages, but Bukowski generally signed/drew on that signature page before the book was bound, so odds are it is not his ink.

But overall that thing is beat to shit. I have to agree with james and Purple Stickpin, I don't think it's worth more than $250. I don't think it's a question of the book being worth $461.78 as much as it may be some inexperienced or ill-informed bidders.

But now that dermaface and stnickl are bidding at the same time again, maybe every $100 scrap will start selling for $400. Just like the bad old days.