mjp
Founding member
Okay, here again I do not understand the way things are selling on ebay.
This vintage 70's carbon copy manuscript sold for $750:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7009842921&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
While this 1990 Xeroxed manuscript sold for $250 more!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7009841537&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
Now call me crazy, but I'd much rather have a carbon copy pulled out of Bukowski's Olympia Standard on Carlton Way than a Xerox copy of a 1990 poem. But what do I know.
I'm not trying to insult the buyer of the Xerox - in fact, I've sold manuscripts to him - but it just seems weird to me. The values are upside-down.
The carbons were in Bukowski's typewriter. They have a completely different feel than a Xerox. And as a piece of history, to me anyway, are much more valuable.
This vintage 70's carbon copy manuscript sold for $750:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7009842921&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
While this 1990 Xeroxed manuscript sold for $250 more!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7009841537&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
Now call me crazy, but I'd much rather have a carbon copy pulled out of Bukowski's Olympia Standard on Carlton Way than a Xerox copy of a 1990 poem. But what do I know.
I'm not trying to insult the buyer of the Xerox - in fact, I've sold manuscripts to him - but it just seems weird to me. The values are upside-down.
The carbons were in Bukowski's typewriter. They have a completely different feel than a Xerox. And as a piece of history, to me anyway, are much more valuable.