"Rare Personal Handwritten 1980 Charles Bukowski Letter" (1 Viewer)

[salmonadams]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...89&ssPageName=ADME:X:AAQ:US:1123#ht_500wt_975

Any thoughts? Is it real, fake, impossible to tell? I contacted the seller, his response follows.

"Buk wrote it to me after some dialougue about women and I want it in safe hands. I am traveling a lot an no longer want to be warden, but I do want it well taken care of---it's a beauty.
Best,
Fergus"

 

[hank solo]

Yes it looks real.

It's been listed a few times recently.

 

[bospress.net]

Yes, almost certainly authentic. The reason that I suspect that no one else jumped on it before is that he had incorrectly listed the shipping as a really high amount, like $150.00 to mail it. I asked him and he changed it, but it may have been too late. It has a bid now, so it will sell. Not sure how much it is worth as a curiosity, but it is probably worth more than the $100 that it is at right now...

Bill

 

[Rekrab]

Looks real. It went cheap. A bit too much hype in the description, but it is a nice item.

 

[nervas]

Dammit! I think I may have bounced another credit card payment to get this. It sold for $203.00, that seems like quite a deal compared to other letters. It's not the longest letter, and doesn't have a drawing or doodle, but MAN I would have framed that baby and slapped it on the living room wall! I think he may have even got more if he had "Bukowski Signed" in the listing. I usually scroll through the Buk signed stuff, but I guess I have to start looking at just scrolling through all the Charles Bukowski listings to find stuff like this. Ah, I'm actually pretty dissapointed I didn't see this in time.

 

[james]

yea, i think it really pays off to sort through ALL the buk stuff/junk to make sure you don't miss anything. case in point: i clicked on a random copy of Women for sale once, and upon inspecting the photos, i realized it was a HC 1st and picked it up for 20 bucks. the seller had no idea what he was selling...

 

[Bukfan]

I think he may have even got more if he had "Bukowski Signed" in the listing

But it wasn't signed - unless one thinks the word "buk" in block letters counts as a real signature. That said, I would have liked to buy it for $200 too! If only I had known it would sell so cheap.