Difference in Artist Edition for DTVII
Scott
Quick question, I have an artist edition of DTVII, that I have yet to
open (still in its wrapper). I saw on ebay some "special" artist
edition, one of only 19 that contained a special "unique" illustration
by Michael Whelan. Does anyone know anything about these? Was it a
random thing that anyone could have gotten randomly or was this
something that needed to be ordered?
I never saw anything on Grant's website about this and it sold on ebay
for just north of $700.
Any info would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Scott
deathboy
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I believe its a random insertion deal, I think 50 of them were done maybe?
Its funny, until they are all accounted for a sealed artist edition should
technically be worth more than an open one, just on the off chance its one
with a drawing in it. of course one thats open and definately has a drawing
will always be worth the most.
Bob Jackson
from Whelan's Glass Onion website. If your copy came from Grant and not from
Glass Onion it will not have a drawing in it. So if you want to keep it sealed
in the shrinkwrap you can do so and rest easy knowing that it doesn't contain a
hidden drawing.
Grant "sold" Glass Onion a few copies of the Artist Edition. Whelan did original
sketches in a set number of copies (originally the number was 19 but there may
be a few more when all is said and done).
They were sold on a pre-order on the Glass Onion website for something like $250
or $295 apiece and sold out almost instantly.
Bob
deathboy
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actually, i heard from whelan himself that he did sketches in books sold by
grant at random, the book's sold on whelan's onion graphics website were
trade editions which whelan signed, I dont think he even did a sketch in
them.
>
Bob Jackson
tomorrow to be sure.
I have had three people e-mail me scans of their books that came from Glass
Onion last week. They are actually quite nice drawings (like the one of the
Crimson King on eBay) and have much more detail than we expected. They are all
done in the Artist edition (limited to 5000). I've never seen a Whelan drawing
in a trade edition. Have you?
I think you can still get signed trade editions on the Glass Onion website for
$45 but the offer for the remarqued Artist Editions has been taken down because
they are sold out.
I'll double check the above with the source tomorrow and post what they say.
Bob
deathboy
well its posible we're both right. onion graphics may have sold some
sketched artists editions as well, but I definately heard micheal whelan
tell the person in front of me in the line at the CT signing that he
randomly inserted sketches in artist editions that grant is selling.
Bob Jackson
the answering machine usually picks up if they are away. Maybe they forgot to
set it. I'll keep trying.
I'll be interested to see when and if someone reports finding a random Whelan
sketch in their book and what it looks like. From what you overheard Whelan say
I'm guessing he had a stack of 5000 signature sheets (because he surely did the
signing prior to the book being bound) and randomly did drawings on some of the
signature sheets as he signed them. Is that how you think it would have been
done?
How many he did that way and the detail he put into these impromptu drawings are
questions that I hope I can get answered.
I do know that the people who ordered the remarqued Artist Editions directly
from Glass Onion feel they definitely got their money's worth. The drawings are
larger and more detailed than they expected.
deathboy
it would stand to reason. i doubt he had books in his hands. the othe
rposisbility is he skecthed the back of the signature page, assuming its
blank of course.
PeterH
>
>>>well its posible we're both right. onion graphics may have sold some
>>>sketched artists editions as well, but I definately heard micheal whelan
>>>tell the person in front of me in the line at the CT signing that he
>>>randomly inserted sketches in artist editions that grant is selling.
>>>
I think you're both right. Whelan did sketches in 19 of the
Artist's edition DTVIIs, and sold them through the Glass Onion
site. However, rumour (darktower.net forums) has it that he also
did sketches in some number (I think "100" was mentioned) of the
standard Artist's editions sold directly from Grant.
Peter,
whose DTVII AE is sketchless.
Bob Jackson
Michael was signing the 5000 Artist Edition signature pages he did a little
drawing once about every 50 pages. The small drawing is either an "eye" or a
stylized "KT" or "KA" (she wasn't sure) which is a symbol (she thinks) for
Ka-tet. They were done quickly and without much detail. She says he probably did
it out of boredom. There may also be a couple of other "doodles" on two other
pages but she didn't have further details.
It seems to me that it could also have been his way of marking progress since he
did them on a somewhat regular basis.
A couple of interesting notes: On one of the signature pages for the signed
limited edition of 1500 King signed as "Michael Whelan". When Michael Whelan saw
this he followed suit and signed as "Stephen King". That one is an instant
collector's item, IMO.
Also, it took Whelan over a month to properly sign the 5000 copy Artist Edition
and the 1500 copy S/L edition limitation pages. When asked by friends if that
didn't make his hand tired, Michael laughed and reminded them that as an artist
he works with his hands all day, every day.
So, as deathboy said in an earlier post, if you keep the shrinkwrap on a copy of
an Artist Edition you'll never know if it has an additional doodle by Whelan.
Open it and look if such things are important to you.
Bob
Peter Hunt
> Just got off the phone with Audrey Whelan at Glass Onion. She said that while
> Michael was signing the 5000 Artist Edition signature pages he did a little
> drawing once about every 50 pages. The small drawing is either an "eye" or a
> stylized "KT" or "KA" (she wasn't sure) which is a symbol (she thinks) for
> Ka-tet. They were done quickly and without much detail. She says he probably did
> it out of boredom. There may also be a couple of other "doodles" on two other
> pages but she didn't have further details.
Hey, cool! My DTVII AE *does* have a sketch of an eye under
Whelan's signature. I just thought he must have done it on every
one. It's the same eye you see in the full-page line illustration
for part 1.
Peter,
whose DTVII AE isn't sketchless, as it turns out.
Bev Vincent
> A couple of interesting notes: On one of the signature pages for the
signed
> limited edition of 1500 King signed as "Michael Whelan". When Michael
Whelan saw
> this he followed suit and signed as "Stephen King". That one is an instant
> collector's item, IMO.
King likes to mess around like that. I saw a copy of the CD From a Buick 8
at NECON a couple of years ago that he signed as Richard Bachman.
--
Bev Vincent
www.BevVincent.com
The Road to the Dark Tower, NAL (Penguin), September 28, 2004
deathboy
> In article <S-2dnUaYUtL...@comcast.com>, deathboy says...
>
> A couple of interesting notes: On one of the signature pages for the
signed
> limited edition of 1500 King signed as "Michael Whelan". When Michael
Whelan saw
> this he followed suit and signed as "Stephen King". That one is an instant
> collector's item, IMO.
I'd actually be annoyed if I got that copy. I mean with no way of proving
what it is all you have is a book with two obviously faked signatures. itd
be particularly annoying if it was book 7 in your complete set of matching
numbered DT books lol.
this inspires a scary thought. what if one day king's hand was tired so he
turned to someone, i dont know say robin furth, who he knew could mimic his
signature and said "here help me sign a few of these." my point i gues sis
people always assume that since signed/limiteds are somehow "offical" that
the signatures inside absolutely must be real, but as grant doesnt sit and
watch the books get signed, its at least remotely possible they aren't.