Stephen King, as a writer, has been growing from strength to strength, and is an author who now has an impressive back catalogue of books catering to a range of tastes. So, what can we assume has made this book from the end of the seventies so valuable? Our first impression is of the overwhelming popularity of the author. This large difference in prices highlights just how varied the collectible marketplace can be, and how the budding collector needs to be armed with advice, patience and a dash of business acumen. With a book that is only just over thirty years old, would you be surprised if I told you that some First Editions were selling at auction for over $800? As a matter of fact, a dedicated search reveals several First Edition Doubleday's of the master of Horror's 'The Stand' going for prices that range from $350 right up to that $800 mark. The first edition by publisher Doubleday was in 1978, and didn't even have a clothbound or otherwise specialist cover and binding. The Stand isn't actually particularly 'old' as far as collectible books go. In later years (through the 90's) his novels moved towards suspense and thriller, such as Dolore Claireborne, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, etc. The Stand is a post-apocalyptic tale of moral and psychological threat, written when the novelist King was in what some reviewers call his 'early' period with solidly horrific tales like Carrie, The Shining, and It. In this example from the prolific American horror and suspense author Stephen King, we can see just how some of these factors come to affect the price. Two obvious factors are its age and the popularity of its author, but also condition comes into play, the unique features of the design and the publication.
There are many different factors that go into making a book collectible.
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