by Pamela Palmer

#135, 1 June 2009

Which fiction and non-fiction books are winners on eBay? Each month this series answers the question and, along the way, looks at the listing strategies sellers use to bring in big bucks. To learn more about what's in and what's out of the lists, read our Top 10 on eBay Parameters.

NOTE: Items numbers are now included in this article. They are in the individual auction comments section below the author and title. Click the links to see the listings.

Lately the words "signed limited edition" ring in my ears every time I work on the eBay Top 10 fiction list. This time, I counted and here's what I found: half the list of 10 (in-part or in-whole) was signed limited editions. Others, such as Lone Cowboy by Will James, were merely signed.

eBay
Fiction Top 10
April 2009

#1 $3,050.00 The Twilight Saga Boxed Set SIGNED by Stephenie Meyer
#2 $1,575.00 The Twilight Saga Collection by Stephenie Meyer SIGNED
#3 $1,361.00 WELLS, H. G. La Guerre des Mondes -The War of the Worlds
#4 $1,000.31 LIVE AND LET DIE IAN FLEMING 1ST ED HB J CAPE 1954 RARE
#5 $900.00 SIGNED 1st/1st FIGHT CLUB by Chuck Palahniuk w/tagline
#6 $899.99 Robert E. Howard's SAVAGE TALES OF SOLOMON KANE Sgd/Ltd
#7 $875.00 Confessions of a Crap Artist Philip K Dick SIGNED ltd
#8 $850.00 One Hundred Years of Solitude RARE 1st Ed/1st State DJ
#9 $750.00 George R. R. Martin A FEAST FOR CROWS Signed Ltd Edn
#10 $699.95 A STORM OF SWORDS ~ George R.R. Martin ~ Num bered VF/VF

#1
Twilight Saga [boxed set]
Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse
Breaking Dawn
Stephenie Meyer
270369918431

Each book in the set and the box were autographed by Stephenie Meyer. The new set was donated by the author to 7-day auction that attracted 53 bids. Proceeds went to benefit Project Book Babe.

#2
Twilight Saga [boxed set]
Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse
Breaking Dawn
Stephenie Meyer
270375163198

Author Stephenie Meyer donated a second boxed set of the Twilight Saga to benefit Project Book Babe. After 48 bids, the 7-day auction ended at $1,575.

#3
La Guerre des Mondes
H.G. Wells
120400082438

The French translation of The War of the Worlds, published in Belgium in 1906, included 28 plates and 101 text drawings. It received 17 bids.

#4
Live and Let Die
Ian Fleming
110379549017

Listed by a UK seller, the 1954 1st edition without a dust jacket garnered 22 bids.

#5
Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk
270305718681

Signed and stamped, the unread VF book is in a VF dust jacket. It sold as a Best Offer.

#6
Savage Tales of Solomon Kane
Robert E. Howard
270379240016

Sold as a BIN, the signed limited edition is #1028 of 1050. It was signed by the artist, Gary Gianni. The 1999 publication is new and in the original box along with "a separate folio of 6 color plates ... [and] a CD ... with three Solomon Kane poems narrated."

#7
Confessions of a Crap Artist
Phillip K. Dick
180348382779

A Best Offer won the signed 1st limited edition described as in "very fine/as new" condition.

#8
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
190295116090

Described as "Very Fine condition in a Very Fine, price-clipped dustjacket that has been professional restored," the 1970 1st edition, 1st printing sold as a BIN.

#9
A Feast for Crows
George R. R. Martin
200329072051

Sold to benefit the Haven Foundation, the book is a signed new edition with illustrations by Tom Canty. The edition was limited to 448 signed numbered copies and is in a slipcase. In an unusual note, the seller wrote, "Bidders may only bid on one of the sets of A Feast for Crows...."

#10
A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin
270378174573

The numbered 2-volume set in a slipcase was #263 of 448 copies signed by both Martin and Charles Vess. It sold as a BIN.

 

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