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Hey, how's it going?
Good.
How are you doing today? - I'm doing good.
How can I help you?
I've got a rarest edition of "Game of Thrones"
book, looking to sell.
A rarest edition?
A rarest edition ever made.
OK.
Winter has come, Rick.
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All right, let me see what you got.
Why would you read the book when
you can just watch the TV show?
Because the book is generally better.
Sure.
Most-- I'm just-- most books.
You can't look at Khaleesi in the book.
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I have a "Game of Thrones" first edition signed
copy by George R.R. Martin.
I'm looking to get around $2,500 today.
If I'm able to make the sale today,
I'm going to use that money to put
towards my hobby, which is collecting
high-end sports cards.
I love the "Game of Thrones."
Where'd you get it?
A friend of mine had a little money issues.
And he was selling his collection
of first edition books.
I'd seen the show, knew it was massively popular.
I figured this was a good one to pick up.
The "Game of Thrones" really is an amazing series.
It'll go down in history as one of the most popular series
ever produced.
Absolutely.
It looks like amazing condition.
Do you know if it's the first printing of the first edition?
This is the first print of the first edition.
They made 500.
52 were lettered.
448 were numbered.
And this is a numbered copy.
And it has been properly stored since the day he got it.
So how much you want for this thing?
I'm looking for $2,500.
Um, all right, so I have no idea what this is worth.
I really don't.
And you want $2,500, which is a lot for a modern book.
So um-- let me give someone a call.
Absolutely.
I'll be right back.
This is super cool.
It's in amazing condition.
But I just don't know the price on it.
So I've called in Rebecca because when
it comes to the game of books, she is definitely the queen.
So who is, like, the really big, mean guy?
The Hound?
Yeah.
Are you talking about a book?
Yes.
Whoa.
Well, a TV show.
OK.
Sorry.
I don't know if I'd read the book.
You should read the book.
Meh, I mean, is there an audio version?
Yes.
Oh, I'm all for it then.
Although it'll take forever to get through.
I've got a lot of time.
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OK.
But this book--
This book is pretty cool.
It's signed by the author.
452 numbered, 52 lettered.
All right, what I'm about to say
is not going to surprise you at all.
But I'm a fantasy nerd.
And so I've got a lot of things to say about this.
OK.
This was really a big deal in the fantasy genre
because it's very brutal.
You had the first printing in 1996.
This edition comes out, like, right the turn of the century.
So you have, essentially, 2000, 2001.
All of the illustrations are from 2000.
So this was not really the first edition of this.
This is not the first edition.
OK.
It is what we call a signed limited edition.
So signed, signed by the author and by the illustrators.
And it's limited, i.e., there were only 500 copies total.
This is number 257.
Some people consider this book the holy grail of "Game
of Thrones" collecting.
The first printing, there were a decent amount of copies,
at least of the US printing.
And so you can still kind of get that.
But this you know, you know there are only 448 copies
floating around.
And there are a lot more fans than that.
So when this first comes out, it was sold for $250.
It's worth a lot more than that now.
OK.
So what is it worth?
I know that copies of this sell for $2,000, $2,500.
I know you can get that.
You could get more though.
You could legitimately put the price up, $3,500, $4,000,
see what happens.
Because right now, people want this.
All right, thanks.
I sort of got an idea now.
All right, take care.
All right, so what's your bottom line on it?
She says $2,500 is where it's at.
Could go a lot higher.
I think it's a really fair price, considering
how popular this show is.
No, it goes right around $2,500.
If I'm lucky, I might be able to get more.
You know what?
I'll give you $1,500.
It's more than any other book dealer's gonna give you.
I think it's a pretty safe bet with how popular the show is.
It's still a bet.
$2,000 would be--
I'll give you 1,500 bucks.
$1,800.
I'll give you 1,600 bucks, not a penny more.
You got a deal.
Sweet.
I'll go write him up.
Just leave it right here.
You never do anything.
Harrisons always pay their debts.
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