from Alibris.com

[Paranoid]

It is an actual first, signed. Etc etc.
He signed two for charities. One, I believe went for about $40,000, the
other, $20,000.



The world has become stale and insipid,
the ships ought to be all captured
and the cities battered down,
and the world burned up,
so that we can start again.
There would be fun in that.
                            Anonymous 1845

----- Original Message -----
From: <Cjhurtt6 at aol.com>
To: <madness at airmail.net>; <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: from Alibris.com


> In a message dated 2/28/00 2:42:16 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> madness at airmail.net writes:
>
> << Description:
>  VERY FINE/VERY FINE SIGNED FIRST EDITION. THE
>  AUTHOR SIGNED THIS COPY IN FULL ON THE TITLE
>  PAGE FOR RELIGIOUS CHARITY. EXTRAORDINARILY
>  RARE.
>  Topic/Subject:
>  Price:
>  $ 20000
>   >>
> ha ha hahaaaa! even if (hmm hmmm) it IS an honest to god signed by pynchon
> m&d, 20,000? good lord. my much much cheaper non signed first edition has
all
> the same words in it. i have never understood the price of collectors
items.
>