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Signed RME2 bookplate for auction! - Praefectusclassis - 04-20-2006
Mike Bishop tells me there will be no signed copies of the 2nd edition of Bishop and Coulston, Roman Military Equipment. Instead, there will be signed & numbered inlays for presentation copies. Mike Bishop has generously made one such inlay available. We will be auctioning this inlay publicly at RAT, closing on May 5th.
You may post your offers in this thread. Anonymous offers may be sent to my email address. Proceeds will go to the upkeep of Romanarmy.com!
Please note: it is only the inlay, not the book!
Quod? - Neuraleanus - 04-20-2006
What is an inlay?
Re: Signed RME2 bookplate for auction! - Praefectusclassis - 04-20-2006
Mike B. calls it a bookplate, a separate page that can go inside the book.
Re: Signed RME2 bookplate for auction! - Praefectusclassis - 04-20-2006
Starting bid - anon: $25
Re: Signed RME2 bookplate for auction! - mcbishop - 04-20-2006
Quote:Mike B. calls it a bookplate, a separate page that can go inside the book.
Bookplates are those 'Ex Libris' things you sometimes find in secondhand books - a self-adhesive label that goes on the front recto book endpaper (or inside the front cover on most paperbacks; endpapers tend to be a product of the way hardbacks are bound). Each will be A6 in size and placed according to the Golden Mean (or something equally pretentious ;-) and individually numbered (so nobody tries to con people by flogging fake bookplated copies on Ebay or something equally devious).
This is purely a practical measure as there is no way I am trecking up to St Andrews and back with 30-odd copies of the book just to get JCNC to sign 'em. This way, I post the bookplates to him, he forgets about them, spills coffee on them, forgets about them a bit more, sits on them, then finally signs them, sends them back to me, I let the cat sit on them, and finally stick them in the books - all except the one that goes to the lucky winner.
There may well be opportunities in the future when Coulston and I can be talked into signing copies, but there will only ever be that limited number of bookplates copies.
So, this is your chance to get a (tautologically challenged) genuine pseudo-collectible and contribute to the financial well-being of RAT. How can you lose? Act now, bid high, just make sure Jasper isn't seen disappearing off to the Maldives wearing his RAT T-shirt, bermuda shorts, and Phil Oakley shades clutching suitcases stuffed with the proceeds...
Mike Bishop
NB There was only one bookplated copy of B&C1.
Re: Signed RME2 bookplate for auction! - Praefectusclassis - 04-20-2006
Yes, uhm, thanks for that endorsement and clarification Mike...
Ok. but - Neuraleanus - 04-21-2006
how does one make a bid?
Re: Signed RME2 bookplate for auction! - Praefectusclassis - 04-21-2006
Either post in this thread or email me to do it anonymously
Re: Signed RME2 bookplate for auction! - Praefectusclassis - 04-21-2006
New highest bid: $45
Eccentricity - Primitivus - 04-22-2006
Quote:I post the bookplates to him, he forgets about them, spills coffee on them, forgets about them a bit more, sits on them, then finally signs them, sends them back to me, I let the cat sit on them, and finally stick them in the books - all except the one that goes to the lucky winner.How delightfully honest and entertaining!
Re: Signed RME2 bookplate for auction! - Sassanid - 04-24-2006
I would to put in a bid at $50 please.
Andrew
Re: Signed RME2 bookplate for auction! - Crispvs - 04-26-2006
As I can't afford to join the bidding now, I will just have to rely on meeting both authors at a conference sometime and being embarrassed by my wife into asking for autographs. :oops:
Best of luck with the bidding everybody!
Crispvs
Bid $60 - marsvigilia - 04-28-2006
I'll bid $60.
Re: Signed RME2 bookplate for auction! - Sassanid - 04-28-2006
I will up my bid to £50 - which is about $88 currently... I think
Andrew
Re: Signed RME2 bookplate for auction! - marsvigilia - 04-28-2006
Argh...
How can a poor American keep up with someone bidding in a higher value currency.
Wait, perhaps this auction should be based on nominal values...
I bid 500 yen.