Anyone know about the value of Super System 1st ED.

sp1ke36 · #1 10-14-2006, 03:13 PM

This is a 1st Edition of what became Doyles' Super System
titled, "How I made over $1,000,000 playing poker."

Copyright 1978 by B & G Publishing Co.

Anyone know if it has any collectable value?
In fairly decent condition.
Spine is in good condition, pages very white.
I think a page has a small tear.

Any ideas?

benfranklin · #2 10-14-2006, 03:31 PM

Search here to see what used book dealers are selling it for.

ECDub · #3 10-14-2006, 03:40 PM

Looks like amazon has used copies ranging from $188-600. They have things wrong with them like no dust jacket, rounded corners, tears, so your book likely falls in this range somewhere. If you're able to get Doyle to sign it for you, the asking price appears to jump into the $2000-2500 range. I'm sure that range will increase significantly when Doyle is no longer able to autograph books. Might be worth your time to track down Doyle next time he is making an appearance.

Starfish · #4 10-14-2006, 04:02 PM

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I'm sure that range will increase significantly when Doyle is no longer able to autograph books. Might be worth your time to track down Doyle next time he is making an appearance.

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And do what after getting the autograph? Come on!

loveminuszero · #5 10-14-2006, 06:57 PM

yeah that is definitely a collectable.

ECDub · #6 10-14-2006, 08:00 PM

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I'm sure that range will increase significantly when Doyle is no longer able to autograph books. Might be worth your time to track down Doyle next time he is making an appearance.

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And do what after getting the autograph? Come on!

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Starfish,
Why don't you explain what you mean, I don't quite understand the "come on!" part or the question for that matter. I wasn't advising the OP to get the book inscribed, then break Doyle's hand or anything.

If you read my post, the book more than triples in value with the author's autograph. "And do what after getting an autograph?" I would say that's the OP's personal business. What I might do if I had a signed copy...hmmm...find a collector who would love to have a signed copy of the 1st edition, save it for my son, put it away until it becomes even more rare. I guess I could do whatever I wanted when I got it autographed.

Come on!!

Starfish · #7 10-14-2006, 08:49 PM

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I wasn't advising the OP to get the book inscribed, then break Doyle's hand or anything.

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And not to kill him either? Ah, okay then.

sp1ke36 · #8 10-16-2006, 01:51 PM

It has been in the back of my mind to get it signed. Not just to increase the value of the book, but just to say I met one of the biggest poker legends. If I got the book signed it would be very hard to part with. I'm not planning on selling it, but you never know in the future.

It would be something to get it signed by all the guest authors. Caro, Reese, Baldwin, Sklanski, and Brunson.

Knockwurst · #9 10-16-2006, 03:44 PM

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It would be something to get it signed by all the guest authors. Caro, Reese, Baldwin, Sklanski, and Brunson.

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If Sklanski signs it, I think the book will be barely worth the paper its written on. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

ECDub · #10 10-16-2006, 06:04 PM

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It would be something to get it signed by all the guest authors. Caro, Reese, Baldwin, Sklanski, and Brunson.

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Caro would probably be the easiest. I see him signing books all the time. The rest probably tougher to catch up to, I am guessing especially Baldwin and Reese. You would probably have to just catch these guys at the perfect time or you'd be out of luck. Brunson promotes his site and books quite a bit, so he signs books quite a bit and has scheduled signing events, as does Caro.

It would be tough to sell once you got a few autographs. Well, easy to sell, but tough to part with once you had such a nice item.