Geek and Geekier

[jetpack_monkey]

Geek: Buying this book about Mario Bava by the world's foremost Bava expert for $130 dollars.

Slightly Less Geek: Buying it now so I don't have to pay $250 dollars after August 21st.

Geekier: Bidding in this auction, the spoils of which include a signed and numbered copy of the book (a refund will be given for my originally purchased copy if I win, should I choose), plus the entire book in PDF format, an unreleased audio commentary for Bava's Kill, Baby... Kill!, audio recordings of interviews with Vincent Price and Cameron Mitchell, high-res color proofs from the books, original manuscript pages, an 8x10 original Bava still, and a 1995 Black Sunday calendar signed by star Barbara Steele.

I really hope I win. There's ten available "Bava packages" in the auction and nine bids so far.

Comments

[midnightfae.livejournal.com]

Ooooooh.... pretty. How high are you willing to go on the package?

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

No idea yet. Playing it by ear.

[timjr.livejournal.com]

You know, it makes me wonder why I have a cinema degree when I go 'Wait... who is Mario Bava?'

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

Don't throw out that fancy piece of paper yet. Bava's one of those unsung heroes of cinema, who might have achieved the recognition of Fellini if he wasn't working in horror films. Hopefully you'll be well and truly schooled come October 22nd-26th.

[kittycat22.livejournal.com]

Oooh, good luck! :D