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Signed Springsteen Obama Renegades

The Signed Deluxe edition of Renegades will be on sale at Barnes & Noble on Dec 7th. Limit of one per person and instore only. No online orders . Barnes and Noble members only and the price is $500, 10% for members RENEGADES: BORN IN THE USA. (barnesandnoble.com)

and Amazon Amazon.com: Renegades: Born in the USA (Deluxe Signed Edition): 978...

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Permalink Reply by Michael Lee on December 14, 2021 at 1:59pm

I also thought Springsteen value would decline after he signed 40 billion copies of his last book. Those still go north of $350 consistently.

While $500 is expensive for the casual fan, its essentially $250 per signature. IMO, thats a steal.

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Permalink Reply by Bruce Juice on December 14, 2021 at 2:00pm

Bruce signed at least 10,000 of his autobiograpy and that retailed for about 30 bucks. Now reselling in the $300-$400 range. Maybe we'll never know the exact number.

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Permalink Reply by PFCollector on December 14, 2021 at 2:19pm

I'm curious what each Barnes got for numbers on this... or if every store got them. I didn't check my local store but I might since I don't think I'll get my Amazon order (and it's cheaper since I'm a member). But if every big retailer got a similar amount to Barnes (at 5 each that would be roughly 3000 just for them) I would think it would have to be in the 10,000 range between Barnes, Amazon, BAM, and all the smaller book stores... obviously no way to know for sure unless maybe the publisher can say. I'd be interested to know.

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Permalink Reply by PFCollector on December 14, 2021 at 2:16pm

Very true. I think for the price, at $250 per signature it's a great buy, or 10% cheaper from Barnes, even better. The one thing I asked myself with this, was being a somewhat odd couple of signatures, does that bring that value down on each signature, or bring it up being two big names, or neutral? Having Obama with Bruce would turn off half the fan base... but then there's people who are big fans of both. Just something I kind of pondered to myself.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Lee on December 14, 2021 at 2:25pm

It is a good question. I think there will always be a historical interest in US Presidents, regardless of personal opinions.

Just this year, Trump, Obama, and Clinton all signed books. I know W can still be had at Premiere. Thats a young person’s entire lifetime of Presidents!

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Permalink Reply by PFCollector on December 14, 2021 at 2:40pm

That is true... and pretty cool they're accessible like that. Personally regardless of politics I'd take any presidential autograph... not sure if most collectors would feel that way, but the historical value trumps politics in my opinion. (Pun intended)

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Permalink Reply by Jor-El on December 14, 2021 at 4:19pm

I personally think the oddity works in favor of it retaining value.

The part of the fanbase that is turned off would probably prefer the signed Springsteen book or A Promised Land anyway.

Looking at the signers individually, Obama's price will go down as he signs more. A Promised Land part 2 still has to come out and they'll probably have another signed Deluxe version. Bruce will likely remain a constant value, he published a memoir a couple of years ago and I don't see him signing a bunch of CDs for the charts (though I would have said that about Elton a year ago).

But this book is and probably will be the only book signed by both these people. It's a high-quality slipcased edition that's easily a $150 value on its own. And it's not like the dual-signed Clinton books where it's Bill or Hillary plus a fiction writer. These are both icons and the book is about them. If you like music, US Presidents / history this could be an appealing item. It's expensive; undoubtledly there are people not able to buy it now who are willing to pursue it later.

How much it will gain if you're in it to flip is another question. I think these have a fairly large edition size. 10k doesn't seem an unreasonable estimate. I expect these to stay at max $100-$200 above retail for the foreseeable future.

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Permalink Reply by PFCollector on December 14, 2021 at 6:17pm

That makes sense, and kind of like you said, if someone doesn't like one or the other signer they can always get the single signed previous books. So I could definitely see the oddity working in its favor... and I guess Bruce working with the Democrats probably means a lot of crossover fans between him and Obama. I think it's pretty cool...

As of now it's going for around $700 on ebay so I would assume that would go up a bit, if theres still demand after some of the flood dries up. Not a lot of profit after ebay fees at $700 but I guess $90 profit for a few minutes work is probably decent. A lot of money to tie up though, or risk on returns.

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Permalink Reply by CM78 on December 14, 2021 at 1:05pm

Live near Knoxville, Tennessee? Two copies remain as of this afternoon at Barnes & Noble. They’re behind the counter. A B&N membership gives 10% off in store purchases.

edited to add: I cancelled my Amazon order today after picking up this book locally. I hope that opens a new opportunity for someone on this message board to have their order from Amazon fulfilled.