FILE - This Dec. 7, 2012 file photo shows novelist Stephen King speaking to creative writing students at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell in Lowell, Mass. A signed copy of a rare Stephen King book is up for auction at a Maine bookstore, with proceeds going to a nearby homeless shelter's emergency home heating fund. The copy of the “The Regulators,” written by horror writer and Maine native King under the pen name Richard Bachman, was donated by a customer of Scottie's Bookhouse in Hancock, Maine. Owner Michael Riggs says there are only 550 copies of the book in a special collector's box. Auction proceeds will go to the Emmaus Homeless Shelter's emergency fuel fund in Ellsworth. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, file)
Rare Stephen King book for auction in Maine
FILE - This Dec. 7, 2012 file photo shows novelist Stephen King speaking to creative writing students at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell in Lowell, Mass. A signed copy of a rare Stephen King book is up for auction at a Maine bookstore, with proceeds going to a nearby homeless shelter's emergency home heating fund. The copy of the “The Regulators,” written by horror writer and Maine native King under the pen name Richard Bachman, was donated by a customer of Scottie's Bookhouse in Hancock, Maine. Owner Michael Riggs says there are only 550 copies of the book in a special collector's box. Auction proceeds will go to the Emmaus Homeless Shelter's emergency fuel fund in Ellsworth. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, file)
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January 3, 2013
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ELLSWORTH, Maine (AP) — A signed copy of a rare Stephen King book is up for auction at a Maine bookstore, with proceeds going to a nearby homeless shelter’s emergency home heating fund.
The copy of ‘‘The Regulators,’’ written by horror writer and Maine native King under the pen name Richard Bachman, was donated by a customer of Scottie’s Bookhouse in Hancock.
Owner Michael Riggs says there are only 550 copies of the book in a special collector’s box.
Auction proceeds will go to the Emmaus Homeless Shelter’s emergency fuel fund in Ellsworth.
Emmaus director Sister Lucille MacDonald tells WABI-TV (http://bit.ly/RuFghD ) it’s an ‘‘ingenious’’ way to help people struggling to buy heating oil.
The book is on display at Scottie’s and bids are being accepted by email, phone and in person until Jan. 31.
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