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Go on then, Groan...
Posted on: 5/11 1:50:23
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Re: Allan Formhals Fakes and Forgeries |
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The BBC program Fake Britain, today included Mr Formhals, and they mention Tolkien.
It is available for UK viewers on the BBC iPlayer at http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b01sfds0/?t=20m01s Scroll forward to 20 mins to see the piece, 10 minutes duration. In the picture below, the top left hand corner is described as terrible, interestingly most are not in blue ink. He also had a few goes at Thomas Hardy (2nd picture), and Tolkien & Hardy on the same page (3rd picture) Attach file:  Formhall\'s fakes.JPG (30.72 KB) Formhall\'s fakes 2.JPG (33.42 KB) Formhall\'s fakes 3.JPG (34.96 KB)
Posted on: 5/6 2:27:41
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There is a comment on the Deluxe Silmarillion on ebay.
"just have lusted after this book for some time and am willing to pay top price." It is a nice book 
Posted on: 5/5 7:24:52
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Re: Poor Journalism |
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If people have not seen this then Troel's blog also talks about the Burren Tolkien Society.
"Burren Tolkien Society http://www.burrentolkiensociety.ie/ The Burren Tolkien Society, along with their Tolkien Festival, has recently received a some justified criticism for their completely spurious claims that features of the Irish Burren inspired anything in either The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings, and also for the display of dragon-sickness in requiring people to donate €50.- to be able to even bid at a (rather worn) first edition copy of Tree and Leaf with a printed autograph. I think it is very sad that they have chosen to antagonize many serious Tolkienists by their ludicrous claims and practices, as there is a lot of sound research that has been buried by this silliness. So, do not believe any claim that Tolkien's visits to Ireland (starting in the summer of 1949, when The Lord of the Rings had been finished in draft for a year) inspired anything in The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings, but enjoy the biographical information concerning Tolkien's other links to this area of Ireland. http://parmarkenta.blogspot.co.uk/201 ... n-transactions-xxxvi.html They have also posted another letter from Tolkien (not for sale) on their Facebook pages, I suspect that they do not hold permission from the Estate to make this copyrighted letter available.
Posted on: 5/4 6:58:27
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Wayne thanks for this but i wonder why no notice of your email was taken, he acknowledged my comments on the book's printed signature as if it was new information and that he had not heard it before. I told him nothing that was not better expressed in your email.
Posted on: 5/4 6:50:00
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