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30 Sep, 2014
2014-9-30 12:49:47 AM UTC
WorldofRareBooks is a repeat offender when it comes to daft prices for utter crap on eBay. I think these guys buy in books for next to nothing that have been donated to charities... and then try to on-sell them for ridiculous prices.

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30 Sep, 2014 (edited)
2014-9-30 12:57:05 AM UTC
Kiwis and Australians are usually good for a laugh when it comes to daft asking prices for junk... This guy won't even go to the post office when you give him $500 for a $5 item.

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30 Sep, 2014
2014-9-30 12:45:29 PM UTC
The books I treasure the most in my collection are those really unique ones... that pre-date the movies.

BH
30 Sep, 2014
2014-9-30 4:28:54 PM UTC
The Wonders of bookselling...

eBay Item #201163462051
[eBay] CoH #50 11th Sept. 2014 (£285)
absolutely as from publishers probably a wise investment will come in box it came to me in from harper Collins which says its no 50 bargain price less than i paid

eBay Item #141422565311
[eBay] CoH #50 Oct. 2014 (Buy-it-now US $1050)
This is #50 of 500 total copies worldwide! Awesome number to have! Signed by Christopher Tolkien (son of JRR Tolkien and Middle Earth, Lord of the Rings map-maker), and Alan Lee, a renowned artist and illustrator this book in a fine manner.

BH

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30 Sep, 2014
2014-9-30 9:24:36 PM UTC

Khamûl wrote:
The Wonders of bookselling...

eBay Item #201163462051
[eBay] CoH #50 11th Sept. 2014 (£285)
absolutely as from publishers probably a wise investment will come in box it came to me in from harper Collins which says its no 50 bargain price less than i paid

eBay Item #141422565311
[eBay] CoH #50 Oct. 2014 (Buy-it-now US $1050)
This is #50 of 500 total copies worldwide! Awesome number to have! Signed by Christopher Tolkien (son of JRR Tolkien and Middle Earth, Lord of the Rings map-maker), and Alan Lee, a renowned artist and illustrator this book in a fine manner.

BH

The blurb in the detail of the more recent advert is priceless. It reads like something from one of those companies that used to sell awful collectables via adverts in the back of the Sunday newspaper supplements.

For the record, if anyone really, desperately wants to pay GBP 646.69 for an SD CoH (with an RRP of 350 -- or 250 if you ask HarperCollins nicely), they can have my #3 !
30 Sep, 2014
2014-9-30 11:12:32 PM UTC
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Wonder what the story is with the Easton Press Edition of the Children of Hurin. Have seen 3 sell for over $500 recently, one for $660
1 Oct, 2014 (edited)
2014-10-1 12:08:10 AM UTC

remy wrote:
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Wonder what the story is with the Easton Press Edition of the Children of Hurin. Have seen 3 sell for over $500 recently, one for $660

It has always been a bit tricky to get the CoH for some reason (as is the Easton S&G). It has so far only had one printing, and presumably that was relatively small. I picked up both from the same seller in 2012 for approx. $130 each , but I was quite lucky, I think, based on what they seem to often sell for.

The really hard to find one is the Easton "Tales from the Perilous Realm". That almost never comes up for sale.

Of course, with the Easton Press, they might get reprinted at any time (when they feel demand justifies it), so it is daft to spend too much. A lot of the K.W. Fonstad "Atlas of Middle-Earth" copies out there claiming to be "First Print" aren't, as it was reprinted last year. I doubt there is any way of telling the difference between the first and second prints, mind (although I haven't had one of each in my hands to compare).
6 Oct, 2014
2014-10-6 5:17:06 AM UTC
6 Oct, 2014 (edited)
2014-10-6 7:37:24 AM UTC
Same book, clearly same dealer (under two different names). Two different prices. Bizarre...

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6 Oct, 2014 (edited)
2014-10-6 7:00:20 PM UTC
Always a good idea to leave £2 in pencil written on a book you are trying to sell for nearly £70

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