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12 Mar, 2012
2012-3-12 4:16:17 PM UTC
it was a good price. i was bidding on it. my max bid was 175 so kinda gutted to not get it after it going for so little above that, the last bid went in on 3 seconds, i was very surprised by the price and thought i had it won, but no.
14 Mar, 2012
2012-3-14 6:01:52 PM UTC
Here's a '1st, 1st de luxe' which isn't any of those things -

http://www.ebay.com/itm/J-R-R-TOLKIEN ... ks_UK&hash=item20c3ace0e0







quote - "A GREAT INVESTMENT FOR THE FUTURE... A MUST FOR ALL TOLKIEN FANS & BOOK COLLECTORS."

It ain't that, either.
14 Mar, 2012
2012-3-14 6:08:40 PM UTC
Boy, talk about sunning!

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14 Mar, 2012 (edited)
2012-3-14 6:47:37 PM UTC
Okay guys, just a reminder --resident Thain Urulókë has seen fit to start a rival thread entitled Interesting eBay Auctions (here).

Everyone is reminded that the new "interesting" thread, from now & moving forward, is for auctions of genuine interest (i.e. one might want to buy such an item); & this thread is now reserved only for "head scratching" auctions (as Urulókë terms it!) i.e. rubbish!

Khamul
-Shirrif
14 Mar, 2012
2012-3-14 7:36:16 PM UTC
Quick! 36 sold so far, but the sellers stock of these won't last long...

The Lord of the Rings (3 Book Box set) J. R. R. Tolkien (Buy-It-Now £888)

BH

16 Mar, 2012
2012-3-16 5:55:40 AM UTC
Cost per set of the 36 other sets--£10.84

Seems like a scam, though he probably just added an extra 8.

£88 is much more reasonable for that set. :)
16 Mar, 2012
2012-3-16 6:45:19 PM UTC
http://www.ebay.com/itm/J-R-R-Tolkien ... 58909082e7#ht_6242wt_1163

Looks like a £2-5 guild edition book in a photocopied 1937 dust jacket and then marketed as some sort of 'celebratory edition'.

17 Mar, 2012
2012-3-17 10:33:43 AM UTC
Looks like a pro-seller trying to rip off a newbie collector to me.
17 Mar, 2012
2012-3-17 9:13:58 PM UTC
Two posts in one day? Slowly, slowly...

BH
4 Apr, 2012
2012-4-4 1:05:19 AM UTC
"Great if you only want to slap the jacket on a first edition. This one is identified as the 19th printing, though it lacks a date. We'd estimate 1940s. A British first edition could cost you as much as $50,000. It had the same jacket as this one."

Oh dear! Does this mean my "$50,000" GA&U Hobbit might have a 19th printing HM jacket on it?



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