laurel wrote:
eBay Item #331762944741

Here is an odd item. The postcard found at the back of fireplace. Ok it is addressed to Tolkien and no doubt he handled it but is it worth more than a nominal amount? Not for me but maybe others think differently?

So either Edith or Ronald read it, and it was lost behind the fireplace. I would value it at about 50 pence, I assume that is what he is asking :)

He wants £795 for it, what a Numpty

The seller thinks it is Lin Carter who sent it, but no provenance is supplied for that suggestion, and I think there were a lot of people in 1960's, whose first name was Lin.

indeed
I am sure he would throw it in for free if you brought the fireplace at £70,000!

laurel wrote:
indeed
I am sure he would throw it in for free if you brought the fireplace at £70,000!

Ugh. The fireplace - Complete junk. I really hope that no one ever buys that piece of worthless scrap.

Might be of interest to someone as the set has the three paper inserts that often aren't included (especially the first one)

eBay Item #182023774524

So I take it this is THE edition to own (sans jacket). Any guesses on final price given the condition?

Tapuvae wrote:
So I take it this is THE edition to own (sans jacket). Any guesses on final price given the condition?

Less than 5,000, but hard to say with these, to be honest, as you only need a couple of people who really want one (or one who does and a shill) and the price can end up quite different than on a different day with a different set of bidders. Worth noting is that all the activity is only between a small number of bidders.

Makes no sense to me that people bid days before the auction ends. Also, you could buy a better copy on Abe for GBP 5000, so if it goes over that, the buyer has made a mistake.

I think the seller would be very happy to get the latest bids for this book, £3900, final sale was for £4300.

Condition is important for copies without dust-jackets, even if the cloth covering and the boards are nearly always in poor condition, but this book does have serious condition problems on the inside of the book, which the seller has shown in the photos of the item.

Trotter wrote:
I think the seller would be very happy to get the latest bids for this book, £3900.

Condition is important for copies without dust-jackets, even if the cloth covering and the boards are nearly always in poor condition, but this book does have serious condition problems on the inside of the book, which the seller has shown in the photos of the item.

I agree - I had personally been quite surprised to see it go as high as it already has. With eBay, you always have to take things with a small pinch of salt, though. Amazing how many things "sell" and then are back on the market from the same seller a few weeks later.

Stu wrote:

Trotter wrote:
I think the seller would be very happy to get the latest bids for this book, £3900.

Condition is important for copies without dust-jackets, even if the cloth covering and the boards are nearly always in poor condition, but this book does have serious condition problems on the inside of the book, which the seller has shown in the photos of the item.

I agree - I had personally been quite surprised to see it go as high as it already has. With eBay, you always have to take things with a small pinch of salt, though. Amazing how many things "sell" and then are back on the market from the same seller a few weeks later.

Final resting place of GBP 4,300, which is about 1,000 more than I expected at the very the start of the auction. The buyer has a huge feedback number (20,000+), so thinking probably purchased by a dealer. Wonder if it will come back on the market with the tipped in newspaper removed and some "sophistications" like facsimile jackets and a traycase...