Interesting eBay Auctions

Thanks for the info Stu.

I purchased one from the first batch (still in shrinkwrap - and assume it has the manufacturing flaws).

Purchased one from the current £79.99 set today - would be nice if it was still a first printing - here's hoping!

eBay Item #372590411979

Unwin Hyman / Guild red-sun hobbit. The only UH wrapper that has the red sun and no stripe. Was not ever used on any UH books, despite having Unwin Hyman on the spine, but was used on the 1988 Guild variant. All copies are price-clipped (presumably was printed with UHs price before being repurposed as a Guild wrapper).

eBay Item #183690092575

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookD ... p=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1

^ Edit: Fairly obvious fake when looked at without sleep in eyes, and not just thumbnail. Appears there is another Alan Formhals, but this time in Canada... Felt tip pen is the giveaway

Stu wrote:
https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookD ... p=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1

I'm probably going to move this over to the "WTF" thread, as it is a fake. There is an "auction house" in Ontario that has been cranking out obvious fakes of tons of art (Tolkien, Walt Disney and others) and they are starting to really bug me.

It's called the "Wonders" thread, Urulókë...

Urulókë wrote:

Stu wrote:
https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookD ... p=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1

I'm probably going to move this over to the "WTF" thread, as it is a fake. There is an "auction house" in Ontario that has been cranking out obvious fakes of tons of art (Tolkien, Walt Disney and others) and they are starting to really bug me.

I did wonder if it was fake (I only glanced at it briefly to be honest). Yep, move it, I think. There is no way to report fakes on Abe, is there?

I don't think that could be true. Some time ago, when they tried to sell a similar one in another auction, I made the overlap with the original.

Tolkien's original is in red and the one sold in auction is in black.

I did the same with another alleged paper sketch by Tolkien, "Troll's Hill", also the one sold by the same auction house.
The small design in black was for sale and the big one in red is Tolkien's original.

Might be of interest to someone. The 1997 first impression seems quite a bit more scarce than the others (even taking into account the official print runs of each impression). Price is NZ dollars, no affiliation to seller.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/books/rare-c ... 1b0ce4544b5b7134ec2058f06

Stu wrote:
Might be of interest to someone. The 1997 first impression seems quite a bit more scarce than the others (even taking into account the official print runs of each impression). Price is NZ dollars, no affiliation to seller.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/books/rare-c ... 1b0ce4544b5b7134ec2058f06

I have one copy, but black binding/leather, "Limited to a worldwide printing of 1,000 copies", with ISBN 0 261 10368 7, so probably a later printing. The copyright pages have the same info, just different color binding. Any info on which printing with this ISBN would be appreciated?