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Uk Antiques Roadshow 1st September 2019

2 Sep, 2019
2019-9-2 4:53:10 PM UTC

They have a competition called Basic, Better & Best.

All the items are first printings with dust-jackets, apart from Harry Potter as it is a paperback.

The correct item was obvious to me but did they get it right on the show?

If you are in the UK you can watch this on https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/ ... ies-42-morden-hall-park-1 from 28 mins

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3 Sep, 2019
2019-9-3 3:24:31 AM UTC
I was watching it live as it were, a nice copy by looks of it and good to see . Valuation a little under par maybe.
7 Sep, 2019 (edited)
2019-9-7 3:18:53 PM UTC
Hopefully, most people have seen this by now, if not spoilers.

Three items for Basic, Better & Best.

Basic - Matilda by Roald Dahl, first edition hardback with very nice dust-jacket.
Better - A UK first printing paperback of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Paperback printings were 5150 for first printings, plus 500 identical first printing hardbacks, 300 hardbacks were sold to libraries.
Best - 1954 1st/1st Fellowship of the Ring, 3000 copies in a very good dust-jacket, http://tolkienbooks.net/php/details2.php?id=290

If they had shown a hardback Harry Potter in good condition, then I think that would have won.

I also think the valuation of the FOTR was low, with the dust-jacket that was shown.
7 Sep, 2019
2019-9-7 4:47:40 PM UTC
I agree, valuation for FoTR in this condition is too low. A very nice example.
8 Sep, 2019
2019-9-8 12:03:49 AM UTC
Previously they've been a bit prone to overvaluing Tolkien books, have they not? I seem to recall them talking up something quite ordinary before; maybe a RU set or something, can't remember. Or maybe it was a mid-60's H. Either way, I remember thinking "Thousands of pounds?! You can pick these up on eBay for a few hundred..."
9 Sep, 2019 (edited)
2019-9-9 11:53:05 AM UTC
I know someone who collects Harry Potter books and they think the valuation shown was very undervalued for the Harry Potter paperback. I agree with Khamûl, this is unusual and I wonder why? The expert has set the challenge so should have a good idea of current prices.
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