2015
1061379
1997 Lord of the Rings 1st impression.
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The Silmarillion 30th Anniversary First print :
What. A. Price.
Sold! Pretty sure Laurel sold another copy a couple of years ago for a similar amount. Seems to be what they go for (although the copy just sold certainly wasn't a great example).
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Nope. If I'd wanted it, I'd have bought it at the last auction for less than half the price. It is an interesting item, but fundamentally, I just don't see it as being a $36,000 interesting item. After all, it is a printed proof, not manuscript pages. I expect someone will buy it, though, for the simple reason that a lot of people have much money and nowhere sensible to put it at the moment.
Nope. If I'd wanted it, I'd have bought it at the last auction for less than half the price. It is an interesting item, but fundamentally, I just don't see it as being a $36,000 interesting item. After all, it is a printed proof, not manuscript pages. I expect someone will buy it, though, for the simple reason that a lot of people have much money and nowhere sensible to put it at the moment.
Always thought these look like 1970s furniture, but low start, so might end up a good buy for someone in the market for such
Award for the least competent attempt to cut down a (the wrong) facsimile dustjacket to fit a book goes to...
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