And of course that previous post leads to my first question... anyone ever seen any of the Lord of the Rings Dr. Pepper promo materials...?
If anyone collects audio this has been up for a little while, a bit overpriced probably. A 1987 adaptation by Rob Inglis (who does the popular and only unabridged recordings) that was seemingly only published in Australia. I've never come across a digital transfer of this recording (though I'd like to have one.. someday maybe I'll get around to ripping my copy). As far as I know it doesn't exist in any other format aside from this cassette. If anyone knows otherwise I'd be glad to be corrected.
Tatty (and definitely not worth much more than a couple of hundred pounds), but might be of interest to someone here -
Stu wrote:
Tatty (and definitely not worth much more than a couple of hundred pounds), but might be of interest to someone here -
eBay continues to baffle me. I picked up a non-grubby, non-worn (except for the very top of the spine) copy in a torn but essentially complete jacket for just over £500 late last year and there was only one other bid.
Stu wrote:
eBay continues to baffle me. I picked up a non-grubby, non-worn (except for the very top of the spine) copy in a torn but essentially complete jacket for just over £500 late last year and there was only one other bid.
Ah, but you didn't share that one here for the masses to get all hyped up about...
Urulókë wrote:Stu wrote:
eBay continues to baffle me. I picked up a non-grubby, non-worn (except for the very top of the spine) copy in a torn but essentially complete jacket for just over £500 late last year and there was only one other bid.
Ah, but you didn't share that one here for the masses to get all hyped up about...
Hmmm, could be... I think what happens is that you get a very high priced copy on eBay (in this case, Dogfark's nice, but very overpriced jacketed copy) and then people who have never done any research or watched real selling prices think anything else is a steal. Obviously if they had better informed themselves - which takes time - they would know the typical selling costs, rather than relying on asking prices and outlier sales.
Stu wrote:Urulókë wrote
Ah, but you didn't share that one here for the masses to get all hyped up about...
Hmmm, could be... I think what happens is that you get a very high priced copy on eBay (in this case, Dogfark's nice, but very overpriced jacketed copy) and then people who have never done any research or watched real selling prices think anything else is a steal. Obviously if they had better informed themselves - which takes time - they would know the typical selling costs, rather than relying on asking prices and outlier sales.
No disagreement. We can only continue to share knowledge and recommendations and hope we are a positive influence on the hobby.
Urulókë wrote:Stu wrote:
eBay continues to baffle me. I picked up a non-grubby, non-worn (except for the very top of the spine) copy in a torn but essentially complete jacket for just over £500 late last year and there was only one other bid.
Ah, but you didn't share that one here for the masses to get all hyped up about...
Could it have anything to do with being in NZ? I realize you check other sites but I think people who do that regularly are in the minority. Do you notice any difference finding deals in the UK vs. NZ/Aus?
Berelach wrote:Urulókë wrote:Stu wrote:
eBay continues to baffle me. I picked up a non-grubby, non-worn (except for the very top of the spine) copy in a torn but essentially complete jacket for just over £500 late last year and there was only one other bid.
Ah, but you didn't share that one here for the masses to get all hyped up about...
Could it have anything to do with being in NZ? I realize you check other sites but I think people who do that regularly are in the minority. Do you notice any difference finding deals in the UK vs. NZ/Aus?
There have definitely been a few deals that were good because of small market here in NZ (e.g. my first 1946 Hobbit was £50 here), and I have had three near fine 1st print "Heritage of Literature" Hobbits for an average cost of about £10 each. I suspect with the latter, they simply don't exist in the UK in that condition.
The Hobbit I was referring to here was on eBay UK, though, and 99% of the books I buy are in the UK. It seems to be a toss up whether any given book gets lots of bids. I've attached some pics of The Hobbit. Obviously the jacket is torn -- I'll just reversibly archival tape it back together on the reverse whenever I get it back from my in-laws in the UK, which could be a long time away! The book has that wear in the spine, a single name written very neatly on the ffep, no foxing whatsoever, intact topstain, etc. 10-day auction, 2 bids.
So £300 and counting seems absurd for the copy currently being auctioned.
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