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6 Nov, 2020
2020-11-6 9:22:30 AM UTC
Just for the historical price record

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6 Nov, 2020
2020-11-6 9:23:23 AM UTC
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6 Nov, 2020 (edited)
2020-11-6 7:54:54 PM UTC

Stu wrote:

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Smart time to sell this, seems like plenty of people after it.. guessing it will pass £1,000.
6 Nov, 2020
2020-11-6 9:34:30 PM UTC

Berelach wrote:

Stu wrote:

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Seller: obeliskbooks
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Smart time to sell this, seems like plenty of people after it.. guessing it will pass £1,000.

Entirely possible - though I suspect maybe not quite that high. That's why I wasn't willing to part with any of my copies earlier this year. It is clear that these are currently rising (finally) and I don't think they will be dropping back in the near future.
6 Nov, 2020
2020-11-6 9:57:00 PM UTC
For my concern, I managed to get very recently my two super deluxe (CoH and TLoS&G) for a quite nice price. And I'm very happy :)
6 Nov, 2020
2020-11-6 10:48:20 PM UTC

Emilien wrote:

For my concern, I managed to get very recently my two super deluxe (CoH and TLoS&G) for a quite nice price. And I'm very happy :)


Good to hear!
10 Nov, 2020
2020-11-10 10:20:50 AM UTC
Not eBay...

https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/9724 ... nt_CM%26cm_ite%3Dreadmore

No photo, but standard CoH bookplated edition.

"From the library of Christopher Lee, though unmarked as such..."
10 Nov, 2020
2020-11-10 9:18:48 PM UTC

Khamûl wrote:

Not eBay...

https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/9724 ... nt_CM%26cm_ite%3Dreadmore

No photo, but standard CoH bookplated edition.

"From the library of Christopher Lee, though unmarked as such..."

"Take my word for it your money is well-spent"
10 Nov, 2020
2020-11-10 9:56:41 PM UTC

Caudimordax wrote:

Khamûl wrote:

Not eBay...

https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/9724 ... nt_CM%26cm_ite%3Dreadmore

No photo, but standard CoH bookplated edition.

"From the library of Christopher Lee, though unmarked as such..."

"Take my word for it your money is well-spent"

Yeah, would be wanting some decent provenance. e.g. sales receipt from his estate or similar. When it comes to selling books, if a statement such as this doesn't have documentation to back it up (or is implicit due to some specific feature of the book -- e.g. it being a dummy copy or somesuch), the statement is worthless.
10 Nov, 2020
2020-11-10 10:43:20 PM UTC
The seller is Peter Harrington (ABA, ILAB), a VERY well-known and HIGHLY respected seller of fine antiquarian and otherwise rare books. That should inspire trust, since any strike on their reputation would be hugely costly to them. I expect they obtained the book directly from the estate of Christopher Lee, and/or can otherwise document the provenance.

That being said, I wouldn't pay this much for this book even if it were ex libris Christopher Tolkien, let alone Christopher Lee. But your/others' mileage may vary.
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