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4 Jan, 2021
2021-1-4 7:00:30 PM UTC
There was an Italian edition of The Annotated Hobbit that had cover artwork used without the artist's (Ron Ploeg I believe) permission, and was promptly removed from sale and destroyed when this was pointed out so not many copies exist. Here's one on eBay (no comment on asking price, just good to see a copy of a scarce edition).

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4 Jan, 2021
2021-1-4 8:26:55 PM UTC

Urulókë wrote:

There was an Italian edition of The Annotated Hobbit that had cover artwork used without the artist's (Ron Ploeg I believe) permission, and was promptly removed from sale and destroyed when this was pointed out so not many copies exist. Here's one on eBay (no comment on asking price, just good to see a copy of a scarce edition).

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These editions that get pulled because of basic due diligence not having been done always amaze me. They do make for great collectors items, though.
24 Jan, 2021
2021-1-24 8:16:28 PM UTC
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24 Jan, 2021 (edited)
2021-1-24 9:37:30 PM UTC

Urulókë wrote:

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Be interesting to see that this goes for. A little while since one sold on ebay via auction format. If anyone here buys it wants a facsimile dust jacket file, ping me.
25 Jan, 2021
2021-1-25 10:06:41 AM UTC

Urulókë wrote:

There was an Italian edition of The Annotated Hobbit that had cover artwork used without the artist's (Ron Ploeg I believe) permission, and was promptly removed from sale and destroyed when this was pointed out so not many copies exist. Here's one on eBay (no comment on asking price, just good to see a copy of a scarce edition).

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I have got a copy of that one, never thought it would be so valuable.

I also got a LOTR first impression of the same series which is getting more and more valuable since last year they released a new translation of LOTR (which is a mess) and removed from sale every book which featured the old one.
25 Jan, 2021
2021-1-25 9:24:25 PM UTC
Apropos of not much, I was in conversation with an art dealer who suddenly seemed to sell a lot of his Tolkien themed original art after it sitting for what seemed like years. I asked about this and he offered no real explanation, but noted his books were selling like hotcakes as well.
25 Jan, 2021
2021-1-25 10:23:30 PM UTC

Tapuvae wrote:

Apropos of not much, I was in conversation with an art dealer who suddenly seemed to sell a lot of his Tolkien themed original art after it sitting for what seemed like years. I asked about this and he offered no real explanation, but noted his books were selling like hotcakes as well.

A combination of TV series interest and money-printing, I'd guess.
3 Feb, 2021
2021-2-3 8:37:46 PM UTC
Was a fairly clean copy and sold for £515, which is probably about where one would have expected, based on recent Hobbit sales, which seem to have gotten a bit silly. Glad I lucked out on my copy for half that on Abe a few months back.


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3 Feb, 2021
2021-2-3 8:56:33 PM UTC
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6 Feb, 2021
2021-2-6 5:04:22 PM UTC
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