That is ten crazy bidders.

And 44 bids… gotta wonder about shill bidding.

Browsing sold listings, came across this. Seller was at least upfront about the fading in the sparse product description. But still, couldn't help but chuckle at this–the sole photo of the spine.

Must be the Australian edition

Urulókë wrote:

Must be the Australian edition

The Tolkien Reader JRR Tolkien Beagle 1978 Ballantine Books Paperback

174972924501

Seller: kallisti2323

(1064)

Ended Oct 18, 2021

This item ended more than 90 days ago

Oh, don't worry about NZ. We are upside-down too!!!!

Everyone always forgets about NZ... https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zea ... -missing-new-zealand.html

Nothing like a bit of optimism from the seller.

I think I’d struggle to give a starting bid of 65p for that!

A lovely example of "acceptable" condition

there are people on the Tolkien Society facebook page who describe disasters like this as 'well-loved'.

I think it could be described as 'acceptably-loved'