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).
Seller: federicoludon
(16)
Ended Jan 7, 2021
EUR 350.00
[3 Bids]
Submitted by: Urulókë
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).Seller: federicoludon(16)Ended Jan 7, 2021EUR 350.00[3 Bids]Submitted by: Urulókë
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.
Seller: gedneygirl
(1531)
Ended Jan 31, 2021
£515.37
[26 Bids]
Submitted by: Urulókë

Jan 24
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Edited by Urulókë on 2021/1/24 21:49:18
2021/1/24 21:37:30 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Urulókë wrote:
Seller: gedneygirl(1531)Ended Jan 31, 2021£515.37[26 Bids]Submitted by: Urulókë
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.
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).Seller: federicoludon(16)Ended Jan 7, 2021EUR 350.00[3 Bids]Submitted by: Urulókë
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.
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.
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.
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.
Seller: gedneygirl
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Ended Jan 31, 2021
£515.37
[26 Bids]
Submitted by: Urulókë
Seller: obeliskbooks
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Ended Feb 12, 2021
£77.00
[23 Bids]
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Seller: taxman_03
(2001)
Ended Feb 6, 2021
£17.00
[1 Bids]
Submitted by: Urulókë