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Tolkien only Section => Tolkien => Topic started by: Anne on February 23, 2008, 02:57:41 AM

Title: Anybody feeling rich?
Post by: Anne on February 23, 2008, 02:57:41 AM

A rare first edition of The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien is expected to raise £30,000 at auction. The last photograph of Tolkien is also being auctioned at Bonhams, London, on March 18. It was taken in 1973 by his grandson Michael in the Botanic Garden, Oxford, and shows him standing beside his favourite tree. A note on the back written by Priscilla, his daughter, says: “For Elaine with love from Priscilla.” The book is also dedicated to Elaine Griffiths, the friend who urged him to have The Hobbit published. Other lots include illustrations by Tolkien and a copy of Farmer Giles of Ham.

Title: Re: Anybody feeling rich?
Post by: Lessa on February 23, 2008, 08:32:28 PM

well I for one seem to have holes in my pockets as I can't find a penny

Title: Re: Anybody feeling rich?
Post by: Theo on November 05, 2011, 10:45:14 PM

  Sometimes I feel rich..  ::)  Then I realize that I'm not..  :8o

  Though a first edition of any of Tolkien's works would be worth some money and I certainly wouldn't mind having one..

Title: Re: Anybody feeling rich?
Post by: Amy Lee on November 05, 2011, 11:02:41 PM

Wow.. not that rich xD

I have a first edition 'The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls', signed by Emilie Autumn herself..it's CURRENTLY worth about £300... but i'm waiting til the book goes out of print (I have three copies :] ) to sell one.. and i'm keeping hold of one for a while.