Emilien wrote:

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The Hobbit Sixth Impression 1971 Signed By Tolkien

154463295745

Seller: anjawnaymiz

(582)

Ended May 23, 2021

This item ended more than 90 days ago

How nice !

Looks like someone bought it, wonder if it will reappear at a vastly inflated price.

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2nd Ed. 1st Imp. Set '66 J R R Tolkien LORD OF THE RINGS Fellowship Two Towers

373591086629

Seller: book-box-london

(1924)

Ended Jan 1, 2022

This item ended more than 90 days ago

And postage from UK to Germany £100…there is a 0 to much in both: price and postage.....

Inbelievable.
I just can't imagine for how much my 5th/5th/4th 1st edition set would sell these days...

Insane.

... Reddit!

Khamûl wrote:

... Reddit!

As question that could be answered in 15 seconds with a Google search. Yep, that's Reddit. I'm giving up on /r/tolkienbooks at this point.

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J. R. R. Tolkien THE HOBBIT 2nd Edition 2nd Edition 12th George Allen and Unwin

164884666692

Seller: rare-book-cellar

(10295)

Ended Jun 27, 2021

This item ended more than 90 days ago

Umm...well that's an asking price.

I wonder of Rare Book Cellar actually gets any of these asking prices that they have.

Mr. Underhill wrote:

Umm...well that's an asking price.

I wonder of Rare Book Cellar actually gets any of these asking prices that they have.

I haven't dug into rare-book-cellar in ages, but from my research a few years ago, they appeared to be a "book scout" lister. In other words, they would copy other dealer listings at a vast markup, and then if they got an order, they would quickly turn around and purchase the book from the dealer who actually had it. If the real copy happened to be sold, just cancel the transaction or try to find a similar listing and hope the buyer doesn't notice.

Perhaps their practice has changed in the intervening years, but their prices haven't.

Urulókë wrote:

Mr. Underhill wrote:

Umm...well that's an asking price.

I wonder of Rare Book Cellar actually gets any of these asking prices that they have.

I haven't dug into rare-book-cellar in ages, but from my research a few years ago, they appeared to be a "book scout" lister. In other words, they would copy other dealer listings at a vast markup, and then if they got an order, they would quickly turn around and purchase the book from the dealer who actually had it. If the real copy happened to be sold, just cancel the transaction or try to find a similar listing and hope the buyer doesn't notice.

Perhaps their practice has changed in the intervening years, but their prices haven't.

This is the first I'm hearing of this practice...that is just awful. "Book vulture" seems more appropriate.

They are notorious in the EP world for (a) listing things as first impression when they have no actual idea if they are (and probably a good idea that they are not), and (b) just buying up a ton of EP stock when it is released and then marking it up by 500%. The EP crowd absolutely hate this seller.