Lot 148 from this Auction is included with this LOTR set on eBay.

Sold for USD 27,720 inc. fees

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The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien 1sts signed plus 1945 letter by Tolkien

225352028394

Seller: soabooks

(42)

Ended Mar 23, 2023

This item ended more than 90 days ago

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The Lord of the Rings 1st printing signed ...

JRR Tolkien

31404556819

(Hardcover)

£65000.00

Availability: Not Available

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The Lord of the Rings (3 volumes) vol 3 ...

JRR Tolkien

31309614270

(Hardcover)

£20000.00

Availability: Not Available

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The books have been rebound since a sale last year at Forum Auctions.

You should always exercise good judgement and perform appropriate due-diligence when acquiring signed items to ensure that you are satisfied with the provenance and integrity of any item you bid on.

You can see the discussion on this forum about Lot 233 here, https://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/n ... t_id=37326#forumpost37326

It was then resold for £4,500 on the 26th May as "signed" J.R.R. Tolkien in an unknown hand, not that of the author.

Forum Auction House Listing - https://www.forumauctions.co.uk/94238/ ... no&title=&view=lot_detail


Screenshot of Listing on 14th January 2023

https://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/n ... t_id=39203#forumpost39203

Not sure how the seller has arrived at this description in the eBay Auction.

The Books: A beautiful matching set of 3 volumes. The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King. All 3 volumes 1st printings. All clean pages, no inscriptions and none of the spotting / foxing or offsetting usually seen. All the maps in place at the rear of all 3 volumes. Beautifully re-bound by Temple Bookbinders of Oxford in red leather. Titles to spine compartments, ring and eye device gilt tooling. Protective clam shell case. This set with Tolkien's own design and in Red is just as he envisaged and requested in correspondence.

Volume 3, The Return of the King is signed by JRR Tolkien opposite the copyright page, below the Rings poem, as he did on occasion. Full Provenance will be supplied with this beautiful set to include confirmation from a major London auction house and a leading antiquarian Tolkien book specialist confirming authenticity.

We discussed the original Forum Auction Sale on the TCG YouTube channel last year

I think it’s hilarious they have this listing but they won’t even ship to the US. ?

We just don’t matter.

Dagoth wrote:

I think it’s hilarious they have this listing but they won’t even ship to the US. ?

We just don’t matter.

He does ship to the USA (and most of the world), he just doesn't have a shipping option set up on eBay for this listing. If you contact him and ask for a shipping quote, I am sure he will provide one. His Abebooks listing of the same item does offer shipping to the USA. Just a quirk of eBay selling (not just him, setting things up for international shipments is a real pain).