Mr. Underhill wrote:
Trotter wrote:
Well, that came and went...someone got a truly rare item there.
Wow, what a deal.
It was opening bid £300. But that was changed to Buy-It-Now yesterday; presumably after the seller was approached to change it. Not really much of a book.
Khamûl wrote:
Not really much of a book.
I'd pay $400 for almost any book from Tolkien's library that had his name in it. Seems like a good deal--especially with the current selling prices for Tolkien books.
Khamûl wrote:
It was opening bid £300. But that was changed to Buy-It-Now yesterday; presumably after the seller was approached to change it. Not really much of a book.
This feels like a pretty niche item, tbh. Not for me - the material would have to interest me, rather than just owning something Tolkien owned.
Stu wrote:
Khamûl wrote:
It was opening bid £300. But that was changed to Buy-It-Now yesterday; presumably after the seller was approached to change it. Not really much of a book.
This feels like a pretty niche item, tbh. Not for me - the material would have to interest me, rather than just owning something Tolkien owned.
Well, if I had to guess, I’d say this would have sold for more than it ended up going for if the auction had not ended with a BIN. You’d be hard pressed to find any item with Tolkien’s signature or initials for this price. Certainly not a super desirable book, but I’m not sure most of the books from Tolkien’s libraries are that interesting to the average reader.
Jlong wrote:
Stu wrote:
Khamûl wrote:
It was opening bid £300. But that was changed to Buy-It-Now yesterday; presumably after the seller was approached to change it. Not really much of a book.
This feels like a pretty niche item, tbh. Not for me - the material would have to interest me, rather than just owning something Tolkien owned.
Well, if I had to guess, I’d say this would have sold for more than it ended up going for if the auction had not ended with a BIN. You’d be hard pressed to find any item with Tolkien’s signature or initials for this price. Certainly not a super desirable book, but I’m not sure most of the books from Tolkien’s libraries are that interesting to the average reader.
Sure, I don't think the price was high. You are paying for Tolkien's initials on this, basically.
Stu wrote:
Jlong wrote:
Stu wrote:
Khamûl wrote:
It was opening bid £300. But that was changed to Buy-It-Now yesterday; presumably after the seller was approached to change it. Not really much of a book.
This feels like a pretty niche item, tbh. Not for me - the material would have to interest me, rather than just owning something Tolkien owned.
Well, if I had to guess, I’d say this would have sold for more than it ended up going for if the auction had not ended with a BIN. You’d be hard pressed to find any item with Tolkien’s signature or initials for this price. Certainly not a super desirable book, but I’m not sure most of the books from Tolkien’s libraries are that interesting to the average reader.
Sure, I don't think the price was high. You are paying for Tolkien's initials on this, basically.
I think we are talking about initials but also about a personal object and this adds a value that goes beyond a simple signature in a book for someone else...
ShadowFx wrote:
Stu wrote:
Jlong wrote:
Stu wrote:
Khamûl wrote:
It was opening bid £300. But that was changed to Buy-It-Now yesterday; presumably after the seller was approached to change it. Not really much of a book.
This feels like a pretty niche item, tbh. Not for me - the material would have to interest me, rather than just owning something Tolkien owned.
Well, if I had to guess, I’d say this would have sold for more than it ended up going for if the auction had not ended with a BIN. You’d be hard pressed to find any item with Tolkien’s signature or initials for this price. Certainly not a super desirable book, but I’m not sure most of the books from Tolkien’s libraries are that interesting to the average reader.
Sure, I don't think the price was high. You are paying for Tolkien's initials on this, basically.
I think we are talking about initials but also about a personal object and this adds a value that goes beyond a simple signature in a book for someone else...
Depends on the buyer, I guess. It all gets a bit "hero worshippy" for me when it gets into the owning something person X owned, *purely* because they owned it (despite the "thing" arguably being of limited interest on its own merit), but I can certainly see the appeal, even if I don't entirely share it myself. I think the buyer got a decent deal, but I'd take a signed work (for someone else) where the work itself interested me -- any day of the week.
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