18 Dec, 2008
2008-12-18 5:56:56 AM UTC
GTC appear to have bought all the Tolkien lots in the Profiles in History Auction, including $104000 for the Elaine Griffiths inscribed LOTR.
"He also said that as part of the exhibition project GTC is forming the GTC Fellowship, a Tolkien collecting society."
Market Watch Story
21 Dec, 2008
2008-12-21 1:49:39 PM UTC
A Tolkien Collecting Society sounds interesting. Kind of against the whole collecting ethos I feel; buying on this scale, & with this money tho'. At least the books are in good hands. Incidently is this Mark Faith (of GTC), the eBay traider dogfark (Mark Faith Books)?; of the fake AL CoH discussed in another thread...
BH
21 Dec, 2008
2008-12-21 6:52:07 PM UTC
Khamul,
Well spotted, it is the same person, if you look at the web site for Mark Faith, Contact Us Section
http://www.markfaithbooks.com/?page=s ... 1143220cb8891a89ff0dd4d90You get the same address as GTC
Mark Faith Books
Bwlchcoediog Isaf
Cwm Cewydd
Machynlleth, Powys SY209EE
United Kingdom
So can we expect to see these items on Ebay from dogfark fairly soon????
21 Dec, 2008
2008-12-21 7:15:47 PM UTC
Good spot Khamul.
Trotter said:
So can we expect to see these items on Ebay from dogfark fairly soon????
I don't think so, based on a teeny bit of inside information and mostly speculation. GTC has selected some people to acquire assets, etc., and I assume that Mark Faith is one of those - just an intermediary to provide some anonymity to the actual collector who is putting this collection together.
21 Dec, 2008
2008-12-21 7:44:41 PM UTC
Khamul wrote:
..... Kind of against the whole collecting ethos I feel; buying on this scale, & with this money tho'. .....
Exactly the same sentiment arose in talk with Beren and some friends yesterday ...
21 Dec, 2008
2008-12-21 8:24:35 PM UTC
hmm... looks like some folk out there think they can become 'instant' collectors just because they have money to spend. There's more to it than that.
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