Thinking of selling Silmarillion. red leather bound edition (limited 1000 )

Welcome to the forum.

As you are aware these books are very scarce, and the edition that you have is probably scarcer than the signed copies, but as it is not signed is not as collectable, so not worth as much.

In the current market, you may get US$1500 or a bit more on eBay for the item, so you may want to start it at that.

Good Luck.

If you do decide to sell on eBay feel free to post the auction on this site.

I notice that you have also asked the same question and I responded on The Lord of the Rings Plaza forums, and you are welcome to have quoted my comments from there in this thread :)

http://lotrplaza.com/showthread.php?7 ... st-1000-copies-printed%29

Hi and welcome
Sound advice from Trotter.
Ebay will get abigger audience but will involve fees of course. Alternatively am sure you could have a go on here
Good luck

As Wayne makes clear in his post around 270 were bound up. There were definitely 100 signed copies, leaving ~170 unsigned copies. That's the way I read it at the time. Therefore, the unsigned copy while rare is hardly to be described as (I'm looking at you, Trotter!) "probably scarcer than the signed copies".

Having said that, these are pretty damn scarce! Here are some historical eBay prices I've noted, danskmacabre:

2003: £900 [#102, unsigned]
2004: £632 [#11, signed]
2007: £624 [#201, unsigned]
2008: ~£741 [#117, unsigned]
2009: £588 [#205, unsigned, no slipcase]
2012: £400 [#90, signed]
2013: ~£2,729 (EUR 3161) [#28, signed, with orig. mailing box]
2013: £2,250 [#100, Signed]

I have a few notes regarding ABE copies, but it's harder to ascertain whether these sell; or if they do, for what price. Personally I'd throw it on eBay & watch as it probably goes for silly money. Not sure if this is a good time to be selling such an edition, but you can always put a reserve on the auction.

Alternatively, I'd be interested in an unsigned copy!

BH

Add me to the list of interested parties ;) If this goes to eBay I'd love a heads up, or if you plan to sell privately...

You can add me to the list as well ;)

I don't think you will have any trouble selling this. They are uncommon enough that there will probably always be buyers.

Wow a book Stu doesn't have!

Khamûl wrote:
As Wayne makes clear in his post around 270 were bound up. There were definitely 100 signed copies, leaving ~170 unsigned copies. That's the way I read it at the time. Therefore, the unsigned copy while rare is hardly to be described as (I'm looking at you, Trotter!) "probably scarcer than the signed copies".

They may have bound 170 copies, but does not mean that GA&U sold them all, but I think all 100 signed copies were sold.

I think that hardly any copies of the unsigned were sold, and stick to my claim that they are probably scarcer than the signed copies, but still not as collectable as the signed copies, and (I'm looking at you Khamûl!)

Tapuvae wrote:
Wow a book Stu doesn't have!

Trust me, I probably have the least books of all the regulars on here! My collection is actually fairly diminutive :)

The list of UK Tolkien editions I don't have is much bigger than the list of ones I do!

Anyone hear again from the original poster on this book?