Article in Italian about "Concerning... The Hoard."

I'll probably try to get the article translated and get it published as well in english...
In the meantime, I would appreciate if Urulókë wants to give us his part of the story... I'd like very much to understand how he found out the buyers and what happened to the manuscript in all these years... Probably they were not aware of it ?

Nice article Ecthelion and as Trotter says, the translation is fine.

I count Valerio as a very good friend in all things Tolkien and it was he who alerted me to the HA sale. To say I was pleased that he (and all of us) finally got to find out more details about this manuscript is an understatement. When he first mentioned this hunt to me (going back a couple of years irrc) I had no more info than he already had and couldn't help much beyond encouragement. Now we have transcribed it and are able to read it freely, which is really great.

I do not believe you have all the information about "the Quest"... do not know if it matters, but I know the whole story and who owned it before and who is now selling it. Also, it is not correct to say that it is being sold because it was located. If you want all info I can give it in a PM. But the last miles of the quest (the list of last owners and finding it again) was done by me.

Hello Beren, indeed I only know that in '84 it was acquired by Chas J Sawyer in London and sold to Maurice F. Neville in Santa Barbara and I'd like to know more about its history... and of the last part of the "quest"... whatever seems fit will be put in the article as well...

Of course the main purpose of the article, written by Roberto, was to highlight the importance of this text. I really believe it might have changed at least a chapter of the published Silmarillion, but I personally find interesting to know were it was all these years....

See PM.