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Hilde Bracegirdle · 05-17-2007, 10:45 AM

This thread is not a listing of Golden Threads, which have been lost, but rather a registry to lament the loss of Tolkien related treasures once in your possession that have now gone missing. So instead of The Collection Grows, we have in effect the collection waning.

All this nostalgia was spurred by the twinges I have felt since taking on membership here, realizing that so many things I once owned have regrettably disappeared. (Being in a military family and rather bohemian afterward I feel weight limits were the culprit in my case. Mathoms were kept to a minimum, and so also were extraneous books.)

Anyway, the latest pang came when I saw this specimen after following a link off a link that davem had posted. Truly a mathom, I had one gifted to me and have lost track of it since, so that I forgot I even had had it. Surprisingly, it appears to be worth 75 euros now.

Other items on my personal list include:

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight/ Pearl/ Sir Orfeo

Farmer Giles of Ham

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

The Silmarillion

J. Cauty Poster

Pauline Baynes map

And a record that I can't find an image for.

05-17-2007, 10:45 AM	#1
Hilde Bracegirdle Relic of Wandering Days Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: You'll See Perpetual Change. Posts: 1,480	The Registry of Lost Treasures This thread is not a listing of Golden Threads, which have been lost, but rather a registry to lament the loss of Tolkien related treasures once in your possession that have now gone missing. So instead of The Collection Grows, we have in effect the collection waning. All this nostalgia was spurred by the twinges I have felt since taking on membership here, realizing that so many things I once owned have regrettably disappeared. (Being in a military family and rather bohemian afterward I feel weight limits were the culprit in my case. Mathoms were kept to a minimum, and so also were extraneous books.) Anyway, the latest pang came when I saw this specimen after following a link off a link that davem had posted. Truly a mathom, I had one gifted to me and have lost track of it since, so that I forgot I even had had it. Surprisingly, it appears to be worth 75 euros now. Other items on my personal list include: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight/ Pearl/ Sir Orfeo Farmer Giles of Ham The Adventures of Tom Bombadil The Silmarillion J. Cauty Poster Pauline Baynes map And a record that I can't find an image for. Last edited by Hilde Bracegirdle; 05-17-2007 at 10:59 AM.