Saw this and wished I were rich...... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Kuruharan · 03-25-2005, 10:43 AM

...drool, drool, drool...

Bêthberry · 03-25-2005, 11:57 AM

Bah I say. What's all this hoarding of relics?

Next someone will be auctioning off the cutlery from the Tolkien family table, or perhaps the letter-opening knife which Tolkien used and calling it a relic from some barrow. Or mayhap a brooch of Edith's. Me? I 'm holding out for a bottle of the last waters that flooded over Meneltarma.

ElementFire · 03-26-2005, 09:51 AM

wow *whistles* spiffy

Kitanna · 03-27-2005, 06:50 PM

My dad's copies of LOTR are like that. Though it's not the first edition, it's the revised edition, but it looks the same to me.
But I don't think it's worth it to buy those books. You'd never want to read them. Which kinda defeats the purpose.

ElementFire · 03-29-2005, 11:20 AM

My copy is...torn and ripped, and faded and old, and not very nice to look at, but you can still read it!!!

Mithalwen · 03-30-2005, 09:16 AM

But I would read them - just maybe not in the bath.... and I would put them down carefully not just shove it under the pillow... and as for the money - yes it is a lot but sometimes it depends on your priorities. I mean some people spend a lot of money on cars I mean this is out of my league, if you bought a new beamer it would have lost the price of the first edition as you drove it out of the showroom...... And apparently the average price of a wedding in the UK is now £17K ..... makes a first edition LOTR seem a bargain .... and you know it will last a lifetime.... but if I had £2K+ to spare now I would go back to NZ......

Lalwendë · 03-30-2005, 09:55 AM

If I had such an edition then I would read them, but carefully, and without a ciggie on the go. I always think a book is meant to be read, so I would have to read even the most expensive editions, but I'd store them in a North facing room to keep 'em safe from the nassty yellow face.

With collecting, a thing is only really 'worth' as much as you are willing to pay for it; if you want it really badly then you will pay more. This is what makes collecting a risky investment. You might think, to take a recently topical item, action figures would increase in value over time, but you can never be sure as changing tastes in collectables and antiques dictate the market prices, as collectors of ivory and tortoiseshell have found out to their cost. The best advice I've heard is only to invest in something because you find it desirable yourself, and I like those books a lot, but do I like them enough to splash out all that much money? My favourite copy is still the battered paperback set I first read when I was a youngster, and that's worth more to me than any other edition.

03-25-2005, 10:43 AM	#1
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,593	Wow! ...drool, drool, drool... __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

03-25-2005, 11:57 AM	#2
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Bah I say. What's all this hoarding of relics? Next someone will be auctioning off the cutlery from the Tolkien family table, or perhaps the letter-opening knife which Tolkien used and calling it a relic from some barrow. Or mayhap a brooch of Edith's. Me? I 'm holding out for a bottle of the last waters that flooded over Meneltarma. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

03-26-2005, 09:51 AM	#3
ElementFire Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: The Gama Quadrant Posts: 33	wow whistles spiffy __________________ He who stands on toilet is high on pot. XP I don't do kung fu, I do kung lamb!!!

03-27-2005, 06:50 PM	#4
Kitanna Child of the West Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Watching President Fillmore ride a unicorn Posts: 2,132	My dad's copies of LOTR are like that. Though it's not the first edition, it's the revised edition, but it looks the same to me. But I don't think it's worth it to buy those books. You'd never want to read them. Which kinda defeats the purpose. __________________ "Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." - Mark Twain

03-29-2005, 11:20 AM	#5
ElementFire Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: The Gama Quadrant Posts: 33	My copy is...torn and ripped, and faded and old, and not very nice to look at, but you can still read it!!! __________________ He who stands on toilet is high on pot. XP I don't do kung fu, I do kung lamb!!!

03-30-2005, 09:16 AM	#6
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	But I would read them - just maybe not in the bath.... and I would put them down carefully not just shove it under the pillow... and as for the money - yes it is a lot but sometimes it depends on your priorities. I mean some people spend a lot of money on cars I mean this is out of my league, if you bought a new beamer it would have lost the price of the first edition as you drove it out of the showroom...... And apparently the average price of a wedding in the UK is now £17K ..... makes a first edition LOTR seem a bargain .... and you know it will last a lifetime.... but if I had £2K+ to spare now I would go back to NZ...... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by Mithalwen; 03-30-2005 at 09:22 AM.

03-30-2005, 09:55 AM	#7
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	If I had such an edition then I would read them, but carefully, and without a ciggie on the go. I always think a book is meant to be read, so I would have to read even the most expensive editions, but I'd store them in a North facing room to keep 'em safe from the nassty yellow face. With collecting, a thing is only really 'worth' as much as you are willing to pay for it; if you want it really badly then you will pay more. This is what makes collecting a risky investment. You might think, to take a recently topical item, action figures would increase in value over time, but you can never be sure as changing tastes in collectables and antiques dictate the market prices, as collectors of ivory and tortoiseshell have found out to their cost. The best advice I've heard is only to invest in something because you find it desirable yourself, and I like those books a lot, but do I like them enough to splash out all that much money? My favourite copy is still the battered paperback set I first read when I was a youngster, and that's worth more to me than any other edition. __________________ Gordon's alive!