sell it to someone who will appreciate it

@johnvillalovos5082

8 ай бұрын

I agree completely!

I want these so bad... you have no idea how lucky you are to inherit these from your best friend. That is an incredible person. I have to pay double over the price to get these. Hopefully one day I will. But I can't afford it at all right now, and I'm a huge Tolkien fan.

@garetz00

6 ай бұрын

The price will only increase over time, so if you want it, get it asap.

The one who has the most expensive editions is the one who doesn't want it.

Oh, be sure, we do cringe. By the first minute it seems you'll kick them out of the box.

@HarveySwick

10 ай бұрын

Fortunately they are built like tanks! Books are meant to be handled, even by fumbling idiots like me.

4000£ in the UK this in the used market as it’s all sold. You are INCREDIBLY blessed and cursed at the same time to have received it in this situation and this edition.

Please be careful with those.

So, how do you really feel about leather?

Damn I need rich friends too !! Sorry about your best friend though…

@HarveySwick

10 ай бұрын

Haha, he would appreciate your comment!

I couldn't help myself.. I missed the boat on the $1500 launch price... picked it up on eBay in mint condition for $3400... some are asking as much as $5400 at ABE. .. and I swear if I hear one more mention of "the leather: .we get it, you hate leather .. too bad for thousands of years books and leather have been a thing.

@ThaKid14

Ай бұрын

yeah guy sounded like an absolute weiner from wein town

@ActuallyJamesS

Ай бұрын

Even for Folio Society, these were overpriced at £1000, I can't believe people are paying multiple thousands for them.

@Sams911

Ай бұрын

@@ActuallyJamesS I mean there is a lot of work that went into them, and their print / binding quality is quite impressive ... all done in the UK.. not a bad value at their original price... the market seems to think the were cheap, since they're selling for 3x the price now

@ActuallyJamesS

Ай бұрын

@@Sams911 Yeah, well, the “market” also paid $400 for Gamestop stock and $60k for bitcoin. Point is the markup on these editions is far beyond the markup on a usual luxury Folio, they simply use the sheer fame of LOTR to inflate what they would normally charge. There’s no increase in quality between a £300 Folio limited edition set and this £1000 set, only price.

Copies of this are selling on ebay for over $5,000. If I suddenly found myself in possession of one of these I'd sell it for a nice profit.

I wonder how you would feel about Suntup’s Hell House. The numbered edition is bound in Ostrich Leg leather

Have u heard of any news that folio society will release the Hobbit and Silmarillion as a matched set to this LE LOTR?

@HarveySwick

9 ай бұрын

I have heard tell of a Hobbit LE with Lee illustrations, but nothing yet on the Silmarillion.

@operoverlord

9 ай бұрын

@@HarveySwick Oh, u give me hope.

Thanks! Great!

Open to buying this from you, but no worries if not.

@erinn1730

9 ай бұрын

Just realized you’re planning to keep it from your friend. Thanks!

Would you be interested in selling this?