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Ataahua
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Aug 4, 7:05pm
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A copy of The Hobbit, from the original 1,500 print-run, is going up for auction.
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"Nobody's opened it, nobody's touched it", she says, as she holds it in her bare hands. But other than that, this is such a cool find.
Anyone got a spare 10,000 pounds for it?
https://www.bbc.com/...rticles/cr4exeg709no
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
Fantasy novel - The Arcanist's Tattoo
My LOTR fan-fiction
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cats16
Gondolin
Aug 4, 7:39pm
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The picture of her holding it alongside that quote gave me a good chuckle.
If we have any rich benefactors lurking, perhaps TORn could be the lucky buyer.  
Join us every weekend in the Hobbit movie forum for this week's CHOW (Chapter of the Week) discussion!
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grammaboodawg
Elvenhome
Aug 7, 3:47pm
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I still cringe when I see her ungloved hands holding that treasure... but I'm SO HAPPY it wasn't lost into a void to someone who didn't know what they had!
Thanks for the update :D
We have been there and back again.
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