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News from Bree
spymaster@theonering.net
Feb 3 2011, 1:52pm
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UK police hold man with possible Tolkien forgeries
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 Purchase any signed copies of The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit on Ebay recently? We hope not! Looks like the UK police are investigating a 65 year old man who was selling forged signatures of Winston Churchill, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and others. [Read More]
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StarElf
Nargothrond
Feb 3 2011, 7:41pm
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I can't help but be a little bit curious, though---did he use early editions, or was he air-headed enough to use copies which weren't published until after the authors' deaths?  Inquiring bibliophiles want to know!
Was the world being born what called me...?
At the bottom of the deep sea, I could hear a voice.
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Patty
Elvenhome
Feb 3 2011, 8:04pm
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Send the Nazgul in after this guy...
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greedy, greedy, greedy.
Permanent address: Into the West
Must. Have. The Precious! Give us the LotR EE Blu-ray Ultimate Box Set!
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geordie
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Feb 3 2011, 8:07pm
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I guess he did use early editions
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- because as you say, using one published after Tolkien's death would be stupid, wouldn't it? Mind you, that didn't stop this guy doing just that -
http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-2-Signed-J-R-R-Tolkien-Hobbit-L-E-Collection-/280618630522?pt=Antiquarian_Collectible&hash=item41562c7d7a
This is a re-listing. Originally he was very definite that the Tolkien signatures were genuine, in spite of the fact that there is a cd in the set; it has a bar code, etc. (this set was produced in 2000). He was charging 18,888 USD for it then - said 10% would go to Save the Children...
He's changed the price since then; and also his spiel. It's now so convoluted as to be almost laughable.
Nb - the signature in the book is okay; it's a printed facsimile. I have several books with this example. No problem there.
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