Reepicheep_Took sent us this great find: “Found a report about some Superhero and movie-related auction items. Most notably, there are first edition, Tolkien autographed copies of all LOTR books, and a signed map of middle-Earth drawn by Tolkien.”
Profiles in History, a leading dealer in guaranteed-authentic original historical autographs, letters, documents, vintage signed photographs and manuscripts, will hold the 33rd annual Hollywood Memorabilia auction on December 11. If you have a few thousand (or hundred thousand) dollars burning a hole in your pocket, you could own the set pictured to the right which is estimated to go for $80,000 to $100,000 U.S. For all the Tolkien-related items currently available, follow the Profiles in History link and search on “Tolkien.” For a quick list of all the items in the auction (including King Kong, Star Wars and Harry Potter memorabilia), go to Superhero Hype.com
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The Brits are to beat Kiwi-born director Peter Jackson in creating the next Lord of the Rings movie. But the new film won’t have the $166 million budget the other movies had or the backdrop of green New Zealand pastures and snowy mountains. An amateur film-maker from England is digging into her own pocket, appealing to sponsors and has hired several actors willing to work for free to make a not-for-profit movie inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy novels. Briton beats Jackson to next Rings movie
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A recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald discusses how the love of J.R.R. Tolkien’s works has spawned generations of fans who are now avid collectors of all things Tolkien. The continuing fascination has only increased after Peter Jackson’s release of “Lord Of The Rings” in 2001 and the intense interest in Guillermo Del Toro’s upcoming take on “The Hobbit”. Fans have been clamoring for other printed books, maps, manuscripts and photographs related to the author and his works.
If you have a Tolkien collection, be sure and share it with other collectors on our Gaming and Collecting message board. Read More
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The Indigo King, third book of James A. Owen’s Chronicles of The Imaginarium Geographica, has been
officially released. The series features J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis as lead characters in a story that spans the world of fantasy and ours:
On a September evening in 1931, John and Jack, two of the Caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica, discover a cryptic warning on a medieval manuscript — which is not only addressed to them but seems to have been written by their friend, Hugo Dyson! But before they can discover the origin of the strange book, Hugo walks through a door in time — and vanishes into the past.
The Indigo King is available at amazon.com and in bookstores. Also, be sure to pick up the first two parts of the series: Here, There Be Dragons and The Search for the Red Dragon.
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Stephen writes: The Tolkien treasures discovered in Poole, Dorset England go on Display on the 15th November at Hazael Design, unit 12 Mill Lane Wimborne. The Lord Mayor to open the launch at 11am. See the postcard written to J R R Tolkien discovered laying behind a fireplace for 40 years. Also the fireplace, Griffin, cast fairy, cast candlesticks, stone face man, stone WOODRIDINGS sign and ornate wardrobe doors. Competion to win a mirror made from the wood reclaimed from “WOODRIDINGS” J R R Tolkiens former home.
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Claudia Riiff Finseth contacted us a while ago offering her articles on Tolkien, here is her third and last article ‘Tolkien’s Trees’.
Riiff Finseth is a freelance writer and author. Among her favorite works of literature is Lord of the Rings, which she has read over twenty times, more than any other book. Name the chapter, and Claudia can tell you what happens in it. Claudia was born in 1954 in Longview, Washington, USA. She studied literature and nursing at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, where she lives today with her husband and their family. She can be reached at dragonflypond@gmail.com. Continue reading “Essay: Tolkien’s Trees”
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