Showing posts with label Collecting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Collecting. Show all posts

Wednesday, 29 April 2020

Tolkien Best Purchases

I’ve been collecting for a long time are have had many a bargain, particularly in the past from car boot sales and the early days of the Internet. There are not so many bargains to be had these days, what with more collectors and more dealers, however bargains can still occasionally be found. These are a few of my more recent ones.

1st Edition Boxed Set
2010
Impressions 10/7/6
Good Condition
£30


Fellowship & Return King 1st Editions
2015
Impressions 5/2
With maps, but no dust jackets
Good condition
£5


Figure Bundle
2018
This was a large bundle of 53 Toybiz and AOME figures and sets.

It cost £500

It includes a lot of exclusive Toybiz sets, individually quite expensive, but specifically the Arwen and Horse Red Box Horse and Rider Set which is the rarest figure of them all and worth over £1200 on its own.



    

    




Book Bundle
2019
This was a small bundle of books.

It cost £26

All books are in very good condition.

The highlights are:
A 2nd Edition 1st Impression Lord of the Rings set
A 1970 5th Impression Hobbit
A 1st Edition Silmarillion (not specifically rare though)





Posters
2023
2 Posters
£25 offer


Card Bundle
2020
This was an eclectic bundle of film merchandise.

It cost £16

The highlight of this are 2 very rare Flying Nazgul Super Top Trumps worth £25 each and 2 rare Shelob Super Top Trumps.





Card Bundle
2022
£1.20 plus postage

4 Topps clothes cards, 1 Topps artist card and 4 common Decipher sets


Book Bundle
2024
The unfinished tales book is worth £150 plus


Calendars
2024
The Jeff Murray 2012 Calendar is rare




Sunday, 16 October 2016

Collecting Tolkien - Internet Resources

The following are various internet resources useful for Tolkien collecting.

The one problem with the Internet is that great sites can disappear, often quite suddenly, and great information is lost. Also many good sites loose interest and stagnate and become outdated, this happened a lot when the films came along and there was then a huge amount of new stuff which sites couldn't keep up with.

There are probably a lot more, which I have yet to find.

News

Specialist (Summary)

General Sites

Forums

Links

Collections
Major

Individuals

Blogs

Other (articles)

General Tolkien

Bakshi

Board Games

Tolkien Music

Action Figures

War gaming

Trading cards

Books

Roleplaying and Game books

Sunday, 19 June 2016

Collecting Tolkien - Posters

There are literally thousands of posters relating to Tolkien and it is impossible to come up with any definitive catalogue. I know of no website which tries.

I don't particularly collect posters, but these are the ones I have.

Total Items: 47 (sets counted as one item)

Lord of the Rings Poster Collection portfolio by Alan Lee.

Lord of the Rings Poster Collection 2 portfolio by Alan Lee.

Hobbit Poster Collection portfolio by Alan Lee.

Tolkien Centenary Poster Collection portfolio by Alan Lee.

Silmarillion Poster Collection portfolio by Ted Nasmith.

Three large 1969-1970 Posters (Shadowfax, Bilbo and Gollum) by Instor Marketing Service Ltd, which are quite rare.












The Land of Shadows Portfolio by Frank Cirocco, which is quite rare.

Two large Posters of cards from the Decipher card game, one of the Fellowship set and one of the Two Towers.

A large Two Towers movie map poster.

A variety of eight large posters from the three Lord of the Rings movies, including cinema posters.

A large Middle Earth map poster.

Two limited edition signed Hildebrant Posters (The Fellowship and Return of Gandalf).












Eight promo Posters of the cover and pages from Empire magazines Return of the King issue.

Two different sets of four promo Posters of the covers of The Lord of the Rings strategy games expansions.

A large promo Poster promoting the release of the Hobbit centenary book in 1991.

A large promo Poster promoting the release of The Third Age computer game.

A large Poster of the Children of Turin book.

A poster from a Hobbit theatrical play.

Set of six Lord of the Rings movie posters from the Empire magazine.

Three large Two Towers movie posters from The Sunday Times newspaper.

Three large Return of the King posters from The Sunday Times newspaper.

Return of the King Oscar Poster from The Times newspaper.

A Lord of the Rings movie 2002 calendar poster.

A large Bakshi cinema movie poster.

Two promo poster from the Bakshi movie.

Three large Bakshi movie posters.














Two versions of Studio B Gandalf poster.

Free Return of the King Movie Posters (x3)

Movie Time Two Towers gigantic poster.

Star Time Fellowship gigantic poster.

Star Time Return of the King poster.

The Lord of the Rings Definitive Movie Posters (x40).

The Hobbit movie trilogy Definitive Movie Posters (x40).



Tuesday, 1 March 2016

Collecting Tolkien Theme - Lego

Lego is not an obvious theme as you would think that it is all about the Lego building sets. I do however have a few other bits and pieces which make it into a small Theme.

I did not originally collect Tolkien Lego as I thought it was too expensive, however there ended up not as many sets as I thought there might have been and I did really like them, particularly The Lord if the a Rings ones (I was not so impressed by the the Hobbit ones), so I started to collect them. I started off by getting a few of the ones I liked, when they were a bit cheaper, at the end of their run. But like all collectors, once I had a few, I just had to have them all. I now have all of the sets.

These are the items I have:

Lego (35)
Lord of the Rings (12 +3 blisters)
9469: Gandalf Arrives
9470: Shelob Attacks
9471: Uruk-Hai Army
9472: Attack On Weathertop
9473: The Mines of Moria
9474: Battle of Helm's Deep
9476: The Orc Forge
10237:Tower of Orthanc
79005: The Wizard Battle
79006: The Council of Elrond
79007: Battle at the Black Gate*
79008: Pirate Ship Ambush

30210: Frodo with cooking corner
30211: Urak-Hai with ballista
5000202: Elrond Figure (free with DS Lord of the Rings computer game)

Hobbit (14 +6 blisters)
79000: Riddles for the Ring
79001: Escape from Mirkwood Spiders
79002: Attack of the Wargs
79003: An Unexpected Gathering*
79004: Barrel Escape

79010: The Goblin King Battle
79011: Dol Guldur Ambush
79012: Middle Earth Army
79013: Lake-town Chase
79014: Dol Guldur Battle
79015: Witch-King Battle
79016: Attack on Lake-town
79017: The Battle of the Five Armies*
79018: The Lonely Mountain

30213: Gandalf at Dol Guldur
30215: Legolas Greenleaf (fee with Two Towers Blu-ray DVD)
30216: Lake-town guard
5002130: Good morning Bilbo (free with Hobbit XBox One game)
Bard and Bain (free with Return of the King Blu-ray DVD)
Mirkwood Elf (Cinema give-away)

* poor boxes

Promotional (2)
Fellowship Shop Display
Hobbit Drawstring Bag

Clothes (1)
Hobbit T-Shirt red
Board Games (2)
The Hobbit
Battle of Helms Deep

Computer Games (5)
Lord Of The Rings (PC, XBox, DS - with Elrond figure)
Hobbit (PC, XBox One - with Bilbo figure)

Other (4)
Bilbo Keyring
Lord of the Rings Magnets (3 pack)
Blocks Magazine (Hobbit cover)
The Middle Earth Lego Minifigure Catalog (Christopher Bartneck)

Fake (13)
I also have the following fake Tolkien Lego items:
Lele Return of the King (8 boxed figures)
Lele Hobpit (1 boxed figure)
Segan Hobbit (4 horse and riders - no boxes)

Sunday, 27 December 2015

Collecting Tolkien - Others

I have various items which don't fit into any of the other area. Each of these could be considered an area in their own right however I don't have enough items.

Total items: 50 (sets counted as one item)

Badges (5)
Traditional Sauron badge
Bakshi character badges (x5)
Hobbit Desolation movie button badges pack (x6)
Movie Two Towers DVD promo badges (x12)
Movie Return of the King characters (x5)

Jewellery (9)
The One Ring
One Ring Necklace
Movie Return of the King piercing Jewellery (x7)

Weapons (3)
United Cutlery Sting Sword
Franklin Mint Gandalf Knife
Unofficial Anduril Sword

Music (printed) (9)
Bakshi Theme From The Lord of the Rings - Step-Up Marching Band
Into The West sheet music
Gollum's Song sheet music easy piano
Theme from Bakshi The Lord of the Rings Jazz Band Series
Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy Instrumental Solos for Tenor Sax
Fellowship piano/vocal/chords
Two Towers piano/vocal/chords
Return of the King piano/vocal/chords
Fellowship symphonic band

Phone Cases (5)
Movie Fellowship Nokia Ring black
Movie Two Towers Nokia yellow
Movie Two Towers Nokia Ring red
Movie Two Towers Nokia Ring green
Middle Earth Map iPhone

Household Items (7)
Lampshade, Movie Return of the King
Towel, Movie Fellowship Towel Ring
Bedding Set, Movie Fellowship
Curtains, Movie Return of the King gold
Mug, Movie Gandalf
Mug, Movie Lord of the Rings
Pint Glass, Movie Lord of the Rings

Money (2)
Movie British bank notes (x4)
Movie British £100 character bank notes normal and large (x20)

Miscellaneous (10)
Lighter, Pracownik
Tobacco Tin, Pracownik
Lunch Box (with water bottle), Movie Return of the King
Shoulder Bag, Movie Return of the King
Backpack, Movie Return of the King (three heroes)
Drawstring Bag, Lego Hobbit
Keyring, Lego Bilbo
Fridge Magnets, Lego Lord of the Rings
Hobbit Hole Stores wooden box
Adventurers Duo Set, Face Wash and Shower Gel, Hobbit Movie

Tuesday, 22 December 2015

Collecting Tolkien - Calendars

The first Tolkien items I actually started collecting were the Tolkien Calendars.

There is a brilliant website all about Tolkien Calendars:
http://www.tolkiencalendars.com

As usual this area can be very big (just look at the above website). For each year, apart from the official calendars, there are all sorts of others, such as foreign calendars, society calendars, variations, promotional etc. There are also varying conditions of the calendar i.e does it have a corresponding mailer envelope (these often have the same styling as the calendar itself), is it sealed, has it been written in etc. My collection mainly consists of the official UK calendars, mostly not in mailers.

Total Items: 89

The first Calendar I had was the 1991 John Howe illustrated. I think this was a Christmas present.

Following this I have each years UK calendar since.

I have also obtained all the calendars back to the first official one published in 1973, a total of 43.

Most of the official calendars feature a specific artist for the year. My favourite calendar is the 1992 centenary calendar which has images by my favourite Tolkien artist, Ted Nasmith.

I have mailers for the following years: 75, 76, 78, 87, 88, 90, 91, 94, 95, 96

Some years the official Tolkien calendars in America were different to the UK. I have a few of these.

In 1979 and 1980 there were also calendars for the Lord of the Rings Bakshi movie, which I have.

Following the first Lord of the Rings film, in 2001, I have movie calendars (Lord of the Rings and Hobbit) for each year since. I also have various thin movie calendars, a couple of movie promo calendars and a couple of American movie calendars.

I also have the following odd other calendars:
1992 Hildebrandt calendar, featuring some Tolkien pictures.
2003 Hildebrandt Tolkien Artwork Postcard Calendar, which include 13 detachable postcards.
2004 Hobbit calendar.
2017 Maps of Middle Earth (small)

have 4 or 5 Tolkien related diaries, including quite a rare one for 1979.

Thursday, 17 December 2015

Collecting Tolkien - Promotional - Scrapbook

This area is part of Promotional and is rather eclectic, consisting mainly of paper based bits and pieces which you would get in a scrapbook. They are not really commercial items.

Total Items: 72 (not including leaflets, cuttings, flyers or packaging)

I have a lot of bits and pieces, too many to list, but here are some of the main items.

Lord of the Rings Movie
I have a few Invitations relating to The Lord of the Rings movies. I have an invitation to the UK premier of the Fellowship of the Ring at the Leicester square Odeon in London and an invitation to the official after show party. An invitation to the Princes trust charity showing of the Return of the King at the Leicester square Odeon in London. I have all my own tickets to the 3 Lord of the Rings movies, these include ones for the opening night of each movie and the other 2 times I saw each of them (9 tickets in total). I also have character premiere day tickets from Jacksonville US. I have various cinema brochures featuring The Lord of the Rings movies. (x12)

United cutleries brochures (x4) +flyers

Nestlé lenticular cards (x6) +flyers

Odeon Cinema promotional map

Movie Exhibition at the Science Museum in London I have tickets, a press cutting, a postcard and 2 photos of me and my kids in a hobbit size illusion film setting. New Zealand Museum 5 postcards and guide. (x10)

Royal Mail competition cards (x12) +adverts.

Lottery Scratch cards (x7)

Games Workshop bags and promotional leaflets (x6)



Others
Hobbit Play Birmingham Hippodrome - program

Hobbit Play Northampton Derngate - program +adverts and tickets

Unwin Book Catalogue and brochures

Lord of the Rings Musical - program, flyers, tickets. I also have a board game, book, postcards and promotional flight pack (see other blog entries) (x6)

Toy Vault figures - design and packaging items. Photo slides, packaging samples and logo samples (x5)

I also have a lot of press, newspaper and magazine, cuttings.

I also have a lot of promotional leaflets promoting all sorts of things.

I also have various packaging from all sorts of items (see also the specific blog entry on Food related items).