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Valuation: Tintin and the Blue Oranges, English edition

#1 · Posted: 27 Apr 2006 14:15

Curious about this as I have a French language edition I picked up new about 10 years ago, but the Harry Thompson HergÃ© biography mentions the English-language version is worth a small fortune - is anybody lucky enough to have a copy?

tintinuk
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#2 · Posted: 28 Apr 2006 08:17

I have a copy of the book in English, which I picked up a few years ago for Â£25. I've seen copies on eBay sell for in excess of Â£150, though. I'm unsure about its true value, but it's definitely a lot rarer than the English version of the Golden Fleece film book.

edcharlesadams
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#3 · Posted: 28 Apr 2006 12:51

the Harry Thompson Tintin biography mentions the English language version is worth a small fortune

Forgive me waggamuffin but I can't find any reference to this in Thompson's book. The only mention he makes of Blue Oranges is the film version. He does make a claim about the worth of the 1952 Casterman English editions of Unicorn and Rackham though, is this what you're thinking of?

As has been said before, eBay is not a true indicator of value, but like Oliver (tintinuk) I have seen them sell there for around Â£150.

Ed

waggamuffin
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#4 · Posted: 3 May 2006 14:23

Forgive me waggamuffin but I can't find any reference to this in Thompson's book. The only mention he makes of Blue Oranges is the film version. He does make a claim about the worth of the 1952 Casterman English editions of Unicorn and Rackham though, is this what you're thinking of?

You're right edcharlesadams although I only read the Thompson biography for the 1st time recently and thought he said something about the English language version of Blue Oranges as well - perhaps I was imagining it!

Out of interest how much is the biography worth? Also, what would be a reasonable price to pay for the English edition of -The Making of...Unicorn and Treasure?

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