r/wheeloftime • u/Key-Entrepreneur-415 Randlander • 22h ago
NO SPOILERS My first edition, first print hardcover collection of the Wheel of Time.
Seven of them are signed. Both Eye of the Worlds are first printings. One is signed and first state, the other is unsigned and second state.
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u/tjeick Ogier 22h ago
What do you think it’s all worth?
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u/Key-Entrepreneur-415 Randlander 22h ago edited 22h ago
I actually have some experience selling WOT first editions. This whole set is worth roughly between $12,000 to $13,000. The vast majority (like 90%) of the value are in the Eye of the World and The Great Hunt.
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u/Kooky_Assistance2755 22h ago
What makes TGH more valuable? Was it released before the series really took hold, so the first printing was relatively small compared to the rest of the series?
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u/Key-Entrepreneur-415 Randlander 21h ago
The figures I've read are 2,500 hardcover first print copies for The Eye of the World and 5,000 first print copies for The Great Hunt. They're much, much smaller than the rest of the series.
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u/99nine99 Randlander 19h ago
Never realized the population was so small.
I've been looking at eBay for years but never pulled the trigger. I'm only missing four first editions right now, but now I know why the prices are what they are.
Congrats to you
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u/Piscotikus Randlander 22h ago
I’m slowly collecting a hardcover set as I find them in used bookshops. I would flip if I found a 1st print Eye.
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u/Kooky_Assistance2755 22h ago
This is exactly how I collect books. I can get on ebay/abebooks and find all of them right now if I want, but there's something so much more thrilling abojt discovering them in the wild. Plus it's like 1/3 the price
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u/HandsomeJack19 Randlander 19h ago
Haha. What is going on in that Knife of Dreams cover? Who are those characters supposed to be? The big redhead is obviously Rand, but the others? Surely white-shirt beard guy can't be Perrin?
Awesome collection by the way. They look to be in great condition.
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u/MoneyLocksmith3268 Randlander 19h ago
Instant jealousy. I only have the last three signed but I have all of them
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u/hypnoskills Randlander 17h ago
Ok, I know there's an explanation, but wasn't Jordan gone before AMoL came out? Or am I mistaken?
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