It was very strange for me to see how the media can blow up stories and tell lies around. It has made me very well aware of how sources can ‘change the truth’ and I will not easily trust any ‘news’ site ever again. Still, you are right about ‘silly’ collectables…

Thanks for hearing me and as I said… keep up the good work!

I can’t vouch for Dash.com when it comes to journalistic ethics. They quote Malton saying the Tolkien Library offered the money, and I quoted the quote with attribution.

If you genuinely represent TolkienLibrary.com, and if that web site genuinely represents the same entity Malton refers to, well, then you have just set the story straight. So, thanks.

My blog post did not claim to be a journalistic source for incontrovertible facts. I said “A says this, B says this, and here’s what I think of it.”

I must say that I would rate unsourced comments on a forum as less reliable than a sourced comment on a self-described news site.

But the point of my article was to opine on what might be a worthwhile collectible rather than a silly one. I wouldn’t pay extra for a hand-carved table because it contained wood from a house JRR Tolkien owned for a few years.

Thanks for commenting! I appreciate it.

It is very much understandable you get angry. Yet you should ‘always’ check your sources before you start screaming. First one thing… the media can write a lot of stuff. No one ever bought a piece of that house. No one ever offered 500.000 USD for a fireplace.

It is all good to scream and ask “where is the world heading to”, but please check in with the truth before you do so!