I saw an EotW on eBay once prolly over 10 years ago. It had a limited page but the guy was claiming he had purchased a whole bunch of EotW 1st 1st copies and rebound them. Pretty sure it was bs and he had just done what I did but added a fake limitation page as I never saw another one. Do you remember the # of the book?

Sorry but I don't remember the number that was so long ago and I was depressed when I didn't win it.  :)

LoL, for sure.  :)

But remember the ace in the hole is the Lettered Legends . . .  We don't really have any value on this.  Is it work 4k? 5k?  Who knows?  I guess the problem with this type of thing is the potential market is so small and specialized it's really hard to sell it at all but at the same time all it takes is that one Jordan bibliophile with money.  :)

Thanks and let's see what happens, I'll update if/when I move this.  I'm in no hurry so I do have the benefit of patience.

As for your collection, it looks gorgeous.  I don't think it is devalued at all actually.  Remember that the publisher did the exact same thing to create the ultra small copies for Jordan.  They took existing 1st printings and had them rebound. Of course, since it was the publisher, they were able to put in a limitation page and Jordan signed it.

THOSE are super, super, super rare.  I've only seen the one, Eye of the World and bid over 1000 on it and STILL lost.  DOH!!  :)

Here's the link to my auction if you want to see pictures and what's included.  :)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wheel-of-Time-Collection-Robert-Jordan-Legends-Leatherbound-Lettered-SIGNED-/191541084019?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c98bcff73

I have a copy of Legends in Mint condition. I'd have to verify the number. Signed by all authors including Terry Goodkind and Stephen king. I have yet to be able to find a value for my Legends book. In fact, this is one of the only things I could find about the book. If anyone on here has a value of Legends or can redirect me to someone who might, I would appreciate it. I am looking to sell mine. Thank you.

I remember doing an Ebay completed item search a few years ago and came upon an ended auction for a numbered Legends that went for close to 2 grand.  Hope that helps

Hi Chris,

LOVE YOUR COLLECTION!  I'm the guy who listed mine on Ebay and I have to agree yours is AT LEAST the equal to mine. 

It is always a pleasure to see other collections and yours is one of the best I've ever seen.

If you don't mind my asking how did you get the first three in green Leatherbound with slipcases?  I had been told by Brandon Sanderson that the  first 3 were never released to the general public.  I heard rumors that a few of the 1st edition, 1st printings were specially commissioned for Jordan's personal collection.   I saw a signed leatherbound version of Eye of the World about 3 to 4 years ago on Ebay but lost out on it. 

The lettered Legends is really the highlight of my collection.  Aside from Jordan's signature it also has SO MANY other great fantasy authors.  Stephen King especially is not easy to get as he doesn't often sign and of course other authors on that page are not as active.  Some like the great Sir Terry Pratchett has sadly passed.  :(

To be honest, I'm not sure how much this is worth since collections like these come up very very infrequently.   Like I said, I've never seen a lettered Legends in my life anywhere other than my own.  Numbered ones have gone on ebay for around 1500 to 2000 if I recall correctly.    I put up the price and will wait for best offers to see what the market is like. 

I love my collection but have enjoyed it for close to 9 years and I'm not really a book collector.  Would prefer these go to a true bibliophile who can put them in a temperature and humidity controlled vault with the rest.

But thanks so much for sharing your collection, it's breathtaking.  :)  I would love, love, love to have those first 3 books.  LoL.

Dennis

Nice one but the ideal situation is a NON-PERSONALIZED signature.  The fact that it is to Becky significantly decreases its value.

Hmm. .. makes my full set signed by the authors and editor seem puny. But it does look badass. The coolest RJ thing I've got is the Russian translation, sign by RJ and Harriet. 2nd coolest is the error dustjacket of Fires of Heaven (Eladia is spelled Fladia) and the next is my PoD cover, which has a printers error. (The cover as offset, so the raised lettering and the red lines are 1/2 inch off)  

 

B. 

I wouldn't say that.  If your full set are ALL FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTINGS (from Eye of the World to A Memory of LIght) and signed by both Robert Jordan and Harriet then that is a VERY impressive set indeed.  I don't think it's as valuable as the leatherbound collection mainly because of the limitations and the fact that there is a lettered Legends in there but overall, I would consider your set to be a grail level collectible.  

A signed 1st printing of Eye of the World is a 1000 dollar item easily in my opinion. 

That is just beautiful. I have always been more for soft cover books as I think they are more comfortable to read and besides I do not have to worry to much if I drop them into the tub while reading while taking a bath as they are not to expensive, but that set is gorgeous, I want a set like that now. :)

Thanks.  It goes without saying but these books aren't for reading.  None of them have even been opened except to check the limitation page and as you can see with the last 3 in the sequence by Brandon Sanderson, they are all still in the original shrinkwrap. 

Wow! I'm not much for leather bound books, I much prefer well-bound cloth cover editions, but I'd sure love to have this set! How much did this collection set you back?

Well they each retailed for 250 to 300 dollars apiece.  So that starts it off at 4000 dollars and change.  Some of course I spent much more on and it's worth now as a complete set is several times the initial price.  Also a Legends lettered with all those signatures would be astronomical in and of itself. 

I'm guessing I'm one of the few people outside Harriet and Tom Doherty who has one of these.

With A Memory of Light, it's about as complete as it ever will be.  They never did the first 3 for mass consumption for whatever reason.  I hope Tom Doherty eventually finishes it off but without Jordan's REAL signature (not just a photocopy) it'll never be the same of course.

Enjoy, comments to follow

New Spring, Legends, Lord of Chaos, Path of Daggers, and Winter's Heart are actually all LETTERED editions.

The most valuable of all of them is probably my Lettered Legends since there is only 50 in existence and 11 went to the authors who contributed to it.  It has GRRM, RJ, Anne McCaffrey, Silverberg, Orson Scott Card, Goodkind, Stephen King, Terry Pratchett sigs etc on limitation page.  Not sure how much it's worth but I've never seen one for sale under any circumstances and in any venue.

The first three books sadly aren't first edition first printings but they are all handsigned by Robert Jordan.  The Big White Book is a first printing signed by Jordan . . .

Thanks for looking.   I think it's pretty rare to see something like this.  In all the Internet, I've only found one pic remotely resembling this and that was on Encyclopaedia WoT's book collecting section which only shows the leatherbound series up to Crossroads.