Inside The Most Insane £30,000 Personal Library
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
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People can hate Harry Potter as much as they like but they can't deny that it sparked a love of reading in our generation.
It's not even that either. Its J.K Rowling, and her stupid tweet about homosexual stuff. I mean everybody was all up in arms about it. Personally it didnt reflect her works. I still played the Hogwarts games, I still read the books. People need to chill.
@@triggerdudeit wasn't about homosexual stuff, it was about transgender people. They're not the same.
It's a serious matter. Transgender people are at high risk of depression and suicide because of transphobia. JK Rowling is transphobic and is actively attempting to hurt this group of people. If she had her way, many people would die or be forced to live a life they're not happy with.
Rowling actively spends some of her vast wealth to support political parties that have anti trans policies and agendas, which, like I said, would hurt thousands of people, potentially causing the death of many by a variety of reasons.
So... It'd a big deal. It's not whatever. People really do suffer because of her and she's actively helping to make life for a whole group of people, horrible.
I also love Harry Potter but I personally can't support it anymore when I know that the money goes to Rowling, who in turn uses it to further anti trans policies. It's horrible.
I still have my books, but I do not wish to spend my money anymore on a franchise that is sadly, indirectly helping to further the suffering of people and creating intolerance and promoting hate.
I love his passion. I'm not even interested in fantasy books, but he makes me want to start reading them.
Why can't you talk about Harry Potter these days..?
cancel culture
Cowardice, indoctrination, low iq, degeneracy, something like that
The trans mafia trying to cancel anyone who doesn't believe in their ridiculous beliefs
Yes, that is the first thing I though. It is pathetic to hear grown men talking like pathetic wimps
Political nonsense
The rise of these glamour editions of books has given collections a nice new angle. I will stick with the traditionally published first editions or at least traditionally priced (like the new Elric books, or illustrated Witcher books) with an occasional splurge on one $$$ book. The book modification, slipcase, and that wardrobe are a fantastic expansion of the hobby as well.
That’s not an unreasonable amount.
Depends how much you make lol.
I also hated reading but then my father grabbed me by the neck and gave me a Percy Jackson, now I can't imagine my life now if he hadn't done that
i’m not sure what led me to Percy Jackson honestly but yep, that was the series that hooked me too :)
@@morgboat744 Same here!
"I'll let you touch them later" 9:00
I can only imagine his eyes when he heard this
😂😂
Wow I had exact the same as experience with him and Harry Potter. Hated reading when I was a kid and my school librarian pushed me to read the Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone and fell in love with reading after that.
so beautiful.. the collection.. wow
We can't talk about Harry Potter anymore? That's very silly
We "Can't talk about Harry Potter very much?" Why not?
I guess because J.K. Rowling is convinced that there are biological differences between men and women, as well as e.g. men saying that they feel like they are a woman are still men, not women.
Because Rowling is a liberal, not a leftist, and dared to state the obvious. Soyking and his NPC guest either buy into clown world or are too gutless to be honest.
JK Rowling has fallen foul of the woke mobs for straying from the righteous path. Their righteous path that is.
The author is anti-trans. It's best to boycott her if you are a moral person.
@@Midori_Hoshi Ha ha ha!!
Just some simple math. If you dedicate 50€ per month to buy books (that's enough to buy between 2 and 4 newly printed books, or quite a lot more second hand books, as long as they're not rare), you can get a library with that value in 50 years.
wow! amazing. interesting to hear him call them the Northern Light series and not His Dark Materials. The Northern Light series sounds so much nicer!
I was a "Hospital Kid" and the Harry Potter series got me through a lot of hospital stays. Oh and watching lots of Steve Irwin... loved that guy RIP.
Haha, this video only encourages my own book collecting! Fantastic video. I hope to someday have a fantasy/sci-fi book collection even a percent as admirable as this one
Wow, super-impressive treasure trove! The standalone map looks great (even though I'm no fan of GoT). If I had pricey hardbacks, though, personally I'd be too scared of ruining them to risk spraying the edges... also I just prefer pristine pages!
why can't we talk about Harry Potter? it sounds idiotic to me and I can't fathom why you can't talk about such a famous fantasy book....
he can keep those deluxe editions, I want his Lightbringer and Demonclycle hardcover sets :)
Great video! I don’t have much of an interest in owning these more luxury editions myself, but it’s always nice to get to see other peoples copies.
What a beautiful collection!
James has a great collection, the only problem I have with it is that it's not mine 😅
Never knew books were so fancy. Added a few to my wishlist. 🙂
Wow 😮 amazing video!! And books can be very expensive too... happy reading to you!! 🍁🍂
Gods I'm so jealous 😭😭
Same 🥹🥲
I was teaching at the school Amy Winehouse went to and one of my pupils said you have to read Philip Pullman. I have to say I found his dark materials to be very Gnostic and enjoyed them.
This year alone I've spent six K on books - and the majority were second-hand off ebay. It's easily done.
I have never felt such strong envy 😭
If I had any money I would love to spend them on beautiful books and built in bookshelves. ❤ As it is I have to make do with a few Barnes & Noble leatherbound books (faux leather) that are beautiful on the shelves. But a girl can always dream. Will regret to the day I die that I didn't buy the signed copy of Lord of the Rings for 86 USD when I came across it many years ago...
Impressive collection! Hopefully, he won't have to move house anytime soon!
I buy used books mostly, sometimes online you can find used paperbacks for 1 cent. Books I am really a fan of I try to collect a nice copy.
Such a beautiful collection
💷 Oh my! 😲 I’m not a collector in these terms - I’m quite happy with my enormous pile paperbacks! - but that collection is just gobsmackingly gorgeous 😍😍😍 Did you touch it later? 😘
I have almost half of that amount in one set up books. 1st Ed, 1st printing of first US Lord of the Rings, mint unread.
30k on fantasyslop is insane
I love this so much and wish I could own all these editions. I splurge on occasion but I could buy 3-4 books for the price of one superior edition.
Fantastic collection there. I also have quite a collection too, though almost all are Folio Society. Think I will need to branch out a little and get hold of some non Folio stuff. Just for a little more variety.
Only 722 likes?? Who can I like 1k times atleast!
Wow what a collection! I have book envy!
Will
Absolutely amazing!!!!
Why carnt we talk about harry potter?
That is an amazing collection !!
thanks great vid!!!
Knew it was fantasyphile as soon as I saw the thumbnail 🤣
I use to think R.R Martin and R.R.Tolkien was the same author 😅
Amazing!
Now we know where to bring the van and a crowbar.
Why did he say that Harry Potter cannot be talked about now?
oh I'm soooo jealous!
I'm jealous.
Video felt a bit rushed for such an impressive collection
I have the Pratchett folios. Not that I'd sell them though! They are absolutely beautiful books.
Did you get the Limited Edition of Mort? I was one of the lucky 500. Good luck finding that for less than £500 today. Think it only cost me around £110 - can't remember the exact price on release. Anyway, the whole lot was gone in half a day.
I love your videos🔥💪🏼
Worth every penny! Or is it pence?
damn what a treasure!
What does he mean “we can’t talk about Harry Potter, unfortunately”?? 😳
This is a perfectly reasonable amount to spend on books, in fact I’d be willing to spend more… I have a problem though .
Wow, what a philistine. Even that stupid comment about "we can't talk about Harry Potter" tells you everything about this guy.
Really though... People are so sensitive about everything.
What edition of the Narnia books is that?
Folio Society!
For the individuals who are questioning about the Harry Potter part the Creator was actually bashed by the alphabet people community called anti-gay and all this stuff so now if you even touch those books you hate those kind of people😂😂 that's the whole BS behind it that's why a lot of people are saying you can't read or talk about it
30k ain't much to spend on a personal library.
Beautiful collection, and really appreciate what you have, however, I have been a book collector for over 30 years. I hate to break the bubble but special editions are not worth much with true collectors, and dealers. First edition, first printings are where most of the dollars grow, and signed versions even more so.
I had a true first of Dune, worth about $9,000, there are no special editions of that book that would come close. Same holds true for the Whee of Time, any Asimov's, Brooks, Tolkien, etc, etc., etc.
Now, not to down play the special editions, they are gorgeous, but they do not appreciate as the true first editions do. A hard cover first edition will only really increase if it the first hardcover issued for a book. that was done somewhat in the 1970's and 1980's.
Depends. I was lucky to get hold of the Folio Society limited edition of Mort by Terry Pratchett. Paid about £110 for it. That was in May 2016 - not quite seven years ago. Today, you will be lucky if you get hold of that particular book for less than £500.
@@limedickandrew6016 That may be true, but when you try to sell it, it becomes much tougher, and if you go to shows you can see this. Hyper-modern books very infrequently build in price early, as compared with Special Editions . Perhaps the Game of Thrones true first maybe $500, but that is a 23 year old book, while the special edition is close. It all comes down to print runs of the true first editions.
And I have a hard time spending $10+….
It’s nice but that’s honestly not that much money for a book collector to have spent over years.
It’s so relative. I’ll throw down a couple thousand on a single book and then see a much rarer version for $85,000 that I would love.
Why can’t we talk about Harry Potter so much now a days ? Wtf was that comment about ?
30k? Reality check. That wouldn’t even cover the cost of individual books in many private collections