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# Why doesn�t it include a signature by J.R.R. Tolkien?
Unfortunately Professor Tolkien died in 1973, and we only wanted to include actual genuine signatures in this limited edition rather than scans or copies.
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Two years ago there was a movie poster from the Ralph Bakshi LOTR being sold on ebay signed by JRRT himself. Sadly, the same pesky problem of death popped up on that item also. The Bakshi film being made some five years after the demise of the good Professor.
Salvador Dali found a way to beat even death in the signed and numbered business. He signed several thousand pieces of large lithographic quality paper which later had the image printed upon it. Of course, this violates every ethical tenet of the profession. An artists signature is (partially) supposed to indicate that they approve of the quality of the reproduction.
Child of the 7th Age - I do not live anywhere near New York. On the day they announced the sale of the signed books I simply made a post on a site where Tolkien collectors gather offering to pay for someone elses book if they would be good enough to buy one for me. Two people responded. I made a deal with one. And that is how I obtained my signed COH.