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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 7438980" data-attributes="member: 19675">First of all, LotR falls squarely under the second part of what you quoted: Second, gifting, while not purchasing, is an economic activity.&nbsp; That items of a particular type are given by someone does not nullify the possibility of someone selling them.&nbsp; The elves give the items because they are needed and the recipients respected.&nbsp; Unless- like a white elephant in Indian culture- the item gifted is such that sale would be a personal affront to the giver (who also happens to be the head of government) someone likely sold or bartered one away.&nbsp; You can’t replant your fields (flooded before harvest last year) with your father’s magical greathelm worn in the Trollkin Wars, but selling it- even at “fire sale” prices might buy you enough seed to save your farm and feed your family.Third, while a particular item’s history does not include any known instance of being sold does not mean that NO items of that kind were ever sold.Fourth, an item valued enough to kill for or hoard implies its valued just like filthy lucre.&nbsp; If someone would kill for something, someone would be willing to pay a willing seller to acquire.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 7438980, member: 19675"] First of all, LotR falls squarely under the second part of what you quoted: Second, gifting, while not purchasing, is an economic activity. That items of a particular type are given by someone does not nullify the possibility of someone selling them. The elves give the items because they are needed and the recipients respected. Unless- like a white elephant in Indian culture- the item gifted is such that sale would be a personal affront to the giver (who also happens to be the head of government) someone likely sold or bartered one away. You can’t replant your fields (flooded before harvest last year) with your father’s magical greathelm worn in the Trollkin Wars, but selling it- even at “fire sale” prices might buy you enough seed to save your farm and feed your family. Third, while a particular item’s history does not include any known instance of being sold does not mean that NO items of that kind were ever sold. Fourth, an item valued enough to kill for or hoard implies its valued just like filthy lucre. If someone would kill for something, someone would be willing to pay a willing seller to acquire. [/QUOTE]

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