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davem · 11-26-2009, 05:40 AM

On his blog John Rateliff http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2009/11...nd-pounds.html to an original drawing by Tolkien which is up for auction at Sotheby's http://www.sothebys.com/app/live/lot...t_id=159566775

Interesting for a couple of reasons - first, this is the farm bought by his aunt Jane Neave, where Tolkien actually began writing his mythology

, & second, you can see an early version of JRRT's famous mongram in the bottom left corner.

Inziladun · 11-26-2009, 08:43 AM

It's amazing to me that something like that would be up for auction. The picture itself naturally puts me more in mind of the Shire than Gondolin.

11-26-2009, 05:40 AM	#1
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Where it all began... On his blog John Rateliff http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2009/11...nd-pounds.html to an original drawing by Tolkien which is up for auction at Sotheby's http://www.sothebys.com/app/live/lot...t_id=159566775 Interesting for a couple of reasons - first, this is the farm bought by his aunt Jane Neave, where Tolkien actually began writing his mythology, & second, you can see an early version of JRRT's famous mongram in the bottom left corner. __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."

11-26-2009, 08:43 AM	#2
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,037	It's amazing to me that something like that would be up for auction. The picture itself naturally puts me more in mind of the Shire than Gondolin. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.