Tolkien postcard found behind fireplace
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A demolition worker has discovered a postcard which was written to Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien 40 years ago stuck behind a fireplace.
Stephen Malton, who runs Prodem Demolition in Bournemouth, was removing the fixtures from the author's former home in Poole, Dorset, before the property was demolished. As he dismantled the carved wooden fireplace he found three postcards, the last of which was addressed to Tolkien and dated 1968.
Malton, 42, has now begun investigating how much he can sell the postcard for and said a collector in Belgium had offered $US500,000 (£253,186) for the card and the fireplace.
The postcard is addressed to the author at the Miramar Hotel, Bournemouth, where he and his wife Edith spent many of their holidays. It is signed Lin, which some have speculated could be fantasy author Lin Carter, who wrote A Look Behind the Lord of the Rings, published in 1969. The postcard focuses on the landscape in Ireland, describing hedgerows along with walking and driving in the countryside. It reads: "I have been thinking of you a lot and hope everything has gone as well as could be expected in the most difficult circumstances."
Stephen Malton, who runs Prodem Demolition in Bournemouth, was removing the fixtures from the author's former home in Poole, Dorset, before the property was demolished. As he dismantled the carved wooden fireplace he found three postcards, the last of which was addressed to Tolkien and dated 1968.
Malton, 42, has now begun investigating how much he can sell the postcard for and said a collector in Belgium had offered $US500,000 (£253,186) for the card and the fireplace.
The postcard is addressed to the author at the Miramar Hotel, Bournemouth, where he and his wife Edith spent many of their holidays. It is signed Lin, which some have speculated could be fantasy author Lin Carter, who wrote A Look Behind the Lord of the Rings, published in 1969. The postcard focuses on the landscape in Ireland, describing hedgerows along with walking and driving in the countryside. It reads: "I have been thinking of you a lot and hope everything has gone as well as could be expected in the most difficult circumstances."
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- JanaPokana
- 3 months ago
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I love the fact that it has taken him no time at all to investigate how much it's worth.
We'd all do the same right?-
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- phillyharper
- 3 months ago
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With the current economy I'm afraid I'd have to figure out how much to sell if for as well. Although it would break my heart parting with a treasure from such an icon. Frodo Lives!
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Of all the exciting, mysterious thing that could have been on the card, she wrote - "I have been thinking of you a lot and hope everything has gone as well as could be expected in the most difficult circumstances."
LAME. I think that everything we write from now onwards should be full of mystery and intrigue, just in case.
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Wow. Must be a slow news day at The Guardian today!
What a dull story!-
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- kristianbrodie
- 3 months ago
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