Lot 52 · Valuable Books and Manuscripts including Cartography
Typed letter signed ('J.R.R. Tolkien') to Jenny Hall, 76 Sandfield Road, Headington, 28 February 1966.
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- Estimate
- £5,000–£7,000 hammer ≈ $6,674–$9,344
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Valuable Books and Manuscripts including Cartography, London · 8 July 2026
- Dimensions
- One page, 228 x 177mm, with an autograph insertion of six lines. Envelope
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3064323
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel. 1892-1973., Typed letter signed ('J.R.R. Tolkien') to Jenny Hall, 76 Sandfield Road, Headington, 28 February 1966. Christie's, 8 Jul 2026, lot 52. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3064323.
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Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel. 1892-1973., Typed letter signed ('J.R.R. Tolkien') to Jenny Hall, 76 Sandfield Road, Headington, 28 February 1966. Christie's, 8 Jul 2026, lot 52. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3064323.
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| Schedel, Hartmann. 1440-1514. | Liber chronicarum , in German: Das Buch der Croniken und Ges | Christie's, Jul 2022 | ||
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