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This Auction has been cancelled
You should always exercise good judgement and perform appropriate due-diligence when acquiring signed items to ensure that you are satisfied with the provenance and integrity of any item you bid on.Special auction of items relating to all things Tolkien. Specially curated from several private collections around the country, this auction features some of the rarest Tolkien items to ever be sold at auction. Including first editions, signed books, and items that once belonged to Tolkien himself.
Many of the items come from Tolkien’s first-born son, John Francis Reuel. There are some truly splendid objects, never seen before. Among them are also: a Christmas card written from Tolkien to his wife, Edith, using their nicknames for each other, Luthien and Beren; a self-portrait of Tolkien from 1916, sent to his wife Edith, and the manuscript of Goblin Feet. And wooden pipe owned by J. R. R. Tolkien, and gifted to him by his friend and fellow author C. S. Lewis. The pipe is engraved to the bottom 'Tollers - CSL'.
What do you think?
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22 Nov, 2025
2025-11-22 2:59:37 AM UTC
Some of these lots seem open to question for one reason or another. The "Goblin Feet" manuscript (lot 65), for instance, is in appearance nothing like the contemporary fair copy in Tolkien's papers, and in line 9 has "warn" as in printed copies, whereas Tolkien wrote "warm" in his manuscript.
Wayne & Christina
22 Nov, 2025
2025-11-22 3:22:18 AM UTC
So many of these items inscribed in what is claimed to be in Tolkien's hand are so very clearly not in Tolkien's hand that I have no reason to think the one or two that might in isolation have seemed credible at first glance aren't likewise inauthentic. Stay away.
22 Nov, 2025
2025-11-22 3:47:18 AM UTC
There are so many issues with most (if not all) of these items. Not just those purportedly signed by Tolkien. Smh.
22 Nov, 2025
2025-11-22 4:19:07 AM UTC
Thanks to
Aelfwine and
Findegil for your comments. Hopefully any bidders approach this auction with extreme caution (at least with the allegedly hand-written and signed materials). The whole auction is a very odd selection.
22 Nov, 2025
2025-11-22 6:01:43 AM UTC
Lake Town Geezer wrote:
I think Tolkien wrote to Christopher that he never actually called his wife Luthien? This would be at odds with the Christmas card?
Tolkien also knew how to spell Lúthien, unlike the author of this card.
22 Nov, 2025
2025-11-22 6:18:36 AM UTC
Lots of red flags in this auction, Caveat emptor.
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