{"id":34592,"date":"2009-12-09T18:43:01","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T23:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=34592"},"modified":"2009-12-09T18:43:01","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T23:43:01","slug":"tolkien-art-for-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/12\/09\/34592-tolkien-art-for-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Tolkien Art for Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sothebys.com\/app\/live\/lot\/LotDetail.jsp?lot_id=159566775\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/L09777-178-lr-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Sotheby&#039;s Auction\" title=\"Sotheby&#039;s Auction\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-34593 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/L09777-178-lr-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/L09777-178-lr-1.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Sotheby\u2019s is delighted to announce that their English Literature, History, Children\u2019s Books &#038; Illustrations auction on 17 December (sale code L09777) will include an exceptionally early drawing by J.R.R. 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This early example depicts his aunt\u2019s farm (\u2018Lamb\u2019s Farm, Gedling, Notts\u2019) and shows the location where he composed the earliest known writing that relates to his mythology.<\/p>\n<p>The lot can be viewed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sothebys.com\/app\/live\/lot\/LotDetail.jsp?lot_id=159566775\">here<\/a> or the e-catalogue for the entire sale is available <a href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.sothebys.com\/events\/L09777\">here<\/a> (please note that the e-catalogue can take some time to load and the Tolkien drawing is lot 178).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sotheby\u2019s is delighted to announce that their English Literature, History, Children\u2019s Books &#038; Illustrations auction on 17 December&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14,153,18,152],"tags":[1033],"class_list":["post-34592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-tolkien-life","category-merchandise","category-tolkien","tag-sothebys"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sotheby\u2019s is delighted to announce that their English Literature, History, Children\u2019s Books &amp; Illustrations auction on 17 December (sale code L09777) will include an exceptionally early drawing by J.R.R. 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