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	'''Desk certificate 27 July 1972''' refers to a certificate of authenticity written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on [[27 July]] [[1972]] for the [[Sotheby's Fine English and Continental Furniture Bronzes, Textiles and Works of Art 1825-1930 and French Animalier Bronzes\|sale at Sotheby's]] of his personal desk. The statement gives a brief history of the desk, stating that ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and some of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' were written on it, and notes that the desk has been presented to ''Help the Aged'' in memory of [[Edith Tolkien]] (who gave the desk to Tolkien in [[1927]]).<ref name=C>{{CG\|C}}, pp. 765, 768</ref><ref>{{webcite\|author=\|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=55540\|articlename=Fine English and Continental Furniture. 1972\|dated=\|website=TB\|accessed=7 January 2012}}</ref> The manuscript is held at the J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts collections at the [[Marion E. Wade Center]] (where also the desk is now found).<ref>{{webcite\|author=\|articleurl=http://www.wheaton.edu/wadecenter/Collections-and-Services/Collection%20Listings/~/media/Files/Centers-and-Institutes/Wade-Center/RR-Docs/Manuscript%20Listings/TolkienMS.pdf\|articlename=J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts\|dated=\|website=[http://www.wheaton.edu/wadecenter Marion E. Wade Center]\|accessed=7 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=C/>		'''Desk certificate 27 July 1972''' refers to a certificate of authenticity written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on [[27 July]] [[1972]] for the [[Sotheby's Fine English and Continental Furniture Bronzes, Textiles and Works of Art 1825-1930 and French Animalier Bronzes\|sale at Sotheby's]] of his personal desk. The statement gives a brief history of the desk, stating that ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and some of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' were written on it, and notes that the desk has been presented to ''Help the Aged'' in memory of [[Edith Tolkien]] (who gave the desk to Tolkien in [[1927]]).<ref name=C>{{CG\|C}}, pp. 765, 768</ref><ref>{{webcite\|author=\|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=55540\|articlename=Fine English and Continental Furniture. 1972\|dated=\|website=TB\|accessed=7 January 2012}}</ref> The manuscript is held at the J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts collections at the [[Marion E. Wade Center]] (where also the desk is now found).<ref>{{webcite\|author=\|articleurl=http://www.wheaton.edu/wadecenter/Collections-and-Services/Collection%20Listings/~/media/Files/Centers-and-Institutes/Wade-Center/RR-Docs/Manuscript%20Listings/TolkienMS.pdf\|articlename=J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts\|dated=\|website=[http://www.wheaton.edu/wadecenter Marion E. Wade Center]\|accessed=7 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=C/>
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Morgan at 14:27, 7 January 2012

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−	'''Desk certificate 27 July 1972''' refers to a certificate of authenticity written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on [[27 July]] [[1972]] for the [[Sotheby's Fine English and Continental Furniture Bronzes, Textiles and Works of Art 1825-1930 and French Animalier Bronzes\|sale at Sotheby's]] of his personal desk. The statement gives a brief history of the desk, stating that ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and some of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' were written on it, and notes that the desk has been presented to ''Help the Aged'' in memory of [[Edith Tolkien]] (who gave the desk to Tolkien in [[1927]]).<ref name=C>{{CG\|C}}, pp. 765, 768</ref><ref>{{webcite\|author=\|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=55540\|articlename=Fine English and Continental Furniture. 1972\|dated=\|website=TB\|accessed=7 January 2012}}</ref> The manuscript is held at the J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts collections at the [[Marion E. Wade Center]] (~~which~~ also ~~has~~ the desk).<ref>{{webcite\|author=\|articleurl=http://www.wheaton.edu/wadecenter/Collections-and-Services/Collection%20Listings/~/media/Files/Centers-and-Institutes/Wade-Center/RR-Docs/Manuscript%20Listings/TolkienMS.pdf\|articlename=J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts\|dated=\|website=[http://www.wheaton.edu/wadecenter Marion E. Wade Center]\|accessed=7 January 2012}}</ref>ref name=C/>	+	'''Desk certificate 27 July 1972''' refers to a certificate of authenticity written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on [[27 July]] [[1972]] for the [[Sotheby's Fine English and Continental Furniture Bronzes, Textiles and Works of Art 1825-1930 and French Animalier Bronzes\|sale at Sotheby's]] of his personal desk. The statement gives a brief history of the desk, stating that ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and some of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' were written on it, and notes that the desk has been presented to ''Help the Aged'' in memory of [[Edith Tolkien]] (who gave the desk to Tolkien in [[1927]]).<ref name=C>{{CG\|C}}, pp. 765, 768</ref><ref>{{webcite\|author=\|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=55540\|articlename=Fine English and Continental Furniture. 1972\|dated=\|website=TB\|accessed=7 January 2012}}</ref> The manuscript is held at the J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts collections at the [[Marion E. Wade Center]] (where also the desk is now found).<ref>{{webcite\|author=\|articleurl=http://www.wheaton.edu/wadecenter/Collections-and-Services/Collection%20Listings/~/media/Files/Centers-and-Institutes/Wade-Center/RR-Docs/Manuscript%20Listings/TolkienMS.pdf\|articlename=J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts\|dated=\|website=[http://www.wheaton.edu/wadecenter Marion E. Wade Center]\|accessed=7 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=C/>
	==See also==		==See also==
	*''[[Sotheby's Fine English and Continental Furniture Bronzes, Textiles and Works of Art 1825-1930 and French Animalier Bronzes]]'' (sale of the desk)		*''[[Sotheby's Fine English and Continental Furniture Bronzes, Textiles and Works of Art 1825-1930 and French Animalier Bronzes]]'' (sale of the desk)
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	[[Category:Manuscripts by J.R.R. Tolkien]]		[[Category:Manuscripts by J.R.R. Tolkien]]

Morgan at 14:27, 7 January 2012

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−	'''Desk certificate 27 July 1972''' refers to a certificate of authenticity written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on [[27 July]] [[1972]] for the [[Sotheby's Fine English and Continental Furniture Bronzes, Textiles and Works of Art 1825-1930 and French Animalier Bronzes\|sale at Sotheby's]] of his personal desk. The statement gives a brief history of the desk, stating that ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and some of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' were written on it, and notes that the desk has been presented to ''Help the Aged'' in memory of [[Edith Tolkien]] (who gave the desk to Tolkien in [[1927]]).<ref>{{CG\|C}}, p. 765</ref><ref>{{webcite\|author=\|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=55540\|articlename=Fine English and Continental Furniture. 1972\|dated=\|website=TB\|accessed=7 January 2012}}</ref> The manuscript is held at the J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts collections at the [[Marion E. Wade Center]].<ref>{{webcite\|author=\|articleurl=http://www.wheaton.edu/wadecenter/Collections-and-Services/Collection%20Listings/~/media/Files/Centers-and-Institutes/Wade-Center/RR-Docs/Manuscript%20Listings/TolkienMS.pdf\|articlename=J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts\|dated=\|website=[http://www.wheaton.edu/wadecenter Marion E. Wade Center]\|accessed=7 January 2012}}</ref>	+	'''Desk certificate 27 July 1972''' refers to a certificate of authenticity written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on [[27 July]] [[1972]] for the [[Sotheby's Fine English and Continental Furniture Bronzes, Textiles and Works of Art 1825-1930 and French Animalier Bronzes\|sale at Sotheby's]] of his personal desk. The statement gives a brief history of the desk, stating that ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and some of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' were written on it, and notes that the desk has been presented to ''Help the Aged'' in memory of [[Edith Tolkien]] (who gave the desk to Tolkien in [[1927]]).<ref name=C>{{CG\|C}}, pp. 765, 768</ref><ref>{{webcite\|author=\|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=55540\|articlename=Fine English and Continental Furniture. 1972\|dated=\|website=TB\|accessed=7 January 2012}}</ref> The manuscript is held at the J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts collections at the [[Marion E. Wade Center]] (which also has the desk).<ref>{{webcite\|author=\|articleurl=http://www.wheaton.edu/wadecenter/Collections-and-Services/Collection%20Listings/~/media/Files/Centers-and-Institutes/Wade-Center/RR-Docs/Manuscript%20Listings/TolkienMS.pdf\|articlename=J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts\|dated=\|website=[http://www.wheaton.edu/wadecenter Marion E. Wade Center]\|accessed=7 January 2012}}</ref>ref name=C/>
	==See also==		==See also==
	*''[[Sotheby's Fine English and Continental Furniture Bronzes, Textiles and Works of Art 1825-1930 and French Animalier Bronzes]]'' (sale of the desk)		*''[[Sotheby's Fine English and Continental Furniture Bronzes, Textiles and Works of Art 1825-1930 and French Animalier Bronzes]]'' (sale of the desk)
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	[[Category:Manuscripts by J.R.R. Tolkien]]		[[Category:Manuscripts by J.R.R. Tolkien]]

Morgan at 14:19, 7 January 2012

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−	'''Desk certificate 27 July 1972''' refers to a certificate of authenticity written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on [[27 July]] [[1972]] for the [[Sotheby's Fine English and Continental Furniture Bronzes, Textiles and Works of Art 1825-1930 and French Animalier Bronzes\|sale at Sotheby's]] of his personal desk. The statement gives a brief history of the desk, stating that ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and some of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' were written on it, and notes that the desk has been presented to ''Help the Aged'' in memory of [[Edith Tolkien]] (who gave the desk to Tolkien in [[1927]]).<ref>{{CG\|C}}, p. 765</ref><ref>{{webcite\|author=\|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=55540\|articlename=Fine English and Continental Furniture. 1972\|dated=\|website=TB\|accessed=7 January 2012}}</ref> The manuscript is held in the J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts collections at the [[Marion E. Wade Center]].<ref>{{webcite\|author=\|articleurl=http://www.wheaton.edu/wadecenter/Collections-and-Services/Collection%20Listings/~/media/Files/Centers-and-Institutes/Wade-Center/RR-Docs/Manuscript%20Listings/TolkienMS.pdf\|articlename=J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts\|dated=\|website=[http://www.wheaton.edu/wadecenter Marion E. Wade Center]\|accessed=7 January 2012}}</ref>	+	'''Desk certificate 27 July 1972''' refers to a certificate of authenticity written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on [[27 July]] [[1972]] for the [[Sotheby's Fine English and Continental Furniture Bronzes, Textiles and Works of Art 1825-1930 and French Animalier Bronzes\|sale at Sotheby's]] of his personal desk. The statement gives a brief history of the desk, stating that ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and some of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' were written on it, and notes that the desk has been presented to ''Help the Aged'' in memory of [[Edith Tolkien]] (who gave the desk to Tolkien in [[1927]]).<ref>{{CG\|C}}, p. 765</ref><ref>{{webcite\|author=\|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=55540\|articlename=Fine English and Continental Furniture. 1972\|dated=\|website=TB\|accessed=7 January 2012}}</ref> The manuscript is held at the J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts collections at the [[Marion E. Wade Center]].<ref>{{webcite\|author=\|articleurl=http://www.wheaton.edu/wadecenter/Collections-and-Services/Collection%20Listings/~/media/Files/Centers-and-Institutes/Wade-Center/RR-Docs/Manuscript%20Listings/TolkienMS.pdf\|articlename=J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts\|dated=\|website=[http://www.wheaton.edu/wadecenter Marion E. Wade Center]\|accessed=7 January 2012}}</ref>
	==See also==		==See also==
	*''[[Sotheby's Fine English and Continental Furniture Bronzes, Textiles and Works of Art 1825-1930 and French Animalier Bronzes]]'' (sale of the desk)		*''[[Sotheby's Fine English and Continental Furniture Bronzes, Textiles and Works of Art 1825-1930 and French Animalier Bronzes]]'' (sale of the desk)
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	[[Category:Manuscripts by J.R.R. Tolkien]]		[[Category:Manuscripts by J.R.R. Tolkien]]

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'''Desk certificate 27 July 1972''' refers to a certificate of authenticity written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on [[27 July]] [[1972]] for the [[Sotheby's Fine English and Continental Furniture Bronzes, Textiles and Works of Art 1825-1930 and French Animalier Bronzes|sale at Sotheby's]] of his personal desk. The statement gives a brief history of the desk, stating that ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and some of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' were written on it, and notes that the desk has been presented to ''Help the Aged'' in memory of [[Edith Tolkien]] (who gave the desk to Tolkien in [[1927]]).<ref>{{CG|C}}, p. 765</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=55540|articlename=Fine English and Continental Furniture. 1972|dated=|website=TB|accessed=7 January 2012}}</ref> The manuscript is held in the J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts collections at the [[Marion E. Wade Center]].<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.wheaton.edu/wadecenter/Collections-and-Services/Collection%20Listings/~/media/Files/Centers-and-Institutes/Wade-Center/RR-Docs/Manuscript%20Listings/TolkienMS.pdf|articlename=J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts|dated=|website=[http://www.wheaton.edu/wadecenter Marion E. Wade Center]|accessed=7 January 2012}}</ref>
==See also==
*''[[Sotheby's Fine English and Continental Furniture Bronzes, Textiles and Works of Art 1825-1930 and French Animalier Bronzes]]'' (sale of the desk)
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[[Category:Manuscripts]]