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Tolkien postcard uncovered

A demolition worker stumbled across a 1968 postcard sent to JRR Tolkien which is now valued at £275,000.

Stephen Malton made the discovery as he unscrewed a fireplace at the Lord Of The Rings author's former home in Poole before the bulldozers moved in.

The fireplace itself has been valued at £250,000 and will be sold at auction along with the postcard, a bronze fairy and stone gryphon found in the garden.

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