Letters written by Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones to a teenage fan are anticipated to fetch £3,400 at public sale.
They have been despatched to Christine Dalton, then 14, who developed a crush after seeing the Stones on TV present Prepared Regular Go.
She wrote through the band’s fan membership to ask his deal with in Chelsea and his phone quantity. The schoolgirl even made day journeys to west London from her residence in Arlesey, Bedfordshire, to attempt to discover him.
Letters written by Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones to a teenage fan are anticipated to fetch £3,400 at public sale
They have been despatched to Christine Dalton, then 14, who developed a crush after seeing the Stones on TV present Prepared Regular Go
4 occasions between December 1965 and April 1966, Jones replied – in handwritten letters signed with two kisses.
Within the first, he mentioned he couldn’t give his cellphone quantity or deal with. Within the second, he added: ‘I’m sorry you didn’t discover my home.’ He mentioned he was transferring quickly and enclosed a signed photograph. The next month he replied that he was transferring once more, including: ‘I’ll offer you a clue. It’s close to the outdated flat.’
Christine, now 70 and married to Keith Jenkins for 50 years, discovered the gadgets throughout a transfer. She mentioned yesterday: ‘The letters are so harmless and it was good he took the time to put in writing again.’
Her teenage crush pale – however she went to the Stones’ 1969 live performance in Hyde Park, when the band paid tribute to Jones, who two days earlier had died aged 27 within the swimming pool of his East Sussex residence.
The letters and {photograph} are being bought on Tuesday by Particular Public sale Companies in Newbury, Berkshire.