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| want of clamoring fans willing to pay a large fortune for it.A turquoise-and-gold ring which belonged to the English novelist goes on sale in Dublin Tuesday. The auction house Sotheby’s estimates it will sell for $30,000 to $45,000.Austen (1775-1817) is the author of several acclaimed romantic novels revolving around Regency-era families of the lower English gentry that have been hugely popular with both scholars and readers for some two centuries.(MORE: What Jane Austen Could Teach Washington)Some of the ring’s admirers have wondered if the ring was a gift from Tom Lefroy, an Irishman who was Austen’s closest thing to a love interest of her own. Austen corresponded with Lefroy during the time that she wrote Pride and Prejudice. Some speculate — as dramatized in the 2007 film Becoming Jane – that Lefroy was the inspiration for Austen’s most memorable character, Mr. Darcy.But the ring more likely came from less romantic origins. Sotheby’s literature expert, Dr. Gabriel Heaton, guesses that it may have been a gift from Austen’s brother Henry, who acted as her literary agent. The ring is found in a box from a jeweler in the City of London, where Henry worked as a banker.After Austen’s death, her sister Cassandra gave the ring to Henry’s second wife, Eleanor Austen. Eleanor bequeathed the ring to Jane’s niece, Caroline, in a note which will be auctioned along with the ring.In the letter dated November 1863, Eleanor wrote, “The enclosed ring once belonged to your Aunt Jane. It was given to me by your Aunt Cassandra as soon as she knew that I was engaged to your uncle. I bequeath it to you. God bless you!”(MORE: Was Jane Austen Murdered?)The ring has remained in the Austen family until now.First editions of several of Austen’s novels will also be auctioned tomorrow, The Guardian reports. It’s certainly not unusual for Austen paraphernalia to command high prices. A manuscript of Austen’s last unfinished novel sold for $1.6 million one year ago.In 2007,[url=http://www.ocosound.com/]Cheap Christian Louboutin Shoes[/url], a portrait believed to be the only painting of Austen was offered at Christie’s for a guide price between $400,[url=http://www.ocosound.com/]Christian Louboutin Discount[/url],000 and $800,000. In the midst of doubts over whether the portrait was truly Austen,http://www.ocosound.com/, bidding went no higher than $350,000 and the painting was withdrawn from auction.MORE: Rare Jane Austen Manuscript Auctions for $1.6 MillionJani Lane, Lead Singer of Warrant, Dies at 47YouTubeEmailPrintShareFacebookTwitterTumblrLinkedInStumbleUponRedditDiggMixxDeliciousGoogle+Comment Follow @timenewsfeedThe glam-band wailer will be remembered for his wild hair and wilder personality. Lane, who provided lead vocals/screams for glam rock band Warrant, was found dead in a California hotel room Thursday evening. According to TMZ, Lane’s body was discovered “unresponsive” at the Comfort Inn hotel in Woodland Hills, Calif., around 5:30 p.m. No cause of death was immediately released,[url=http://www.ocosound.com/]Christian Louboutin Sale[/url], but law enforcement officials told the Los Angeles Times that alcohol and prescription drugs were found near Lane’s body in the motel room.As frontman of Warrant in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, Lane penned the group’s biggest hit, “Cherry Pie,” released in 1990. He joined the hair-metal band in 1986 and was infamous for his revolving-door attitude in fronting the band: he left in 1993, rejoined in 1994, and quit again in 2004. But his success with Warrant is indisputable. Lane wrote five top 40 hits for the band, whose albums notched up sales of more than 8 million albums.(LIST: 30 Best Music Videos)A heavier and seemingly downtrodden Lane appeared on VH1’s Celebrity Fit Club in 2005 to clean up his act. A photo surfaced in 2008 featuring Lane prominently as Warrant’s lead singer, but within months, he was off the roster once again. In his later years he was known to have a slew of alcohol-related issues. In 2010, he was jailed for 120 days after receiving two DUIs in just over one year.The blond, leather-loving Lane was born John Kennedy Oswald in Akron, Ohio. He found a penchant for the drums at an early age, but his energy and good
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