Monaco coj kev twv ntawm kev twv cov nyom Hermitage zoo kos duab. Thaum lub sijhawm ua lag luam nrog cov rauj, tsab ntawv tsis tau sau ua ntej ntawm tus tshiab "tus tswv ntawm lub nplhaib" John Tolkina, uas nws tau nrog tus kws sau ntawv ntawm phau ntawv yav tom ntej. Nyob rau hauv cov ntawv nyeem Tolkien chaw nyob nws li Miss Sykes thiab xav yuav nws txoj haujlwm. Nws tau paub tias tsab ntawv tau sau rov qab rau xyoo 1956 thiab yav tas los tsis tshaj tawm nyob txhua qhov chaw. Daim ntawv invaluable nrhiav tau tus neeg yuav khoom rau 15,000 phaus sterling, uas nyob rau hauv recalculation rau rubles yog ib qho nyiaj ntawm 1.5 lab.
Qhov no yog qhia los ntawm qhov teeb meem ntawm kev xa ntawv txhua hnub. Rau cov kiv cua thiab cov neeg tshawb fawb ntawm science ntawv tseeb, cov ntaub ntawv no sawv cev qhov txiaj ntsig uas muaj nuj nqis vim tias hauv kev nthuav dav cov tsos ntawm hobbits. Tus kws sau ntawv nyiam seb tus kws poj niam muaj tswv yim li cas hais txog tus cwj pwm ntawm dabneeg. Hobbits nyob rau hauv nws txhais lus zoo li cov neeg zoo ib yam, thiab tsis zoo heev cov neeg nrog menyuam cov ntsej muag thiab lub qhov muag loj.
"Kuv qhia koj cov duab kos rau lwm cov nyeem, thiab lawv tau nyiam lawv heev. Feem ntau pom zoo tias cov hobbits yuav tsum saib zoo li cov neeg tshis nrog tus menyuam yaus nrog cov menyuam yaus qhov muag thiab puag ncig lub qhov muag loj. Kuv xav pom ntau dua ntawm koj cov duab kos, tab sis kuv tsis paub tseeb tias koj txoj haujlwm tuaj yeem them nyiaj yav tom ntej, "tus kws sau ntawv txais.