Lifelong fan Ann Hughes started a letter-writing campaign to secure a knighthood for Tom around four years ago.

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Inwentash says interest in the stock has been driven by James Dines, a gold fan who runs the Dines Letter out of Belvedere, Calif.

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The auction featured more than 200 pieces of pop memorabilia, including an autographed letter sent by John Lennon to an Indian fan and a stage suit worn by Eric Clapton.

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Ranged across the bottom are hundreds of small, monkish figures in robes and bearing gifts: a lotus here, a fan there, a sceptre, a letter, beads, scrolls or round pots of incense.

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Overlooking the fact that such a thing would be nearly impossible to prove short of an outright confession, the fact that this letter has gotten so much attention speaks to the true magnitude of this fan uprising.

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