1962 Letter from Brian Jones to Charlie Watts Up for Auction

• A handwritten letter from Brian Jones to Charlie Watts from 1962 is being auctioned with an estimated price of $70,000 to $80,000.
• Jones wrote to Watts to persuade him to leave his R&B group and join the band that would become the Rolling Stones.
• The letter, which comes directly from Watts’s sister and has remained in the family, describes the band’s current drummer as ‘atrocious’.
• The letter is being auctioned by Sotheby’s later this year.
• The letter is expected to attract interest from collectors and fans of the Rolling Stones.