Harry Potter, Beatrix Potter & Alice -- awesome auction
Following on the recent records set in a big sale of Poe works, some wonderful editions of J.K. Rowling, Beatrix Potter and Lewis Carroll brought big bucks this week at a Los Angeles auction. Maybe folks are stocking up on paper editions now that the Kindle, nook and other e-readers are making print editions more scarce.
According to Reuters, a first edition of Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There" -- dedicated to the real life Alice who inspired the story -- sold for $115,000. Inscribed "Alice Pleasance Liddell," it was described as having been presented to her by Carroll.
Meanwhile, Beatrix Potter's personal copy of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" fetched $92,000. And a first edition soft-cover copy of J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" -- described as one of only 200 such copies printed -- sold for $5,750.
Comments
Sadly, there will come a time when some works are not printed in true book form in their first editions. It's already happening with graphic arts - where in some cases it is not possible to own an "original work".
Posted by: SXS | December 19, 2009 6:38 AM
I have done my best to write a book that will b collectable.
After I'm dead? Probably. I love books- (I don't necessarily read them- but I love them)! Try 18th & 19th century botannicals.
That's why I've priced my modest chapbook at 299.99.
Posted by: davie eberhardt | December 21, 2009 2:43 PM