As a followup on my previous auction post, here are the prices realized on the items I highlighted in yesterday’s Heritage book auction. All prices include buyer’s premium:
Robert E. Howard’s original typewritten manuscript for the Conan story “A Witch Shall Be Born”, signed by Howard, went for $22,500.
A very nice first of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone went for a jaw-dropping $43,750.
A slightly tattered copy of H.P. Lovecraft’s The Outsider and Others went for $1,750.
A very nice copy of the Visionary publication of Lovecraft’s The Shadow Over Innsmouth went for $4,375.
Unbound signatures of the Recluse Press edition of The Shunned House went for $3,875.
26 letters by H. G. Wells went for $8,125.
A signed first of Wells’ The War of the Worlds went for a staggering $35,000. I don’t think one of the 12 or so known copies of the Henry Holt (true 1st) edition of The Time Machine has gone for that.
A nice copy of Alfred Bester’s Tiger! Tiger! went for a mere $800, a comparative bargain, since I’ve seen copies sell in excess of $2,000.
A pretty good copy of Roger Zelazny’s Lord of Light with a signature plate laid in went for $750.
Tags: book auction, Books, Fantasy, first editions, Heritage Auctions, Horror, Science Fiction
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