Rare copies of John Steinbeck’s first novel and other works are on the auction block today. From the LA Times:
“Cup of Gold” and more than two dozen other first editions from the collection of Steinbeck’s late sister will be auctioned today by Bonhams & Butterfields in a sale to be simulcast in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Proceeds will go toward renovating the Pacific Grove cottage where Steinbeck wrote “Tortilla Flat” and “Of Mice and Men.” It was later the home of Elizabeth Steinbeck Ainsworth, the sister to whom Steinbeck inscribed a number of his books. Ainsworth died in 1992.
Experts say the collection is significant.
“It is an important sale for Steinbeck, because these are unique signed copies,” said Bruce MacMakin, senior vice president at San Francisco’s PBA Gallery, a Bonhams competitor.
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