Record price for Steinbeck novel
As reported in the San Jose Mercury News, an LA auction house put a collection of books owned by Elizabeth Steinbeck Ainsworth, John Steinbeck’s sister, under the gavel last Sunday. Among the books auctioned off were several John Steinbeck first edition’s, including The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, East of Eden and In Dubious Battle. The collection as a whole brought in $200,000 with the big ticket item being the first edition copy of The Grapes of Wrath, selling at $47,800.  A spokesperson for the auction house believes that this is a world record setting price for a Steinbeck novel.
