John Steinbeck's Auction

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In June of 2010, commonplace items of John Steinbeck, the famous writer of almost thirty novels, were put up for auction. These items came from his apartment of 13 years, and ranged from his Nobel Prize acceptance speech to his outline of papers on yellow lined notepads. The auction was originally projected $200,000 to $250,000, but the final amount was only about one-third at $73,950. I am not sure why the amount was so low, but if I had to guess, I would say it is because of its outdated material. Yes, Steinbeck was a great writer, but he died in 1968 and the auction occurred during 2010. I think that if the auction had come about in the 1970’s or 1980’s that more money would have been more money. When death is most recent of a beloved individual

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