Books and manuscripts: 2017 auction review

Books and manuscripts: 2017 auction review

The biggest sale of the year was a founding religious text

Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray revision makes $185,000

Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray revision makes $185,000

Oscar Wilde made the revisions to his original Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde signed Importance of Being Earnest to auction

Oscar Wilde signed Importance of Being Earnest to auction

An Oscar Wilde signed Importance of Being Earnest could make $30,000
Oscar Wilde's Heart's Yearnings manuscript breaks world record

Oscar Wilde's Heart's Yearnings manuscript breaks world record

An autographed manuscript of Oscar Wilde's early poem Heart's Yearnings brings $105,000 to Bonhams
Oscar Wilde's Les Ballons manuscript set for Bonhams auction

Oscar Wilde's Les Ballons manuscript set for Bonhams auction

Will the only known copy of Les Ballons in Oscar Wilde's hand achieve its $24,500 high estimate?
Betjeman Oscar Wilde manuscript at $9,500 in Roy Davids auction

Betjeman Oscar Wilde manuscript at $9,500 in Roy Davids auction

A manuscript of Betjeman's The Arrest of Oscar Wilde at the Cadogan Hotel will sell for the first time
Oscar Wilde's greatest work beats estimate by 202%

Oscar Wilde's greatest work beats estimate by 202%

Oscar Wilde's greatest work The Importance of Being Earnest makes $362,500 at Sotheby's New York
Oscar Wilde first edition reflects 'the mirror of perfect friendship'

Oscar Wilde first edition reflects 'the mirror of perfect friendship'

The signed Importance of Being Earnest copy gifted to Wilde's lover is to sell at Sotheby's on April 20
'Previously unknown' Oscar Wilde Salome first edition dances to £34,000

'Previously unknown' Oscar Wilde Salome first edition dances to £34,000

With a written dedication to painter Gustave Moreau, this 1893 copy of Wilde's play sold in the UK
First Edition of Oscar Wilde's banned play, Salome, auctions in the UK

First Edition of Oscar Wilde's banned play, Salome, auctions in the UK

Estimated at £30,000, the controversial play that couldn't be shown in London will sell at Dominic Winter

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