Ayn Rand
72 copies for sale · $35–$22,000 · 37 first editions · 8 signed
Notable copies for sale
THE FOUNTAINHEAD; Signed (first edition, signed) — Rare Book Cellar$12,486
For the New Intellectual Presentation Copy (first edition, signed) — Whitmore Rare Books$4,250
For The New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$2,800
We the Living (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$22,000
Photograph Signed (signed) — Manhattan Rare Books$4,900
Atlas Shrugged Signed (signed) — Back Creek Books$3,500
Anthem (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$6,500
Pola Negri (first edition) — Whitmore Rare Books$5,500
Hollywood: American Movie City (first edition) — Whitmore Rare Books$3,950
For the New Intellectual (first edition, 1961) — Biblio$296
For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (first edition, 1961) — Biblio$275
The Fountainhead (first edition, 1943) — Biblio$275
What these are worth
Atlas Shrugged (first edition, 1957)5 copies from 4 sellers
Atlas Shrugged (first edition, first printing, 1957)7 copies from 7 sellers
Atlas Shrugged (Centennial Ed. HC) (2005)3 copies from 3 sellers
The Fountainhead (first edition, 1943)4 copies from 3 sellers
The Fountainhead (1943)5 copies from 5 sellers
Each page gathers every copy on the market, what similar copies have fetched, and the spread between them.
Works on the market
ATLAS SHRUGGED6 copies · $44–$6,794
THE FOUNTAINHEAD5 copies · $43–$7,373
THE FOUNTAINHEAD3 copies · $225–$4,000
THE FOUNTAINHEAD3 copies · $275–$1,254
Atlas Shrugged2 copies · $3,500–$4,500
The Fountainhead2 copies · $3,500–$4,000
Atlas Shrugged2 copies · $1,000–$1,200
THE FOUNTAINHEAD; Easton Press2 copies · $497
The Fountainhead2 copies · $40–$250
ANTHEM2 copies · $35–$73
PHILOSOPHY : WHO NEEDS IT2 copies · $73
We the Living1 copy · $22,000
THE FOUNTAINHEAD; Signed1 copy · $12,486
We The Living Signed1 copy · $10,000
Anthem1 copy · $6,500
Pola Negri1 copy · $5,500
Photograph Signed1 copy · $4,900
For the New Intellectual Presentation Copy1 copy · $4,250
Hollywood: American Movie City1 copy · $3,950
Atlas Shrugged Signed1 copy · $3,500
Market context
73 copies of Ayn Rand's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $64 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
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