Ayn Rand
74 copies for sale · $18–$22,000 · 31 first editions · 7 signed
Notable copies for sale
For the New Intellectual Presentation Copy (first edition, signed) — Whitmore Rare Books$4,250
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
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) — Rare Book Cellar$1,093
The Virtue of Selfishness (first edition, 1964) — Biblio$263
Ayn Rand Anthem. Pamphleteers, Los Angeles, 1946. 1st Prtg, 2nd issue of the 1st American (first edition) — Biblio$250
Atlas Shrugged (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$4,500
What these are worth
Atlas Shrugged (first edition, 1957)5 copies from 4 sellers
Atlas Shrugged (first edition, first printing, 1957)9 copies from 9 sellers
The Fountainhead (first edition, 1943)5 copies from 4 sellers
Each page gathers every copy on the market, what similar copies have fetched, and the spread between them.
Works on the market
THE FOUNTAINHEAD4 copies · $95–$7,373
ATLAS SHRUGGED3 copies · $57–$6,794
THE FOUNTAINHEAD3 copies · $275–$1,254
The Fountainhead3 copies · $40–$300
ANTHEM3 copies · €18–€73
Atlas Shrugged2 copies · $3,500–$4,500
THE FOUNTAINHEAD2 copies · $1,093–$4,000
Atlas Shrugged2 copies · $1,000–$1,200
THE FOUNTAINHEAD; Easton Press2 copies · $497
PHILOSOPHY : WHO NEEDS IT2 copies · $73
We the Living1 copy · $22,000
THE FOUNTAINHEAD; Signed1 copy · $12,486
Pola Negri1 copy · $5,500
Photograph Signed1 copy · $4,900
For the New Intellectual Presentation Copy1 copy · $4,250
The Fountainhead1 copy · $4,000
Hollywood: American Movie City1 copy · $3,950
Atlas Shrugged Signed1 copy · $3,500
Atlas Shrugged1 copy · $3,000
Market context
81 copies of Ayn Rand's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $78 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
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