Kurt Vonnegut
112 copies for sale · $25–$24,000 · 52 first editions · 24 signed
Notable copies for sale
CAT'S CRADLE; Signed (first edition, signed, 1971) — Biblio$3,763
Happy Birthday, Wanda June (first edition, signed) — B & B Rare Books$3,000
breakfast of champions (first edition, signed, 1973) — Biblio$1,320
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE; Easton Press Signed (first edition, signed, 1998) — Biblio$1,299
NOTHING IS LOST SAVE HONOR: TWO ESSAYS - DELUXE ISSUE, SIGNED (first edition, signed) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$1,250
Nothing is Lost Save Honor (first edition, signed, 1984) — Biblio$1,100
LOOK AT THE BIRDIE; Signed Easton Press (first edition, signed) — Rare Book Cellar$573
Welcome to the Monkey House (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$7,500
Welcome to the Monkey House (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$5,000
Breakfast of Champions (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$1,750
Breakfast of Champions (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$1,600
Breakfast of Champions (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$1,600
What these are worth
Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction4 copies from 3 sellers
Each page gathers every copy on the market, what similar copies have fetched, and the spread between them.
Works on the market
Breakfast of Champions3 copies · $1,600–$1,750
PALM SUNDAY3 copies · $113–$400
TIMEQUAKE3 copies · $25–$400
DEADEYE DICK3 copies · $35–$133
BAGOMBO SNUFF BOX; Uncollected Short Fiction3 copies · $40–$127
ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT3 copies · $63–$73
JAILBIRD: A NOVEL3 copies · $25–$53
A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY3 copies · $46–$48
Welcome to the Monkey House2 copies · $5,000–$7,500
PLAYER PIANO2 copies · $3,500–$5,000
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE; Signed Easton Press2 copies · $1,299
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE SIGNED; SIGNED2 copies · $1,299
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE SIGNED; SIGNED2 copies · $1,293
HOCUS POCUS2 copies · $58–$155
BLUEBEARD2 copies · $148–$153
Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut First Edition 1st Printing Hardcover $32.502 copies · $33–$80
Kurt Vonnegut Complete Stories, Kurt Vonnegut2 copies · $50
Dead-Eye Dick Kurt Vonnegut, First Edition, Hardcover 19822 copies · $33–$36
CAT'S CRADLE2 copies · $35
SLAUGHTER-HOUSE-FIVE2 copies · $35
Market context
132 copies of Kurt Vonnegut's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $58 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Slaughterhouse-Five; or, the Children's Crusade. A Duty-Dance with Death, first edition, [ (forum, 2026-09-30)£340
Cat's Cradle, first edition, New York, 1963. (forum, 2026-09-30)£420
The Sirens of Titan, limited edition signed by the author, Norwalk, Easton Press, 2003; an (forum, 2026-07-02)£260
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