Oscar Wilde
144 copies for sale · $20–$75,000 · 29 first editions · 7 signed
Notable copies for sale
The Picture of Dorian Gray (first edition, signed) — Biblioctopus$75,000
The Importance of Being Earnest (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$60,000
SALOMÉ: DRAME EN UN ACTE (first edition, signed) — Phillip J. Pirages$22,500
Lady Windermere's Fan (first edition, signed) — Whitmore Rare Books$12,500
The Birthday of the Infanta (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$150
The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$7,500
Ideal Husband, An (first edition) — David Brass Rare Books$3,250
The Ballad of Reading Goal (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$2,500
Ravenna. Newdigate Prize Poem. Recited in The Theatre, Oxford, June 26, 1878 (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$2,500
A House of Pomegranates (first edition) — Whitmore Rare Books$2,500
Lady Windermere's Fan: A Play About a Good Woman (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$2,500
The Happy Prince and Other Stories (signed) — Good Books in the Woods$300
Works on the market
Picture of Dorian Gray13 copies · £40–£6,000
THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL5 copies · $20–$598
A Woman of No Importance3 copies · $950–$11,000
THE SHORT STORIES OF OSCAR WILDE; Easton Press3 copies · $273–$293
THE WORKS OF OSCAR WILDE: INCLUDING THE POEMS, NOVELS, PLAYS, ESSAYS, FAIRY TALES AND DIAL3 copies · $48–$49
LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN2 copies · £37–£8,750
DE PROFUNDIS2 copies · £125–£6,500
A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE2 copies · £125–£2,250
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY; Easton Press2 copies · $343
LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN; A Play about a Good Woman2 copies · $125–$175
The Portrait Of Mr W.H.2 copies · $20–$175
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST2 copies · $37–$136
AN IDEAL HUSBAND2 copies · $37–$125
THE CANTERVILLE GHOST2 copies · $48–$113
THE SELFISH GIANT2 copies · $53–$89
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY AND OTHER STORIES2 copies · $47–$58
The Picture of Dorian Gray1 copy · $75,000
The Importance of Being Earnest1 copy · $60,000
Poems1 copy · £27,500
SALOMÉ: DRAME EN UN ACTE1 copy · $22,500
Market context
76 copies of Oscar Wilde'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).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
De Profundis, first edition, 1905. (forum, 2026-07-02)£220
The Picture of Dorian Gray, pirated edition, privately printed, 1890 [c.1904]. (forum, 2026-07-02)£110
Salome, 1912 (dominic winter, 2026-07-01)£160
Autograph letter signed with initials to Henry Davray, Nogent-sur-Marne, [n.d. but June/Ju (bonhams, 2026-07-01)£4,800
A House of Pomegranates, FIRST EDITION, [LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES], Osgood and McIlvaine, 18 (bonhams, 2026-07-01)£800
Autograph letter signed ("Oscar Wilde") to an unidentified recipient ("My Dear Pessimist") (bonhams, 2026-07-01)£6,000
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