Oscar Wilde
160 copies for sale · $20–$60,000 · 44 first editions · 8 signed
Notable copies for sale
The Importance of Being Earnest (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$60,000
The Picture of Dorian Gray (first edition, signed) — Biblioctopus$50,000
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
A Woman of No Importance (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$950
What these are worth
The Portrait Of Mr W.H3 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
Picture of Dorian Gray16 copies · €31–€4,500
THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL7 copies · $20–$598
A Woman of No Importance3 copies · $950–$11,000
THE SHORT STORIES OF OSCAR WILDE; Easton Press3 copies · $273–$293
The Portrait Of Mr W H3 copies · $20–$175
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
AN IDEAL HUSBAND2 copies · $37–$125
THE CANTERVILLE GHOST2 copies · $48–$113
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY AND OTHER STORIES2 copies · $47–$58
The Picture of Dorian Gray (The World's Best Reading) by Oscar Wilde2 copies · $44–$56
HAPPY PRINCE2 copies · $49–$55
THE SELFISH GIANT2 copies · $43–$53
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST; And Other Plays2 copies · $43–$44
The Importance of Being Earnest1 copy · $60,000
Picture of Dorian Gray1 copy · $55,000
The Picture of Dorian Gray1 copy · $50,000
Market context
72 copies of Oscar Wilde's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $70 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
The Picture of Dorian Gray, one of 250 copies signed by the author, 1891. (forum, 2026-09-30)£9,000
A House of Pomegranates, first edition, illustrated by Charles Ricketts & Charles Shan (forum, 2026-09-17)£380
Poems, 2nd edition, 1881 (dominic winter, 2026-09-01)£180
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
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