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Patti Smith

26 copies for sale · $60–$25,000 · 11 first editions · 18 signed

Notable copies for sale

BABEL - INSCRIBED TO TOM VERLAINE (first edition, signed) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$15,000
Babel (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$2,000
MON VIEUX LUCIEN - ONE OF 50 COPIES, SIGNED (first edition, signed) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$1,800
JUST KIDS (first edition, signed) — Type Punch Matrix$1,500
Ha! Ha! Houdini! (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$1,200
Auguries of Innocence (first edition, signed) — B & B Rare Books$250
NOTES POUR JAVA HEAD - 1/26 LETTERED COPIES, SIGNED (first edition) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$1,750
The Coral Sea (signed) — B & B Rare Books$275
HYMN (first edition) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$150
Just Kids Unabridged Audiobook (signed) — B & B Rare Books$100
Alchemical Roll Call - Original Holograph Manuscript To Harry Smith — Lorne Bair Rare Books$15,000
A USELESS DEATH - CORRECTED TYPESCRIPT, TOGETHER WITH A SIGNED COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$12,500

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Works on the market

Witt2 copies · $500–$3,500
Group of Autograph Notes, signed “Patti” , to Faith Cross, “my New York mother”1 copy · $25,000
Alchemical Roll Call - Original Holograph Manuscript To Harry Smith1 copy · $15,000
BABEL - INSCRIBED TO TOM VERLAINE1 copy · $15,000
A USELESS DEATH - CORRECTED TYPESCRIPT, TOGETHER WITH A SIGNED COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION1 copy · $12,500
Ha! Ha! Houdini!1 copy · $3,000
devotions. to Arthur Rimbaud1 copy · $2,500
Rock n' Rimbaud III. Riverside Plaza Hotel. 253 W 73 8 + 11 p.m. 3.00 October 271 copy · $2,500
Babel1 copy · $2,000
Notes pour Java Head caption title1 copy · $2,000
MON VIEUX LUCIEN - ONE OF 50 COPIES, SIGNED1 copy · $1,800
NOTES POUR JAVA HEAD - 1/26 LETTERED COPIES, SIGNED1 copy · $1,750
JUST KIDS1 copy · $1,500
Ha! Ha! Houdini!1 copy · $1,200
Before After Easter1 copy · $750
Patti Smith Horses and Radio Ethiopia1 copy · $750
Rock N' Rimbaud III. de l'ame pour l'ame de l'ame pour. Patti Smith w/ Lenny Kaye & Richar1 copy · $350
The Coral Sea1 copy · $275
Auguries of Innocence1 copy · $250
Field Marshall, Broadside Poem from De L'Ame Pour L'Ame, Issue 5, the Official Newsletter 1 copy · $200

Market context

32 copies of Patti Smith's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $62 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).

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