133. Signed copy of the book “The Old Man and the Sea”, by Ernest Hemingway
Creator: Scribner (Publisher), Ernest Hemingway (Author)
Original Price: $5*
Current value: $30,000*
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway was written in 1951 in Cayo Blanco, Cuba. Hemingway published the novel in 1952. The book was the last work of fiction Hemingway published in his lifetime. The 127-page novel tells the story of an old fisherman's struggle with catching his life.
The story of obsession, success, and failure is a literary classic, so it's no surprise that signed original copies of 1952's Old Man and the Sea sell for tens of thousands of dollars. Hemingway was one of the greatest American writers in history and died just nine years after publishing The Old Man and the Sea.