Maurice Sendak
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 SIGNED Maurice Sendak BEARS 1st edition $125.00 Time Remaining: 25d 19h 10m Buy It Now for only: $125.00 |
 In Grandpas House Maurice Sendak 1985 First Edition Signed Very Rare $76.00 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 1h 17m |
 MR RABBIT the LOVELY PRESENT 62 Zolotow MAURICE SENDAK ARTWORK Very Nice HC $6.99 Time Remaining: 10h 45m |
 Nutshell Library by Maurice Sendak 1962 HC DJ in Box 4 books $14.00 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 9h 7m |
 Tony Kushner Maurice Sendak SIGNED 2X Brundibar 1st 1st $148.00 Time Remaining: 16d 12h 42m Buy It Now for only: $148.00 |
 BRUNDIBAR SIGNED BY BOTH MAURICE SENDAK TONY KUSHNER WITH SIGNING ANNOUNCE $12.51 (8 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 1h 30m |
 1963 WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Book 1ST ED 2ND PRINT Harper Row MAURICE SENDAK $9.50 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 8h 45m |
 Signed by I B Singer Maurice Sendak ZLATEH THE GOAT Harper Row 1966 1st ed $295.00 Time Remaining: 2d 2h 12m Buy It Now for only: $395.00 |
 House of Sixty Fathers Maurice Sendak DJ First Edition 1956 Harper and Bros $29.99 Time Remaining: 29d 7h 11m Buy It Now for only: $29.99 |
 Pierre by Herman Melville 1st Kraken Ed Illustrated by Maurice Sendak $7.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 23h 17m |
 MAURICE SENDAK SIGNED WE ARE ALL IN THE DUMPS WITH JACK AND GUY HC BOOK $2.25 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 11h 30m |
 WHERE the WILD THINGS ARE Maurice Sendak 1963 HC $24.50 Time Remaining: 22d 6h 52m Buy It Now for only: $24.50 |
 MAURICE SENDAK SIGNED HOW LITTLE LORI VISITED TIMES SQUARE AUTOGRAPHED $11.00 (7 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 10h 53m |
 ART OF MAURICE SENDAK 2003 SIGNED W DOCUMENTATION COFFEE TABLE BOOK $18.25 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 1h 59m |
 MAURICE SENDAK In The Night Kitchen First edition DUST JACKET 1970 $5.50 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 11h 10m Buy It Now for only: $45.00 |
 1970 IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN BY MAURICE SENDAK FIRST EDITION HC DJ RARE $275.00 Time Remaining: 13d 22h 26m Buy It Now for only: $275.00 |
 MAURICE SENDAK SIGNED NUMBERED FORTUNIA 14 300 EXTREMELY RARE $12.00 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 1h 25m |
 Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak 1962 Edition Paperback Easy Reader 2nd $0.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1d 7h 58m |
 HIGGLETY PIGGLETY POP Maurice Sendak 1st 1st 1967 DJ Harper Row $45.00 Time Remaining: 1d 22h 58m Buy It Now for only: $45.00 |
 MAURICE SENDAK SIGNED A VERY SPECIAL HOUSE HARDCOVER BOOK $6.50 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 11h 20m |
 I SAW ESAU SIGNED BY MAURICE SENDAK EXTREMELY RARE HC BOOK 1ST ED 1992 $5.50 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 1h 13m |
 NUTCRACKER HC BOOK 2001 MAURICE SENDAK SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED $9.51 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 1h 42m |
 Maurice Sendak Ruth Krauss SIGNED Bears 1st 1st UK Ed Gorgeous Rare $145.00 Time Remaining: 16d 22h 47m Buy It Now for only: $145.00 |
 Maurice Sendak Where the Wild Things Are Adventures Little Bear Lot I Can Read $9.99 Time Remaining: 7h 7m Buy It Now for only: $24.99 |
 WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE MAURICE SENDAK PUFFIN FIRST EDITION $15.79 Time Remaining: 2d 21h 32m |
 IN the NIGHT KITCHEN Maurice Sendak 1970 HC Ex Cond $48.50 Time Remaining: 1d 23h 29m Buy It Now for only: $48.50 |
 MAURICE SENDAK SIGNED THE SIGN ON ROSIES DOOR AUTOGRAPHED HC BOOK $25.00 (10 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 11h 2m |
 Where the Wild Things Are HIGGLETY PIGGLETY POP HC DJ by Maurice Sendak $24.00 Time Remaining: 3d 5h 8m Buy It Now for only: $39.00 |
 MAURICE SENDAK SIGNED HIGGLETY PIGGLETY POP BOOK RARE AUTOGRAPHED $20.50 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 10h 28m |
 LETS BE ENEMIES Janice May Udry Maurice Sendak 1966 1st Edition $20.00 Time Remaining: 5d 3h 39m Buy It Now for only: $20.00 |
 Philip Maurice Sendak In Grandpas House FINE First UK Edition 1986 $9.95 Time Remaining: 4d 40m |
 MAURICE SENDAK SIGNED CIRCUS GIRL AUTOGRAPHED BOOK $21.50 (8 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 11h 10m |
 Maurice Sendak Nutcracker by ETA Hoffmann First Edition Dust Jacket Illustrated $14.95 Time Remaining: 20h 54m |
 11x 7 ORIGINAL MAURICE SENDAK DRAWING THE LOVE FOR THREE ORANGES 1ST EDITION $2,995.95 Time Remaining: 22d 3m Buy It Now for only: $2,995.95 |
 MAURICE SENDAK SIGNED THE JUNIPER TREE AND OTHER TALES OF GRIMM BOOK $7.50 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 10h 42m |
 Where The Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak 25th Anniversary HB $19.99 Time Remaining: 20h 53m Buy It Now for only: $24.50 |
 Vintage Book The House of Sixty Fathers illustrations by Maurice Sendak 1956 $13.99 Time Remaining: 27d 2h 4m Buy It Now for only: $13.99 |
 MAURICE SENDAK SIGNED 1ST EDITION IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN HC NR $250.00 Time Remaining: 4d 8h 17m |
 Unread Where The Wild Things Are Puzzle Book Maurice Sendak $19.99 Time Remaining: 20h 51m Buy It Now for only: $24.50 |
 Graphis 143 Illus Maurice Sendak Christine Changnoux $30.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1d 6h 5m |
 1958 What Do You Say Dear 1st Ed Maurice Sendak HC $55.00 Time Remaining: 16d 47m Buy It Now for only: $55.00 |
 Maurice Sendak Outside Over There Bodley Head 1981 First Edition Dust Jacket $7.89 Time Remaining: 5d 1h 26m |
 Maurice Sendaks Illustrated Dear Mili by Wilhelm Grim First Edition Dust Jacket $9.95 Time Remaining: 20h 51m |
 The Big Green Book Robert Graves Maurice Sendak HBDJ $25.00 Time Remaining: 22d 8h 32m Buy It Now for only: $25.00 |
 Sealed The Wild Things Dave Eggers Fur Cover Maurice Sendak $19.99 Time Remaining: 20h 49m Buy It Now for only: $24.50 |
 Vintage Maurice Sendak HIGGLETY PIGGLETY POP 1967 illustrated nice copy $16.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 5d 4h 35m |
 Higglety Pigglety Pop by Maurice Sendak vintage HBDJ 1967 free shipping in US $39.99 Time Remaining: 5d 10h 3m Buy It Now for only: $44.99 |
 MAURICE SENDAK 1st 2nd MAKING MISCHIEF Gregory Maguire ART Illustrated $45.00 Time Remaining: 13d 9h 13m Buy It Now for only: $45.00 |
 2 Meindert DeJong Maurice Sendak Illustrated Chapter Story BooksDog+Rabbit $7.00 Time Remaining: 1d 8h 55m |
 BIG BOOK FOR PEACE W MAURICE SENDAK WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE COVER RARE $9.88 Time Remaining: 5d 1h 26m |
 Maurice Sendak Wahl Pleasant Fieldmouse 1st 1st NR $34.79 Time Remaining: 8d 14h 7m Buy It Now for only: $34.79 |
 Little Bear by Else Minarik illustrated by Maurice Sendak 1957 $9.99 Time Remaining: 1d 9h 30m |
 VERY NICE Little Bear by Minarik Maurice Sendak pictures VTG HC Early Edition $7.00 Time Remaining: 1d 8h 53m |
 In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak 1970 1st ed HBDJ Caldecott Honor Book $39.99 Time Remaining: 5d 10h 30m Buy It Now for only: $44.99 |
 WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE MAURICE SENDAK 1ST EDITION 1963 VERY NICE BOOK RARE $329.00 Time Remaining: 28d 23h 56m Buy It Now for only: $329.00 |
 Maurice Sendak The Nutcracker 1st ed HBDJ by E T A Hoffmann in VG condition $29.99 Time Remaining: 5d 9h 39m Buy It Now for only: $34.99 |
 The Bat Poet by Randall Jarrell illus by Maurice Sendak 1964 1st ed HBDJ rare $57.99 Time Remaining: 6d 10h 28m Buy It Now for only: $65.99 |
 A VERY SPECIAL HOUSE RUTH KRAUSS MAURICE SENDAK HC COPYRIGHT 1953 $9.99 Time Remaining: 3d 1h 30m |
 Rare MAURICE SENDAK SEVEN LITTLE MONSTERS Pb 1977 Excellent FREE SHIPPING $155.00 Time Remaining: 22d 3h 11m Buy It Now for only: $155.00 |
 LITTLE BEARS VISIT BY ELSE HOLMELUND MINARIK PICTURES BY MAURICE SENDAK W DJ $16.00 Time Remaining: 4d 6h 25m Buy It Now for only: $20.00 |
 PIPERS GATES of DAWN Wisdom of Childrens Literature 1983 1st DJ MAURICE SENDAK $15.79 Time Remaining: 4d 2h 19m |
 Price Reynolds Sendak Maurice A PERFECT FRIEND 1st $75.00 Time Remaining: 26d 11h 1m Buy It Now for only: $75.00 |
 Maurice Sendak The Bee Man of Orn vintage 1st ed HB 1964 Frank Stockton rare $24.99 Time Remaining: 5d 9h 23m Buy It Now for only: $29.99 |
 Maurice Sendak The Griffin and the Minor Canon 1st ed HBDJ Frank Stockton rare $27.99 Time Remaining: 5d 9h 17m Buy It Now for only: $34.99 |
 BRUNDIBAR Book Maurice Sendak Tony Kushner FIRST EDITION 2003 HC DJ $19.99 Time Remaining: 5d 8h 18m |
 IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN by Maurice Sendak w dj 1970 $62.99 Time Remaining: 13d 3h 24m Buy It Now for only: $62.99 |
 The Big Green Book Maurice Sendak Robert Graves 1st Edition 1962 Hardcover $9.99 Time Remaining: 5d 9h 25m |
 Maurice Sendak The Tale of Gockel Hinkel Gackeliah vintage 1961 HB Doris Orgel $24.99 Time Remaining: 5d 9h 11m Buy It Now for only: $29.99 |
 Maurice Sendak Where the Wild Things Are HC 1st NR $249.79 Time Remaining: 17d 6h 25m Buy It Now for only: $249.79 |
 Maurice Sendak The Cunning Little Vixen 1st ed HBDJ $29.99 Time Remaining: 5d 9h 32m Buy It Now for only: $34.99 |
 Maurice Sendaks Really Rosie starring Nutshell Kids 1st ed Carole King Sendak $29.99 Time Remaining: 5d 9h 57m Buy It Now for only: $34.99 |
 FINE HC dj We are al in thel Dumps Jack Guy Maurice Sendak Classic First Ediiton $12.95 Time Remaining: 6d 9h 46m |
 Maurice Sendak SIGNED Where the Wild Things Are 25th Anniv 1991 1st Pr Reissue $495.00 Time Remaining: 16d 22h 8m Buy It Now for only: $495.00 |
 Dear Mili by Wilhelm Grimm illus Maurice Sendak HBDJ 1st ed near mint condition $27.99 Time Remaining: 6d 10h 28m Buy It Now for only: $31.99 |
 2 VG RARE Board Books Arthur Yorinks Maurice Sendak Frank and Joey Nice conditn $9.95 Time Remaining: 6d 9h 47m |
 Melville Herman Sendak Maurice PIERRE THE AMBIGUITIES $100.00 Time Remaining: 26d 5h 46m Buy It Now for only: $100.00 |
 Maurice Sendak vintage 1966 Zlateh the Goat poss 1st ed Isaac Bashevis Singer $35.99 Time Remaining: 6d 10h 28m Buy It Now for only: $45.99 |
 THE GIANT STORY PIX BY MAURICE SENDAK RARE FIND 1953 $9.99 Time Remaining: 5d 6h 40m |
 VG Hardcover in a Dust Jacket First Edition In Grandpas House Maurice Sendak $14.95 Time Remaining: 6d 9h 29m |
 Maurice Sendak Illustrations Golden Key Childrens Lit $40.00 Time Remaining: 26d 10h 19m Buy It Now for only: $40.00 |
 VG LARGE book HC DJ Lullabies and Night Songs Maurice Sendak $39.95 Time Remaining: 6d 9h 27m |
 Rare 2 Fine Unused Maurice Sendak Christmas Cards in Great condition w Envelope $4.95 Time Remaining: 6d 9h 48m |
 VG HC dj Bears Ruth Krauss Maurice Sendak Classic First Ediiton Great condition $13.95 Time Remaining: 6d 9h 45m |
 HIGGLETY PIGGLETY POP 1967Maurice SENDAK1stEdDJ $125.00 Time Remaining: 28d 2h 22m Buy It Now for only: $125.00 |
 VG HC dj Miami Giant A Yorinks Maurice Sendak Classic First Ediiton Great cond $13.95 Time Remaining: 6d 9h 46m |
 VG Oversized Paperback Ed Maurice Sendak Classic Big Green Book Robert Graves $9.95 Time Remaining: 6d 9h 44m |
 Maurice Sendak Where the Wild Things Are Signed Book $750.00 Time Remaining: 6d 11h 9m Buy It Now for only: $750.00 |
 Rare VG HC dj Maurice Sendak Classic Big Book of Peace in Nice condition $7.95 Time Remaining: 6d 9h 48m |
 VG HC dj Nutcracker Hoffmann Maurice Sendak Classic First Ediiton Great conditn $19.95 Time Remaining: 6d 9h 45m |
 VG HC dj Dear Mili Wil Grimm Maurice Sendak Classic First Ediiton Great conditn $13.95 Time Remaining: 6d 9h 46m |
 Maurice Sendak Kennys Window HBDJ $25.00 Time Remaining: 22d 8h 32m Buy It Now for only: $25.00 |
 VG HC DJ Maurice Sendak Classic First Ed Brundibar T Kushner Wonderful Condition $13.95 Time Remaining: 6d 9h 43m |
 VG HC DJ Maurice Sendak Classic First Ed Cunning Little Vixen Rudolf Tesnohlidek $12.95 Time Remaining: 6d 9h 44m |
 RARE 1st 1st DEAR MILI Wihelm Grimm MAURICE SENDAK Illu $65.00 Time Remaining: 4d 3h 28m Buy It Now for only: $65.00 |
 VG HC DJ Maurice Sendak Classic Early Ed Zlateh Goat Isaac Bashevis Singer $19.95 Time Remaining: 6d 9h 44m |
 Rare VG HC dj Maurice Sendak Classic OZ Hundred Anniversary Celebration Wizard $9.95 Time Remaining: 6d 9h 47m |
 Very Good 2 Vol BoxedSet FIRST EDITION HCs DJs Juniper Tree Grimm Maurice Sendak $39.95 Time Remaining: 6d 9h 42m |
 Rare First Edition Brundibar Told by Tony Kushner Illustrated by Maurice Sendak $19.99 Time Remaining: 29d 21h 45m Buy It Now for only: $19.99 |
 Rare Fine Spanish Editions Little Bear Else Holmelund Minarik Maurice Sendak C $7.95 Time Remaining: 6d 9h 49m |
 Rare Fine Spanish Editions Little Bear Else Holmelund Minarik Maurice Sendak B $7.95 Time Remaining: 6d 9h 49m |
Maurice Sendak
What Treasures Are in Your Attic?
It is all too easy to let keepsakes pile up in the attic or the basement. Grandma's hand-sewn aprons, a movie poster from Mom and Dad's first date, someone's baby shoes from decades ago. What happens to these when they are left to the next of kin? Even after the important keepsakes have been set aside, there is often still an assortment of special items waiting to be liquidated, items that aren't necessary to the owners but seem too valuable to just throw away or even sell at just a garage sale. Estate auctions can help new owners deal with the overwhelming task of pricing and selling these items.
A number of companies are in the market to appraise and auction off these belongings. They are easy to find, online or in the yellow pages, and many have records to show how successful they have been in the past. But there is one category of antiques that is all too often overlooked: books. Collectors seeking out books and ephemera—paper items originally intended to be discarded, like pamphlets, tickets, or posters—are willing to pay a high price for rare copies of these items, but owners have to know how to reach would-be buyers.
Recognizing book values is very challenging: different publishers have different ways of noting first editions, and it takes years of experience to distinguish minute details. One small misprint on page 7 of a Virginia Woolf book could be a $1,000 difference in the selling price. A copy of Vladmir Nabokov's Pale Fire published by Arion Press in a limited edition of 226 books could sell for over $4,000. Books like these can be hidden at the bottom of boxes filled with more common, less costly books.
That is exactly where a first edition copy of the Book of Mormon was found in an attic in upstate New York three years ago. This now 180-year-old original, almost unnoticeable in a cluttered attic, was auctioned for $105,600. Only about 500 first edition prints of the Book of Mormon exist today out of the original 5,000 printed in 1830 in Palmyra, New York, the hometown of Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism. Smith is said to have received plates from an angel to translate the text into English while he was living in Palmyra. The owner of the book at first claimed not to have remembered that he owned it at all, a New York Times article on the auction said[1]. After being told more about the book, he said he remembered buying it when he was a teenager and had been looking for it. The auction was largely off-site, with six bidders on the phone and five absentee bidders who had previously placed a maximum bid. Many present came only to be able to see the highly coveted book in person.
Collections of letters also bring in buyers' interest. A series of approximately 500 letters dating from 1808-1901 and featuring Reverend William Salt sold for over $3,000 at an auction held by National Book Auctions in August. The letters included correspondence between Salt, a well-respected Catholic priest at Seton Hall University, and the Vatican; letters from Arkansas when the Civil War broke out; and some discussion between Salt and his sister of the Emancipation Proclamation, the first motion in the 1860s to free the slaves of the United States. The letters follow Salt's life closely and give a rare personal insight into historical events. At the same auction gallery in Ithaca, NY, a copy of "The Woman's Bible" by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an early figure in woman's rights, sold for $4,500. This unassuming book could have easily been lost among larger, seemingly more valuable, volumes.
Unexpectedly detailed volumes of history like Salt's letters, or the Cady Stanton book, exist in estates all over the country. In upstate New York, for example, many of the large houses were built during the settling of the Erie Canal. The completed construction of the Erie Canal in 1825 allowed for the first all-water transportation between New York City and the Great Lakes—a development that cut costs of transportation drastically. Booming trade in the area caused population and wealth to spike in western New York.
Though the canal isn't used for trade today, the estates built as a result of its economic stimulation remain all along the canalway. These estates house libraries filled with rare collected books, papers documenting the change brought about by the opening of the passage to the western interior, canal passenger lists that could shed light on genealogies of immigrant families, and countless other pieces of history.
Not only large houses owned by wealthy families contain important memorabilia, though. A number of present-day collectibles cost little or nothing when they were first acquired. Coins and stamps are common examples of age adding value. An extreme example, the double-die penny produced with a faulty die in 1955 is now worth close to $1,000. Unused stamps from the 19th century can cost as much as $10,000. Many posters and pamphlets handed out for free are now hot collectors' items. A more modern example of a valuable item is a small pencil sketch by Caldecott-winning children's book illustrator, Maurice Sendak, which was priced at $4,250 by National Book Auctions. In this instance, and many other cases, the age or collectible significance of the item is what lends them their value. It's nearly impossible to say what ephemera and collectible paper will be of value in the future; so many households acquire such "antiques" without knowing it.
When estates and historic houses need to be passed on to new heirs, or sold to move into a smaller place, it's hard to know how to manage all of the materials within them. Specialized auction companies have the experience and resources to determine the right price for the collectibles hidden away in an old house, and to find the buyers anywhere in the world that are willing to pay for them. Without an auction company, news of the Book of Mormon found in upstate New York would not have reached all those off-site bidders from across the country.
"Today, books and collectible paper in estates are frequently worth considerable sums of money and it's often difficult to spot the valuable from the mundane," says David Hall, owner and business manager of National Book Auctions, a public auction service located in Central New York. "We have specialized in estates filled with collectible books and ephemera and can sell them through bi-monthly live auctions, augmented with internet-based marketing—reaching a global bidding pool. We are unique in the industry and our specialized service is key to realizing strong market prices for books and collectible paper."
Without this kind of specialization, books and ephemera that could be sold as collectibles might instead end up in a pile of junk. It is not uncommon to find well-stocked home libraries with collectible books spanning decades or even centuries. Knowing the value of these and reaching a broad audience of buyers is nearly impossible without seeking a specialist's help. Specialists have the knowledge to recognize which books are of value, and the tools to advertise sales to thousands of off-site bidders who wouldn't normally hear about auctions in one's home.
Treasured books and ephemera are hidden among belongings in attics and basements everywhere. Owners just have to pull them into the light and ask for help marketing them.
About the Author
Kristine Heiney is a gradutate of Cornell University and currently resides in Ithaca, New York.
where the wild things are maurice sendak author autograph value.?
I have a first addition copy of the "nutshell library" by maurice sendak you are probably more familiar with his book called "where the wild things are". the nutshell library consist of four small books. i found the one i have in an antique store for 25 dollars. my question is how much is it worth. here are some other things that will make it more rare than it already is.
*has hand written "hello" or some sort of greeting or letter from maurice sendak in each of the four book covers
*has maurice sendaks autograph in every cover
* one of the books has a drawing of one of his characters
if you could give me an estimate or any information you know about this please leave a comment thank you 
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Maurice Sendak on his work, childhood, inspirations