NEW YORK (AP) β Philip Roth was the star attraction, by words alone.
Annotated copies of the novels “Portnoy’s Complaint” and “American Pastoral” brought in more than $130,000 Tuesday night at a PEN American Center benefit auction hosted by Christie’s. PEN, the literary and human rights organization, raised $1 million overall, with other popular items including annotated editions of Don DeLillo’s “Underworld,” Robert Caro’s “The Power Broker” and Marilynne Robinson’s “Housekeeping.”
The auction was called “First Editions/Second Thoughts,” for which writers and visual artists reflected upon previous works. The 75 offerings ranged from an old Woody Allen stage and film comedy, “Play It Again, Sam,” to Gillian Flynn’s million-selling thriller “Gone Girl.”
Many of the winning bidders were collectors, professional book dealers or PEN officials.
