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188. Signed copy of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea

Manufacturer: Scribner (Publisher), Ernest Hemingway (Author)
original price: US $ 5 *
Current value: US $ 30,000 *

The book “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 Hemingway's last published work of fiction during his lifetime. The 127-page novel tells the story of an old fisherman struggling with the catch of his life.

The story of obsession, success and failure is a literary classic, so it's no surprise that signed original 1952 copies of The 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.