Kurt Vonnegut Autograph

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (/ˈvɒnɪɡət/; November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American writer and humorist known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels. In a career spanning over 50 years, he published fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction works; further collections have been published after his death. More about Kurt Vonnegut

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Current items with a signature of Kurt Vonnegut

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thumbnailBluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut, Signed Limited Edition in Slipcase, 1987 - 483/500$250.00logo
thumbnailGALAPAGOS Kurt Vonnegut HCDJ 1st Trade Ed SIGNED Shipwreck Evolution Darwin$999.99logo
thumbnailKURT VONNEGUT ( SIGNED) HC-LIMITED EDITION FRANLIN LIBRARY 1978SLAUGHTRHOUSE$350.00logo
thumbnailKurt Vonnegut - GALAPAGOS - First Trade Edition Signed Sketch HC DJ RARE MINT$1000.00logo
thumbnailKurt Vonnegut Bluebeard Signed First Edition 1987 Franklin Library$139.99logo
thumbnailKurt Vonnegut Signed Timequake Hardback Novel, Like New, Never Read$75.00logo
thumbnailKurt Vonnegut. Deadeye Dick. [SIGNED 1st edition]$495.00logo
Born and raised in Indianapolis, Vonnegut attended Cornell University but withdrew in January 1943 and enlisted in the US Army. As part of his training, he studied mechanical engineering at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) and the University of Tennessee. He was then deployed to Europe to fight in World War II and was captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. He was interned in Dresden, where he survived the Allied bombing of the city in a meat locker of the slaughterhouse where he was imprisoned. After the war, he married Jane Marie Cox, with whom he had three children. Vonnegut adopted three of his sister's sons after she died of cancer and her husband was killed in a train accident. He and his wife both attended the University of Chicago, while he worked as a night reporter for the City News Bureau.

Vonnegut published his first novel, Player Piano, in 1952. The novel was reviewed positively but was not commercially successful at the time. In the nearly 20 years that followed, he published several novels that were well regarded, two of which—The Sirens of Titan (1959) and Cat's Cradle (1963)—were nominated for the Hugo Award for best science fiction or fantasy novel of the year. He published a short-story collection titled Welcome to the Monkey House in 1968. His breakthrough was his commercially and critically successful sixth novel, Slaughterhouse-Five (1969). The book's anti-war sentiment resonated with its readers amidst the ongoing Vietnam War, and its reviews were generally positive. After its release, Slaughterhouse-Five went to the top of The New York Times Best Seller list, thrusting Vonnegut into fame. He was invited to give speeches, lectures, and commencement addresses around the country, and received many awards and honors. Read even more about Kurt Vonnegut at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Kurt Vonnegut

In total, we tracked 219 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.

The most expensive item with a signature of Kurt Vonnegut (kurt vonnegut signed original letter correspondence 1977) was sold in June 2013 for $3000.00 while the cheapest item (Kurt Vonnegut signed Autographed Envelope First day Issue Katherine Porter) found a new owner for $7.99 in April 2020. The month with the most items sold (9) was December 2020 with an average selling price of $107.28 for an autographed item of Kurt Vonnegut. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2013 with $750.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $9.99 was October 2019. In average, an autographed item from Kurt Vonnegut is worth $128.49.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Kurt Vonnegut were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

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thumbnailAutographed Kurt Vonnegut zine book 1999 Limited Edition RARE$149.99logo
thumbnailBAGOMBO SNUFF BOX, FIRST TRADE EDITION SIGNED BY KURT VONNEGUT, AUTOGRAPHED COPY$150.00logo
thumbnailHocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut Putnam 1990 #202/250 signed LE w/Slipcase - Unread$167.73logo
thumbnailHocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut Signed, First Edition, Hardcover in Jacket 1990$150.00logo
thumbnailKurt Vonnegut Hocus Pocus book 1st edition signed! HCDJ$103.50logo
thumbnailKurt Vonnegut SIGNED Slapstick (or Lonesome No More) EASTON PRESS New Sealed$180.00logo
thumbnailSIGNED Slapstick (or Lonesome No More) by Kurt Vonnegut EASTON PRESS New Sealed$200.00logo
thumbnailSLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut - SIGNED NUMBERED EDITION SUNTUP PRESS$500.00logo
thumbnailSlaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut Suntup Editions Signed by artist AE 2022$175.00logo
thumbnailTimequake by Kurt Vonnegut- Signed First Edition - Easton Press 1997$150.00logo

Latest News about Kurt Vonnegut

What Do ‘Breakfast of Champions’ and ‘The Joy of Sex’ Have in Common? (08/10/23): Kurt Vonnegut’s novel and Alex Comfort’s sex manual — which topped the best-seller lists 50 years ago this month — are both illustrated. Go to news article

Tom McCarthy Thinks the Wrong Kurt Vonnegut Book Is Famous (01/20/22): “I was really disappointed when I read ‘Slaughterhouse-Five,’” says the author of “The Making of Incarnation” and other novels. “But then I read his ‘Mother Night,’ and thought it was brilliant.” Go to news article

‘Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time’ Review: An Idol Shares the Camera (11/18/21): Fans of Tralfamadore and more are escorted through the author’s reminiscences, but the focus is swiveled a bit to take in the tour guide himself. Go to news article

Considering Kurt Vonnegut and Who Survives (03/27/20): This week, Lorrie Moore discusses her life as a reader in By the Book. In 1985, Moore wrote for the Book Review about “Galápagos,” Kurt Vonnegut’s novel about a group of survivors stranded on the Galápagos Islands because of an apocalypse. Go to news article