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