Anthony Bourdain's estate auction includes a lot of his early writings.
An auction of various things from the estate of Anthony Bourdain, the late writer, chef, and TV host, is happening now through October 30, and it includes a number of Bourdain’s early writings. The current bid for the original manuscript of A Chef’s Christmas, his 2002 holiday audiobook, is $900, four typed short stories he wrote in college are going for $500, and a collection of early typed and handwritten prose and poetry(!) is currently $1,900.
A number of books from Bourdain’s personal library are also for sale, as well as a watercolor by Brad Philips that reads “Eat, Pray, GET THE FUCK OUT.” For the true literature/art/food connoisseurs among you only.
[h/t Grub Street]
Jessie Gaynor
Jessie Gaynor is a senior editor at Lit Hub whose writing has appeared in McSweeney's, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and elsewhere. Her debut novel, The Glow was published by Random House in 2023. You can buy it here.
