The American Library Association is auctioning off some primo vintage READ posters.

This summer, the American Library Association is auctioning off a rare cache of its iconic READ posters to commemorate the org’s 150th year of doing business.

Thanks to a partnership with Heritage Auctions, the largest collections auctioneer in the world, readers from all over can now own a piece of  literary history. The books (so to speak) are open, and the bets are on until July 10.

Any Millennial or Gen X-reader who preferred to spend recess in the library—and I’m assuming that’s you, if you’ve found yourself on literary hub dot com—will remember the classic READ poster, with its staged, surreal charm.

And to be sure, the fun of scouring this trove comes from revisiting those book/celeb pairings. Some more convincing than others. Who might have guessed, for instance, that the late Bernie Mac would be a Bible-thumper? Or that Kelly Ripa would ride for the Narnia series?

Other celebrity book picks made an implicit sense. Note the poster of the defector Mikhail Baryshnikov hawking Crime and Punishment. Or this one, where the mage Nic Cage totes Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha.

Other pairings are more uncanny, or at least invite further questions. Something ironic, perhaps, about the politically fickle Roseanne Barr’s claim to Dickens (The Tale of Two Cities; current bid $1). See also: this one of Rob Schneider, claiming to know how to read at all.

Whatever your druthers—irony or verisimilitude—there’s probably a poster for you among the 240+ for sale. But what are we looking at, price-wise, you ask? It’s a gamut.

Susan Sarandon’s Poisonwood Bible poster is currently affordable, with a reigning bet of $50. But others are whipping up a frenzy. This one, featuring the Buffy cast, is currently going for $750.

If you’re looking for gifts, I’d bet my hat there’s a dad out there who could use this darling propaganda from Sir Patrick Stewart as a late Father’s Day present. Or this Chewy poster, which does not necessarily prove that Wookiees belong in the stacks.

Personally, I’ll be shopping for myself. This happy citizen of the People’s Republic of Mamdanistan has her eye on re-education.

If this poster of KRS-ONE repping Walter Rodney’s How Europe Underdeveloped Africa had made it to my high school library wall, we all could have saved a lot of time.

Again, mileage will vary. But if you loved a celebrity in the 90s, there’s a good chance they have a READ poster that you can bet on today.

Here is an abbreviated list of other subjects with looks and books for sale: Dr. Ruth; Rupert Grint; Oprah; Tony Hawk; the cast of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; Chef Emeril; R.E.M. (current bid: $410!); Shaq; Sting; Spike Lee: Coolio; Kristi Yamaguchi; Rosie O’Donnell; Michael Keaton; Barbie; Weird Al; the Indigo Girls; Keira Knightley; Macaulay Culkin and Anna Chlumsky; The Simpsons. And of course, Xena Warrior Princess.

It’s more than nostalgia you take home, too. It’s history! As Charles Epting, director of pop culture/historical consignments at Heritage Auctions told the ALA, “These posters are more than promotional materials, they’re cultural touchstones that have inspired generations of readers.”

I’m with the lions. Hear, hear.

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