https://realitystudio.org A William S. Burroughs Community Mon, 15 Mar 2021 01:26:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/the-groff-auction-of-bukowski-and-the-ronan-sale-of-beat-literature/comment-page-1/#comment-8881 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:50:06 +0000 https://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/the-groff-auction-of-bukowski-and-the-ronan-sale-of-beat-literature/#comment-8881 So the year 2009 will be the frozen moment, when everyone sees what is at the end of the fork…

]]> https://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/the-groff-auction-of-bukowski-and-the-ronan-sale-of-beat-literature/comment-page-1/#comment-8772 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:30:00 +0000 https://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/the-groff-auction-of-bukowski-and-the-ronan-sale-of-beat-literature/#comment-8772 We are getting there as far as one or two generations removed for the major Beat era and the major works. If we are talking valuable in a financial sense I think Gysin said something on point when he stated the painting is fifty years ahead of writing. Fifty years is considered by many as a good period of time in which to assess the long term value of a rare book. Fifty years is up for Howl and this year marks the 50th Anniversary of On the Road. Of course 2009 for Naked Lunch. Looking at the books that are rolling out on Howl and On the Road the critics are weighing in on the Beats literary and social value. Starting now we can see that collectors will do the same measuring what the long term holds for the Beats as an investment and as the next generation of collectors appear that did not live through the Beat or counterculture era the Beats engendered.

]]> https://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/the-groff-auction-of-bukowski-and-the-ronan-sale-of-beat-literature/comment-page-1/#comment-8752 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:05:08 +0000 https://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/the-groff-auction-of-bukowski-and-the-ronan-sale-of-beat-literature/#comment-8752 A piece of art is or imitation or revolutionary. Only the test of time, say over one or two generations, will show how valuable the Beat literature really is…

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