Brian Wallace popped me notice of a big auction of Raymond Chandler manuscripts and personal items, “under the hammer of Doyle” — on December 6.
That gives you a few days to scrape some loot together and prepare to jump into the fray.
The typewriter looks to be the big item, and drafts of never-published early fantasy stories the author of The Big Sleep tried out. I probably ought to get in on it and go after his scarf. By chance I already have a pretty good collection of Author’s Scarves — Hammett and Clark Ashton Smith. I think I’ve got my toe in that game, anyway, but for all I know some collector out there has hundreds, thousands, of Author Scarves. You don’t hear about it much, I admit.
My favorite tidbit mentioned as going up for grabs:
Chandler’s two-page typed list of 46 ‘Things I Hate’, including ‘Golf Talk’, ‘Early Rising’, and ‘Novels about people who can’t make any money’ (estimate: $600 – $800)
But the scarf is estimated to bid out cheaper.
