Admirers of the Notorious RBG will soon have the chance to bid on the late Supreme Court justice’s personal book collection.
Several hundred volumes from Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s private library are going up for auction later this month, Bloomberg reports.
Auction house Bonhams will take bids on the lots starting Jan. 19. Among the items up for auction include an annotated copy of the 1957-1958 Harvard Law Review, an inscribed copy of Toni Morrison’s Beloved, an autographed and personalized copy of Sonia Sotomayor’s memoir My Beloved World, and a signed copy of the sheet music to Diane Warren’s song “I’ll Fight,” which was written for a film about Ginsburg.
Ginsburg, who was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1993, was a folk hero of the American left, known for her opinions in cases such as United States v. Virginia and City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York. She died in 2020 at the age of 87.
“I think people who are interested in American history and the history of the judicial system will be excited,” Bonhams’ director of fine books and manuscripts, Catherine Williamson, told Bloomberg. “Maybe you don’t know you’re a book collector yet, but you know you love Ruth Bader Ginsburg—this is the perfect sale.”
The auction is scheduled to end on Jan. 27. Williamson said she expects it to fetch at least $60,000.
Michael Schaub is a Texas-based journalist and regular contributor to NPR.
