![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/charlie-watts-book-collection-to-be-auctioned/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/130321836_watts-index-getty.jpg&description=Image source, Reuters Image caption, Charlie Watts played on all the Stones' biggest hits, from Brown Sugar to Start Me Up and more He was best known as the drummer for the Rolling Stones, but away from the stage Charlie Watts was an avid collector of modern literature. His library contained dozens of rare first editions, including signed first editions of F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound Of The Baskervilles. Now, two years after his death, some of those gems will be put up for auction. The drummer's collection of jazz memorabilia is also being sold. Christie's, which is hosting the auction, will display the highlights in New York, Los Angeles and London ahead of the sale on 28-29 September. The signed copy of Gatsby leads the auction, with an estimated price of £200,000-300,000. Fitzgerald dedicated the book to MGM Screenwriter Harold Goldman, with whom he worked on the 1938 Robert Taylor and Vivien Leigh comedy A Yank In Oxford. The inscription reads: "For Harold Goldman, the original 'Gatsby' of this story, with thanks for letting me reveal these secrets of his past". Image source, CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LIMITED 2023 Image caption, The first edition of The Great Gatsby is estimated to sell for £200-300,000 Also for sale is a proof copy of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited, which the author sent to friends for their comments in 1944. Waugh later made several changes to the novel, including rewriting the ending and changing some names. The first edition of the Sherlock Holmes' adventure Hound Of The Baskervilles is signed with the comment: "I perambulated Dartmoor before I wrote this book," a reference to the book's setting. Other highlights include rare and first editions of books by Agatha Christie, PG Wodehouse and James Joyce. Image source, CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LIMITED 2023 Image caption, A full-size Victorian replica of the Bayeaux Tapestry could fetch £12,000 "He took great pleasure in owning these things," says Paul Sexton,){kind=link}
He was best known as the drummer for the Rolling Stones, but away from the stage Charlie Watts was an avid collector of modern literature.
His library contained dozens of rare first editions, including signed first editions of F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound Of The Baskervilles.
Now, two years after his death, some of those gems will be put up for auction.
The drummer’s collection of jazz memorabilia is also being sold.
Christie’s, which is hosting the auction, will display the highlights in New York, Los Angeles and London ahead of the sale on 28-29 September.