Attention fans of The Fountainhead and serious collectors alike: for the first time in 26 years, you can bid on and own this original Ayn Rand memorabilia.

Culled from her papers and first auctioned by ARI in 1993, on offer is a clippings folder labeled "Clippings - 'The Fountainhead' (since our return to N.Y. - 1951)" in Ayn Rand's penciled handwriting. Inside are 21 varied newspaper clippings and one piece of publishing ephemera. Many of these clippings contain her writing, such as the date or the name of the newspaper. She combined mentions of both the movie and the book in the same folder.

Notable highlights include TV Guide pages carefully saved and stapled together--with The Fountainhead movie airings highlighted; a humorous bit in an NYT column by David Dempsey about how to calculate the cost of a reprint; and a column called "What London Is Reading," by Wallace Reyburn. Reyburn's analysis of the most in-demand books at London's public libraries includes a highly favorable review of the book he's checked out the most. Spoiler alert: it's The Fountainhead.

Each separate piece has been housed in an archival Mylar L-Sleeve (and backed with acid-free paper where appropriate) for safe storage and handling. Includes a letter of provenance signed by Leonard Peikoff.

Many more photographs of the clippings are available, please contact [email protected] to request additional photographs.

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Payments from successful bidders will be tax-deductible contributions to ARI, to the extent of the excess dollar amount over ARI's good-faith estimate of the item's value. Please note: due to IRS regulations, ARI is not able to accept contributions from donor-advised funds or private foundations to satisfy winning auction bids.