Anne of Green Gables first edition fetches $24,000 US at auction

June 20, 2005 | 12:00 AM | By Caroline Skelton

Anne of Green Gables proves, once again, its limitless popularity at a Sotheby’s auction this week — a first edition sold this week for US $24,000. As The Canadian Press reports, the pale green little volume was one of several valuable first editions in the collection of George Cosmatos, director of films such as Tombstone and Rambo: First Blood, who died this April in Victoria.

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