Beyond the wizard: Baum’s Oz makes a record

Sold online for a record $20,000 (£16,340) at the former Butterfields, now Bonhams Los Angeles (27.5/26/20/14.5% buyer’s premium) salerooms as part of the David Lloyd collection of modern literature was a 1909 first edition of Frank L Baum’s 'The Road to Oz'.

It was one of 13 sequels to The Wizard of Oz written by the American author.

Among the other high…

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