{"id":2183,"date":"2014-06-22T12:03:27","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T17:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=2183"},"modified":"2014-06-23T05:56:15","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T10:56:15","slug":"updikes-rawly-titled-cunts-fails-to-draw-auction-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2014\/06\/22\/updikes-rawly-titled-cunts-fails-to-draw-auction-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Updike&#8217;s rawly titled Cunts fails to draw auction interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-22-at-11.59.32-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2184\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-22-at-11.59.32-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-06-22 at 11.59.32 AM\" width=\"223\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a>This past April, <a href=\"http:\/\/historical.ha.com\/itm\/books\/literature-1900-up\/john-updike-cunts-upon-receiving-the-swingers-life-club-membership-solicitation-new-york-frank-hallmann-pr\/a\/6108-36371.s\">Heritage Auctions<\/a> of New York City featured one of only 26 signed and lettered copies of Updike&#8217;s ribald poem &#8220;Cunts,&#8221; which is subtitled &#8220;(Upon Receiving The Swingers Life Club Membership Solicitation).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There were no bids, and the item did not sell. Here is the description:<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Updike. <em>Cunts<\/em><\/strong> (Upon Receiving The Swingers Life Club Membership Solicitation). New York: Frank Hallmann, printed by Andrew Hoyem, [1974]. One of twenty-six lettered copies, out of a total edition of 276, signed by Updike (this is copy &#8220;J&#8221;). Oblong octavo. [4, blank], [17], [3, blank] pages. Publisher&#8217;s burgundy paper over boards, printed paper labels on front board and spine. Spine a bit sunned, minor rubbing to binding, text block a bit loose. A very good copy. [Together With]: [John Updike, contributor]. Cunts&#8230; New York: New York Quarterly, 1973. Summer 1973 issue, Number 15. One of 457 copies signed by Updike on page 65 of this issue (Cunts appears on pages 63-65). Octavo. 220 pages. Original wrappers. Minor rubbing, else fine. Both versions of this poem housed together in custom-built burgundy cloth clamshell case, with hidden drawer housing the New York Quarterly issue. From the collection of Alexander J. Jemal, Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past April, Heritage Auctions of New York City featured one of only 26 signed and lettered copies of Updike&#8217;s ribald poem &#8220;Cunts,&#8221; which is subtitled &#8220;(Upon Receiving The Swingers Life Club Membership Solicitation).&#8221; There were no bids, and the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2014\/06\/22\/updikes-rawly-titled-cunts-fails-to-draw-auction-interest\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collectors-corner"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2183"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2187,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183\/revisions\/2187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}