"Jack Kerouac's original typescript scroll for On the Road the 37 metre (121ft) long roll of paper on which he typed his defining Beat novel in a three-week burst will go under the hammer at Christie's in March, with a sale estimate of 1.8m to 2.9m ($2.5m to $4m). The scroll is one of the centrepieces of the Jim Irsay Collection, one of the most extensive private collections of music, literary, film and sports memorabilia ever assembled."
"Kerouac wrote the first draft of On the Road over three weeks in April 1951, taping together sheets of tracing paper to avoid changing pages as he typed. The novel, published in 1957 after extensive revision, became a touchstone of postwar American literature, and helped define the Beat generation's rejection of conformity, materialism and social restraint. This is the original and only scroll for the first draft of Kerouac's masterpiece, said Heather Weintraub, specialist in the Christie's books and manuscripts department."
Jack Kerouac's 37-metre typescript scroll for On the Road will be auctioned at Christie's in March with an estimate of $2.5–$4 million. The scroll was typed in a three-week burst in April 1951 on traced paper taped together to avoid changing pages. The scroll forms a centerpiece of the Jim Irsay Collection and will appear in a live sale on 12 March alongside the original typescript of The Dharma Bums. The Dharma Bums scroll carries an estimate of $300,000–$500,000. The typescript uses real character names, lacks paragraphs and chapters, and has previously provoked controversy over private sale.
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