BERKELEY, CALIF. — PBA Galleries’ 848th auction, Fine Literature: With Mystery & Sci-fi – Beats, Bukowski & The Counterculture, was conducted on October 9. The 534-lot sale was led by a 1956 self-portrait of Jack Kerouac from the collection of Joe Lee, which eclipsed its $15/25,000 estimate to make $34,375, with premium. Done in pencil on the back of a Mexican theater advertisement, the self-portrait was done the year before Kerouac’s novel On The Road was published; it was a gift to his girlfriend at the time, Helen Weaver. In addition to the Lee collection, it had provenance to Andrew Edlin Gallery (New York City), where it was previously framed and displayed. Additional highlights from this sale will be featured in an upcoming issue.