"All 13,000 volumes in Pratum’s rarified collection are now up for sale. He recently listed the lot on Craigslist for an asking price of $50,000 — 'pennies on the dollar,' according to Pratum, for a library he estimates is worth $2.5 million."
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Todd Pratum owned bookshops in the hippie Haight and high-end Healdsburg. Leaving his apartment of 20 years would mean offloading his extensive collection.