pynchon signs books

[Arne =?UNKNOWN-8BIT?Q?Herl=F8v?= Petersen]

Slothrop at pacbell.net wrote:
> 
> jester wrote:
> >
> > At 08:31 AM 06/12/1997 -0400, Peter Giordano wrote:
> > > Has anybody ever heard of a signed Pynchon book?  I wonder if
> > >he has ever signed anything say for a publisher or editor
> >
> > It is rather well known that John Laroquette holds in his possession one of
> > only TWO authenticated autographed copies of Gravity's Rainbow -- which was
> > given to him personally by the author.  Other than that, I can't call any
> > copies genuine, for sure -- but I've heard that he HAS signed some for
> > charity oout West somewhere a few years back (Vineland, I believe -- maybe
> > 100 copies).
> >
> > JJ "Jester"
> 
> My understanding is that John Larroquette has a signed manuscript of "V,"
> not gravity's rainbow, obtained in England, not from the author himself.
> Nevertheless, either may be true-- we all know rumors abound endlessly
> when comes to ole TRP.


The owner of a New York bookstore told me that some people had
approached Pynchon's parents and tricked some signed copies of TRP books
from them, and that these books had later been sold for exorbitant
prices. Of course I don't know if it's true.
I found, myself, an inscribed copy of the paperback first edition of GR.
Unfortunately it was a fake.