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Items from Joan Didion’s estate sale auction hosted by Stair Galleries, in Hudson, N.Y., Oct. 18, 2022. Hundreds of the writer’s furnishings and personal items will be sold at auction on Nov. 16, 2022, offering fans the opportunity to acquire a piece of her legacy. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times).

A George III-style inlaid mahogany cylinder writing desk from Joan Didion’s estate sale auction hosted by Stair Galleries, in Hudson, N.Y., Oct. 18, 2022. Hundreds of the writer’s furnishings and personal items will be sold at auction on Nov. 16, 2022, offering fans the opportunity to acquire a piece of her legacy. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times).

An IBM Wheelwriter 5 typewriter from Joan Didion’s estate sale auction hosted by Stair Galleries, in Hudson, N.Y., Oct. 18, 2022. Hundreds of the writer’s furnishings and personal items will be sold at auction on Nov. 16, 2022, offering fans the opportunity to acquire a piece of her legacy. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times).

Writing ephemera from Joan Didion’s estate sale auction hosted by Stair Galleries, in Hudson, N.Y., Oct. 18, 2022. Hundreds of the writer’s furnishings and personal items will be sold at auction on Nov. 16, 2022, offering fans the opportunity to acquire a piece of her legacy. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times).

A late Regency ebony inlaid mahogany Pembroke table from Joan Didion’s estate sale auction hosted by Stair Galleries, in Hudson, N.Y., Oct. 18, 2022. Hundreds of the writer’s furnishings and personal items will be sold at auction on Nov. 16, 2022, offering fans the opportunity to acquire a piece of her legacy. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times).

Desk articles from Joan Didion’s estate sale auction hosted by Stair Galleries, in Hudson, N.Y., Oct. 18, 2022. Hundreds of the writer’s furnishings and personal items will be sold at auction on Nov. 16, 2022, offering fans the opportunity to acquire a piece of her legacy. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times).

Ernest Hemingway books from Joan Didion’s library from her estate sale auction hosted by Stair Galleries, in Hudson, N.Y., Oct. 18, 2022. Hundreds of the writer’s furnishings and personal items will be sold at auction on Nov. 16, 2022, offering fans the opportunity to acquire a piece of her legacy. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times).

Books about the Kennedys and Lyndon B. Johnson from Joan Didion’s library from her estate sale auction hosted by Stair Galleries, in Hudson, N.Y., Oct. 18, 2022. Hundreds of the writer’s furnishings and personal items will be sold at auction on Nov. 16, 2022, offering fans the opportunity to acquire a piece of her legacy. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times).

An American oak, walnut and bird's-eye maple partners’ desk from Joan Didion’s estate sale auction hosted by Stair Galleries, in Hudson, N.Y., Oct. 18, 2022. Hundreds of the writer’s furnishings and personal items will be sold at auction on Nov. 16, 2022, offering fans the opportunity to acquire a piece of her legacy. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times).

Hurricane lamps from Joan Didion’s estate sale auction hosted by Stair Galleries, in Hudson, N.Y., Oct. 18, 2022. Hundreds of the writer’s furnishings and personal items will be sold at auction on Nov. 16, 2022, offering fans the opportunity to acquire a piece of her legacy. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times).