in october 2012, hirschhorn made news when he put up for auction a significant portion of his extensive collection. "the express" reported around 500 in all. among the "highspots" were a jacketed first edition of "the great gatsby", an inscribed copy (to hirschhorn by harper lee) of "to kill a mockingbird", ian fleming's first bond novel, ""casino royale"", graham greene's personal copy (with his signature on the front end-paper) of bram stoker's "dracula", an inscribed copy of evelyn waugh's "a handful of dust" and a signed copy of "gone with the wind".