Wow, that's crazy! But I can top it......
When I was maybe 13 years old, my Mom listened to friends and acquaintances and started writing a book of poetry; about 1/2 of which was stuff she had written from 1941 through 1975 and half "new material". It was anything from two page long stories of her mother, father and brothers, to Mom and Dad's trek across the country to relocate our family from Dad's 'family homestead' outside of Brockport, NY (Clarkson) to Arizona. Little ditties for somebody's birthday, 5-line cutesies for opening a Christmas Club account the the Yuma Proving Grounds Army Federal Credit Union (she was Treasurer) to wedding vows for a 1st LT and his bride-to-be. Oh yeah, giving birth to a son (me) at age 41, ten years after a Doc told her she wasn't having any more kids - she blamed it on the Yuma weather. The book's title ended up being "I Have Come Full-Circle With a Rhyme for a Time or a Reason".
Eventually, she found a publisher, and the books came out in '75 at $4.95. All but one partial-box of the 2000-book run were sold when she died in 2006.
In 2007, my oldest daughter Trish (whom a lot of people called "Little Mary" after my Mom) packed up all her belongings in her 4x4 with the help of my wife; and the two of them drove from Ft Polk, Louisiana to Ft Bragg, NC - just another change-of-station for our "Little Corporal" in the Army. One box of books took on water, and "Gramma's Book" was destroyed. So Trish thought she'd check around with used booksellers on the Web to see if one could be found. Lowest price was $149.50 for a signed copy from a seller in Ft Collins, CO; I think it was from an estate sale of a Full-Bull Colonel whose bride-to-be asked Mom to write their wedding vows on some "Desert Outpost in Arizona".
Trish called me up and we shared some tears and a laugh at the thought of Mom's reaction to her book selling for 30X the original selling price. Who knew?
Sorry, Gary - I know this is about as far-removed from the topic as imaginable. It just popped in my head while reading this and downing my first cup of coffee.....