Auction Reports
Sydney Rare Book Auctions
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Collection - Part 7
- Auction Date
- 06/01/2025 - 06/01/2025
- Sale Number
- #A147
- Total Lots
- 361
- Sold Lots
- 218
- Lots Sold
- 60.39%
- Unsold Lots
- 143
- Total Sales (AUD)
- 45,040.60
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)
- 52,840.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)
- 72,095.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)
- 102,690.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)
- 138,320.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 32.56%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | Christopher Bush | Thirteen Christopher Bush Crime Fiction Novels. |
1948 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 2,159.00 |
| 174 | Ellis Parker Butler. | Philo Gubb. Correspondence-School Detective. With illustrations |
1918 | AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 1,016.00 |
| 24 | Georges Simenon. | Ten Maigret titles |
AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 889.00 | |
| 342 | Patrick, Q. | The Grindle Nightmare |
1935 | AUD 350.00 - 400.00 | AUD 889.00 |
| 90 | Elizabeth Ferrars. | Thirty Seven crime fiction titles all |
1960s | AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 762.00 |
| 357 | Henrieta Hamilton | Death At One Blow |
1957 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 698.50 |
| 250 | John D. MacDonald | The Deep Blue Good-bye |
1965 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 200 | Ten Ellis Peters Titles. See photograph for list of titles. All |
1970s | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 | |
| 281 | Patrick Hamilton | Hangover Square; Or The Man With Two Minds. A Story Of Darkest Earl's Court In The Year 1939 |
1942 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 571.50 |
| 48 | Philip MacDonald | The White Crow |
1928 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 571.50 |
| 82 | Mark Cross. | Seven Titles all written |
1954 | AUD 800.00 - 900.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 19 | Geoffrey Household | A Time to Kill |
1952 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 220 | Ruth Rendell | Eight Titles by Ruth Rendell |
AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 508.00 | |
| 3 | Michael Innes | Hamlet Revenge |
1937 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 237 | E S Liddon | The Riddle of The Florentine Folio A Case for Peggy Fairfield |
1935 | AUD 500.00 - 800.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 266 | Beldon Duff | The Central Park Murder |
1929 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 158 | A Li Matthison | Death In The Cemetery |
1938 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 334 | Seven Hodder crime fiction titles |
AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 412.75 | ||
| 61 | Richard Grayson. | 1) The Spiral Path 1955 2) Death In Melting 1957 3) Madman's Whisper 1958 4) Dead So Soon 1960. All |
AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 412.75 | |
| 315 | Richard M Baker | Death Stops the Rehearsal |
1937 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 381.00 |
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![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
