Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Collection Part 9, 112325, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 23, 2025 - November 23, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1) The Canvass Dagger |
1956 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 2 | Twenty-Three titles all with dustwrappers illustrated by Sax |
AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 762.00 | |||
| 3 | Six crime fiction titles all by Mignon G Eberhart |
1940s and 1950s | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 4 | Judson Philips | The 14th Trump |
London | 1951 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 5 | William Gillette | The Astounding Crime on Torrington Road |
New York | 1927 | AUD 800.00 - 900.00 | AUD 539.75 |
| 6 | Arthur Barker | No Pockets in a Shroud by Horace McCoy |
London | 1937 | AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 7 | Cecil M Wills | The Clue Of The Lost Hour |
London | 1949 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 8 | Carolyn Wells | In the Onyx Lobby |
New York | 1920 | AUD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 762.00 |
| 9 | Mickey Spillane | Five titles |
New York | 1964 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 10 | Edwin De Caire | Death Among The Writers |
London | 1952 | AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 762.00 |
| 11 | Paul Mactyre | Bar Sinister |
London | 1964 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 12 | Seldon Truss | Death Of No Lady |
London | 1952 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 13 | Seldon Truss | In Secret Places |
London | 1958 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 14 | Robert Van Gulik | Four titles |
AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 476.25 | ||
| 15 | Ared White | Seven Tickets to Singapore |
Boston | 1939 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 16 | Marcet and E Haldeman-Julius | Violence |
New York | 1929 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 17 | William Du Bois | The Case of the Frightened Fish |
Boston | 1940 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 241.30 |
| 18 | Garland Lord | She Never Grew Old |
New York | 1942 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 19 | Maximilian Foster | Humdrum House? |
1924 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 20 | James Owen | Deferred Payment |
London | 1930 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 21 | George Harmon Coxe | Eleven titles all written |
New York | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 508.00 | |
| 22 | Celia Fremlin | Four titles |
1969 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 23 | H H Kirst | Eleven novels |
London | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 24 | Frances and Richard Lockridge | One dozen crime fiction titles |
Philadelphia and New York | 1940s, 1950s and 1960s | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 444.50 |
| 25 | Georges Simenon | Nine titles |
London | 1969 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 571.50 |
