Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Collection Part 9, 112325, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 23, 2025 - November 23, 2025
Page Size: 320 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
76 Louis Tracy

The Token

New York 1924 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
77 Robert Hale

120 Crime fiction titles

London AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
78

Maigret's Memoirs

1963 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 203.20
79 J S Fletcher

Old Lattimer's Legacy

New York 1929 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
80 Kurt Steel

Madman's Buff

Boston 1941 AUD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
81 Kurt Steel

Dead Of Night

Boston 1940 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
82 Raymond Leslie Goldman

Judge Robinson Murdered!

New York 1937 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
83 P B Maxon

The Waltz of Death

1941 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
84

1. Dr Morelle And The Drummer Girl

1950 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
85 Whitman Chambers

You Can't Get Away

New York 1939 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
86 Charlotte Murray Russell

The Case Of The Topaz Flower

New York 1939 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
87 Charles Parmer

Murder at the Kentucky Derby

New York 1942 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
88 Mabel Seeley

Eleven Came Back

Garden City, NY 1943 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
89 John Stephen Strange

A Picture of the Victim

1940 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
90 Gerald Verner

The Heel of Achilles

London 1945 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
91 Joseph Auslander

Hell In Harness

New York 1929 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
92 Virginia Hanson

Casual Slaughter

New York 1939 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 190.50
93

1) The Street of Strange Faces Louis Joseph Vance

1934 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 381.00
94 JS Fletcher

The Mill of Many Windows

New York 1925 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 101.60
95 Alistair MacLean

Eight titles

London AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 152.40
96 Dorothy Bowers

1) Deed Without A Name

New York 1940 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 444.50
97

Ten Crime Fiction Novels

(London, 1 in New York) 1980s AUD 100.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
98 Hugh Austin

It Couldn't Be Murder

1935 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 381.00
99

1) The Light and The Dark New York MacMillan

1948 AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
100 Kenneth Robeson

Quest of the Spider

New York 1933 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
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