Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Collection - Part 7
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Collection - Part 7 | Total Sales (AUD) | 45,040.55 |
| Auction Date | June 01, 2025 - June 01, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 52,840.00 |
| Sale Number | #A147 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 72,095.00 |
| Total Lots | 361 | ||
| Sold Lots | 218.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 102,690.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 60.39% | High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 138,320.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 143 | 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 |
| 200 | Ten Ellis Peters Titles. See photograph for list of titles. All |
1970s | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 | |
| 250 | John D. MacDonald | The Deep Blue Good-bye |
1965 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 48 | Philip MacDonald | The White Crow |
1928 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 571.50 |
| 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 |
| 3 | Michael Innes | Hamlet Revenge |
1937 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 19 | Geoffrey Household | A Time to Kill |
1952 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 82 | Mark Cross. | Seven Titles all written |
1954 | AUD 800.00 - 900.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 220 | Ruth Rendell | Eight Titles by Ruth Rendell |
AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | 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 |
| 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 | |
| 158 | A Li Matthison | Death In The Cemetery |
1938 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 266 | Beldon Duff | The Central Park Murder |
1929 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 334 | Seven Hodder crime fiction titles |
AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 412.75 | ||
| 88 | Elsa Barker | The Cobra Candlestick |
1928 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 315 | Richard M Baker | Death Stops the Rehearsal |
1937 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 351 | Headon Hill. | My Lord The Felon |
1912 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 352 | Headon Hill. | Her Splendid Sin |
1908 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 10 | Andrew Soutar | Kharduni |
No date but 1933 | AUD 500.00 - 800.00 | AUD 349.25 |
| 165 | Andre Steeman Translated from the French | Six Dead Men |
1932 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 349.25 |
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
![<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.")
