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Auction Info

Auction Name
Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Collection Part 10
Auction Date
12/21/2025 - 12/21/2025
Sale Number
#A170
Total Lots
125
Sold Lots
79.0
Lots Sold
63.20%
Unsold Lots
46
Total Sales (AUD)
23,266.40
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)
27,020.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)
36,150.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)
45,170.00
High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)
58,930.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
39.48%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
63 ROY BRIDGES 1939

This House Is Haunted by Roy Bridges

 1939 (?) AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 1,778.00
30 HELEN SIMPSON

Re-Enter Sir John by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson .

1932 AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 AUD 1,524.00
42 S H COURTIER SIGNED

Now Seek My Bones by S H Courtier

 1957 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 952.50
15 GUY BOOTHBY

Doctor Nikola by Guy Boothby Illustrated by Stanley L Wood.

1896 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 952.50
71 GAVIN HOLT

Garlands For Sylvia by Gavin Holt

 1958 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 698.50
111 J M SPENDER

Seven Days For Hanging by J M Spender.

1958 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 635.00
28 MARK CORRIGAN SIGNED BY AUTHOR

Sweet And Deadly by Mark Corrigan

 1953 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 539.75
5 S H COURTIER

Let The Man Die by S H Courtier.

1961 AUD 800.00 - 900.00 AUD 508.00
45 MARGOT NEVILLE

Murder in Rockwater by Margot Neville

 No date but 1945 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 508.00
34 CHARLOTTE JAY 1951

The Knife Is Feminine.

1951 AUD 800.00 - 900.00 AUD 508.00
72 GAVIN HOLT

Tonight Is For Death by Gavin Holt

 1952 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 444.50
35 ALFRED E CLARKE

Tommy The Growler by Alfred E Clarke .

1929 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 AUD 444.50
61 LUNA ROTHWELL 1964

Murder Is Lonely by Una Rothwell.

1964 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 AUD 381.00
41 S H COURTIER SIGNED

Murder's Burning by S H Courtier

 1967 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 381.00
39 S H COURTIER

Come Back To Murder by S H Courtier

 1957 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 AUD 381.00
81 STEPHEN MADDOCK

Exit Only by Stephen Maddock

 1947 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 349.25
47 MARGOT NEVILLE

My Bad Boy by Margot Neville

 1964 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 349.25
40 S H COURTIER

Who Dies For Me? by S H Courtier

 1962 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 317.50
18 S H COURTIER 1958

A Shroud For Unlac by S H Courtier

 1958 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 317.50
7 FERGUS HUME

The Pink Shop by Fergus Hume

 1911 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 317.50
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  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.