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
126 J S Fletcher

The Black House in Harley Street

1928 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
127 Sue MacVeigh

Murder Under Construction

USA 1939 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
128 Ruth Fenisong

Murder Needs A Face

1942 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
129 Alan LeMay

One of Us is a Murderer

New York 1930 AUD 500.00 - 800.00 AUD 476.25
130 Philip MacDonald

The Rynox Murder Mystery

1931 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 762.00
131 Harry Carmichael

James Knowland Deceased

London 1958 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
132 Green Shiver

A Theocritus Lucius Westborough Story

New York 1941 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 476.25
133 Orme Sackville

The Island Of Ghosts

London 1930 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
134 Clyde B Clason

Blind Drifts

New York 1937 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 228.60
135 Mabel Seeley

The Chuckling Fingers

1941 AUD 350.00 - 400.00 AUD 215.90
136 M P Rea

Compare These Dead

1941 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
137 James Ronald

They Cant Hang Me!

1938 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 317.50
138 Charlotte Murray Russell

I Heard the Death Bell: A Jane Amanda Edwards Story

1940 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 203.20
139 Charlotte Murray Russell

The Bad Neighbour Murder

1946 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 317.50
140 Charlotte Murray Russell

Murder Steps In

1942 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 412.75
141 Georges Simenon

Maigret's Special Murder

London 1964 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
142

Eleven titles

1970s AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
143

Ten Gollancz Crime Fiction novels

1960s 1970s 1980s AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
144 Edgar Wallace

The Arranways Mystery

New York 1932 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
145 Harold Kemp

Murder Humane

London 1947 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
146 Basil Cooper

Five titles

1960s. 1970s. 1980s AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
147 E Phillips Oppenheim

The Bird of Paradise

London 1936 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 203.20
148

Ten Crime Fiction titles

London 1960s AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
149 Hugh Pentecost

Thirty six crime fiction titles

New York AUD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
150 P M Hubbard

A Thirsty Evil

London 1974 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
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