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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Collection Part 10

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

Doctor Nikola by Guy Boothby Illustrated by Stanley L Wood.

1896 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 952.50
42 S H COURTIER SIGNED

Now Seek My Bones by S H Courtier

1957 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 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
34 CHARLOTTE JAY 1951

The Knife Is Feminine.

1951 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
35 ALFRED E CLARKE

Tommy The Growler by Alfred E Clarke .

1929 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 AUD 444.50
72 GAVIN HOLT

Tonight Is For Death by Gavin Holt

1952 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 444.50
39 S H COURTIER

Come Back To Murder by S H Courtier

1957 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
61 LUNA ROTHWELL 1964

Murder Is Lonely by Una Rothwell.

1964 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 AUD 381.00
47 MARGOT NEVILLE

My Bad Boy by Margot Neville

1964 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 349.25
81 STEPHEN MADDOCK

Exit Only by Stephen Maddock

1947 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 349.25
7 FERGUS HUME

The Pink Shop by Fergus Hume

1911 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 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
40 S H COURTIER

Who Dies For Me? by S H Courtier

1962 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 317.50
43 S H COURTIER SIGNED

See Who's Dying by S H Courtier

1967 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 317.50
60 ELIZABETH BACKHOUSE

Death Came Uninvited by Elizabeth Backhouse

1957 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 317.50
2 FERGUS HUME

The Masquerade Mystery by Fergus Hume.

AUD 400.00 - 600.00 AUD 285.75
74 MARK CORRIGAN

I Like Danger by Mark Corrigan.

1954 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 285.75
78 MARK CORRIGAN 1958

Honolulu Snatch by Mark Corrigan

1958 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 285.75
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