Heritage Auctions: The Gary Munson Collection
Auction Reports
Auction Name | The Gary Munson Collection | Total Sales (USD) | 353,482.50 |
Auction Date | February 02, 2023 - February 02, 2023 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 122,800.00 |
Sale Number | #31175 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 184,200.00 |
Total Lots | 304 | ||
Sold Lots | 304 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 122,800.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 100.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 184,200.00 |
Unsold Lots | 0 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 191.90% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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70185 | Various authors. | Four books describing imaginary voyages to the Moon. |
1657-1880. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
70237 | R.R. Ryan. | Two supernatural horror stories, comprising The Subjugated Beast and Echo of a Curse. |
1938-1939. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
70058 | Various authors [ed. Charles Birkin]. | 11 (of 14) volumes from the famous "Creeps" series. |
1932-1936. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
70239 | Adam Seaborn [pseud.]. | Symzonia; A Voyage of Discovery. By Captain Adam Seaborn. |
1820 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
70261 | Various authors. | Four collections from the Creepy Tales series, and four from the Not at Night series, including the elusive Omnibus. |
1926-1937. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
70019 | Christopher Blayre. | Three satirical tales, including two copies of The Cheetah Girl and Some Women of the University. |
1923-1934. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 9,062.50 |
70162 | H.P. Lovecraft. | Small archive of photographs and typescripts, together with one manuscript musical score and a bookplate. |
Circa early to mid-twentieth century. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
70034 | [John Dickson Carr.] Carter Dickson. | Three Carter Dickson mysteries. |
1938-1945. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 6,875.00 |
70030 | John Dickson Carr. | Lot of five Carr mysteries, UK editions. |
1931-1941. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 5,750.00 |
70014 | Cyrano de Bergerac. | Selenarchia. Or, the Government of the World in the Moon: A Comical History. |
1659 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 5,500.00 |
70206 | Various authors. | Collection of nine miscellaneous railway and pulp novels. |
1802-1905. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 4,750.00 |
70035 | John Dickson Carr. | To Wake the Dead. |
1938 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 4,500.00 |
70153 | Lewes Lavaterus. | Of Ghostes and Spirites. |
1596 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 4,500.00 |
70154 | Vernon Lee. | Three copies of A Phantom Lover. |
1886 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 4,500.00 |
70260 | Various authors. | A collection of eight strange and supernatural tales. |
1860-1946. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 4,500.00 |
70301 | Mary E. Wilkins. | The Wind in the Rose-Bush and Other Stories of the Supernatural. |
1903 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 4,000.00 |
70177 | Thea von Harbou. | Metropolis. |
1927-1934. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
70302 | [Margery Williams.] Harper Williams [pseud.]. | The Thing in the Woods. |
1924 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
70279 | Various authors. | Three vampire books. |
1928-1935. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 3,500.00 |
70033 | John Dickson Carr. | Two copies of The Crooked Hinge. |
1938 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 3,250.00 |
70295 | H. G. Wells. | La Guerre des Mondes. |
1906 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 3,125.00 |
70278 | [Sarah Elizabeth Utterson, translator and editor.] | Tales of the Dead. |
1813 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
70036 | John Dickson Carr. | Two copies of The Crooked Hinge. |
1938 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
70039 | Carter Dickson [pseud. of John Dickson Carr]. | The Department of Queer Complaints. |
1940 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
70129 | William Fryer Harvey. | The Beast with Five Fingers and Other Tales. |
1928 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,750.00 |