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Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000 -
Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
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Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 26thKetterer, May 26: Th. McKenney & J. Hall, History of the Indian tribes of North America, 1836-1844. Est: €50,000Ketterer, May 26: Biblia latina vulgata, manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000Ketterer, May 26: M. Beckmann, Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen, 1924. Est: €10,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 26thKetterer, May 26: A. Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1574. Est: €50,000Ketterer, May 26: M. S. Merian, Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, 1717-18. Est: €6,000Ketterer, May 26: PAN, 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 26thKetterer, May 26: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000Ketterer, May 26: Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000Ketterer, May 26: E. Hemingway, The old man and the sea, 1952. First edition in first issue jacket. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 26thKetterer, May 26: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari libri quatuor, 1553. Est: €3,000Ketterer, May 26: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: €30,000Ketterer, May 26: Brassaï, Transmutations, 1967. Est: €6,000 -
Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/033cf239-2b91-4588-aca2-50ad0a9c43b3.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Roberts (Henry, after). <i>Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ...,</i> [1784]. £500-800")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ecbc3d4-52ef-41c5-8a8d-d4a158a51253.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> World. Ortelius (Abraham), <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> [1598]. £2,000-3,000")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fcfb0b9a-4f59-4dc8-87fd-1dfdf90611dc.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Bible [English]. [<i>The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New...,</i> 1613]. £2,000-3,000")
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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: The Crime Club - Gary Gorton Collection Part 5
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Crime Club - Gary Gorton Collection Part 5 | Total Sales (AUD) | 31,318.20 |
| Auction Date | January 19, 2025 - January 19, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 43,550.00 |
| Sale Number | #11925 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 57,250.00 |
| Total Lots | 252 | ||
| Sold Lots | 107 | Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 102,350.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 42.46% | High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 132,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 145 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 23.69% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 114 | Patricia Highsmith | The Two Faces of January |
1964 | AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | AUD 2,032.00 |
| 80 | Rufus King | Murder by the Clock |
1929 First edition. | AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | AUD 1,905.00 |
| 156 | Virginia Rath | Death Breaks the Ring |
1941 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 889.00 |
| 204 | The Patient in Room 18 |
1929 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 825.50 | |
| 154 | Carolyn Wells | The Doorstep Murders: A Kenneth Carlisle Detective Story |
1930 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 762.00 |
| 190 | Virginia Raft | The Anger Of The Bells |
1937 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 762.00 |
| 108 | The Back Bay Murders Roger Scarlett |
1930 Very scarce | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 698.50 | |
| 112 | Cornell Woolrich | The Black Path of Fear |
1944 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 153 | Philip MacDonald | Persons Unknown: An Exercise in Detection |
1931 Front hinge starting to split | AUD 700.00 - 800.00 | AUD 571.50 |
| 109 | Roger Scarlett | In The First Degree |
1933 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 539.75 |
| 38 | Carolyn Wells | Deep Lake Mystery |
1928 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 101 | Willetta Ann Barber and R F Schabelitz | Pencil Points to Murder A Christopher Storm Mystery |
1941 | AUD 800.00 - 900.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 49 | John T McIntyre | The Museum Murder |
1929 | AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 164 | Virginia Rath | Ferryman, Take Him Across! |
1936 Signed, inscribed and dated by the author | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 238 | Simenon 3) The Saint On The Spanish Main | 1) Inspector Maigret and The Dead Girl 2) Inspector Maigret And The Burglar's Wife both |
1955, 1956, 1955 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 4 | Philip MacDonald. | The Polferry Riddle An Anthony Gethryn Detective Story |
1931 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 44 | Christoper Hale | Witch Wood |
1940 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 58 | D B Olsen | Gallows For The Groom |
1947 | AUD 600.00 - 750.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 63 | Van Wyck Mason | Seeds of Murder |
1930 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 189 | Willetta Ann Barber and R. F. Schabelitz, | Murder Enters The Picture A Christopher Storm Mystery |
1941 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 205 | Christopher Bush | The Death of Cosmo Revere |
1930 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 211 | Kay Cleaver Strahan | Footprints |
1929 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 214 | Willetta Ann Barber & R F Schabelitz | Drawn conclusion: A Christopher Storm mystery |
1942 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 245 | Bayer1945, Marion Gramhall, | Five Doubleday Crime Books : 1) An Eye For An Eye 2) Tragedy In Blue |
1940s | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 54 | Vincent Starrett | The Great Hotel Murder |
1935 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 349.25 |
![Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc0b1dc0-f7c8-40b6-a5a6-870689484c07.jpg "<b>Gonnelli:</b> Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€")
