Penny Parker July 2008 eBay Prices

The Penny Parker books are quite scarce with intact dust jackets. I have noticed that the books are coming up for sale far less often than they were around six to eight years ago. They are all scarce, and many of them are very scarce. It would be going too far to use RARE, but they have become a bit hard to find.

For someone who just now decides to build a complete set in dust jacket, it is going to be rather difficult. I feel like I had a lot more chances than buyers do now, and I found some of the prices to be prohibitive even then. What I did was pass on the ones that went too high and waited for another one. If I were buying the books now, I would not feel that I had the option to wait. The books are not coming up for sale often enough anymore.

Here are some recent results for Penny Parker books with dust jackets:

Vanishing Houseboat Penny Parker 1939 Mildred Wirt Item #320274937170

This book closed at $11.51. The jacket is a little rough, so the price was about on target. This is one of the easiest to find titles.

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PENNY PARKER GIRL MYSTERY #3 MILDRED A WIRT 1940 HC DJ Item #270256052195

This book closed at $38.77. This is also one of the easiest to find titles, but the jacket is in very nice shape, so the price is on target.

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PENNY PARKER GIRL MYSTERY #9 MILDRED A WIRT 1943 HC DJ Item #270256050890

This book closed at $51.78. The dust jacket is very nice, so the price is not surprising.

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PENNY PARKER GIRL MYSTERY #10 MILDRED WIRT 1943 HC DJ Item #270256054392

This book closed at $61.00. This jacket is also very nice, and the price is about right. I have seen it go even higher in the past.

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PENNY PARKER GIRL MYSTERY #11 MILDRED WIRT 1944 HC DJ Item #270256052900

This book closed at $51.00. I feel like #11 is slightly easier to find than some of the other higher-numbered titles, so it is not surprising that this one closed at a lower price than #10.

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PENNY PARKER GIRL MYSTERY #15 MILDRED WIRT 1946 HC DJ Item #270256055560

This book closed at $338.33. This price is extreme. Whispering Walls is one of the harder to find titles, but it probably should have closed at around $100.00 or so. This is an example of two people wanting the book badly, and probably both of them have nearly complete collections, making them more desperate to purchase the book.

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PENNY PARKER GIRL MYSTERY #17 MILDRED WIRT 1947 HC DJ Item #270256053529

This book closed at $91.00. If a Penny Parker book were going to sell for over $300.00, it should have been this one or Swamp Island.

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PENNY PARKER GIRL MYSTERY #2 MILDRED A WIRT 1939 HC DJ Item # 270256654071

This book closed at $40.33, which is also about right. This one has the purple dust jacket, which is harder to find.

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PENNY PARKER GIRL MYSTERY #4 MILDRED A WIRT 1940 HC DJ Item #270256653218

This book closed at $22.39, which is probably about right since this is an easier to find title.

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PENNY PARKER GIRL MYSTERY #5 MILDRED A WIRT 1941 HC DJ Item #270256651516

This book closed at $59.78 and has the harder to find blue dust jacket.

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PENNY PARKER GIRL MYSTERY #13 MILDRED WIRT 1945 HC DJ Item #270256655031

This book closed at $35.00, which is probably a little low.

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The Clock Strikes Thirteen by Mildred Wirt, HC with DJ Item #170240610544

This book closed at $9.99, which is quite low. The jacket is a little rough, but it should have sold at a higher price.

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PENNY PARKER GIRL MYSTERY #14 MILDRED WIRT 1946 HC DJ Item # 270256652498

This book closed at $76.00, which is within the range of what one might expect this title to bring.

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PENNY PARKER GIRL MYSTERY #16 MILDRED WIRT 1947 HC DJ Item # 270256655596

This book closed at $102.50. This is one of the hardest to find titles, and I have seen it sell for over $200.00 in the past.