More Early Nancy Drew First Printing Auctions Part 2

NANCY DREW THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE 1930A-1 FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINT W/DJ RARE

Hidden Staircase closed at $1,535.10.  As with Old Clock, the closing price was a little low.  I would have expected this one to have sold for $3,000 to $5,000.  If this were several years ago, the price might have ended up somewhere above $5,000.

NANCY DREW THE BUNGALOW MYSTERY 1930A-1 FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINT W/DJ RARE

Bungalow Mystery book closed at $1,045.10.  Since the chipping to the front panel is bad, it is not surprising that the book closed at barely above $1,000.  What is surprising is that the buyer purchased the book to resell and has the book as part of a lot which has a starting price of $3,497.96 and a Buy It Now of $4,897.00.  You can view the listing here.    Here is a picture of those books.

The lot has already been listed multiple times, and I expect that the seller will have trouble selling the lot.  The problem is that most people already own some of the first printings and are not going to want to pay a huge price just to get one book.  Lilac Inn is the 1930A-1 first printing and looks like it might be in nice shape.  I cannot tell for sure, since the seller does not show enough detail in the pictures.  If the book is in excellent condition, I could use it as an upgrade.  However, I do not need any of the other books, so the lot is far too expensive for me.

NANCY DREW THE SECRET OF RED GATE FARM FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINT 1931A-1 W/DJ

Red Gate Farm closed at $526.00.  I feel like the closing price was right on target for this one.  The Red Gate Farm first printing jacket is the easiest one to find for the early titles.  The first five printings all had the same jacket, so quite a few of them exist.  On the other hand, the first printing book is quite scarce.  The second post-text ad features the Riddle Club series and is the easy way to tell if the book is the first printing.  The seller gave the information necessary to determine that the book has the Riddle Club ad.

I had a lot of trouble finding an acceptable first printing book for Red Gate Farm.  If I did not already have one, I would have been willing to buy this book just to get the book alone.  Forget about the dust jacket.  Now, if I did not have the dust jacket either, this one was very worthy of purchase for $526.00.  I would not have paid more than that.