Recent First Printing and Other Notable Nancy Drew Auctions

A number of scarce items have sold on eBay recently.  Some of them have sold for well under their value.

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A sealed Nancy Drew puzzle sold for $305.00.

I sold both the white and red versions of the Nancy Drew Diary.  The white diary is said to be much scarcer than the red diary.  It may be more scarce, but both diaries are scarce.  The white diary closed at $251.50, and the red diary closed at $238.50.  The bidders apparently valued them about the same, which is how I feel about them as well.  

Nancy Drew Ghost Stories in the Wanderer hardcover edition with dust jacket sold for $217.50.  This is one of the hardest to acquire Wanderer hardcover titles.

The first printing book and jacket for Nancy Drew Twisted Candles sold for $737.88.  I feel that this is below value, although I'm not sure what the actual value is.

A 1930A-1 Old Clock book (no jacket) sold for $695.00.  The first printing Old Clock is worth between $500 and $1000 if lacking the dust jacket, so this price is within that range.

The first printing book and jacket for Clue in the Diary sold for $1,591.79.  I recall the first printing of Diary selling years ago for $2,500 or so.  I believe that I saw that price more than once, so the buyer got a pretty good deal on this first printing copy.
 

The first printing book and jacket for Red Gate Farm sold for $800.00.  The Red Gate Farm first printing jacket isn't as hard to find as other low-numbered first printing jackets.  The first printing book is a bit harder to acquire than the jacket itself.  $800.00 probably is below value.

A first printing book and jacket for Shadow Ranch sold for $81.00.  The jacket is in pieces and is in poor condition.  Even so, this was a bargain.  The book alone is worth at least $81.00.  The jacket makes the purchase even better.  Many collectors (possibly most of them) are never going to be able to spend high amounts for the low-numbered first printings in very good or better condition.  Books and jackets like this one enable some of those people to enjoy an early book in a first printing.

A copy of Hidden Staircase with the misnumbered dust jacket sold for $158.00.  It's hard to say whether that is the value or below the value.  Years ago, I sold one or two copies for considerably less.  I assume that the value has gone up.  Read this old post of mine for more information.