Well ladies and gents,
The auction is over now and the first printing/first edition of The Secret of the Old Clock sold for a $11,700.00!
Anyone else watch the ending of the auction?
The bidding started on June 29th when the book was listed. 4 bids were placed on June 30th. 6 bids on July 1st. And 2 on July 4th. Nothing until the final 2 minutes. It topped out at $8000.00 on July 4th. Most of us figured it would sell for at least $10,000.00 at which it as sold for before and possibly more once before in an undisclosed sale.
I figured by the time it was going for $8000.00, we'd see a cease of activity until the last few seconds before it ends when people come in and manually snipe or use sniping software. I've been involved in auctions before where I snipe and all of a sudden you're outbid or outbidding someone else doing the same. I've seen an auction before suddenly go for hundreds due to half a dozen or more last minute bidders jumping in "out of nowhere." :) So those last few seconds are where the party's at.
It was down to the last 2 minutes and finally another bid. Up to $8100.00. Then 6 seconds before the auction ended, a sniper; Geowall bid it up to $11,700.00
FYI: Geowall is a reseller, not a collector as far as I know. So either he has a buyer in mind or will be reselling it. He sells on eBay as Bookbid. Buys as Geowall. I was hoping to see it go to a Sleuth member or Nancy Drew collector, but maybe it still will.
I wonder if the fact that the auction ended on a holiday weekend was a factor, as I would have thought word would have spread through the collector community since such a scarce book was up for auction. I usually do not list items to end on a holiday weekend as I figure people are traveling and not paying attention to eBay.
Here's to hoping that more of these begin to surface for collectors in the future! Heck, a first printing of The Hidden Staircase, The Bungalow Mystery, The Mystery at Lilac Inn, and The Secret at Shadow Ranch would be super to see too!
Jenn:)
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Wow, that's a lot of money!
Oh, I have a question: do you still have up that page for the Nancy Drew cookbook?
Yes, it's linked on the Nancy Drew Collectibles; Books section at:
http://www.nancydrewsleuth.com/collectibles.html
http://www.nancydrewsleuth.com/cbooks.html
http://www.nancydrewsleuth.com/cbfood.html
Jenn:)
Thank you!
I'm not sure if you planned on doing this, but I was thinking of starting a ND 80 year anniversary project.
http://nancydrew80yearanniversary.wordpress.com/
If you want to do it I'll just delete that. I was thinking it would be a good idea to start early ...
The Sleuths will be doing a big 80th anniversary convention in April 2010 so I'm excited about that:) I'm not sure if the publisher is planning anything for the 80th or not.
Jenn:)
Wow! I'll have to mention that at our next Carolina Sleuths meeting. We had one yesterday and discussed The Secret of Red Gate Farm, The Clue in the Diary & Nancy's Mysterious Letter. I am still on the hunt for the old books..like you said, I hope collectors are able to get these.
i think it is so cool your blog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Do you know if anyone has made a Nancy Drew Wika?
If you're talking about wikipedia, yes I believe there is an entry on Nancy Drew there.
Jenn:)
I just came across this blog while I was researching my 1930 1st Edition of The Secret of the Old Clock.
I am trying to learn about the books I collect, but I just can't fathom it going for so much.
Since I never saw the auction, can you tell me just what the book had extra (DJ?) that would command so high a price?
Sherrie,
The book had it's dust jacket--a dust jacket holds about 90 to 95% of the value of the book, so with that, it's expensive--especially for these older format 1 books.
Jenn:)
How can you tell if a book is a "first printing," or not? (esp. Nancy Drew books)
Anon - You can tell if you have a guide--Farah's Guide: http://www.farahsguide.com
Otherwise it's just guess work as there are many formats, factors, and styles of Nancy over the years.
Jenn:)
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