Heritage Auctions: The Dr. Richard Meli Collection Pulps Signature® Auction, 7444, Dallas

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 04, 2025 - December 06, 2025
Page Size: 471 items in 19 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
84153

Secret Agent X #22 January 1936 (Ace) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages.

1936 Not Available USD 1,320.00
84154

Secret Agent X #24 March 1936 (Ace) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.

1936 Not Available USD 3,000.00
84155

Secret Agent X #26 June 1936 Strasser Pedigree (Ace) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.

1936 Not Available USD 1,920.00
84156

Secret Agent X #27 August 1936 (Ace) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages.

1936 Not Available USD 2,400.00
84157

Secret Agent X #28 October 1936 (Ace) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white to white pages.

1936 Not Available USD 780.00
84158

Secret Agent X #32 June 1937 (Ace) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages.

1937 Not Available USD 1,140.00
84159

Secret Agent X #34 October 1937 (Ace) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white to white pages.

1937 Not Available USD 780.00
84160

Secret Agent X #38 June 1938 (Ace) CGC VF 8.0 Light tan to off-white pages.

1938 Not Available USD 1,320.00
84161

Secret Agent X #41 March 1939 (Ace) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white to white pages.

1939 Not Available USD 660.00
84162

Spicy Adventure Stories #10 August 1935 (Culture) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages.

1935 Not Available USD 1,560.00
84163

Spicy Adventure Stories #25 November 1936 (Culture) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages.

1936 Not Available USD 5,040.00
84164

Spicy Adventure Stories #36 October 1937 (Culture) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.

1937 Not Available USD 1,440.00
84165

Spicy Detective Stories #31 November 1936 (Culture) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages.

1936 Not Available USD 2,280.00
84166

Spicy Detective Stories #32 December 1936 (Culture) CGC FN+ 6.5 White pages.

1936 Not Available USD 1,020.00
84167

Spicy Detective Stories #34 February 1937 (Culture) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages.

1937 Not Available USD 1,800.00
84168

Spicy Detective Stories #33 January 1937 (Culture) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages.

1937 Not Available USD 1,920.00
84169

Spicy Mystery Stories #16 September 1936 (Culture) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white to white pages.

1936 Not Available USD 1,440.00
84170

Spicy Mystery Stories #20 January 1937 (Culture) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages.

1937 Not Available USD 1,800.00
84171

Spicy Mystery Stories #30 November 1937 (Culture) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white pages.

1937 Not Available USD 1,680.00
84172

Spicy Mystery Stories #43 June 1939 (Culture) CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1939 Not Available USD 2,880.00
84173

Spicy Western Stories #4 February 1937 (Culture) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages.

1937 Not Available USD 1,080.00
84174

Spicy Western Stories #6 April 1937 (Culture) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages.

1937 Not Available USD 780.00
84175

Spicy Western Stories #7 May 1937 (Culture) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages.

1937 Not Available USD 1,560.00
84176

Spicy Western Stories #9 July 1937 (Culture) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages.

1937 Not Available USD 2,040.00
84177

Spicy Western Stories #16 February 1938 (Culture) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white pages.

1938 Not Available USD 1,020.00
  • Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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