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
84228

Thrilling Adventures #41 May 1935 (Standard Publishers) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages.

1935 Not Available USD 480.00
84229

Thrilling Adventures #113 May 1941 (Standard Publishers) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages.

1941 Not Available USD 216.00
84230

Thrilling Mystery #4 February 1936 (Standard) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1936 Not Available USD 1,140.00
84231

Thrilling Mystery #12 October 1936 (Standard) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages.

1936 Not Available USD 1,680.00
84232

Thrilling Mystery #21 July 1937 (Standard) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white pages.

1937 Not Available USD 1,800.00
84233

Thrilling Mystery #22 September 1937 (Standard) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages.

1937 Not Available USD 1,620.00
84234

Thrilling Mystery #24 January 1938 (Standard) CGC VF- 7.5 White pages.

1938 Not Available USD 1,140.00
84235

Thrilling Mystery #25 March 1938 (Standard) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages.

1938 Not Available USD 576.00
84236

Thrilling Mystery #28 September 1938 (Standard) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages.

1938 Not Available USD 1,320.00
84237

Thrilling Mystery #29 November 1938 (Standard) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.

1938 Not Available USD 4,080.00
84238

Thrilling Mystery #30 January 1939 (Standard) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages.

1939 Not Available USD 4,320.00
84239

Thrilling Mystery #33 July 1939 (Standard) CGC VF 8.0 White pages.

1939 Not Available USD 1,800.00
84240

Thrilling Mystery #37 March 1940 (Standard) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.

1940 Not Available USD 1,680.00
84241

Thrilling Mystery #39 July 1940 (Standard) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1940 Not Available USD 1,560.00
84242

Thrilling Mystery #41 November 1940 (Standard) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages.

1940 Not Available USD 660.00
84243

Thrilling Mystery #58 Winter 1943 (Standard) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages.

1943 Not Available USD 780.00
84244

Thrilling Mystery #61 Fall 1944 (Standard) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages.

1944 Not Available USD 1,140.00
84245

Tops in Science Fiction #1 Spring 1953 (Avon) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages.

1953 Not Available USD 288.00
84246

Weird Tales #16 January 1925 (Popular Fiction) CGC VG 4.0 Slightly brittle pages.

1925 Not Available USD 3,120.00
84247

Weird Tales #17 February 1925 (Popular Fiction) CGC GD+ 2.5 Cream to off-white pages.

1925 Not Available USD 1,920.00
84248

Weird Tales #18 March 1925 (Popular Fiction) CGC VG+ 4.5 White pages.

1925 Not Available USD 1,320.00
84249

Weird Tales #24 September 1925 (Popular Fiction) CGC FN+ 6.5 White pages.

1925 Not Available USD 3,120.00
84250

Weird Tales #26 November 1925 (Popular Fiction) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white pages.

1925 Not Available USD 1,020.00
84251

Weird Tales #30 March 1926 (Popular Fiction) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white pages.

1926 Not Available USD 690.00
84252

Weird Tales #33 June 1926 (Popular Fiction) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Slightly brittle pages.

1926 Not Available USD 720.00
  • 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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  • 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.