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
82051

Dime Detective Magazine #106 May 1938 Strasser Pedigree (Popular) CGC NM 9.4 White pages.

1938 Not Available USD 4,560.00
82052

Dime Detective Magazine #114 January 1939 Strasser Pedigree (Popular) CGC VF- 7.5 White pages.

1939 Not Available USD 6,600.00
82053

Dime Mystery Magazine #4 March 1933 (Popular) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1933 Not Available USD 1,800.00
82054

Dime Mystery Magazine #6 May 1933 (Popular) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1933 Not Available USD 4,320.00
82055

Dime Mystery Magazine #11 October 1933 (Popular) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages.

1933 Not Available USD 6,600.00
82056

Dime Mystery Magazine #45 August 1936 (Popular) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages.

1936 Not Available USD 2,880.00
82057

Dime Mystery Magazine #58 September 1937 (Popular) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages.

1937 Not Available USD 3,840.00
82058

Dime Mystery Magazine #80 July 1939 (Popular) CGC VF 8.0 White pages.

1939 Not Available USD 2,160.00
82059

Front Page Stories #1 January 1932 (Hersey) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages.

1932 Not Available USD 3,360.00
82060

Horror Stories #4 June 1935 (Popular) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.

1935 Not Available USD 6,600.00
82061

Horror Stories #5 July 1935 (Popular) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.

1935 Not Available USD 5,760.00
82062

Horror Stories #13 June / July 1936 (Popular) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages.

1936 Not Available USD 6,000.00
82063

Horror Stories #15 October / November 1936 (Popular) CGC FN 6.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1936 Not Available USD 2,400.00
82064

Horror Stories #24 April / May 1938 (Popular) CGC VF 8.0 White pages.

1938 Not Available USD 8,400.00
82065

Horror Stories #29 February / March 1939 (Popular) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages.

1939 Not Available USD 4,800.00
82066

Horror Stories #32 August / September 1939 (Popular) CGC VF/NM 9.0 White pages.

1939 Not Available USD 7,800.00
82067

Horror Stories #36 May 1940 (Popular) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages.

1940 Not Available USD 4,800.00
82068

Ka-Zar #1 October 1936 (Red Circle) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1936 Not Available USD 4,560.00
82069

Marvel Science Stories #4 April / May 1939 Frank M. Robinson Pedigree (Red Circle) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages.

1939 Not Available USD 5,040.00
82070

Planet Stories #1 Winter 1939 Frank M. Robinson Pedigree (Fiction House) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages.

1939 Not Available USD 6,600.00
82071

Planet Stories #10 Spring 1942 Frank M. Robinson Pedigree (Fiction House) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages.

1942 Not Available USD 6,000.00
82072

Saucy Detective #1 April 1937 (Movie Digest) CGC GD+ 2.5 Cream to off-white pages.

1937 Not Available USD 1,920.00
82073

Saucy Movie Tales #1 December 1935 (Movie Digest) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1935 Not Available USD 4,080.00
82074

Saucy Movie Tales #3 March 1936 (Movie Digest) CGC FN- 5.5 Cream to off-white pages.

1936 Not Available USD 6,600.00
82075

Saucy Movie Tales #5 May 1936 (Movie Digest) CGC FN 6.0 White pages.

1936 Not Available USD 6,600.00
  • 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.
  • Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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