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
84028

Black Mask #64 April 15, 1924 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG- 3.5 Slightly brittle pages.

1924 Not Available USD 4,200.00
84029

Black Mask #193 January 1935 (Pro-Distribution) CGC Qualified VG/FN 5.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1935 Not Available USD 900.00
84030

Black Mask #199 July 1935 (Pro-Distribution / Popular) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages.

1935 Not Available USD 1,440.00
84031

Black Mask #201 September 1935 (Pro-Distribution) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages.

1935 Not Available USD 1,140.00
84032

Black Mask #206 February 1936 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages.

1936 Not Available USD 1,680.00
84033

Black Mask #214 October 1936 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white pages.

1936 Not Available USD 930.00
84034

Black Mask #219 March 1937 Strasser Pedigree (Pro-Distribution) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.

1937 Not Available USD 960.00
84035

Black Mask #235 August 1938 Strasser Pedigree (Pro-Distribution) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white pages.

1938 Not Available USD 1,560.00
84036

Blue Steel Magazine #1 March 1932 (Popular) CGC Qualified VG/FN 5.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1932 Not Available USD 1,320.00
84037

Blue Steel Magazine #2 June 1932 (Popular) CGC FR/GD 1.5 Slightly brittle pages.

1932 Not Available USD 2,280.00
84038

Civil War Stories #1 Spring 1940 (Fiction House) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages.

1940 Not Available USD 900.00
84039

Cosmic Science Fiction #2 May 1941 (Albing Publications) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages.

1941 Not Available USD 552.00
84040

Cosmic Science Fiction #3 July 1941 (Albing Publications) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages.

1941 Not Available USD 456.00
84041

Cosmic Stories #1 March 1941 (Albing Publications) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.

1941 Not Available USD 480.00
84042

Crime Busters #1 November 1937 (Street & Smith) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white to white pages.

1937 Not Available USD 149.00
84043

Crime Busters #2 December 1937 Strasser Pedigree (Street & Smith) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages.

1937 Not Available USD 720.00
84044

Crime Busters #3 January 1938 Strasser Pedigree (Street & Smith) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages.

1938 Not Available USD 456.00
84045

Crime Busters #7 May 1938 Strasser Pedigree (Street & Smith) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.

1938 Not Available USD 660.00
84046

Crime Busters #8 June 1938 Strasser Pedigree (Street & Smith) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages.

1938 Not Available USD 1,320.00
84047

Crime Busters #9 July 1938 Strasser Pedigree (Street & Smith) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.

1938 Not Available USD 2,160.00
84048

Crime Busters #11 September 1938 Strasser Pedigree (Street & Smith) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages.

1938 Not Available USD 960.00
84049

Crime Busters #12 October 1938 Strasser Pedigree (Street & Smith) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages.

1938 Not Available USD 840.00
84050

Crime Busters #14 December 1938 Strasser Pedigree (Street & Smith) CGC FN/VF 7.0 White pages.

1938 Not Available USD 1,020.00
84051

Crime Busters #23 September 1939 Strasser Pedigree (Street & Smith) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.

1939 Not Available USD 2,340.00
84052

Detective Yarns #2 September 1938 (Columbia) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages.

1938 Not Available USD 1,800.00
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    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
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