Heritage Auctions: Hard-Boiled Heroes: Detective Pulp Magazines from The Dr. Richard Meli Collection Showcase Auction , 47179, Dallas

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 19, 2026 - February 19, 2026

Page Size: 227 items in 10 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
75001	Best Detective Magazine #83 September 1936 (Street & Smith) CGC VG- 3.5 Off-white to white pages.	1936	Not Available	USD 366.00
75002	Best Detective Magazine #90 April 1937 (Street & Smith) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white to white pages.	1937	Not Available	USD 213.50
75003	Black Mask #1 August 1974 (Lopez Publications) CGC VF 8.0 White pages.	1974	Not Available	USD 129.00
75004	Black Mask #30 September 1922 (Pro-Distribution) CGC Apparent VG 4.0 Slight (C-1) Cream to off-white pages.	1922	Not Available	USD 463.60
75005	Black Mask #40 April 15, 1923 (Pro-Distribution) CGC Apparent GD 2.0 Slight (C-1) Off-white pages.	1923	Not Available	USD 390.40
75006	Black Mask #43 June 1, 1923 (Pro-Distribution / Popular) CGC VG+ 4.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1923	Not Available	USD 29,280.00
75007	Black Mask #52 October 15, 1923 (Pro-Distribution) CGC FR 1.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1923	Not Available	USD 671.00
75008	Black Mask #54 November 15, 1923 (Pro-Distribution) CGC GD 2.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1923	Not Available	USD 414.80
75009	Black Mask #56 December 15, 1923 (Pro-Distribution) CGC Apparent VG- 3.5 Slight (C-1) Off-white to white pages.	1923	Not Available	USD 414.80
75010	Black Mask #58 January 15, 1924 UK Edition (Pro-Distribution) CGC FR/GD 1.5 Slightly brittle pages.	1924	Not Available	USD 414.80
75011	Black Mask #68 August 1924 (Pro-Distribution) CGC GD/VG 3.0 Off-white to white pages.	1924	Not Available	USD 732.00
75012	Black Mask #72 December 1924 (Pro-Distribution) CGC GD/VG 3.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1924	Not Available	USD 268.40
75013	Black Mask #74 February 1925 (Pro-Distribution) CGC GD/VG 3.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1925	Not Available	USD 292.80
75014	Black Mask #118 October 1928 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG 4.0 Off-white pages.	1928	Not Available	USD 207.40
75015	Black Mask #119 November 1928 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG 4.0 Off-white pages.	1928	Not Available	USD 2,318.00
75016	Black Mask #121 January 1929 (Pro-Distribution) CGC Apparent GD 2.0 Slight (C-1) Brittle pages.	1929	Not Available	USD 561.20
75017	Black Mask #187 July 1934 (Pro-Distribution) CGC Apparent GD/VG 3.0 Slight (C-1) Off-white pages.	1934	Not Available	USD 610.00
75018	Black Mask #188 August 1934 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white to white pages.	1934	Not Available	USD 390.40
75019	Black Mask #190 October 1934 (Pro-Distribution) CGC Qualified VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1934	Not Available	USD 561.20
75020	Black Mask #191 November 1934 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1934	Not Available	USD 439.20
75021	Black Mask #194 February 1935 (Pro-Distribution) CGC FN 6.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1935	Not Available	USD 244.00
75022	Black Mask #195 March 1935 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1935	Not Available	USD 366.00
75023	Black Mask #196 April 1935 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1935	Not Available	USD 292.80
75024	Black Mask #197 May 1935 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG 4.0 White pages.	1935	Not Available	USD 439.20
75025	Black Mask #200 August 1935 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1935	Not Available	USD 244.00

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.