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
75026	Black Mask #202 October 1935 (Pro-Distribution) CGC FN- 5.5 White pages.	1935	Not Available	USD 671.00
75027	Black Mask #204 December 1935 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white to white pages.	1935	Not Available	USD 585.60
75028	Black Mask #205 January 1936 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1936	Not Available	USD 671.00
75029	Black Mask #208 April 1936 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG+ 4.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1936	Not Available	USD 244.00
75030	Black Mask #210 June 1936 (Pro-Distribution) CGC GD/VG 3.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1936	Not Available	USD 585.60
75031	Black Mask #211 July 1936 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG- 3.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1936	Not Available	USD 244.00
75032	Black Mask #212 August 1936 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1936	Not Available	USD 292.80
75033	Black Mask #215 November 1936 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white to white pages.	1936	Not Available	USD 500.20
75034	Black Mask #218 February 1937 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1937	Not Available	USD 378.20
75035	Black Mask #220 April 1937 (Pro-Distribution) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages.	1937	Not Available	USD 512.40
75036	Black Mask #224 August 1937 File Copy (Pro-Distribution) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages.	1937	Not Available	USD 610.00
75037	Black Mask #226 October 1937 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1937	Not Available	USD 231.80
75038	Black Mask #228 December 1937 UK Edition (Pro-Distribution) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages.	1937	Not Available	USD 104.00
75039	Black Mask #229 January 1938 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white to white pages.	1938	Not Available	USD 207.40
75040	Black Mask #230 February 1938 (Pro-Distribution) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white pages.	1938	Not Available	USD 414.80
75041	Black Mask #231 March 1938 UK Edition (Pro-Distribution) CGC FN- 5.5 White pages.	1938	Not Available	USD 195.20
75042	Black Mask #232 April 1938 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white to white pages.	1938	Not Available	USD 439.20
75043	Black Mask #233 May 1938 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white pages.	1938	Not Available	USD 244.00
75044	Black Mask #234 June 1938 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG+ 4.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1938	Not Available	USD 149.00
75045	Black Mask #237 October 1938 (Pro-Distribution / Popular) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white pages.	1938	Not Available	USD 268.40
75046	Black Mask #238 November 1938 Strasser Pedigree (Pro-Distribution / Popular) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1938	Not Available	USD 854.00
75047	Black Mask #239 December 1938 Strasser Pedigree (Pro-Distribution) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages.	1938	Not Available	USD 671.00
75048	Black Mask #240 January 1939 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG+ 4.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 170.80
75049	Black Mask #241 February 1939 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 366.00
75050	Black Mask #242 March 1939 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG+ 4.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 317.20

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.