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
75051	Black Mask #243 April 1939 (Pro-Distribution / Popular) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 109.00
75052	Black Mask #245 June 1939 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white to white pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 244.00
75053	Black Mask #247 August 1939 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 170.80
75054	Black Mask #251 December 1939 (Pro-Distribution) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white to white pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 292.80
75055	Black Mask #299 November 1944 (Pro-Distribution / Popular) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages.	1944	Not Available	USD 390.40
75056	Black Mask #300 January 1945 (Pro-Distribution / Popular) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white to white pages.	1945	Not Available	USD 104.00
75057	Black Mask #301 March 1945 (Pro-Distribution / Popular) CGC VG- 3.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1945	Not Available	USD 79.00
75058	Black Mask #302 May 1945 (Pro-Distribution / Popular) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white pages.	1945	Not Available	USD 134.00
75059	Black Mask #303 July 1945 (Pro-Distribution / Popular) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white to white pages.	1945	Not Available	USD 124.00
75060	Black Mask #304 September 1945 (Pro-Distribution / Popular) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages.	1945	Not Available	USD 292.80
75061	Black Mask #305 November 1945 (Pro-Distribution / Popular) CGC VG- 3.5 White pages.	1945	Not Available	USD 119.00
75062	Black Mask #307 February 1946 (Popular) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1946	Not Available	USD 317.20
75063	Black Mask #308 March 1946 (Pro-Distribution / Popular) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1946	Not Available	USD 292.80
75064	Black Mask #309 May 1946 (Pro-Distribution / Popular) CGC FN- 5.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1946	Not Available	USD 104.00
75065	Black Mask #311 September 1946 (Popular) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white to white pages.	1946	Not Available	USD 170.80
75066	Black Mask #312 November 1946 (Pro-Distribution / Popular) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages.	1946	Not Available	USD 317.20
75067	Black Mask #313 January 1947 (Pro-Distribution / Popular) CGC FN 6.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1947	Not Available	USD 561.20
75068	Black Mask #314 March 1947 (Pro-Distribution) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages.	1947	Not Available	USD 231.80
75069	Black Mask #321 May 1948 (Popular) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages.	1948	Not Available	USD 317.20
75070	Black Mask #322 July 1948 (Popular) CGC VG/FN 5.0 White pages.	1948	Not Available	USD 292.80
75071	Black Mask #323 September 1948 (Popular) CGC FN- 5.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1948	Not Available	USD 139.00
75072	Black Mask #324 November 1948 (Pro-Distribution / Popular) CGC FN- 5.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1948	Not Available	USD 231.80
75073	Black Mask #325 January 1949 (Popular) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages.	1949	Not Available	USD 170.80
75074	Black Mask #326 March 1949 (Popular) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1949	Not Available	USD 439.20
75075	Black Mask #327 May 1949 (Popular) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages.	1949	Not Available	USD 732.00

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.