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
75076	Black Mask #328 July 1949 (Popular) CGC VG/FN 5.0 White pages.	1949	Not Available	USD 317.20
75077	Black Mask #329 September 1949 (Popular) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1949	Not Available	USD 195.20
75078	Black Mask #330 November 1949 (Popular) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1949	Not Available	USD 139.00
75079	Black Mask #333 May 1950 (Popular) CGC FN- 5.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1950	Not Available	USD 139.00
75080	Black Mask #334 July 1950 (Popular) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1950	Not Available	USD 341.60
75081	Black Mask #335 September 1950 (Popular) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages.	1950	Not Available	USD 244.00
75082	Black Mask #336 November 1950 (Popular) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages.	1950	Not Available	USD 854.00
75083	Black Mask #337 January 1951 (Popular) CGC FN 6.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1951	Not Available	USD 119.00
75084	Black Mask #338 March 1951 (Popular) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages.	1951	Not Available	USD 79.00
75085	Black Mask #339 May 1951 (Popular) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages.	1951	Not Available	USD 268.40
75086	Black Mask #340 July 1951 (Popular) CGC VF 8.0 White pages.	1951	Not Available	USD 536.80
75087	Black Mask #248 September 1939 UK Edition (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG 4.0 Off-white pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 129.00
75088	Black Mask #249 October 1939 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 129.00
75089	Black Mask #250 November 1939 (Pro-Distribution) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 139.00
75090	Black Mask #73 January 1925 UK Edition (Pro-Distribution) CGC GD+ 2.5 Off-white to white pages.	1925	Not Available	USD 341.60
75091	Crime Busters #5 March 1938 (Street & Smith) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages.	1938	Not Available	USD 207.40
75092	Crime Busters #6 April 1938 Strasser Pedigree (Street & Smith) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages.	1938	Not Available	USD 317.20
75093	Crime Busters #10 August 1938 (Street & Smith) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1938	Not Available	USD 341.60
75094	Crime Busters #13 November 1938 (Street & Smith) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages.	1938	Not Available	USD 292.80
75095	Crime Busters #15 January 1939 (Street & Smith) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 341.60
75096	Crime Busters #16 February 1939 (Street & Smith) CGC VG 4.0 Off-white pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 149.00
75097	Crime Busters #17 March 1939 Strasser Pedigree (Street & Smith) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 512.40
75098	Crime Busters #18 April 1939 (Street & Smith) CGC FN- 5.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 219.60
75099	Crime Busters #19 May 1939 (Street & Smith) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 129.00
75100	Crime Busters #20 June 1939 (Street & Smith) CGC VG- 3.5 Slightly brittle pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 89.00

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.