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 Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
75101

Crime Busters #21 July 1939 Strasser Pedigree (Street & Smith) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages.

1939 Not Available Unknown
75102

Crime Busters #24 October 1939 (Street & Smith) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white pages.

1939 Not Available Unknown
75103

Detective and Murder Mysteries #3 September 1939 (Columbia) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white pages.

1939 Not Available Unknown
75104

Detective Novel Magazine #22 August 1941 (Standard) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1941 Not Available Unknown
75105

Detective Yarns #1 June 1938 (Columbia) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white pages.

1938 Not Available Unknown
75106

Dime Detective Magazine #9 July 1932 (Popular) CGC VG 4.0 Off-white pages.

1932 Not Available Unknown
75107

Dime Detective Magazine #10 August 1932 (Popular) CGC VG+ 4.5 White pages.

1932 Not Available Unknown
75108

Dime Detective Magazine #11 September 1932 (Popular) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white pages.

1932 Not Available Unknown
75109

Dime Detective Magazine #13 November 1932 (Popular) CGC FN- 5.5 White pages.

1932 Not Available Unknown
75110

Dime Detective Magazine #14 December 1932 (Popular) CGC GD/VG 3.0 Off-white to white pages.

1932 Not Available Unknown
75111

Dime Detective Magazine #15 January 1933 (Popular) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white pages.

1933 Not Available Unknown
75112

Dime Detective Magazine #17 March 1, 1933 (Popular) CGC VG/FN 5.0 White pages.

1933 Not Available Unknown
75113

Dime Detective Magazine #26 August 1, 1933 (Popular) CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1933 Not Available Unknown
75114

Dime Detective Magazine #31 October 15, 1933 (Popular) CGC VG/FN 5.0 White pages.

1933 Not Available Unknown
75115

Dime Detective Magazine #32 November 1, 1933 (Popular) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1933 Not Available Unknown
75116

Dime Detective Magazine #34 December 1, 1933 (Popular) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1933 Not Available Unknown
75117

Dime Detective Magazine #49 July 15, 1934 (Popular) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages.

1934 Not Available Unknown
75118

Dime Detective Magazine #50 August 1, 1934 (Popular) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages.

1934 Not Available Unknown
75119

Dime Detective Magazine #51 August 15, 1934 (Popular) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1934 Not Available Unknown
75120

Dime Detective Magazine #57 November 15, 1934 (Popular) CGC VG+ 4.5 Cream to off-white pages.

1934 Not Available Unknown
75121

Dime Detective Magazine #75 October 1935 (Popular) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages.

1935 Not Available Unknown
75122

Dime Detective Magazine #80 March 1936 (Popular) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1936 Not Available Unknown
75123

Dime Detective Magazine #86 September 1936 (Popular) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages.

1936 Not Available Unknown
75124

Dime Detective Magazine #105 April 1938 (Popular) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.

1938 Not Available Unknown
75125

Dime Detective Magazine #108 July 1938 (Popular) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages.

1938 Not Available Unknown
  • Forum Auctions
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    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
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    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
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    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
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    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
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    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.