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
75126	Dime Detective Magazine #112 November 1938 Strasser Pedigree (Popular) CGC VF/NM 9.0 White pages.	1938	Not Available	USD 1,342.00
75127	Dime Detective Magazine #113 December 1938 Strasser Pedigree (Popular) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages.	1938	Not Available	USD 976.00
75128	Dime Detective Magazine #115 February 1939 Strasser Pedigree (Popular) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 1,220.00
75129	Dime Detective Magazine #116 March 1939 Strasser Pedigree (Popular) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 1,220.00
75130	Dime Detective Magazine #118 May 1939 Strasser Pedigree (Popular) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 1,098.00
75131	Dime Detective Magazine #120 July 1939 Strasser Pedigree (Popular) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 1,037.00
75132	Dime Detective Magazine #131 June 1940 (Popular) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1940	Not Available	USD 341.60
75133	Dime Detective Magazine #132 July 1940 (Popular) CGC VF+ 8.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1940	Not Available	USD 439.20
75134	Dime Detective Magazine #133 August 1940 (Popular) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages.	1940	Not Available	USD 341.60
75135	Dime Mystery Magazine #1 December 1932 (Popular) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages.	1932	Not Available	USD 1,220.00
75136	Dime Mystery Magazine #66 May 1938 (Popular) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages.	1938	Not Available	USD 732.00
75137	Dime Mystery Magazine #73 December 1938 (Popular) CGC Apparent VG/FN 5.0 Slight (C-1) Cream to off-white pages.	1938	Not Available	USD 159.00
75138	Dime Mystery Magazine #82 September 1939 Yakima Pedigree (Popular) CGC FN/VF 7.0 White pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 317.20
75139	Dime Mystery Magazine #86 January 1940 (Popular) CGC FN- 5.5 White pages.	1940	Not Available	USD 671.00
75140	Dime Mystery Magazine #89 April 1940 (Popular) CGC VF 8.0 White pages.	1940	Not Available	USD 915.00
75141	Dime Mystery Magazine #91 July 1940 (Popular) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages.	1940	Not Available	USD 585.60
75142	Dime Mystery Magazine #92 August 1940 (Popular) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages.	1940	Not Available	USD 341.60
75143	Dime Mystery Magazine #94 October 1940 (Popular) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1940	Not Available	USD 341.60
75144	Dime Mystery Magazine #95 November 1940 (Popular) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1940	Not Available	USD 463.60
75145	Dime Mystery Magazine #102 September 1941 (Popular) CGC FN- 5.5 White pages.	1941	Not Available	USD 268.40
75146	Dime Mystery Magazine #104 January 1942 Yakima Pedigree (Popular) CGC VF- 7.5 White pages.	1942	Not Available	USD 341.60
75147	Dime Mystery Magazine #106 May 1942 Yakima Pedigree (Popular) CGC VF- 7.5 White pages.	1942	Not Available	USD 915.00
75148	Dime Mystery Magazine #108 September 1942 (Popular) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1942	Not Available	USD 671.00
75149	Dime Mystery Magazine #109 November 1942 (Popular) CGC FN+ 6.5 White pages.	1942	Not Available	USD 341.60
75150	Dime Mystery Magazine #110 January 1943 (Popular) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1943	Not Available	USD 390.40

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.