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
75151	Dime Mystery Magazine #112 May 1943 (Popular) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages.	1943	Not Available	USD 341.60
75152	Dime Mystery Magazine #115 November 1943 (Popular) CGC VG/FN 5.0 White pages.	1943	Not Available	USD 414.80
75153	Dime Mystery Magazine #116 January 1944 (Popular) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.	1944	Not Available	USD 231.80
75154	Dime Mystery Magazine #118 May 1944 (Popular) CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1944	Not Available	USD 114.00
75155	Dime Mystery Magazine #119 July 1944 (Popular) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.	1944	Not Available	USD 854.00
75156	Dime Mystery Magazine #121 November 1944 Yakima Pedigree (Popular) CGC VF 8.0 White pages.	1944	Not Available	USD 390.40
75157	Dime Mystery Magazine #122 January 1945 Yakima Pedigree (Popular) CGC VF 8.0 White pages.	1945	Not Available	USD 317.20
75158	Dime Mystery Magazine #124 May 1945 (Popular) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white to white pages.	1945	Not Available	USD 114.00
75159	Dime Mystery Magazine #125 July 1945 (Popular) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white to white pages.	1945	Not Available	USD 124.00
75160	Dime Mystery Magazine #129 February 1946 (Popular) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white to white pages.	1946	Not Available	USD 64.00
75161	Dime Mystery Magazine #130 May 1946 - Yakima Pedigree (Popular) CGC VG/FN 5.0 White pages.	1946	Not Available	USD 195.20
75162	Dime Mystery Magazine #131 July 1946 (Popular) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1946	Not Available	USD 195.20
75163	Dime Mystery Magazine #134 January 1947 (Popular) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white to white pages.	1947	Not Available	USD 74.00
75164	Dime Mystery Magazine #135 March 1947 (Popular) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1947	Not Available	USD 317.20
75165	Dime Mystery Magazine #137 July 1947 (Popular) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Light tan to off-white pages.	1947	Not Available	USD 104.00
75166	Dime Mystery Magazine #138 September 1947 (Popular) CGC FN 6.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1947	Not Available	USD 219.60
75167	Dime Mystery Magazine #141 December 1947 (Popular) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1947	Not Available	USD 104.00
75168	Gangster Stories #22 October 1931 (Hersey) CGC FN- 5.5 Light tan to off-white pages.	1931	Not Available	USD 536.80
75169	Ghost, Super-Detective #1 January 1940 (Standard) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white pages.	1940	Not Available	USD 366.00
75170	Mystery Novels Magazine Quarterly #1 Summer 1932 (Doubleday) Condition: FN.	1932	Not Available	USD 366.00
75171	New All-Action Stories #13 1951 (T. V. Boardman) CGC VG+ 4.5 White pages.	1951	Not Available	USD 84.00
75172	The Phantom Detective #33 November 1935 (Standard) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white pages.	1935	Not Available	USD 231.80
75173	The Phantom Detective #41 July 1936 (Standard) CGC FN- 5.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1936	Not Available	USD 114.00
75174	The Phantom Detective #66 August 1938 (Standard) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1938	Not Available	USD 139.00
75175	Public Enemy #1 December 1935 Strasser Pedigree (Dell) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages.	1935	Not Available	USD 3,172.00

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.