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
75151

Dime Mystery Magazine #112 May 1943 (Popular) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages.

1943 Not Available Unknown
75152

Dime Mystery Magazine #115 November 1943 (Popular) CGC VG/FN 5.0 White pages.

1943 Not Available Unknown
75153

Dime Mystery Magazine #116 January 1944 (Popular) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.

1944 Not Available Unknown
75154

Dime Mystery Magazine #118 May 1944 (Popular) CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1944 Not Available Unknown
75155

Dime Mystery Magazine #119 July 1944 (Popular) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.

1944 Not Available Unknown
75156

Dime Mystery Magazine #121 November 1944 Yakima Pedigree (Popular) CGC VF 8.0 White pages.

1944 Not Available Unknown
75157

Dime Mystery Magazine #122 January 1945 Yakima Pedigree (Popular) CGC VF 8.0 White pages.

1945 Not Available Unknown
75158

Dime Mystery Magazine #124 May 1945 (Popular) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white to white pages.

1945 Not Available Unknown
75159

Dime Mystery Magazine #125 July 1945 (Popular) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white to white pages.

1945 Not Available Unknown
75160

Dime Mystery Magazine #129 February 1946 (Popular) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white to white pages.

1946 Not Available Unknown
75161

Dime Mystery Magazine #130 May 1946 - Yakima Pedigree (Popular) CGC VG/FN 5.0 White pages.

1946 Not Available Unknown
75162

Dime Mystery Magazine #131 July 1946 (Popular) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.

1946 Not Available Unknown
75163

Dime Mystery Magazine #134 January 1947 (Popular) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white to white pages.

1947 Not Available Unknown
75164

Dime Mystery Magazine #135 March 1947 (Popular) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1947 Not Available Unknown
75165

Dime Mystery Magazine #137 July 1947 (Popular) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Light tan to off-white pages.

1947 Not Available Unknown
75166

Dime Mystery Magazine #138 September 1947 (Popular) CGC FN 6.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1947 Not Available Unknown
75167

Dime Mystery Magazine #141 December 1947 (Popular) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1947 Not Available Unknown
75168

Gangster Stories #22 October 1931 (Hersey) CGC FN- 5.5 Light tan to off-white pages.

1931 Not Available Unknown
75169

Ghost, Super-Detective #1 January 1940 (Standard) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white pages.

1940 Not Available Unknown
75170

Mystery Novels Magazine Quarterly #1 Summer 1932 (Doubleday) Condition: FN.

1932 Not Available Unknown
75171

New All-Action Stories #13 1951 (T. V. Boardman) CGC VG+ 4.5 White pages.

1951 Not Available Unknown
75172

The Phantom Detective #33 November 1935 (Standard) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white pages.

1935 Not Available Unknown
75173

The Phantom Detective #41 July 1936 (Standard) CGC FN- 5.5 Cream to off-white pages.

1936 Not Available Unknown
75174

The Phantom Detective #66 August 1938 (Standard) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.

1938 Not Available Unknown
75175

Public Enemy #1 December 1935 Strasser Pedigree (Dell) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages.

1935 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: 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.