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
75176	Public Enemy #2 February 1936 (Dell) CGC FN 6.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1936	Not Available	USD 149.00
75177	Public Enemy #3 March 1936 (Dell) CGC FN 6.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1936	Not Available	USD 149.00
75178	Public Enemy #4 April 1936 (Dell) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages.	1936	Not Available	USD 149.00
75179	Public Enemy #5 May 1936 (Dell) CGC VF 8.0 White pages.	1936	Not Available	USD 585.60
75180	Public Enemy #6 June 1936 (Dell) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white pages.	1936	Not Available	USD 129.00
75181	Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories #31 August 1925 (Rural Publishing Corp.) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1925	Not Available	USD 1,952.00
75182	Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories #44 June / July 1927 (Rural Publishing Corp.) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Light tan to off-white pages.	1927	Not Available	USD 671.00
75183	Spicy Detective Stories #6 October 1934 (Culture) CGC GD/VG 3.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1934	Not Available	USD 292.80
75184	Spicy Detective Stories #10 February 1935 (Culture) CGC VG+ 4.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1935	Not Available	USD 390.40
75185	Spicy Detective Stories #11 March 1935 (Culture) CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1935	Not Available	USD 268.40
75186	Spicy Detective Stories #12 April 1935 (Culture) CGC VG- 3.5 White pages.	1935	Not Available	USD 268.40
75187	Spicy Detective Stories #18 October 1935 (Culture) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages.	1935	Not Available	USD 1,464.00
75188	Spicy Detective Stories #20 December 1935 (Culture) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages.	1935	Not Available	USD 1,067.50
75189	Spicy Detective Stories #36 April 1937 (Culture) CGC FN- 5.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1937	Not Available	USD 1,220.00
75190	Spicy Detective Stories #42 October 1937 (Culture) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white to white pages.	1937	Not Available	USD 610.00
75191	Spicy Detective Stories #43 November 1937 (Culture) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white to white pages.	1937	Not Available	USD 585.60
75192	Spicy Detective Stories #44 December 1937 (Culture) CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1937	Not Available	USD 439.20
75193	Spicy Detective Stories #53 September 1938 (Culture) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white to white pages.	1938	Not Available	USD 463.60
75194	Spicy Detective Stories #100 August 1942 (Culture) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white pages.	1942	Not Available	USD 439.20
75195	Spicy Detective Stories #101 September 1942 (Culture) CGC FN- 5.5 White pages.	1942	Not Available	USD 854.00
75196	Spicy Detective Stories #104 December 1942 (Culture) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white to white pages.	1942	Not Available	USD 139.00
75197	The Spider #40 January 1937 (Popular) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages.	1937	Not Available	USD 463.60
75198	The Spider #41 February 1937 (Popular) CGC Apparent VG/FN 5.0 Slight (C-1) White pages.	1937	Not Available	USD 159.00
75199	The Spider #43 April 1937 (Popular) CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1937	Not Available	USD 195.20
75200	The Spider #45 June 1937 (Popular) CGC FN/VF 7.0 White pages.	1937	Not Available	USD 366.00

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.