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
75201	The Spider #47 August 1937 (Popular) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages.	1937	Not Available	USD 268.40
75202	The Spider #61 October 1938 (Popular) CGC FN- 5.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1938	Not Available	USD 366.00
75203	The Spider #62 November 1938 (Popular) CGC VG 4.0 White pages.	1938	Not Available	USD 114.00
75204	The Spider #63 December 1938 (Popular) CGC VG+ 4.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1938	Not Available	USD 219.60
75205	The Spider #64 January 1939 (Popular) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white to white pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 219.60
75206	The Spider #66 March 1939 (Popular) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 732.00
75207	The Spider #67 April 1939 (Popular) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white to white pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 99.00
75208	The Spider #72 September 1939 (Popular) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages.	1939	Not Available	USD 945.50
75209	The Spider #76 January 1940 (Popular) CGC VG- 3.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1940	Not Available	USD 139.00
75210	The Spider #87 December 1940 (Popular) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages.	1940	Not Available	USD 561.20
75211	The Spider #89 February 1941 (Popular) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages.	1941	Not Available	USD 292.80
75212	The Spider #91 April 1941 (Popular) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages.	1941	Not Available	USD 854.00
75213	The Spider #93 June 1941 (Popular) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1941	Not Available	USD 124.00
75214	The Spider #95 August 1941 (Popular) CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1941	Not Available	USD 84.00
75215	The Spider #99 December 1941 (Popular) CGC FN/VF 7.0 White pages.	1941	Not Available	USD 854.00
75216	The Spider #101 February 1942 (Popular) CGC VF- 7.5 White pages.	1942	Not Available	USD 390.40
75217	The Spider #106 July 1942 (Popular) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages.	1942	Not Available	USD 268.40
75218	The Spider #113 February 1943 (Popular) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages.	1943	Not Available	USD 1,220.00
75219	The Spider #114 March 1943 (Popular) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages.	1943	Not Available	USD 366.00
75220	The Spider #117 October 1943 (Popular) CGC VF 8.0 White pages.	1943	Not Available	USD 854.00
75221	Strange Detective Mysteries #18 May 1941 (Popular) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages.	1941	Not Available	USD 793.00
75222	Strange Detective Mysteries #20 January 1942 (Popular) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1942	Not Available	USD 671.00
75223	Thrilling Mystery Novel Magazine #62 Winter 1945 Yakima Pedigree (Standard) CGC FN/VF 7.0 White pages.	1945	Not Available	USD 439.20
75224	2 Detective Mystery Novels Magazine #88 Winter 1951 (Standard) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages.	1951	Not Available	USD 292.80
75225	World Man Hunters #1 January 1934 (Fiction Guild) CGC FN- 5.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1934	Not Available	USD 439.20

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.