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Auction Name Pulp Magazine Select Auction Total Sales (USD) 42,367.00
Auction Date December 07, 2025 - December 07, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #352549 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 72
Sold Lots 72.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
36037

Startling Stories #60 January 1950 (Standard) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white pages.

 1950 Not Available USD 8,400.00
36003

Amazing Stories #29 August 1928 (Gernsback) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages.

 1928 Not Available USD 4,320.00
36027

Spicy Mystery Stories #22 March 1937 (Culture) CGC FN 6.0 Cream to off-white pages.

 1937 Not Available USD 2,640.00
36047

Thrilling Mystery #3 January 1936 (Standard) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white to white pages.

 1936 Not Available USD 1,800.00
36016

Ghost, Super-Detective #1 January 1940 (Standard) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.

 1940 Not Available USD 1,320.00
36026

Spicy Mystery Stories #11 April 1936 (Culture) CGC VG- 3.5 Tan to off-white pages.

 1936 Not Available USD 1,320.00
36051

Weird Tales #144 December 1935 Trimmed (Popular Fiction) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.

 1935 Not Available USD 1,320.00
36018

Horror Stories #3 March 1935 (Popular) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white to white pages.

 1935 Not Available USD 960.00
36039

Startling Stories #64 September 1950 (Standard) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages.

 1950 Not Available USD 780.00
36041

Strange Detective Mysteries #16 January 1941 (Popular) CGC FN+ 6.5 White pages.

 1941 Not Available USD 780.00
36021

Marvel Science Stories #4 April / May 1939 (Red Circle) CGC FN 6.0 Cream to off-white pages.

 1939 Not Available USD 720.00
36036

Startling Stories #52 September 1948 (Standard) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.

 1948 Not Available USD 720.00
36004

Amazing Stories #31 October 1928 (Gernsback) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white pages.

 1928 Not Available USD 600.00
36049

Weird Tales #121 January 1934 (Popular Fiction) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white to white pages.

 1934 Not Available USD 576.00
36045

Terror Tales #7 March 1935 (Popular) CGC FN- 5.5 Cream to off-white pages.

 1935 Not Available USD 552.00
36067

Conan First Edition and Assorted Hardcovers Group of 7 (Various, 1950-69).

 1950-69 Not Available USD 552.00
36005

Amazing Stories #33 December 1928 (Gernsback) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages.

 1928 Not Available USD 504.00
36028

Spicy Mystery Stories #42 April 1939 (Culture) CGC Apparent GD/VG 3.0 Slight (C-1) Off-white to white pages.

 1939 Not Available USD 504.00
36044

Terror Tales #1 September 1934 (Popular) CGC Apparent VG/FN 5.0 Slight (C-1) Cream to off-white pages.

 1934 Not Available USD 504.00
36029

Spicy Western Stories #4 February 1937 (Culture) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white to white pages.

 1937 Not Available USD 480.00
36033

Startling Mystery Magazine #2 April 1940 (Popular) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages.

 1940 Not Available USD 480.00
36063

Wink V6#6 June 1951 (Wink, Inc., 1951) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.

 1951 Not Available USD 480.00
36058

Film Fun 548 December 1934 (Dell, 1934) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white to white pages.

 1934 Not Available USD 468.00
36023

Planet Stories #1 Winter 1939 (Fiction House) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white to white pages.

 1939 Not Available USD 456.00
36014

G-8 and His Battle Aces #1 October 1933 Trimmed (Popular) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages.

 1933 Not Available USD 432.00
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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