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Heritage Auctions: The Dr. Richard Meli Collection Pulps Signature® Auction

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Auction Name The Dr. Richard Meli Collection Pulps Signature® Auction Total Sales (USD) 1,841,591.00
Auction Date December 04, 2025 - December 06, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #7444 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 471
Sold Lots 471.0 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
82010

Spicy Mystery Stories #1 June 1935 (Culture) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages.

1935 Not Available USD 156,000.00
82019

Weird Tales #118 October 1933 Frank M. Robinson Pedigree (Popular Fiction) CGC NM- 9.2 White pages.

1933 Not Available USD 105,000.00
82016

Weird Tales #1 March 1923 First State (Rural) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages.

1923 Not Available USD 90,000.00
82009

Snappy Mystery Stories Ashcan #1 (V1#2) May 1935 (Culture) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages.

1935 Not Available USD 66,000.00
82017

Weird Tales #2 April 1923 (Rural) CGC VF 8.0 White pages.

1923 Not Available USD 66,000.00
82018

Weird Tales #114 June 1933 Frank M. Robinson Pedigree (Popular Fiction) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white pages.

1933 Not Available USD 40,800.00
82011

Spicy Mystery Stories #5 October 1935 (Culture) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages.

1935 Not Available USD 38,400.00
82020

Weird Tales #125 May 1934 Frank M. Robinson Pedigree (Popular Fiction) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white pages.

1934 Not Available USD 33,600.00
82012

Spicy Mystery Stories #14 July 1936 (Culture) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white pages.

1936 Not Available USD 28,800.00
82007

Snappy Adventure Stories Ashcan #1 (V1#1) July 1934 (Trojan Magazines) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.

1934 Not Available USD 26,400.00
82003

Mystery Adventure Magazine #20 November 1936 (Movie Digest) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages.

1936 Not Available USD 22,800.00
82013

The Spider #6 March 1934 Strasser Pedigree (Popular) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages.

1934 Not Available USD 19,200.00
83031

Spicy Mystery Stories #27 August 1937 (Culture) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages.

1937 Not Available USD 19,200.00
82015

Vice Squad Detective #1 1933 (Fawcett) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages.

1933 Not Available USD 18,000.00
82014

Terror Tales #14 October 1935 (Popular) CGC NM- 9.2 Cream to off-white pages.

1935 Not Available USD 16,800.00
82004

Saucy Movie Tales #10 October 1936 (Movie Digest) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages.

1936 Not Available USD 15,600.00
82005

Saucy Romantic Adventures #1 May 1936 (Movie Digest, Inc.) CGC FN 6.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1936 Not Available USD 13,200.00
82006

Secret Agent X #5 June 1934 Strasser Pedigree (Ace) CGC VF 8.0 White pages.

1934 Not Available USD 12,000.00
82008

Snappy Adventure Stories Ashcan #2 (V1#2) May 1935 (Culture) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages.

1935 Not Available USD 11,400.00
83039

The Spider #57 June 1938 (Popular) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.

1938 Not Available USD 10,800.00
82002

Horror Stories #33 October / November 1939 (Popular) CGC VF/NM 9.0 White pages.

1939 Not Available USD 10,200.00
83054

Thrilling Mystery #16 February 1937 (Standard) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages.

1937 Not Available USD 10,200.00
83038

The Spider #9 June 1934 Strasser Pedigree (Popular) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages.

1934 Not Available USD 9,600.00
82001

Crime Busters #22 August 1939 Strasser Pedigree (Street & Smith) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages.

1939 Not Available USD 9,000.00
82042

Black Mask #207 March 1936 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages.

1936 Not Available USD 9,000.00
  • ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.