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Auction Name Pulp Magazine Select Auction Total Sales (USD) 15,639.80
Auction Date April 12, 2026 - April 12, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #352615 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 57
Sold Lots 56.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 98.25% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 1 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
37012 H. P. Lovecraft

Astounding Stories #67 June 1936 (Street & Smith) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages.

1936 Not Available USD 1,708.00
37004 Emily Bronte; William Shakespeare; Johnston McCulley

All-Story Magazine Group of 5 (Munsey, 1910) Condition: Average Apparent VG.

1910 Not Available USD 1,220.00
37043 Earle K. Bergey; H. P. Lovecraft; Walter B. Gibson

Tales of Magic and Mystery #4 March 1928 Trimmed (Personal Arts Company) CGC GD+ 2.5 White pages.

1928 Not Available USD 1,037.00
37013

Blue Book Magazine Group of 9 Frank M. Robinson Copies (McCall, 1909-10) Condition: Average Apparent PR.

1909-10 Not Available USD 732.00
37034 Norman Saunders; Lester Del Rey

Marvel Science Stories #2 February 1951 (Red Circle) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1951 Not Available USD 671.00
37035 Alvin Pearson

Mystery Adventure Magazine #25 May 1937 (Movie Digest) CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1937 Not Available USD 671.00
37011 H. P. Lovecraft

Astounding Stories #64 March 1936 (Street & Smith) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white pages.

1936 Not Available USD 610.00
37027

Detective Story Magazine Group of 7 (Street & Smith, 1916) Condition: Average GD/VG.

1916 Not Available USD 561.20
37024

Detective Story Magazine #557 July 2, 1927 (Street & Smith) Condition: VG+.

1927 Not Available USD 512.40
37002

All-Story Magazine and Cavalier Weekly Group of 4 (Munsey, 1911-1914) Condition: Average Apparent VG-.

1911; 1914 Not Available USD 463.60
37010 H. P. Lovecraft; Manly Wade Wellman

Astounding Stories #65 April 1936 (Street & Smith) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white to white pages.

1936 Not Available USD 414.80
37040 John Howitt; Norvell W. Page

The Spider #24 September 1935 (Popular) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white pages.

1935 Not Available USD 366.00
37007 Johnston McCulley

All-Story Weekly Group of 6 (Munsey, 1916) Condition: Average VG+.

1916 Not Available USD 341.60
37025

Detective Story Magazine #638 January 19, 1929 (Street & Smith) Condition: Apparent VG+.

1929 Not Available USD 341.60
37026 Hugh B. Cave; Johnston McCulley

Detective Story Magazine #861 February 25, 1934 (Street & Smith) Condition: VG+.

1934 Not Available USD 341.60
37005

All-Story Magazine Group of 2 (Munsey, 1911) Condition: Average VG.

1911 Not Available USD 329.40
37045 Margaret Brundage; Robert E. Howard; Clark Ashton Smith; Hugh B. Cave; August Derleth; Paul Ernst; J. Allen St. John

Weird Tales #114 June 1933 Trimmed (Popular Fiction) CGC Apparent VG/FN 5.0 Slight (B-1) Cream to off-white pages.

1933 Not Available USD 317.20
37047 Margaret Brundage; Robert E. Howard; Hugh B. Cave; Frank Belknap Long; Clark Ashton Smith

Weird Tales #128 August 1934 (Popular Fiction) CGC Qualified FN 6.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1934 Not Available USD 317.20
37014 Johnston McCulley

Blue Book Magazine Group of 7 Frank M. Robinson Copies (McCall, 1910) Condition: Average VG-.

1910 Not Available USD 292.80
37046 Margaret Brundage; Robert E. Howard; C. L. Moore

Weird Tales #125 May 1934 Trimmed (Popular Fiction) CGC Apparent GD+ 2.5 Slight (C-1) Light tan to cream pages.

1934 Not Available USD 280.60
37031 Day Keene

Flynn's Detective Fiction #922 July 1944 File Copy (Popular Publications) Condition: VG/FN.

1944 Not Available USD 268.40
37032

Flynn's Weekly #107 October 2, 1926 (Munsey) Condition: VG/FN.

1926 Not Available USD 268.40
37006

All-Story Weekly Group of 10 (Munsey, 1914-19) Condition: Average GD/VG.

1914-19 Not Available USD 244.00
37015

Blue Book Magazine Group of 6 Frank M. Robinson Copies (McCall, 1914) Condition: Average VG+.

1914 Not Available USD 231.80
37003 Johnston McCulley

All-Story Magazine Group of 4 (Munsey, 1909) Condition: Average Apparent VG.

1909 Not Available USD 219.60
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000