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Auction Name Pulp Magazine Select Auction Total Sales (USD) 18,956.20
Auction Date May 24, 2026 - May 24, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #352621 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 66
Sold Lots 66.0 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

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
39018 Gardner Erle Stanley

Detective Fiction Weekly Group of 9 (Munsey, 1929-30) Condition: Average VG-.

1929-1930 Not Available USD 1,830.00
39006

All-Story Magazine Group of 5 (Munsey, 1905) Condition: Average Apparent VG+.

1905 Not Available USD 1,586.00
39045

Pulp Western Group of 7 (Various Publishers, 1934-36) Condition: Average VG.

1934-1936 Not Available USD 1,159.00
39019 Gardner Erle Stanley

Detective Fiction Weekly Group of 8 (Munsey, 1930) Condition: Average VG+.

1930 Not Available USD 976.00
39017 Gardner Erle Stanley; McCulley Johnston

Detective Fiction Weekly Group of 4 (Munsey, 1929) Condition: Average VG/FN.

1929 Not Available USD 854.00
39002 Clarke Emery; Howard Robert E

Action Stories #145 April 1935 (Fiction House) Condition: VG/FN.

1935 Not Available USD 671.00
39003 Binder Earl; Binder Otto

Action Stories #178 June 1940 (Fiction House) Condition: FN/VF.

1940 Not Available USD 585.60
39020 McCulley Johnston

Detective Story Magazine Group of 3 (Street & Smith, 1917-18) Condition: Average VG+.

1917-1918 Not Available USD 463.60
39032 von Gelb Donald;Howard Robert E.;Kline Otis Adelbert;Ernst Paul;Pendarves G G

Oriental Stories #1 October / November 1930 (Popular Fiction) Condition: Apparent VG/FN.

1930 Not Available USD 463.60
39005 Terhune Albert Payson; King Hamilton

All-Story Magazine #4 April 1905 Trimmed (Munsey) Condition: Apparent FN-.

1905 Not Available USD 439.20
39021 Coughlin John A.;McCulley Johnston

Detective Story Magazine Group of 8 (Street & Smith, 1926-28) Condition: Average VG+.

1926-1928 Not Available USD 414.80
39022 Apple A E

Detective Story Magazine - Trimmed Group of 4 (Street & Smith, 1927) Condition: Average VG.

1927 Not Available USD 414.80
39024 Rozen Jerome

Dr. Yen Sin #1 May / June 1936 (Popular) Condition: VG.

1936 Not Available USD 390.40
39035 Von Gelb Donald;Howard Robert E.

Oriental Stories #4 Spring 1931 (Popular Fiction) Condition: VG/FN.

1931 Not Available USD 390.40
39057 Merritt A.;Ernst Paul;Cummings Ray;Kline Otis Adelbert;Binder Eando

Thrilling Wonder Stories #1 August 1936 (Standard) Condition: Apparent VG/FN.

1936 Not Available USD 390.40
39053 Ward H. J.;Bellem Robert Leslie;Merrill Lew;Price E. Hoffmann

Speed Detective Group of 4 (Culture, 1943-45) Condition: Average VG/FN.

1943-1945 Not Available USD 378.20
39013 McCulley Johnston

Blue Book Magazine Frank M. Robinson Copies Group of 6 (McCall, 1907-08) Condition: Apparent GD/VG.

1907-1908 Not Available USD 353.80
39046

Pulp Western Group of 5 (Various Publishers, 1935-36) Condition: Average VG/FN.

1929;1935-1936 Not Available USD 341.60
39055 Harris R. G.;Sewell Amos

Thrilling Ranch Stories #6 September 1934 (Standard) Condition: VF-.

1934 Not Available USD 341.60
39062 Rogers Hubert

West and Rio Kid Western Group of 2 (Standard, 1930-42) Condition: Average FN/VF.

1930-1942 Not Available USD 341.60
39037 Brundage Margaret

Oriental Stories #9 Summer 1932 (Popular Fiction) Condition: VG.

1932 Not Available USD 317.20
39051

Speed Adventure Stories Group of 2 (Culture, 1945) Condition: Average FN+.

1945 Not Available USD 317.20
39012 Herndon Laurence; Burroughs Edgar Rice

Blue Book Magazine #305 September 1930 Frank M. Robinson Copy (McCall) Condition: Apparent VF.

1930 Not Available USD 292.80
39039 Wilson Kirk

The Phantom Detective #167 Fall 1952 (Standard) Condition: FN/VF.

1952 Not Available USD 280.60
39036 von Gelb Donald;Kline O A

Oriental Stories #5 Summer 1931 (Popular Fiction) Condition: VG-.

1931 Not Available USD 268.40
  • 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