Heritage Auctions: The Dr. Richard Meli Collection Pulps Signature® Auction, 7444, Dallas

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 04, 2025 - December 06, 2025
Page Size: 471 items in 19 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
82026

Black Mask #31 October 1922 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white to white pages.

 1922 Not Available USD 2,400.00
82027

Black Mask #32 November 1922 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG 4.0 Off-white to white pages.

 1922 Not Available USD 3,120.00
82028

Black Mask #36 February 15, 1923 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG- 3.5 Cream to off-white pages.

 1923 Not Available USD 3,600.00
82029

Black Mask #41 May 1, 1923 (Pro-Distribution) CGC GD/VG 3.0 Cream to off-white pages.

 1923 Not Available USD 4,080.00
82030

Black Mask #42 May 15, 1923 (Pro-Distribution) CGC Apparent VG+ 4.5 Slight (C-1) Off-white pages.

 1923 Not Available USD 5,520.00
82031

Black Mask #51 October 1, 1923 Trimmed (Pro-Distribution) CGC GD 2.0 Off-white pages.

 1923 Not Available USD 4,560.00
82032

Black Mask #59 February 1, 1924 (Pro-Distribution) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages.

 1924 Not Available USD 3,360.00
82033

Black Mask #63 April 1, 1924 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white to white pages.

 1924 Not Available USD 2,640.00
82034

Black Mask #162 June 1932 (Pro-Distribution) CGC FN/VF 7.0 White pages.

 1932 Not Available USD 2,280.00
82035

Black Mask #163 July 1932 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages.

 1932 Not Available USD 2,880.00
82036

Black Mask #166 October 1932 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages.

 1932 Not Available USD 2,160.00
82037

Black Mask #167 November 1932 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VF 8.0 White pages.

 1932 Not Available USD 2,640.00
82038

Black Mask #168 December 1932 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages.

 1932 Not Available USD 3,360.00
82039

Black Mask #189 September 1934 UK Edition (Pro-Distribution) CGC VF/NM 9.0 White pages.

 1934 Not Available USD 2,040.00
82040

Black Mask #198 June 1935 (Pro-Distribution) CGC FN 6.0 Cream to off-white pages.

 1935 Not Available USD 3,360.00
82041

Black Mask #203 November 1935 (Pro-Distribution) CGC FN/VF 7.0 White pages.

 1935 Not Available USD 3,360.00
82042

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

 1936 Not Available USD 9,000.00
82043

Black Mask #213 September 1936 (Pro-Distribution) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white pages.

 1936 Not Available USD 1,920.00
82044

Black Mask #217 January 1937 Strasser Pedigree (Pro-Distribution) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages.

 1937 Not Available USD 2,640.00
82045

Cabaret Stories #1 August 1928 (McFadden Publications) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages.

 1928 Not Available USD 3,360.00
82046

Detective Thrillers Ashcan #1 January 1933 (Better Publications) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.

 1933 Not Available USD 3,840.00
82047

Dime Detective Magazine #1 November 1931 (Popular) CGC VG 4.0 Off-white pages.

 1931 Not Available USD 2,640.00
82048

Dime Detective Magazine #74 September 1935 (Popular) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages.

 1935 Not Available USD 2,640.00
82049

Dime Detective Magazine #93 April 1937 Strasser Pedigree (Popular) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages.

 1937 Not Available USD 4,080.00
82050

Dime Detective Magazine #98 September 1937 Strasser Pedigree (Popular) CGC NM- 9.2 White pages.

 1937 Not Available USD 3,840.00
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Year in Review</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.
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