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PBA Galleries: Weird Tales and Amazing Stories: A PBA Pulp Sale

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Auction Name Weird Tales and Amazing Stories: A PBA Pulp Sale Total Sales (USD) 30,043.75
Auction Date December 12, 2024 - December 12, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 29,210.00
Sale Number #3038 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 44,240.00
Total Lots 399
Sold Lots 120 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 61,330.00
% of Lots Sold 30.08% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 92,920.00
Unsold Lots 279 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 32.33%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
6

WEIRD TALES No. 118 (Vol. 22, No. 4) Oct 1933

October, 1933 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,250.00
385

Original Charles L. McCann Cover Art for THE GANG MAGAZINE, September 1935

1935 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,687.50
9

WEIRD TALES No. 121 (Vol. 23, No. 1) Jan 1934

January, 1934 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,500.00
7

WEIRD TALES No. 119 (Vol. 22, No. 5) Nov 1933

November, 1933 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,187.50
228

FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES No. 43 (Vol. 8, No. 2) Dec 1946

December, 1946 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 687.50
15

WEIRD TALES No. 140 (Vol. 26, No. 2) Aug 1935

August, 1935 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 625.00
386

WEIRD TALES No. 241 (May 1948) Matt Fox Cover Recreation Painted by Cyril Jordan

2024 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 562.50
10

WEIRD TALES No. 122 (Vol. 23, No. 2) Feb 1934

February, 1934 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 531.25
302

STARTLING STORIES No. 60 (Vol. 20, No. 3) Jan. 1950

January, 1950 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
45

WEIRD TALES No. 200 (Vol. 35, No. 10) July 1941

July, 1941 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 468.75
229

FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES No. 43 (Vol. 8, No. 2) Dec 1946

December, 1946 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 468.75
378

COMPLETE STORIES Preliminary Cover Sketch in Oils by Gayle Hoskins

1931 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 468.75
17

WEIRD TALES No. 143 (Vol. 26, No. 5) Nov 1935

November, 1935 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 406.25
265

HORROR STORIES No. 36 (Vol. 9, No. 4) May 1940

May, 1940 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 375.00
143

AMAZING STORIES No. 244 (Vol. 23 No. 11) Nov 1949

November, 1949 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 281.25
266

HORROR STORIES No. 39 (Vol. 10, No. 3) Dec 1940

December, 1940 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 281.25
44

WEIRD TALES No. 199 (Vol. 35, No. 9) May 1941

May, 1941 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 250.00
207

DIME DETECTIVE MAGAZINE No. 199 (Vol. 50, No. 3) Feb 1946

February, 1946 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
231

FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES No. 55 (Vol. 10, No. 2) Dec 1948

December, 1948 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 250.00
380

COMPLETE STORIES Preliminary Cover Sketch in Oils by Gayle Hoskins

1932 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 250.00
13

WEIRD TALES No. 134 (Vol. 25, No. 2) Feb 1935

February, 1935 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 237.50
325

THE SHADOW No. 134 (Vol. 23, No. 2) Sept 1937

September 15th, 1937 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 225.00
263

HORROR STORIES No. 9 (Vol. 3, No. 1) Nov 1935

1935 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 212.50
22

WEIRD TALES No. 160 (Vol. 29, No. 5) May 1937

May, 1937 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 175.00
272

RED MASK DETECTIVE STORIES No. 2 (Vol. 1, No. 2) May 1941

May, 1941 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 175.00
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
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    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD