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Heritage Auctions: Dawn of the Pulps Showcase Auction

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Auction Name	Dawn of the Pulps Showcase Auction	Total Sales (USD)	17,089.00
Auction Date	December 05, 2024 - December 05, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Sale Number	#47172	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Total Lots	57
Sold Lots	57	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	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
76001	Dime Detective Magazine #102 January 1938 (Popular) CGC VG 4.0 Off-white pages.	1938	Not Available	USD 1,080.00
76042	Wide-Awake Magazine #10 April 25, 1916 (Street & Smith) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1916	Not Available	USD 720.00
76044	Wide-Awake Magazine #12 May 25, 1916 (Street & Smith) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1916	Not Available	USD 720.00
76010	TipTop Semi-Monthly #1 March 10, 1915 (Street & Smith) CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1915	Not Available	USD 528.00
76057	Screenies V1#1 April 1937 (Screenies, Inc.) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages.	1937	Not Available	USD 504.00
76004	Fame and Fortune Magazine #9 February 1929 (Street & Smith) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages.	1929	Not Available	USD 480.00
76027	TipTop Semi-Monthly #18 November 25, 1915 (Street & Smith) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1915	Not Available	USD 456.00
76018	TipTop Semi-Monthly #9 July 10, 1915 (Street & Smith) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1915	Not Available	USD 432.00
76033	Wide-Awake Magazine #1 December 10, 1915 (Street & Smith) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1915	Not Available	USD 408.00
76024	TipTop Semi-Monthly #15 October 10, 1915 (Street & Smith) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1915	Not Available	USD 384.00
76047	New Buffalo Bill Weekly #52 September 6, 1913 (Street & Smith) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.	1913	Not Available	USD 384.00
76043	Wide-Awake Magazine #11 May 10, 1916 (Street & Smith) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1916	Not Available	USD 360.00
76036	Wide-Awake Magazine #4 January 25, 1916 (Street & Smith) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1916	Not Available	USD 336.00
76006	Fortune Story Magazine #18 July 1929 (Street & Smith) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages.	1929	Not Available	USD 312.00
76017	TipTop Semi-Monthly #8 June 25, 1915 (Street & Smith) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1915	Not Available	USD 312.00
76025	TipTop Semi-Monthly #16 October 25, 1915 (Street & Smith) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1915	Not Available	USD 312.00
76026	TipTop Semi-Monthly #17 November 10, 1915 (Street & Smith) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1915	Not Available	USD 312.00
76041	Wide-Awake Magazine #9 April 10, 1916 (Street & Smith) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1916	Not Available	USD 312.00
76052	New Buffalo Bill Weekly #72 January 24, 1914 (Street & Smith) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.	1914	Not Available	USD 312.00
76005	Fame and Fortune Magazine #14 April 1929 (Street & Smith) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1929	Not Available	USD 288.00
76015	TipTop Semi-Monthly #6 May 25, 1915 (Street & Smith) CGC FN 6.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1915	Not Available	USD 288.00
76016	TipTop Semi-Monthly #7 June 10, 1915 (Street & Smith) CGC FN 6.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1915	Not Available	USD 288.00
76021	TipTop Semi-Monthly #12 August 25, 1915 (Street & Smith) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.	1915	Not Available	USD 288.00
76032	Top-Notch Magazine #529 March 1, 1932 (Street & Smith) CGC FN 6.0 White pages.	1932	Not Available	USD 288.00
76034	Wide-Awake Magazine #2 December 25, 1915 (Street & Smith) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages.	1915	Not Available	USD 288.00

Swann
Printed & Manuscript African Americana
March 20, 2025

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 78: Victor H. Green, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas, Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann
Printed & Manuscript African Americana
March 20, 2025

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 263: Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 267: Langston Hughes, Gypsy Ballads, signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 367: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000

Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000
Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD

Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD

Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD

Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR

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