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Heritage Auctions: Pulp, Paperback Sci-Fi & Fantasy Showcase Auction

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Auction Name Pulp, Paperback Sci-Fi & Fantasy Showcase Auction Total Sales (USD) 247,529.50
Auction Date January 15, 2026 - January 15, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 114,080.00
Sale Number #15262 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 171,120.00
Total Lots 166
Sold Lots 166.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 114,080.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 171,120.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 144.65%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
18075 Les Edwards (British, b. 1949)

Confrontation 40K, White Dwarf (Games Workshop) magazine cover, 1989

1989 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 40,000.00
18008 Lee Brown Coye (American, 1907-1981)

The Man Who Never Grew Young, Dying of Fright book interior, 1976

1976 USD 640.00 - 960.00 USD 7,500.00
18014 Kelly Freas (American, 1922-2005)

Dali

USD 560.00 - 840.00 USD 7,500.00
18034 Henry Richard Van Dongen (American, 1920-2010)

The Dirdir paperback cover, 1979

1979 USD 560.00 - 840.00 USD 7,500.00
18071 Enrich Torres (Spanish, b. 1939)

Vampirella

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 6,875.00
18099 John A. Coughlin (American, 1885-1943)

The Skeleton's Hand, Detective Story Magazine pulp magazine cover, December 10, 1933

1933 USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 6,875.00
18094 James Allen St. John (American, 1872-1957)

Along the Canal Oil on board 30

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 5,000.00
18030 Stephen Fabian (American, 1930-2025)

The House of the Wolf book cover, 1983

1983 USD 560.00 - 840.00 USD 4,750.00
18025 Leo and Diane Dillon (American, 20th Century)

The Other Glass Teat paperback cover, 1975

1975 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 4,500.00
18040 John Howe (Canadian/Swiss, b. 1957)

Ambush, 1983

1983 USD 640.00 - 960.00 USD 4,250.00
18035 Michael Whelan (American, b. 1950)

Death Lurking, 1979

1979 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,000.00
18047 Rowena Morrill (American, 1944-2021)

Pilgermann paperback cover, 1984

1984 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,750.00
18050 Rowena Morrill (American, 1944-2021)

Dolphins of Pern paperback cover, 1994

1994 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,750.00
18052 Mark Harrison (British, 20th Century)

Phylogenesis paperback cover, 1998

1998 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 3,750.00
18084 Irving Block (American, 1910-1986)

Forbidden Planet concept art, 1956

1956 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 3,750.00
18044 James Gurney (American, b. 1958)

Salvage and Destroy paperback cover preliminary, 1984

1984 USD 560.00 - 840.00 USD 3,250.00
18105 Morton Kunstler (American, 1931-2025)

Jet Pilot Who Survived Peru's No-Return Jungle, For Men Only magazine cover, October 1964

1964 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 3,250.00
18127 Larry Schwinger (American, b. 1941)

I Married a Dead Man paperback cover, 1983

1983 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,000.00
18150 Uldis Klavins (American, 1932-1984)

The Periwinkle Brooch paperback cover, 1989

1989 USD 240.00 - 360.00 USD 3,000.00
18007 Lee Brown Coye (American, 1907-1981)

Ethan Brand, Dying of Fright book interior, 1976

1976 USD 640.00 - 960.00 USD 2,750.00
18056 Peter Andrew Jones (British, b. 1951)

Ambient book cover, 1987

1987 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,750.00
18015 Gahan Wilson (American, 1930-2019)

Deadhead, Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine interior

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,625.00
18091 Frederick Blakeslee (American, 1898-1973)

Flight of the Living Dead, Dare-Devil Aces pulp magazine cover, June 1932

1932 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,375.00
18146 Michael Whelan (American, b. 1950)

The Year's Best Horror Stories Series VI paperback cover preliminary, 1978

1978 USD 560.00 - 840.00 USD 2,250.00
18001 Edmund "Emsh" Emshwiller (American, 1925-1990)

And then the Town Took Off, Infinity Science Fiction digest magazine cover, January 1958

1958 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,125.00
  • ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000