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 |
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ddd3b34c-8abc-4eae-8474-6ea05406ccd0.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cbc8d1a4-d991-48c7-b788-7554a6774b0e.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/21ad2e05-5544-44aa-887d-76df423e17af.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc734df9-0811-477f-919a-2563b8452855.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7e769889-43a5-495e-a931-c511da576c2b.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/855dc2c0-17e3-4562-a1cc-2e7265c3769c.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b325eb41-450b-4bd6-851c-4125e04dfbe7.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6588f3a0-90f2-464c-8125-a76866eabe85.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0840c8e4-4f35-4c95-b2d3-3d5addd6fd51.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> 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](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0372eeb9-97e1-47b2-baca-b3287d4704ee.jpg "Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:
HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8f9ce440-b420-4407-8293-eb8e1b38ca19.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> 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](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/71bb9667-5d66-4aa8-96a2-9880c74a7a26.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> 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")
