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Auction Name Icons and Heroes: Comics Total Sales (USD) 306,355.00
Auction Date August 26, 2025 - August 26, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 232,500.00
Sale Number #82625a High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 354,900.00
Total Lots 238
Sold Lots 238.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 232,500.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 354,900.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 86.32%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
184

D.C. Comics Detective Comics #38 CGC 1.5 Restored

1940 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 19,520.00
183

D.C. Comics Detective Comics #37 CGC 4.0 Conserved

1940 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,370.00
324

Marvel Comics Giant-Size X-Men #1 CGC 9.4

1975 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,930.00
163

Continental Catman Comics #9 CGC 5.5

1942 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,710.00
111

Timely Comics All Winners Comics #4 CGC 6.5

1942 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,100.00
285

D.C. Comics Superman #18 CGC 7.5

1942 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,715.00
117

Marvel Comics Amazing Spider-Man #15 CGC 9.2

1964 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,124.00
136

D.C. Comics Batman #3 CGC 3.5

1940 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,880.00
254

D.C. Comics New York World's Fair 1940 CGC 6.5

1940 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,270.00
320

Marvel Comics X-Men #4 CGC 8.0

1964 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,270.00
110

Timely Comics All Winners Comics #3 CGC 5.0

1941 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,904.00
187

D.C. Comics Detective Comics #69 CGC 2.5

1942 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,904.00
100

D.C. Comics Action Comics #17 CGC 7.0 A-2

1939 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,660.00
101

D.C. Comics Action Comics #20 CGC 6.5 B-1

1940 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,660.00
158

Timely Comics Captain America Comics #5 CGC 3.5 Conserved

1941 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,660.00
245

Marvel Comics Marvel Spotlight #5 CGC 9.2

1972 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,660.00
328

Atlas Comics Yellow Claw #1 CGC 5.0

1956 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,660.00
139

D.C. Comics Batman #227 CGC 9.2

1970 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,416.00
140

D.C. Comics Batman #232 CGC 9.6

1971 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,416.00
222

Holyoke Pub. Green Hornet Comics #1 CGC 4.5

1940 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,172.00
299

Star Publications Terrifying Tales #13 CGC 7.0

1953 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,172.00
138

D.C. Comics Batman #38 CGC 9.0 Conserved

1947 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,928.00
186

D.C. Comics Detective Comics #62 CGC 3.5

1942 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,928.00
290

Atlas Comics Tales to Astonish #13 CGC 5.0

1960 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,928.00
263

Marvel Comics Silver Surfer #4 CGC 9.0

1969 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,794.00
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    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
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    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
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    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
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    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.