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Auction Name PBA Comics: PRE-CODE, INTERNATIONAL, SILVER & BRONZE, ORIGINAL ART Total Sales (USD) 410,906.25
Auction Date January 15, 2026 - January 15, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 229,330.00
Sale Number #3049 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 353,420.00
Total Lots 566
Sold Lots 540.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 236,980.00
% of Lots Sold 95.41% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 365,220.00
Unsold Lots 26 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 112.51%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
531 [Original Comic Art] Kelley Jones

[Original Comic Art] KELLEY JONES and MALCOLM JONES III * SANDMAN No. 22, Page 18

 1991 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 20,000.00
143

TOMB OF TERROR No. 15 * Harvey FILE COPY

 May, 1954 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 16,250.00
432 [Original Comic Art] George Perez

[Original Comic Art ] GEORGE PEREZ and DAN GREEN * AVENGERS No. 200, Page 19 * SIGNED by GEORGE PEREZ

 1980 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 8,125.00
46

CRIME SUSPENSTORIES No. 22

 April-May, 1954 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,500.00
537

[Original Comic Art] PANIC No. 6 * Lot of 31 Copies with Original Cover Sketches by Various Artists

 December, 1954-January, 1955 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 6,875.00
187

WEIRD SUSPENSTORIES No. 1 * SIGNED by HARVEY KURTZMAN

 October, 1951 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,312.50
45

CRIME SUSPENSTORIES No. 22

 April-May, 1954 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,000.00
440 [Original Comic Art] Artist's Sketch Cards

[Original Comic Art] Artists' CONVENTION SKETCH CARDS * Lot of Approx. 450

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 5,000.00
448 [Original Comic Art] Carmine Infantino

[Original Comic Art] CARMINE INFANTINO * SPIDER-WOMAN No. 16, Page 19

 1979 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 5,000.00
449 [Original Comic Art] Carmine Infantino

[Original Comic Art] CARMINE INFANTINO * SPIDER-WOMAN No. 16, Page 23

 1979 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 5,000.00
539 [Original Comic Art] Gene Colan

[Original Comic Art] PAT BRODERICK * MICRONAUTS No. 26, Page 12

 1981 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 5,000.00
540 [Original Comic Art] Pat Broderick

[Original Comic Art] PAT BRODERICK * MICRONAUTS No. 26, Page 14

 1981 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 5,000.00
38

CRIME DOES NOT PAY, BATTLEFRONT, SPACE CADET and More * Lot of Six Pre-Code Comics

 1950s USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 4,687.50
88

MAD No. 11 * GAINES FILE COPY

 May, 1954 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,062.50
147

TRUE LOVE PICTORIAL No. 11

 August, 1954 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,062.50
451 [Original Comic Art] Carmine Infantino

[Original Comic Art] CARMINE INFANTINO and MIKE ESPOSITO * SPIDER-WOMAN No. 17, Page 1

 1979 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,062.50
502 [Original Comic Art] Jae Lee

[Original Comic Art] JAE LEE * HELLO DARKNESS No. 1 Cover * SDCC 2024 Exclusive Variant

 2024 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,062.50
18

ALL-AMERICAN COMICS No. 89

 September, 1947 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,437.50
157

VAULT OF HORROR No. 35

 February-March, 1954 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,437.50
435 [Original Comic Art] Greg LaRocque

[Original Comic Art ] GREG LaROCQUE and MIKE ESPOSITO * MARVEL TEAM-UP No. 141, Page 16 * Daredevil and Black Widow

 1984 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,437.50
447 [Original Comic Art] Carmine Infantino

[Original Comic Art] CARMINE INFANTINO * SPIDER-WOMAN No. 14, Page 30

 1979 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,437.50
455 [Original Comic Art] Carmine Infantino

[Original Comic Art] CARMINE INFANTINO and MIKE ESPOSITO * SPIDER-WOMAN No. 17, Page 6

 1979 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,437.50
476 [Original Comic Art] Eric Stanton

[Original Comic Art] ERIC STANTON * Sweet Gwendoline and Dominant Domestic * Official Stanton Catalog Card Illustration

 Late 1970s USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 3,437.50
51

FAMOUS FUNNIES No. 210 * FRAZETTA Cover

 February, 1954 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,812.50
144

TRUE CRIME COMICS No. 3

 July-August, 1948 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,812.50
  • <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Dramatic Works,</i> 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Joyce (James). <i>Ulysses,</i> first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Chaucer (Geoffrey). <i>Troilus and Criseyde,</i> one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Borges (Jorge Luis). <i>Luna de Enfrente,</i> first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Nolli (Giovanni Battista). <i>Nuova Pianta di Roma,</i> Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Roberts (David). <i>The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia,</i> 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Blacker (William). <i>Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing,</i> Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana<br>27 January 2026</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000. <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana<br>27 January 2026</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.