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Auction Name Icons and Heroes: Comics Total Sales (USD) 187,554.00
Auction Date December 02, 2025 - December 02, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 135,150.00
Sale Number #120225a High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 201,150.00
Total Lots 195
Sold Lots 195.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 135,150.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 201,150.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 93.24%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
103

DC Comics Adventure Comics #247 CGC 7.0

 1958 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 9,150.00
176

MLJ Magazines Jackpot Comics #7 CGC 5.5

 1942 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,124.00
202

Fox Features Synd. Phantom Lady #16 CGC 7.5

 1948 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,124.00
204

Fox Features Synd. Phantom Lady #20 CGC 7.0

 1948 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,124.00
113

Marvel Comics Amazing Spider-Man #9 CGC 8.5

 1964 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,880.00
290

Marvel Comics X-Men #1 CGC 3.0

 1963 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,880.00
139

Star Publications Blue Bolt #108 CGC 8.0

 1951 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,636.00
208

HMH Publishing Co. Playboy v1 #1 CGC 4.5

 1953 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,270.00
263

Marvel Comics Tales to Astonish #35 CGC 8.5

 1962 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,270.00
155

DC Comics Detective Comics #226 CGC 9.0

 1955 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,904.00
294

Timely Comics Young Allies #4 CGC 6.0

 1942 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,660.00
128

DC Comics Batman #15 CGC 6.5

 1943 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,928.00
130

DC Comics Batman #40 CGC 7.5

 1947 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,928.00
209

Prize Publications Prize Comics #18 CGC 3.5

 1942 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,928.00
215

Leader Enterprises Seven Seas Comics #6 CGC 5.0

 1947 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,928.00
191

Atlas Comics Menace #5 CGC 5.0

 1953 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,440.00
142

Timely Comics Captain America Comics #54 CGC 6.5

 1946 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,318.00
194

16 Timely and Atlas Comics Mystic #2-#34 Group

 20th Century USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,318.00
201

Fox Features Synd. Phantom Lady #15 CGC 5.0

 1947 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,318.00
249

DC Comics Superman #9 CGC 4.5

 1941 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,196.00
293

Marvel Comics Giant-Size X-Men #1 CGC 6.5

 1975 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,196.00
138

Star Publications Blue Bolt #106 CGC 7.0

 1950 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,952.00
115

Marvel Comics Amazing Spider-Man #14 CGC 5.5

 1964 USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 USD 1,830.00
200

MLJ Magazines Pep Comics #16 CGC 4.0

 1941 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,830.00
125

Marvel Comics Avengers #1 CGC 2.5

 1963 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,708.00
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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