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Rago Arts and Auctions: The Vault: Masterworks of Comic Art
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Vault: Masterworks of Comic Art | Total Sales (USD) | 83,773.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 10, 2026 - February 10, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 116,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #21026b | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 165,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 20 | ||
| Sold Lots | 16.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 137,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 80.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 195,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 4 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 42.85% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 209 | Alex Saviuk b.1952 follow artist | Web of Spider-Man Annual #5 Original Art (Marvel Comics, 1989) |
1989 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 12,200.00 |
| 203 | J. Scott Campbell b.1973 follow artist | Avengers #8 Variant Cover Original Art (Marvel Comics, 2017) |
2017 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,370.00 |
| 205 | Jim Lee b.1964 follow artist | Wonder Woman / Tasmanian Devil Special #1 Cover Original Art (DC Comics, 2017) |
2017 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 9,150.00 |
| 215 | Mary Blair 1911--1978 follow artist | Alice in Wonderland "Cheshire Cat" Concept Presentation Original Art |
USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 | |
| 213 | Mary Blair 1911--1978 follow artist | Alice in Wonderland Concept Presentation Original Art |
USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 | USD 7,320.00 | |
| 216 | Mary Blair 1911--1978 follow artist | Cinderella Concept Presentation Original Art |
USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 | USD 7,320.00 | |
| 211 | Wally Wood 1927--1981 follow artist | All-Star #64 Story Page 10 Original Art (DC Comics, 1976) |
1976 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 4,636.00 |
| 219 | Pablo Marcos b.1937 follow artist | Creepy #104 'The Games" Complete 8-Page Story Original Art (Warren Publications, 1979) |
1979 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 4,636.00 |
| 208 | George Perez and Joe Rubenstein | Infinity Gauntlet #3 Story Page 24 Original Art (Marvel, 1991) |
1991 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 3,660.00 |
| 217 | Sal Buscema and Jim Mooney | Captain America #149 Story Page #1 Original Art (Marvel Comics, 1972) |
1972 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 3,660.00 |
| 204 | Greg Capullo and Todd McFarlane | Spawn #41 Story Page 18 Original Art (Image Comics, 1996) |
1996 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 3,416.00 |
| 218 | Steve Ditko 1927--2018 follow artist | Machine Man #18 Story Page 7 Original Art (Marvel Comics, 1980) |
1980 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 3,172.00 |
| 206 | Lee Moder and Dan Davis | Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #11 Cover Original Art (DC Comics, 2000) |
2000 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,440.00 |
| 201 | John Buscema and Ernie Chan | Conan the Barbarian #36 Story Page 6 Original Art (Marvel Comics, 1973) |
1973 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,708.00 |
| 212 | Inhumanoids Original Painting Concept Art (Hasbro, c. 1986) |
c. 1986 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,220.00 | |
| 202 | John Buscema and Steve Gan | Tarzan Annual #1 Story Page 15 Original Art (Marvel Comics, 1977) |
1977 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 610.00 |
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000 -
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Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.