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Hake's Auctions: Comic Books And Pop Culture
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Comic Books And Pop Culture | Total Sales (USD) | 55,567.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 06, 2026 - May 06, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 55,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #100196 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 109,950.00 |
| Total Lots | 360 | ||
| Sold Lots | 360.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 55,700.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 100.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 109,950.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 0 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 50.54% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129 | Joe Sinnott; Stan Lee; Jack Kirby | FANTASTIC FOUR #48 MARCH 1966 CGC 4.0 VG SIGNATURE SERIES (FIRST SILVER SURFER & GALACTUS). |
1966 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,272.00 |
| 132 | Stan Lee; Jack Kirby; Joe Sinnott | FANTASTIC FOUR #49 APRIL 1966 CGC 7.5 VF- (FIRST FULL GALACTUS). |
1966 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 715.00 |
| 205 | MICKEY MOUSE MAGAZINE #7 APRIL 1936 CGC 5.0 VG/FINE. |
1936 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 535.00 | |
| 286 | Len Wein; Bernie Wrightson | SWAMP THING #1 OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1972 CGC 9.0 VF/NM (DOUBLE COVER - FIRST ALEC HOLLAND). |
1972 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 535.00 |
| 306 | Gerry Conway; Neal Adams; Gene Colan | TOMB OF DRACULA #1 APRIL 1972 CGC 8.0 VF (FIRST MARVEL DRACULA). |
1972 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 442.00 |
| 35 | Stan Lee; Gil Kane; Frank Giacoia | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #98 JULY 1971 CGC 9.4 NM. |
1971 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 401.00 |
| 38 | Roy Thomas; Gil Kane; John Romita; Frank Giacoia | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #101 OCTOBER 1971 CGC 7.5 VF- (FIRST MORBIUS). |
1971 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 364.00 |
| 78 | Charles Paris; Bob Kane; Lew Sayre Schwartz; Jim Mooney; Win Mortimer | BATMAN #54 AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1949 CGC 4.5 VG+. |
1949 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 364.00 |
| 79 | Edmond Hamilton; David Vern; Win Mortimer; Bob Kane; Lew Sayre Schwartz; Dick Sprang | BATMAN #78 AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1953 CGC 4.5 VG+. |
1953 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 364.00 |
| 87 | Robert Kanigher; Gardner Fox; Carmine Infantino; Murphy Anderson; Sheldon Moldoff; Joe Giella; Sid Greene | BATMAN #181 JUNE 1966 CGC 3.5 VG- (FIRST POISON IVY). |
1966 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 364.00 |
| 177 | Stan Lee; Steve Ditko | INCREDIBLE HULK #6 MARCH 1963 CGC 3.0 GOOD/VG. |
1963 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 364.00 |
| 262 | Howard Chaykin; Tom Palmer | STAR WARS #1 JULY 1977 CGC 9.2 NM-. |
1977 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 364.00 |
| 347 | Stan Lee; Jack Kirby; Werner Roth; Vince Colletta | X-MEN #14 NOVEMBER 1965 CGC 5.5 FINE- (FIRST SENTINELS). |
1965 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 364.00 |
| 17 | Stan Lee; Steve Ditko | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #33 FEBRUARY 1966 CGC 6.5 FINE+. |
1966 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 50 | Marv Wolfman; Dave Cockrum; Al Milgrom; Keith Pollard; Frank Giacoia | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #194 JULY 1979 CGC 9.2 NM- (FIRST BLACK CAT). |
1979 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 320 | Carl Wessler; Johnny Craig; Joe Orlando; Bernard Krigstein; Graham Ingels | VAULT OF HORROR #40 DECEMBER 1954-JANUARY 1955 CGC 5.5 FINE-. |
1954;1955 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 13 | E.E. Hibbard | ALL-FLASH #14 SPRING 1944 CGC 4.5 VG+. |
1944 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 51 | Roger Stern; John Romita Sr.; John Romita Jr. | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #238 MARCH 1983 CGC 9.2 NM- (FIRST HOBGOBLIN). |
1983 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 88 | Denny O'Neil; Neal Adams; Dick Giordano | BATMAN #232 JUNE 1971 CGC 5.0 VG/FINE (FIRST RA'S AL GHUL). |
1971 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 91 | Hilary J. Bader; Bruce Timm; Rick Burchett; Terry Beatty | BATMAN BEYOND #1 MARCH 1999 CGC 9.4 NM (FIRST TERRY MCGINNIS). |
1999 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 105 | Walt Kelly; Carl Barks; Roger Armstrong; Bill Wright; Gil Turner | CHRISTMAS PARADE #1 NOVEMBER 1949 CGC 7.0 FINE/VF (FIRST DELL GIANT). |
1949 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 110 | Roy Thomas; Barry Windsor-Smith; Dan Adkins | CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1 OCTOBER 1970 CGC 7.0 FINE/VF (FIRST CONAN). |
1970 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 135 | Stan Lee; Jack Kirby; Dick Ayers | FANTASTIC FOUR #9 DECEMBER 1962 CGC 5.5 FINE-. |
1962 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 154 | Joe Gill; Jack Sparling | FRIDAY FOSTER #1 OCTOBER 1972 CGC 9.0 VF/NM. |
1972 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 201 | Gene Colan; Bill Everett; John Forte; Joe Maneely; Ed Winiarski | MENACE #9 JANUARY 1954 CGC 2.5 GOOD+. |
1954 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
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The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000