Batmania! Prices for Caped Crusader items keep climbing

A Batman Batplane cardstock premium from 1943 sold for $22,000 plus the buyer’s premium in February 2021 at Hake’s Auctions.
A cardstock Batman Batplane, created as a premium to promote a 1943 film serial, sold for $22,000 plus the buyer’s premium in February 2021 at Hake’s Auctions.

NEW YORK — While toy lines come and go, those for superheroes tend to have a long shelf life. Of all of them, Batman, aka the Caped Crusader or the Dark Knight, is one that holds the attention of all ages.

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