Tag Archive for: PBA Galleries
Steve Ditko’s copy of Amazing Spider-Man #1, graded 0.5, earns $12K+
This copy of Amazing Spider-Man #1 sold for $12,500 despite bearing a CGC grade of 0.5. Its provenance made it a prize: It had belonged to Spidey’s co-creator, Steve Ditko. Image courtesy of PBA Galleries
BERKELEY, Calif. – Steve Ditko’s own copy of Amazing Spider-Man #1 sold for $12,500 at PBA Galleries on August 3. Some 27 bidders were ‘watching’ it on LiveAuctioneers as it achieved a price at the top end of its estimate.
Pre-code horror comics among highlights of PBA Galleries sale, Aug. 3
Steve Ditko’s copy of Amazing Spider-Man No. 1, estimated at $8,000-$12,000
BERKELEY, Calif. – PBA Galleries will hold an auction titled Comic Books: Atlas, Pre-Code Horror, Steve Ditko Collection, and More to take place on Thursday, August 3. PBA’s ninth comic book sale contains more than 300 lots of pre-Code Atlas comic books, pre-Code horror comics, the last 19 Amazing Spider-Man comics from Steve Ditko’s personal collection, as well as some Marvel keys and original Eric Stanton artwork. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Greats of sci fi, fantasy and horror score $500K at PBA Galleries
Isaac Asimov, the Foundation Trilogy, all first editions in dust jackets, $15,000
BERKELEY, Calif. – PBA Galleries‘ June 1 Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror auction topped $500,000. The auction featured more than 400 lots of books from the three genres named in the title, including signed and inscribed copies of major works by Stephen King, Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Octavia Butler, Frank Herbert, Ray Bradbury and Robert Heinlein.
Counterculture marches to its own drum at PBA Galleries, Dec. 1
1967 poster for the Grateful Dead, estimated at $4,000-$6,000
BERKELEY, Calif. – On Tuesday, December 1, PBA Galleries will host an auction with more than 450 lots of fine literature and ephemera, featuring scarce works from the counterculture and the Beat Generation, plus a large section of rock and psychedelic posters. Also included are editions from Charles Bukowski, many with original artwork, as well as large samplings of the works of Ray Bradbury, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway and other major voices of 20th-century literature. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Science and history legends gather at PBA Galleries, Nov. 17
Color plate from ‘North American Herpetology’ by John Edwards Holbrook, estimated at $10,000-$15,000
BERKELEY, Calif. – On Thursday, November 17, PBA Galleries will host a Rare Books & Manuscripts sale with more than 250 lots of valuable and interesting books in all fields, with select manuscript material and other rarities. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers. Dating from the 14th to the 21st centuries, the items range from early editions of Don Quixote to imaginative artists’ books from the past decade, as well as striking color plate books from the 19th century, shelves of finely bound literary sets, fine printing from the Arion Press and others, science and medical works spanning more than 400 years, illustrated books, natural history, astronomy and photography.
Cheers! Mid-century mixed drinks book served at PBA Galleries, Nov. 3
The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks by David A. Embury, estimated at $1,200-$1,800
BERKELEY, Calif. – On Thursday, November 3, PBA Galleries will host an auction with nearly 450 lots of illustrated books, children’s books, posters and works of graphic design, books on food and drink, and a wide selection of golf titles. Featured are examples from the golden age of illustration; posters from the 1890s to the 1960s, with more recent work by David Lance Goines; a large selection of cocktail manuals; and for those who take their potations at the 19th hole, golf. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Tale of hot air balloon flight could float to top of PBA Galleries sale, Oct. 20
Earliest account of the first hot air balloon voyage, 1783-1784, estimated at $2,000-$3,000
BERKELEY, Calif. – On Thursday, October 20, PBA Galleries will host a sale with nearly 450 lots of materials on history, exploration, conflict, cultural development, social progress and technical innovation, both in the Americas and around the globe. Included are books, manuscripts, maps, prints, views, photographs and ephemera. Explorers by sea and land are joined by those in the sky, with aviators and lighter-than-air pioneers. And for collectors of California, there are selections from the Zamorano Eighty. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Let PBA Galleries fill your bookshelves with American greats, Sept. 22
F. Scott Fitzgerald, ‘Tender is the Night: A Romance,’ first printing in the original jacket, est. $5,000-$8,000
BERKELEY, Calif. – On Thursday, September 22, PBA Galleries will host a sale with more than 500 lots of fine literature and ephemera. It will feature scarce works from the counterculture and the Beat Generation, including a large section of rock and psychedelic posters as well as editions from Charles Bukowski, many with original artwork, and a large sampling of the works of Ray Bradbury, John Steinbeck and William Faulkner. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
