Copy of Timely Comics Marvel Mystery Comics #9, graded CGC 4.0, $40,000
CRANSTON, R.I. – A copy of Timely Comics Marvel Mystery Comics #9 from July 1940 sold for $40,000 and three other vintage comic books topped the $10,000 mark at a Spring Comic, Toy & Sports Auction held May 21 by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers. Also, a 1970s or 1980s Wayland Flowers Madame puppet cracked the top ten.
Copy of Timely Comics Marvel Mystery Comics #9 (July 1940), graded CGC 4.0, est. $30,000-$50,000
CRANSTON, R.I. – A copy of Timely Comics Marvel Mystery Comics #9 from July 1940 and a Madame puppet created and used by entertainer Wayland Flowers in the late 1970s or early 1980s will headline a Spring Comic, Toy & Sports Auction on Saturday, May 21, conducted by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Collection of five Christmas books by Charles Dickens, $28,000
CHICAGO – Potter and Potter‘s spectacular August 28 Fine Books and Manuscripts Sale was the company’s highest-grossing auction to date. After a day of spirited bidding, 107 lots realized between $1,000-4,999; 22 lots realized between $5,000-9,999; and 16 lots broke the five digit mark.
1851 first American edition of Herman Melville’s ‘Moby–Dick; or, The Whale,’ est. $50,000-$60,000
CHICAGO – Potter & Potter Auctions will hold a 600-plus lot Fine Books & Manuscripts on August 28, starting at 10 am Central time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.