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.
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.
YORK, Pa. – Financial markets may be taking a breather, but there’s never a time out for those who pursue investment-grade vintage collectibles. Hake’s, the auction house that lit the fire for America’s pop culture obsession 55 years ago, rang up yet another high-flying auction total on November 15-16, achieving excellent prices across many specialty categories and closing the books at $2.4 million.
CRANSTON, R.I. – Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers will ring in 2022 with a 20-lot New Year’s Day Premier Comic Auction on Saturday, January 1. It’s a modest group of comics, but don’t let the size of the lineup fool you. These books are from a single-owner Midwest collection (Bruneau & Co. sold the bulk of them this past year); what remains are his last, final comics, to be sold without reserves. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.