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A frenzy of eager bidders drove Frank Brunners Doctor Strange No. 1 Cover Original Art (Marvel, 1974) to $408,000, and an important collection kept i

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Heritage Auctions to debut in June a goldmine of golden age comics Phantom Lady #17 The Promise Collection Pedigree (Fox Features Syndicate, 1948) CGC NM+ 9.6 Pink pages. DALLAS, TX .- Beginning in June, Heritage Auctions will bring to market more than 5,000 high-grade Golden Age comic books that havent seen the light of day since they were purchased off newsstands in the 1940s. The Promise Collection, as its now called, was assembled by a young boy who grew up, went to war and never returned. ...

Crazy money and sneakerheads: Steve Duin column Updated Mar 13, 2021; Facebook Share In the dog days of the pandemic, a 19-year-old University of Oregon dropout named Joe Hebert gave a Bloomberg Business reporter the inside scoop on his sneaker-resale adventures, a decision that cost his mother, Ann, her elite job at Nike. Marketing is an essential part of sneakerhead culture, and “West Coast Joe” apparently decided his brand would be well-served by a Bloomberg cover story. Along the way, ...

Ernest Howard Shepards Winnie the Pooh illustration could bring $50,000+ at Heritage Auctions Ernest Howard Shepard (British, 1879-1976) It Appears You have Eaten a Bee, The House at Pooh Corner interior book illustration, 1928. Ink on board, 3 x 7-1/2 inches. Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000. DALLAS, TX .- A 93-year-old Winnie the Pooh illustration, Chas Addams cartoons, all three original trilogy Star Wars video cassette covers and an array of pulp covers from Norman Saunders and Virgil Finlay ar...

Heritage Auctions Weekly Comics Auction breaks record at $621,231 Sanjulian (Manuel Perez Clemente) - Death Dealer Painting Frank Frazetta Tribute Original Art (2020)generated nearly two dozen bids before selling for $9,000. DALLAS, TX .- Heritage Auctions, the worlds largest comics auctioneer, set a new world record for the largest weekly comics auction ever held, when its Sunday & Monday Comics, Animation, Video Games & Art Weekly Online Auction, which closed Feb. 1 on HA.com, amassed $621,2...

The US Capitol’s National Statuary Hall includes confederate statues Photo: Andy Feliciotti This week, we look at white supremacist art in the Capitol in Washington and discuss the legacy of Hannah Arendt. Plus, we look at a record-breaking auction sale of a Batman comic. Sarah Beetham, chair of liberal arts and assistant professor of art history at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, discusses the statue of the Confederate General Robert E. Lee that was removed f...

Batman memorabilia. Heritage Auctions confirmed Thursday that a Batman #1 from 1940 (the debut issue in the heros very first ongoing series) set a new world record this week with a massive $2.2 million sale during the first session of the Comics & Comic Art event. That makes it 1) the most expensive Caped Crusader comic ever purchased and 2) the most expensive comic book Heritage Auction has ever sold. The previous record-holder was also a Batman #1, which netted $567,625 at the Dalla...

Highest-graded copy of 1940s Batman No. 1 sets world record one week before live auction Batman #1 (DC, 1940) CGC NM 9.4 White pages. DALLAS, TX .- The finest known issue of Batman No. 1 now holds the distinction of being the most expensive Dark Knight comic ever sold – a full week before it heads to auction. On Jan. 14, during the first session of its four-day Comics & Comic Art event, Dallas-based Heritage Auctions will sell a near-mint issue of the 1940 comic book, the sole copy ever to rec...

One of worlds best copies of Captain America Comics No. 1 heads to auction Captain America Comics #1 (Timely, 1941) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. DALLAS, TX .- Captain America turned 80 years old this week. He still doesnt look a day over 30. It must be the experimental serum. Or the ice bath. Though the date on Timelys Captain America Comics No. 1 reads March 1941, the first issue to feature Steve Rogers, sidekick Bucky and forever-enemy Red Skull actually arrived on newsstands on Dec. 20, 194...