Hake's smashes house record with $2.9M sale Extremely rare Batman Batplane premium from a 1943 movie pressbook for The Batman Columbia serial. Only example Hakes has ever auctioned. Sold for $25,960, more than five times the high estimate. YORK, PA .-Hakes Auctions, specialists in Americana and collectibles since 1967, set a new house record when their February 24-25 Premier Auction #231 cashed out at $2,888,163. Not only did the auction set a new monetary record for Hakes, it also achieved new highs for sell-through rate (98%), bidder volume, and the number of bids placed. Our goal in every auction is to give our bidders the best opportunity to purchase rare, high-caliber items from any collecting category that grabs their interest. Whether they are passionate about comics, baseball, original art, political, toys, historical items, you name it, they will find something in our auctions. We are excited by the bidder turnout and anticipate growing it more in the future, said Hakes president, Alex Winter.