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Amazing Spider-Man 121 “The Night Gwen Stacy Died” Original Art Cover Sells For $286,800

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Mark Seifert

The cover of Amazing Spider-Man #121 has just sold at Heritage Auctions for $286,800. This 1973 issue by Gerry Conway and Gil Kane, with cover by John Romita Sr. is considered one of the most important comic books of the Bronze Age. …

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Watchmen #1-3 Original Art Covers Sell For A Total Of $216,892.50

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Mark Seifert

The original cover art for Watchmen issues #1-3 by Dave Gibbons have just sold for a total of $216,892.50 at Heritage Auctions. The cover of issue #1 sold for $155,350, the #2 cover sold for $38.837.50, and the #3 cover …

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Who’s Got A Spare Half Million For A Detective Comics #27?

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Coming to Heritage Auctions — a copy of the first appearance of Batman, Detective Comics #27 in 6.5 CGC condition. Could get half a million, slated to be auctioned off on February 21st, it already has a bid close to …

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For Sale: Original Art For One Of The Most Iconic Comic Book Covers Ever (Hint: Dave Gibbons, Watchmen)

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Mark Seifert

These things are forever open to debate, but I’m having a hard time coming up with too many cover images from the history of American comics that I’d definitively call more iconic, more memorable, more instantly evocative of what makes …

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Is “The Night Gwen Stacy Died” About To Make Avi Arad’s Favorite Spider-Man Cover One Of The Most Valuable Pieces Of Original Art Ever?

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Mark Seifert

It’s been a good couple of years for original art sales, but the sale of the cover of Amazing Spider-Man #121 is big even by the lofty standards of the time. The Heritage auction blurb nails down the importance of …

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Guardians Of The Galaxy Mania Is On: 1985 Rocket Raccoon #1 Original Cover Art By Mignola Sells For $7,170

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Mark Seifert

A couple days ago we told you about the Steve Ditko Amazing Spider-Man #12 splash which sold for $137,425, now here’s some of the other results from this week’s Heritage Auction: Not the biggest number from the auction but one …

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Unmasked By Doctor Octopus: Steve Ditko Amazing Spider-Man #12 Splash Original Art Sells For $137,425

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Mark Seifert

The opening title splash page from Amazing Spider-Man #12 (1964) drawn by Steve Ditko has just sold at Heritage Auctions for $137,425. While it is sometimes difficult to discern record prices in the original art market, where closely-held private transactions …

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Todd McFarlane Amazing Spider-Man #328 Original Cover Art Sells For Record $675,250

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Mark Seifert

WOW.  Just when everyone thought the Spider-Man #1 cover might grab the record, the 1990 Amazing Spider-Man #328 by Todd McFarlane cover beats it by a long shot — and becomes the new record holder for a piece of American …

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Highest Graded Copy Of X-Men #1 Goes For Record $492,937.50

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Mark Seifert

With the world’s best collection of Silver Age Marvels up for grabs, a great group of Golden Age books from the Empire Comics Collection also available, and Marty Shamus’s collection of key 1990s art including the Todd McFarlane cover of …

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Building An Empire: From Flea Market Dealer To Helping Sell A Million Dollar Comic – Four Decades Of Empire Comics

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Mark Seifert

Longtime BC readers will know that I’m a dedicated comics auction nerd. And it’s an interesting time to be one of those.  Case in point at the moment is Heritage’s current Signature auction, which contains the world’s best collection of …

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For Sale: The World’s Best Collection Of Silver Age Marvel Comics

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Mark Seifert

The vintage collecting community has been salivating this morning as word has spread that Doug Schmell of pedigreecomics.com, widely known as one of the most avid collectors of high-grade Silver Age Marvel comics in the world, is selling his painstakingly-assembled …

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First Drawing Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles By Kevin Eastman And Peter Laird Sells For $71,700

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Mark Seifert

A fascinating piece of modern comic book history has just sold at Heritage Auctions for $71,700.  The first-ever drawing of the concept by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, TMNT would go on to become a key part of the 1980s …

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Fantastic Four #55 Silver Surfer Original Art Page By Jack Kirby And Joe Sinnott Sells For $155,350

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Mark Seifert

A spectacular page of original art from Fantastic Four #55 drawn by Jack Kirby, inked by Joe Sinnott and featuring the Silver Surfer sold at Heritage Auctions earlier today for $155,350. The 1966 page is from one of the peak periods of …

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The Dark Knight Rises, And Rises: Batman #1 CGC 9.2 Sells For Record $850,000

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Mark Seifert

Over the past few months, we’ve talked quite a bit here about how key first comic book appearances of Avengers team members have been going for record prices — less than 2 weeks ago, Bleeding Cool told you about a …

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John Romita Spider-Man Cover, Watterson Calvin And Hobbes Watercolor Both Sell For Over $100,000 At Auction

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Mark Seifert

Yesterday, we told you about comics from the Billy Wright pedigree selling for $3,433,342 at Heritage Auctions, today they were onto auctioning original art, among other things, and there’s plenty of interesting results to discuss.  Headlining the original art portion …

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A Single Page Of John Byrne Original Art From the Death Of Phoenix Story Sells For $65,725

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Mark Seifert

Original comic art from key 1980s-era comics has been hot for several years.  It’s considered an important, peak era for comics (think Watchmen, Dark Knight Returns, etc) and the people who grew up reading comics during that time are entering …

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With Only 407 of 6000 Comics Sold So Far, Gary Dahlberg’s Collection Tops $1.38 Million

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Mark Seifert

Even if you’re a casual reader of comic book news, you may have heard the tragic story of Gary Dahlberg‘s death. A retired bus driver in Minneapolis, Dahlberg was killed last year when the kitchen of his home caught fire. …

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Frank Miller Dark Knight Returns Original Art Splash Page Sells For Record $448,125

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Mark Seifert

The iconic splash page of Batman and Robin from  The Dark Knight Returns #3 , penciled by Frank Miller and inked by Klaus Janson, sold at Heritage Auctions just moments ago for a record $448,125. That’s the largest amount ever …

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