PBA Galleries: PBA Comics: The DC Universe Collection Part 7: Plop (the Everything Else Sale), 3051, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 07, 2026 - May 07, 2026
Page Size: 233 items in 10 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
126 Alex Toth; Irwin Hasen; John Giunta; Bob Oksner; Everett Raymond Kinstler; Carmine Infantino

ROMANCE TRAIL Nos. 1-6

1949-1950 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 281.25
127 Neil Gaiman; Dave McKean; Sam Kieth; Mike Dringenberg; Chris Bachalo; Kelley Jones; Matt Wagner; Shawn McManus; Colleen Doran; Jill Thompson; P. Craig Russell; Charles Vess

SANDMAN Nos. 1-75

1989-1996 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 187.50
128 Sheldon Meyer

SCRIBBLY Nos. 1-15

1948-1952 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 375.00
129 Russ Heath; Irv Novick; Howard Purcell; Murphy Anderson; Joe Kubert; Bruno Premiani; Shelly Moldoff

SEA DEVILS Nos. 1-35

1961-1967 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 343.75
130 Wayne Boring; Gil Kane; Dick Dillin; Nick Cardy; Mike Sekowsky; Ramona Fredon

SHOWCASE Nos. 10, 19, 30-36

1957-1962 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 312.50
131 Carmine Infantino; Gil Kane

SHOWCASE #s 13, 14, 23, 24

1958-1959 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 406.25
132 Irv Novick; Jerry Grandenetti; Ruben Moreira; Bob Brown; Gil Kane; Mike Sekowsky; Joe Kubert; Russ Heath; Lee Elias; Ross Andru; Mort Meskin; Curt Swan; Bill Ely

SHOWCASE Nos. 2, 3, 5, 16, 18, 20, 21, 25-29, 41, 42

1956-1963 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 312.50
133 Ross Andru; Murphy Anderson; Joe Kubert; Nick Cardy; Joe Orlando; Mike Sekowsky; Steve Ditko; Howie Post; Jay Scott Pike

SHOWCASE #s 37-40, 55-65, 73-75, 79, 80

1962-1968 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 375.00
134 Bob Brown; Lee Elias; Russ Heath; Carmine Infantino; Joe Kubert; Norman Nodel

SHOWCASE Nos. 43-54

1963-1965 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 162.50
135 Mike Sekowsky; Joe Orlando; Russ Heath; Nick Cardy; Bob Oksner; Dick Giordano; Joe Kubert; Jim Aparo; Carmine Infantino; Sergio Aragones; Jack Sparling; Jerry Grandenetti; Berni Wrightson

SHOWCASE Nos. 66-72, 76-78, 81-104

1967-1978 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
136 Jack Kirby

SHOWCASE #s 7, 11, 12

1957-1958 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 175.00
137 Murphy Anderson; Neal Adams; Jerry Grandenetti; Nick Cardy

SPECTRE Nos. 1-10

1967-1969 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 150.00
138 Win Mortimer; Jimmy Thompson; Jon Small; Edmond Good

STAR SPANGLED COMICS No. 69

1947 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 437.50
139 Jack Kirby; Joe Simon; Howard Sherman; Hal Sharp; Louis Cazeneuve

STAR SPANGLED COMICS Nos. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

1942-1943 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
140 Fred Ray; Bruno Premiani; Art Paddy; Jim Mooney; Frank Frazetta; Leonard Starr; Curt Swan; Paul Norris

STAR SPANGLED COMICS #s 110-121

1950-1951 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 250.00
141 Leonard Starr; Jim Mooney; Fred Ray; Paul Norris

STAR SPANGLED COMICS #s 122-130

1951-1952 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 468.75
142 Jack Kirby; Joe Simon; Fred Ray; Howard Sherman; Manly Wade Wellman; Louis Cazeneuve

STAR SPANGLED COMICS Nos. 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22

1946 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 812.50
143 Jack Kirby; Joe Simon; Howard Sherman; George Storm; Chuck Winter; John Daly

STAR SPANGLED COMICS Nos. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27

1943 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 812.50
144 Jack Kirby; Joe Simon; Howard Sherman; George Storm; Chuck Winter; John Daly; Gil Kane

STAR SPANGLED COMICS Nos. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33

1944 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 312.50
145 Jack Kirby; Joe Simon; Arturo Cazeneuve; John Small; George Storm; Chuck Winter; John Daly; Gil Kane; Jack Farr

STAR SPANGLED COMICS Nos. 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39

1944 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 750.00
146 Jack Kirby; Joe Simon; Arturo Cazeneuve; Stan Kaye; Jimmy Thompson; Jon Small; Chuck Winter

STAR SPANGLED COMICS Nos. 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45

1945 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 212.50
147 Jack Kirby; Gil Kane; Arturo Cazeneuve; Jimmy Thompson; Jon Small; Thurston Harper; Chuck Winter; Curt Swan; Fred Ray

STAR SPANGLED COMICS Nos. 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51

1945 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 375.00
148 Jack Kirby; Curt Swan; Jimmy Thompson; Jon Small; Thurston Harper; Chuck Winter

STAR SPANGLED COMICS Nos. 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57

1946 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 281.25
149 Jack Kirby; Curt Swan; Jimmy Thompson; Jon Small; Thurston Harper; Chuck Winter

STAR SPANGLED COMICS Nos. 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64

1946-1947 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 937.50
150 Win Mortimer; Jimmy Thompson; Jon Small; Thurston Harper; Chuck Winter

STAR SPANGLED COMICS Nos. 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72

1947 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 175.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
  • Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.