Los Angeles Estate Auction: Vintage Comics, Art & Collectibles Auction, 416883, Glendale

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 12, 2026 - May 12, 2026
Page Size: 265 items in 11 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
140 John Byrne; George Perez

6 Books, including: The Avengers

c. 1979 USD 40.00 - 80.00 USD 31.75
144 R. Diggs; Prof. Sikken Z. Tyred Ph.D; Fillbach Brothers

4 Books, including: Great Diggs of 77

early-to-mid 1990s USD 20.00 - 45.00 USD 25.40
145 Teo Jonelli

4 Books, including: The Amazing Spider-Man

c.2023; c.1990s; 1987; c.1980s-90s USD 20.00 - 45.00 USD 31.75
146 Neil Gaiman; Charles Vess

A Fall of Stardust; The Equalizer; The Art of War of the Worlds: Goliath

2012 USD 40.00 - 80.00 USD 25.40
147 R. Crumb; Wally Wood

Weirdo No. 15; Witzend #8

1985; 1971 USD 40.00 - 80.00 USD 50.80
148 Steve Lafler

Guts #1; Guts #2; Interior Art Print

1981; 1982 USD 40.00 - 80.00 USD 25.40
149

3-D Space Zombies #1; Boneyard Press Sampler

early 1990s; 2/93 USD 15.00 - 30.00 USD 25.40
150 Robert Crumb; Jack Kirby; Steve Gerber

Weirdo No. 24; Destroyer Duck #1

N/A USD 40.00 - 80.00 USD 25.40
151

4 Books, including: Harley Quinn #1

2000; 1974; early 1950s USD 40.00 - 80.00 USD 50.80
152 Wally Wood; Vaughn Bode; Ralph Reese

Witzend #7; Witzend #10; Witzend #11

1970; 1976; 1978 USD 120.00 - 200.00 USD 50.80
153

4 Books, including: The Cow Crusaders: Crusaders to the Rescue! #1

1984; 1972 USD 40.00 - 80.00 USD 38.10
154

4 Books, including: Political Pix No. 111

Norwich Vermont 1990 USD 40.00 - 80.00 USD 31.75
155

13 Books, including: Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars

c. 1983–1986 USD 40.00 - 80.00 USD 69.85
156

13 Books, including: Avengers King-Size Annual #10

early-to-mid 1980s USD 40.00 - 80.00 USD 69.85
157 Walt Simonson

13 Books, including: X-Factor

c.1987-1990 USD 30.00 - 60.00 USD 76.20
158 Tom DeFalco; Mark Bright

9 Books, including: Marvel Team-Up #145

1984-1986; 1987-1988 USD 25.00 - 55.00 USD 63.50
159 Bob Hall; John Buscema

11 Books, including: The Mighty Avengers #247

c. 1984-1986 USD 30.00 - 60.00 USD 63.50
160 John Byrne

14 Books, including: Fantastic Four

mid-to-late 1980s USD 30.00 - 60.00 USD 69.85
161 Walt Simonson; Marc Silvestri

14 Books, including: X-Factor

c. 1987-1989; 1988 USD 40.00 - 80.00 USD 57.15
184

Contact Sheets, Female Figure Studies

c.1970s-80s USD 40.00 - 80.00 USD 25.40
185

Contact Sheets, Nude & Figure Studies

c.1970s USD 80.00 - 150.00 USD 95.25
186

Contact Sheets & Color Film Strips, Adult Figure Studies

c.1970s USD 80.00 - 150.00 USD 139.70
187

4 Books, including: Playboy

1965; 1971; 1974 USD 40.00 - 80.00 USD 25.40
188

4 Books, including: Playboy

1966; 1976 USD 40.00 - 80.00 USD 22.86
189

Playboy Magazine Lot x4: Jan 1971, Aug 1973, May 1974, Nov 1974

1971; 1973; 1974 USD 20.00 - 50.00 USD 22.86
  • 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.