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PBA Galleries: Strange Tales: The Steve Ditko Collection Part 3

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Auction Name Strange Tales: The Steve Ditko Collection Part 3 Total Sales (USD) 304,100.00
Auction Date October 31, 2024 - October 31, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 346,000.00
Sale Number #3039 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 570,050.00
Total Lots 100
Sold Lots 94 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 367,900.00
% of Lots Sold 94.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 597,900.00
Unsold Lots 6 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 50.86%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
64

AMAZING FANTASY No. 15 * Origin and 1st Appearance of Spider-Man

August, 1962 USD 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 USD 228,000.00
65

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN No. 1

March, 1963 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,875.00
62 Ditko, Steve

Original Steve Ditko Art * STRANGE TALES No. 104, "The Frog-Man" Page 2

1962 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,625.00
63 Ditko, Steve

Original Steve Ditko Art * STRANGE TALES No. 104, "The Frog-Man" Page 3

1962 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,000.00
61 [Ditko, Steve]

Steve Ditko's HARVEY AWARD In Recognition of Outstanding Achievement, 1989

1989 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 4,687.50
49

WHA..!? No. 1 * SIGNED by DITKO * Steve Ditko Collection

1975 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 4,062.50
68

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN No. 14

July, 1964 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,062.50
34

STRANGE TALES No. 126 * Steve Ditko Collection

November, 1964 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,250.00
66

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN No. 5

October, 1963 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,125.00
74

STRANGE TALES No. 110 * 1st Appearance of Doctor Strange

July, 1963 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,125.00
60 Ditko, Steve

Steve Ditko Handwritten Letter to Publisher Mel Smith, August 27, 2017 * Ditko Rips Trump a New One

USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 2,000.00
67

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN No. 13

June, 1964 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,875.00
48

STRANGE TALES No. 146 * Steve Ditko Collection

July, 1966 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,500.00
59 Ditko, Steve

Steve Ditko Handwritten Letter to Publisher Mel Smith, November 22, 2014 * "Different Times Involve Different Thinking"

USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,187.50
8

MYSTERIOUS SUSPENSE No. 1 * Steve Ditko Collection

October, 1968 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,125.00
98 Stanton, Eric

Blunder Broad Page * Original ERIC STANTON Art

c. 1970s-1980s USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,062.50
1

AVENGING WORLD (No Number) * Steve Ditko Collection

1973 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,000.00
52 Ditko, Steve

Steve Ditko Handwritten Letter to Publisher Mel Smith, July 11, 2013 * "I Quit Spider-Man"

USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,000.00
96

STRANGE SUSPENSE STORIES No. 19

July, 1954 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 937.50
39

STRANGE TALES No. 135 * Steve Ditko Collection

August, 1965 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 750.00
57 Ditko, Steve

Steve Ditko Handwritten Letter to Publisher Mel Smith, February 15, 2014 * "Comics Aren't Rocket Science"

USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 687.50
9

The SAFEST PLACE (No Number) * Steve Ditko Collection

2008 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 625.00
36

STRANGE TALES No. 128 * Steve Ditko Collection

January, 1965 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 625.00
58 Ditko, Steve

Steve Ditko Handwritten Letter to Publisher Mel Smith, March 29, 2014 * "Nothing Interesting... About Senseless Violence"

USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 625.00
10

SHADE, The CHANGING MAN No. 1 * Steve Ditko Collection

June-July, 1977 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 593.75
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD