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Heritage Auctions: Rocket Age Treasures: A Comics & Pulps Showcase Auction

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Auction Name Rocket Age Treasures: A Comics & Pulps Showcase Auction Total Sales (USD) 114,188.60
Auction Date August 21, 2025 - August 21, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #40324 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 155
Sold Lots 155 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
82079

Weird Tales of the Future #5 (Aragon, 1953) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white pages.

 1953 Not Available USD 2,880.00
82024

Planet Comics #30 Manufacturing Error (Fiction House, 1944) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.

 1944 Not Available USD 2,520.00
82007

Planet Comics #9 (Fiction House, 1940) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white pages.

 1940 Not Available USD 2,280.00
82047

Planet Comics #58 (Fiction House, 1949) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages.

 1949 Not Available USD 2,100.00
82015

Planet Comics #19 (Fiction House, 1942) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white pages.

 1942 Not Available USD 1,920.00
82033

Planet Comics #40 (Fiction House, 1946) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages.

 1946 Not Available USD 1,860.00
82005

Planet Comics #5 (Fiction House, 1940) CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages.

 1940 Not Available USD 1,800.00
82011

Planet Comics #13 (Fiction House, 1941) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Cream to off-white pages.

 1941 Not Available USD 1,800.00
82081

Amazing Stories #29 August 1928 (Gernsback) CGC GD/VG 3.0 Off-white to white pages.

 1928 Not Available USD 1,800.00
82059

Planet Comics #70 (Fiction House, 1953) CGC FN/VF 7.0 White pages.

 1953 Not Available USD 1,680.00
82113

Planet Stories #19 Summer 1944 Roy G. Krenkel Pedigree (Fiction House) CGC VF- 7.5 White pages.

 1944 Not Available USD 1,680.00
82052

Planet Comics #63 (Fiction House, 1949) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Cream to off-white pages.

 1949 Not Available USD 1,620.00
82006

Planet Comics #7 (Fiction House, 1940) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Cream to off-white pages.

 1940 Not Available USD 1,560.00
82008

Planet Comics #10 (Fiction House, 1941) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white pages.

 1941 Not Available USD 1,560.00
82022

Planet Comics #27 (Fiction House, 1943) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to off-white pages.

 1943 Not Available USD 1,560.00
82029

Planet Comics #36 (Fiction House, 1945) CGC VF+ 8.5 Cream to off-white pages.

 1945 Not Available USD 1,560.00
82020

Planet Comics #25 (Fiction House, 1943) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages.

 1943 Not Available USD 1,440.00
82077

Strange Worlds #4 (Avon, 1951) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages.

 1951 Not Available USD 1,440.00
82013

Planet Comics #17 (Fiction House, 1942) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white pages.

 1942 Not Available USD 1,320.00
82023

Planet Comics #29 (Fiction House, 1944) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages.

 1944 Not Available USD 1,320.00
82045

Planet Comics #55 Rockford Pedigree (Fiction House, 1948) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white pages.

 1948 Not Available USD 1,320.00
82103

Planet Stories #8 Fall 1941 (Fiction House) CGC VF 8.0 White pages.

 1941 Not Available USD 1,320.00
82104

Planet Stories #9 Winter 1941 Roy G. Krenkel Pedigree (Fiction House) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.

 1941 Not Available USD 1,320.00
82026

Planet Comics #33 (Fiction House, 1944) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages.

 1944 Not Available USD 1,170.00
82106

Planet Stories #12 Fall 1942 (Fiction House) CGC VF 8.0 White pages.

 1942 Not Available USD 1,170.00
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  • <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
  • <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> NEWTON, ISAAC. <i>Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica.</i> London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. <i>Theatrum orbis terrarum.</i> 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> BECKMANN, MAX. <i>Apokalypse.</i> Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. <i>Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln.</i> AND: <i>Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln…</i> CHF 30,000 to 50,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. <i>Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten.</i> Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
  • <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ian Fleming. <i>Casino Royale,</i> London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. <i>Winnie The Pooh,</i> United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000. <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> L. Frank Baum. <i>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,</i> Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Man Ray. <i>Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934,</i> Hartford, 1934. $7,860. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Thomas Pennant. <i>Zoologia Britannica,</i> Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.