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Hake's Auctions: Comic Books And Pop Culture
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Comic Books And Pop Culture | Total Sales (USD) | 55,567.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 06, 2026 - May 06, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 55,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #100196 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 109,950.00 |
| Total Lots | 360 | ||
| Sold Lots | 360.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 55,700.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 100.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 109,950.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 0 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 50.54% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129 | Joe Sinnott; Stan Lee; Jack Kirby | FANTASTIC FOUR #48 MARCH 1966 CGC 4.0 VG SIGNATURE SERIES (FIRST SILVER SURFER & GALACTUS). |
1966 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,272.00 |
| 132 | Stan Lee; Jack Kirby; Joe Sinnott | FANTASTIC FOUR #49 APRIL 1966 CGC 7.5 VF- (FIRST FULL GALACTUS). |
1966 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 715.00 |
| 205 | MICKEY MOUSE MAGAZINE #7 APRIL 1936 CGC 5.0 VG/FINE. |
1936 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 535.00 | |
| 286 | Len Wein; Bernie Wrightson | SWAMP THING #1 OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1972 CGC 9.0 VF/NM (DOUBLE COVER - FIRST ALEC HOLLAND). |
1972 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 535.00 |
| 306 | Gerry Conway; Neal Adams; Gene Colan | TOMB OF DRACULA #1 APRIL 1972 CGC 8.0 VF (FIRST MARVEL DRACULA). |
1972 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 442.00 |
| 35 | Stan Lee; Gil Kane; Frank Giacoia | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #98 JULY 1971 CGC 9.4 NM. |
1971 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 401.00 |
| 38 | Roy Thomas; Gil Kane; John Romita; Frank Giacoia | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #101 OCTOBER 1971 CGC 7.5 VF- (FIRST MORBIUS). |
1971 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 364.00 |
| 78 | Charles Paris; Bob Kane; Lew Sayre Schwartz; Jim Mooney; Win Mortimer | BATMAN #54 AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1949 CGC 4.5 VG+. |
1949 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 364.00 |
| 79 | Edmond Hamilton; David Vern; Win Mortimer; Bob Kane; Lew Sayre Schwartz; Dick Sprang | BATMAN #78 AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1953 CGC 4.5 VG+. |
1953 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 364.00 |
| 87 | Robert Kanigher; Gardner Fox; Carmine Infantino; Murphy Anderson; Sheldon Moldoff; Joe Giella; Sid Greene | BATMAN #181 JUNE 1966 CGC 3.5 VG- (FIRST POISON IVY). |
1966 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 364.00 |
| 177 | Stan Lee; Steve Ditko | INCREDIBLE HULK #6 MARCH 1963 CGC 3.0 GOOD/VG. |
1963 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 364.00 |
| 262 | Howard Chaykin; Tom Palmer | STAR WARS #1 JULY 1977 CGC 9.2 NM-. |
1977 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 364.00 |
| 347 | Stan Lee; Jack Kirby; Werner Roth; Vince Colletta | X-MEN #14 NOVEMBER 1965 CGC 5.5 FINE- (FIRST SENTINELS). |
1965 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 364.00 |
| 17 | Stan Lee; Steve Ditko | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #33 FEBRUARY 1966 CGC 6.5 FINE+. |
1966 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 50 | Marv Wolfman; Dave Cockrum; Al Milgrom; Keith Pollard; Frank Giacoia | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #194 JULY 1979 CGC 9.2 NM- (FIRST BLACK CAT). |
1979 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 320 | Carl Wessler; Johnny Craig; Joe Orlando; Bernard Krigstein; Graham Ingels | VAULT OF HORROR #40 DECEMBER 1954-JANUARY 1955 CGC 5.5 FINE-. |
1954;1955 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 13 | E.E. Hibbard | ALL-FLASH #14 SPRING 1944 CGC 4.5 VG+. |
1944 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 51 | Roger Stern; John Romita Sr.; John Romita Jr. | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #238 MARCH 1983 CGC 9.2 NM- (FIRST HOBGOBLIN). |
1983 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 88 | Denny O'Neil; Neal Adams; Dick Giordano | BATMAN #232 JUNE 1971 CGC 5.0 VG/FINE (FIRST RA'S AL GHUL). |
1971 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 91 | Hilary J. Bader; Bruce Timm; Rick Burchett; Terry Beatty | BATMAN BEYOND #1 MARCH 1999 CGC 9.4 NM (FIRST TERRY MCGINNIS). |
1999 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 105 | Walt Kelly; Carl Barks; Roger Armstrong; Bill Wright; Gil Turner | CHRISTMAS PARADE #1 NOVEMBER 1949 CGC 7.0 FINE/VF (FIRST DELL GIANT). |
1949 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 110 | Roy Thomas; Barry Windsor-Smith; Dan Adkins | CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1 OCTOBER 1970 CGC 7.0 FINE/VF (FIRST CONAN). |
1970 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 135 | Stan Lee; Jack Kirby; Dick Ayers | FANTASTIC FOUR #9 DECEMBER 1962 CGC 5.5 FINE-. |
1962 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 154 | Joe Gill; Jack Sparling | FRIDAY FOSTER #1 OCTOBER 1972 CGC 9.0 VF/NM. |
1972 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 201 | Gene Colan; Bill Everett; John Forte; Joe Maneely; Ed Winiarski | MENACE #9 JANUARY 1954 CGC 2.5 GOOD+. |
1954 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’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, 2026Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, 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.