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Rago Arts and Auctions: Comics & Comic Art: Online Edition
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Comics & Comic Art: Online Edition | Total Sales (USD) | 76,091.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 22, 2026 - April 22, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 51,175.00 |
| Sale Number | #42226 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 87,650.00 |
| Total Lots | 247 | ||
| Sold Lots | 231.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 57,375.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 93.52% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 97,650.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 16 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 77.92% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 226 | 2 Marvel Comics Incredible Hulk #180 and #181 CGC 6.5 Qualified Group |
1974 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,440.00 | |
| 278 | 11 DC Comics Sensation #49-#95 Group |
20th Century | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,196.00 | |
| 127 | Marvel Comics Amazing Spider-Man #129 CGC 6.5 |
1974 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,952.00 | |
| 327 | 8 DC Comics Wonder Woman #16-#54 Group |
20th Century | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,778.00 | |
| 189 | DC Comics Detective Comics #359 CGC 7.5 |
1967 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,708.00 | |
| 333 | 75 Marvel Comics X-Men and Uncanny X-Men #29-#200 Group |
20th Century | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,464.00 | |
| 143 | Marvel Comics Avengers #4 CGC 5.0 |
1964 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,159.00 | |
| 114 | Marvel Comics Amazing Spider-Man #14 CGC 2.5 |
1964 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 976.00 | |
| 117 | 30 Marvel Comics Amazing Spider-Man and Daredevil Group |
20th Century | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 976.00 | |
| 142 | Marvel Comics Avengers #1 CGC 0.5 |
1963 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 976.00 | |
| 300 | 31 Marvel Comics Sub-Mariner and X-Men Group |
20th Century | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 976.00 | |
| 275 | 61 DC Comics Horror and Mystery Related Group |
20th Century | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 953.00 | |
| 197 | 33 Marvel Comics Mixed Title Group |
20th Century | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 915.00 | |
| 335 | Marvel Comics X-Men #101 CGC 9.4 |
1976 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 915.00 | |
| 112 | Marvel Comics Amazing Spider-Man #5 CGC 3.5 |
1963 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 889.00 | |
| 150 | DC Comics Batman #69 CGC 5.0 |
1952 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 889.00 | |
| 157 | DC Comics Batman #232 CGC 8.5 |
1971 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 793.00 | |
| 187 | DC Comics Detective Comics #92 CGC 5.0 |
1944 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 732.00 | |
| 208 | Magazine Enterprises Ghost Rider #6 CGC 7.5 |
1951 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 671.00 | |
| 288 | Dave Manak and Jon D'Agostino | Sonic the Hedgehog #7 Story Page 30 Original Art (Archie Comics, 1993) |
1993 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 671.00 |
| 310 | United Features Syndicate Tip Top Comics #188 CGC 5.5 |
1954 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 671.00 | |
| 166 | 3 Charlton and Marvel Comics Key Issue CGC Group |
20th Century | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 635.00 | |
| 103 | DC Comics Adventure Comics #247 CGC 1.5 |
1958 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 610.00 | |
| 119 | 2 Marvel Comics Amazing Spider-Man #33 and #122 CGC Group |
20th Century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 610.00 | |
| 126 | 2 Marvel Comics Amazing Spider-Man #122 and Iron Man #1 CGC Group |
20th Century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 610.00 |
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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.