• Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Peter Rabbit, 1st privately printed edition, 1901. £40,000-£60,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). Squintina Tabby, Licensed dealer in Tea. £7,000-£10,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). A pair of original illustrations from The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. £8,000-£12,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix, illustrator). A Happy Pair, 1st [and only] edition, 1890. £5,000-£8,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter, c. 1920. £3,000-£5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Fairy Caravan, 1st (autographed limited) edition, 1929. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1st edition, 1903, inscribed by Beatrix Potter. £1,500-£2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, 1st deluxe edition, inscribed by Beatrix Potter. £3,000-£5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1st deluxe edition, 1903, rare trial binding. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tailor of Gloucester, 1st privately printed edition, December 1902. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter Signed, 26 October 1936. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Signed and Inscribed ICAA Christmas Card, 1938. £1,500-£2,000.
  • Gonnelli:
    Auction 63
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    October 7th-9th 2025
    Gonnelli: The Arabian Nights - Alf Laylah wa-Laylah. 1862. Starting price € 25.000
    Gonnelli: Depero futurista. 1927. Starting price € 9.000
    Gonnelli: Dalì, Alchimia dei Filosofi. 1976. Starting price € 3.800
    Gonnelli:
    Auction 63
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    October 7th-9th 2025
    Gonnelli: Cicero, Tusculanae disputationes. 1480. Starting price € 4.800
    Gonnelli: Cassini, De cometa. 1653. Starting price € 10.000
    Gonnelli: Cataldi, Trattato della quadratura del cerchio etc. 1612. Starting price € 8.000
    Gonnelli:
    Auction 63
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    October 7th-9th 2025
    Gonnelli: Cavalieri, Geometria indivisibilibus. 1635. Starting price € 15.000
    Gonnelli: Diophantus, Arithmeticorum libri sex. 1670. Starting price € 15.000
    Gonnelli: Fontana, Novae coelestium observationes. 1646. Starting price € 10.000
    Gonnelli:
    Auction 63
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    October 7th-9th 2025
    Gonnelli: Galileo, Sidereus nuncius. 1610. Starting price € 100.000
    Gonnelli: Pico della Mirandola, Conclusiones nonagentae. 1532. Starting price € 7.000
    Gonnelli: Jansson's Waterworld. 1657. Starting price € 20.000
  • Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: The Corner-stone Document of Irish Freedom: 1916 PROCLAMATION OF THE IRISH REPUBLIC. €100,000 to €150,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Important 18th Century Gaelic Scribal Manuscript. Ceating (Dochtuir) [Keating, Dr. Geoffrey]. Forus Feasa ar Éirinn. €15,000 to €20,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Rare Irish Provincial Printed 18th Century Herbal. K'eogh (John). Botanalogia Universalis Hibernica, or, A General Irish Herbal, Calculated for this Kingdom… €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Somerville (E.OE.) The Discontented Little Elephant. Inscribed presentation copy. €700 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Broadside: “Great News from Dublin, Giving a True Account of the Seizing of a Ship coming from Ireland, with Fifty Commissions from the late King James…” €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Welch (Rbt.) Photographer: Six photographic prints of the Titanic. €800 to €1,200.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Rare Modern Irish Masterpiece. O’Brien (Flann). At Swim-Two-Birds. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Newton (Sir Isaac). Opticks : or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: [Natural History] Donovan (Edward). The Natural History of British Birds; or a Selection of the Most Rare, Beautiful and Interesting Birds which Inhabit this Country. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: The Authors First Publication. Heaney (Seamus). Eleven Poems. €1,000 to €1,500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Heaney (Seamus). Remembering Malibu. €3,500 to €5,000.
  • Chiswick Auctions
    Bulldog Spirit: The Churchill Sale
    30th September 2025
    Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 30: Churchill (Winston Spencer). The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 30: Churchill (Winston Spencer). A V for Victory Cartier silver pendant. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 30: British School, mid 20th century (After Graham Sutherland) Portrait of Sir Winston Churchill. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Chiswick Auctions
    Bulldog Spirit: The Churchill Sale
    30th September 2025
    Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 30: Churchill (Winston Spencer). Signed typed letter, 1963. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 30: Churchill (Winston Spencer). The Collected Works, 38 vol., Centenary Limited Edition. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 30: Churchill (Winston Spencer). Photographic half-length portrait, signed ("Winston Churchill, 1953"). £2,000 to £3,000.

Auction Reports

Rago Arts and Auctions

Auction Info

Auction Name
The Vault: Masterworks of Comic Art
Auction Date
09/09/2025 - 09/09/2025
Sale Number
#90925b
Total Lots
25
Sold Lots
25
Lots Sold
100.00%
Unsold Lots
0
Total Sales (USD)
267,183.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
266,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
400,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
266,000.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
400,000.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
66.80%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
202 Frank Brunner b.1949

Adventure Into Fear #16 Cover Original Art

1973 USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 48,800.00
211 Todd McFarlane b.1961

Amazing Spider-Man #314 Story Page 13 Original Art

1988 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 42,700.00
203 John Romita, Sr. 1930--2023

Spidey Super Stories #27 Cover Original Art

1977 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 31,720.00
215 Charles Vess b.1951

Sandman: A Gallery of Dreams Page 32 Original Art

1994 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 26,840.00
212 Todd McFarlane b.1961

Amazing Spider-Man #311 Story Page 11 Original Art

1988 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 24,400.00
217 Greg Capullo and Todd McFarlane

Spawn #50 Story Page 18B Original Art

1996 USD 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 17,080.00
210 John Byrne and Al Gordon

Fantastic Four #274 Story Splash Page 7 Original Art

1984 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 13,420.00
224 Tyler Kirkham b.1982

Absolute Batman #1 Kirkham Variant Original Cover Art

2025 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 7,930.00
222 Steve McNiven b.1967

Avengers: Empyre #1 Cover Original Art

2020 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,710.00
208 Ernie Colon and Dick Giordano

Unexpected #218 Cover Original Art

1982 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,490.00
200 Lee Elias 1920--1998

Planet Comics #25 Splash Page 9 Original Art

1943 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 5,490.00
209 Al Milgrom and Jim Mooney

Spectacular Spider-Man #82 Story Page 10 Original Art

1983 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 5,124.00
220 Jerome Opena b.1991

Wolverine #1 Cover Original Art

2014 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,270.00
206 Al Milgrom and Jim Mooney

Spectacular Spider-Man #16 Story Page 3 Original Art

1982 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,416.00
204 Jack Kirby and Michael W. Royer

Machine Man #9 Story Page 7 Original Art

1978 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,684.00
223 Simon Bisley b.1962

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 40th Anniversary Cover Original Art and Preliminary Art

2024 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,684.00
213 Herb Trimpe and Mark McKenna

Mighty Thor Annual 15 Story Page 2 Original Art

1990 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,440.00
221 Tony Daniel b.1977

Batman: Faces of Death D.C. Essentials Cover Original Art

2018 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,440.00
201 Rudy Palais 1912--2004

Captain Flight Comics #11 Page 45 Original Art

1947 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,318.00
216 Ron Lim and Al Milgrom

Venom: Nights of Vengeance #1 Story Page 13 Original Art

1994 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,196.00

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  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    1 October
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel & Natural History, Bewick Woodblocks & Ex-Libris
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Sherley (Anthony). Sir Anthony Sherley his Relation of His Travels into Persia, 1st edition, 1613. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Buc'hoz (Pierre-Joseph). Premiere [seconde] Centurie des Plances Enluminees, 2 volumes, 1775-81. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Chinese Export School. An album of 25 fine large botanical studies in watercolour, circa 1830-40. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    1 October
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel & Natural History, Bewick Woodblocks & Ex-Libris
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: World. Schedel (Hartmann), Secunda etas Mundi, Nuremberg: 1493. £5,000 to £8,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Anderson (J. & G. A. Boulenger). Zoology of Egypt, 1898-1907. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Donovan (Edward). Natural History of the Insects of India, 1st edition, 1800. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    1 October
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel & Natural History, Bewick Woodblocks & Ex-Libris
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Wolley (John). Ootheca Wolleyana: an Illustrated Catalogue..., 1864-1907. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Wolley (John). Ootheca Wolleyana: an Illustrated Catalogue..., 1864-1907. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Shackleton (Ernest). South, 1st edition, 1st impression, 1919. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    1 October
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel & Natural History, Bewick Woodblocks & Ex-Libris
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Bell (Robert Anning, 1863-1933). Collection of 71 ex-libris by Robert Anning Bell. £300 to £500.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, 6 vols in 3, 1st quarto edition, 1855-56. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: M'Cormick (Robert). Voyages of Discovery, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1884. £800 to £1,200.
  • Rare Map, Book, and Autograph Fair
    17 and 18 Oct
    Rare Map, Book, and Autograph Fair
    17 and 18 Oct
    Rare Map, Book, and Autograph Fair
    17 and 18 Oct
  • 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
  • 30th September 2025
    Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 30: Dickens: "Phiz" Original Drawings to Little Dorrit. 1857. £25,000 to £35,000.
    Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 30: Shaw (George) & Nodder (Frederick P.) The Naturalist's Miscellany, 24 vols., 1789 – 1813. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 30: Photographic. Afghanistan - Military [1878-80]. Photographic albumen prints. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 30: Tuke Correspondence [Tea, Coffee & Cocoa] etc. 1732-1852. Over five hundred letters. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Chiswick Auctions, Sep. 30: Indian Mutiny. Dodgson. Als' Lucknow 26th.Sept. 1857. £1,200 to £1,500.
  • Sotheby’s
    By a Lady
    1-15 October 2025
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Austen, Jane. A long and intimate autograph letter signed ("JA"), to Cassandra Austen. $300,000 to $400,000.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Austen, Jane. “Lines on Maria Beckford,” autograph manuscript signed ("Jane Austen"). $100,000 to $150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: [Austen, Jane]. Emma, the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy. $250,000 to $350,000.