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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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  • <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.
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