Archive for April, 2010

10 Cool Lots From the May 2010 Heritage Auction

Camp Comics #2 Mile High pedigree (Dell, 1942) CGC NM 9.4 White pages.

I've never seen this book before and the Church copy no less.

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Fantastic Four #1 CGC 9.4 Sells for $210,000

It was the crown jewel of the Pedigree Grand Auction that closed tonight.

High eBay Comics Item for the Week Ending 2010.4.24 (Hal Foster Sunday)

Hal Foster Tarzan Sunday 7/10/1932 original comic art

Winning bid: US $18,100.00 Seller: russcochrancomicart ( 945 )

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I Didn't Mention These – Two New Incredible Sales

Sorry! I've been busy.

I thought I might as well post them and point out that I updated the all time record comic book sales.

Detective #27 CGC 6.0 Sells For $575,000

Metropolis sold this book for a ridiculous amount of money:
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High eBay Comics Item for the Week Ending 2010.4.17 (All Select Comics #1)

All Select Comics #1 CGC 8.5 Timely Schomburg WWII

Sold For: US $5,999.99 Seller: fantacomics ( 455 )

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High eBay Comics Item for the Week Ending 2010.4.10

Jack Kirby Original – Captain America #6 Timely 1941

Winning bid: US $38,050.00 Seller: jscomics ( 38167 )

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High eBay Comics Item for the Week Ending 2010.04.03

X-men 1 CGC 9.0 VF/NM 1963 1st app X-men & Magneto

Filter does it again and he just misses the ebay record list.

Winning bid: US $25,100.00 Seller: filter81 ( 734 )

Description:

In this auction you are bidding on X-men 1 CGC 9.0 VF/NM. This issue features the 1st appearance of the X-men and Magneto! This is the comic that started an entire franchise! This issue is very difficult to find in high grade (and its even more difficult trying to find someone willing to sell a copy in high grade) and this copy currently ranks in the top 2% of all X-men 1s graded by CGC!

According to GPA, the last time a CGC 9.0 sold in public auction was for $33,333 in August '09. (Though another 9.0 sold more recently on a private website for $37,500!)

With X-men: First Class (centered around the origin of the X-men and Magneto) due to hit Theaters in 2012, this comic is about to get hot! And with Wolverine 2 and X-men 4 already in the planning stages after that, the X-men franchise looks like it will continue to be in the spotlight for years to come. With the 1st appearance of Spider-man already selling for well over 6 figures in similar grade, the value of this book has nowhere to go but up!

And the book: