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Heritage just finished a huge auction. When the final lots closed on their Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction on September 8-12, 2021, the total had climbed to $26.5 million! This topped Heritage’s previous comics and art auction record of $22.4 million, set three months ago in June 2021.Multiple high profile records were set, starting with the Amazing Fantasy #15 CGC 9.6 that realized $3.6 million, making it the highest price ever paid for a comic book. Jack Kirby’s original cover …

A CGC-certified 9.6 copy of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide #1 with white pages sold for $45,600 at Heritage Auctions on Thursday, September 9, 2021. This is more than five times the previously reported highest sale price for CBPG #1.“The most important book in the history of comic collecting, and it’s astonishing that a copy has survived in this condition. The whiteness of the cover is remarkable – even nice copies we’ve seen tend to have a fair bit of tanning. Given the thick …

The friendly neighborhood Spider-Man’s debut appearance has just set a new world record for most valuable comic. Amazing Fantasy #15 CGC 9.6 – the highest known grade – sold for $3.6 million at Heritage in their Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction on September 9, 2021.“What better book to break the record than the debut of Marvel’s most beloved character, Spider-Man?” Heritage Vice President Lon Allen said. “Amazing Fantasy #15 is the Action Comics #1 or Detective Comics #27 of th …

An 1894 small silver dime that was made by the San Francisco Mint recently sold for $1.8 million. The coin was acquired by Legend Numismatics of Lincroft, NJ on behalf of collector Bruce Morelan of Las Vegas.“Mint records indicate only 24 dimes were struck at the San Francisco Mint in 1894. Today only nine of them with that date on the front and the letter S mintmark on the back are known to still exist. This was a record price for this particular example,” Legend President Laura Sperber …

A highest graded copy of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 CGC 9.8 sold in ComicConnect’s fixed price marketplace for a record setting $245,000. Published in 1984, the comic features the first appearance of the Turtles, Master Splinter, and the teen team’s archnemesis, Shredder.“This is the most important comic published in the last 40 years and stands as a keystone of pop culture today,” ComicConnect COO Vincent Zurzolo said. “The creators transformed what was an inside joke into a …

On July 28, 2021, ComicLink produced two record sales in grade for Amazing Fantasy #15 in their first day of closings for the current Focused Auction. An Amazing Fantasy #15 CGC 6.0 went for a record $90,000 and a CGC 4.0 went for a record $54,000. “ComicLink has a long history of setting records in grade for Amazing Fantasy #15, which of course is the first appearance and origin of Spider-Man. Just last month we auctioned a CGC 7.0 example for a record $191,000 and back in February of 202 …

Heritage hosted their first Trading Card Games Auction on July 24-25, 2021, and it proved that the TCG market is thriving. The auction bested preauction estimates and had a 100% sell-through rate on its way to a total of $3,473,102.The auction’s top seller was a Pokémon First Edition Base Set Sealed Booster Box that realized $384,000. The highly coveted base set features 102 cards, including the popular highly-sought Charizard.“We are thrilled with the results of this auction,” Heritag …