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Auction Name The DC Universe Collection Part 3: The Golden Age Total Sales (USD) 480,237.50
Auction Date August 01, 2024 - August 01, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 401,450.00
Sale Number #3037 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 623,250.00
Total Lots 497
Sold Lots 493 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 403,350.00
% of Lots Sold 99.20% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 626,150.00
Unsold Lots 4 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 76.70%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
220

FLASH COMICS No. 1 * Origin and 1st Appearance: The Flash and Hawkman

January, 1940 USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 37,500.00
42

ALL-AMERICAN COMICS No. 16 * Origin and 1st Appearance of Green Lantern

July, 1940 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 34,375.00
387

MORE FUN COMICS No. 73 * Origin and 1st Appearance of Aquaman * 1st Green Arrow

November, 1941 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 28,125.00
398

SENSATION COMICS No. 1 * 2nd Appearance of Wonder Woman

January, 1942 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 21,250.00
136

ALL STAR COMICS No. 8 * Origin and 1st Appearance of Wonder Woman

December, 1941-January, 1942 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 20,000.00
366

MORE FUN COMICS No. 52 * Origin and 1st Appearance of The Spectre

February, 1940 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 17,500.00
1

ADVENTURE COMICS No. 40 * The Sandman Begins

July, 1939 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 16,250.00
305

FLASH COMICS No. 86 * 1st Appearance of Black Canary

August, 1947 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 7,500.00
368

MORE FUN COMICS No. 54

April, 1940 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,500.00
370

MORE FUN COMICS No. 56 * 1st Doctor Fate Cover

June, 1940 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,500.00
131

ALL STAR COMICS No. 3 * 1st Appearance of The Justice Society of America

Winter, 1940 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,875.00
87

ALL-AMERICAN COMICS No. 61 * 1st Appearance of Solomon Grundy

October, 1944 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,625.00
367

MORE FUN COMICS No. 53 * Origin of The Spectre, Part Two

March, 1940 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,625.00
369

MORE FUN COMICS No. 55 * 1st Appearance of Dr. Fate

May, 1940 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,375.00
388

MORE FUN COMICS No. 74 * 2nd Appearance of Aquaman

December, 1941 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,062.50
438

WONDER WOMAN No. 1

Summer 1942 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 4,062.50
403

SENSATION COMICS No. 6 * 1st Appearance of Wonder Woman's Magic Lasso

June, 1942 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,750.00
7

ADVENTURE COMICS No. 46

January, 1940 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,437.50
43

ALL-AMERICAN COMICS No. 17

August, 1940 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,437.50
311

FLASH COMICS No. 92 * 1st Solo Black Canary

February, 1948 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,437.50
323

FLASH COMICS No. 104

February, 1949 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,437.50
324

GREEN LANTERN No. 1

Fall 1941 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,437.50
373

MORE FUN COMICS No. 59

September, 1940 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,437.50
22

ADVENTURE COMICS No. 61 * 1st Appearance of Starman

April, 1941 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,125.00
47

ALL-AMERICAN COMICS No. 21

December, 1940 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,125.00
  • Leland Little, Jan. 22: The First Issue of Robert Frost's A Boy's Will, In Extremely Scarce Binding.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Knight's An Account of the Remains of the Worship of Priapus.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: First Edition of Locke's Important Treatise Some Thoughts Concerning Education.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: The Richly Illustrated First French Edition of Voyages de Corneille Le Brun par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes Orientales.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Scarce First Issue of An Account of the Province of Carolina in America, Finely Bound and With Celebrated John Speed Map.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Humphrey's An Historical Account, Complete with Scarce Folding Maps.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: First Edition of Chamberlain's Scarce Civil War Memoir The Passing of the Armies.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: A Rare Photograph of David Bruce Brown and #48 Fiat.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: George Cruikshank (England, 1792-1878), Archive of Sketches, Notes, and Letters.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Extremely Scarce Copy of Die Samländische Ode (The Samland Ode), Signed by Max Pechstein.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Andy Warhol's The Thirteen Most Wanted Men Exhibition Catalogue.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Edward Ruscha (American, b. 1937), Every Building on the Sunset Strip.
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