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Auction Name Pre-Code Horror & Crime Comics Showcase Auction Total Sales (USD) 527,311.60
Auction Date October 24, 2024 - October 25, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #40272 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 556
Sold Lots 556 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
81161

Eerie #1 (1947) (Avon, 1947) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages.

1947 Not Available USD 25,200.00
81491

Venus #19 (Atlas, 1952) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages.

1952 Not Available USD 17,400.00
81077

Crime Does Not Pay #24 (Lev Gleason, 1942) CGC FN 6.0 Light tan to off-white pages.

1942 Not Available USD 16,200.00
81490

Venus #18 (Atlas, 1952) CGC VF 8.0 White pages.

1952 Not Available USD 14,400.00
81286

Journey Into Mystery #6 (Atlas, 1953) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white to white pages.

1953 Not Available USD 13,800.00
81482

This Magazine Is Haunted #16 (Charlton, 1954) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages.

1954 Not Available USD 12,000.00
81334

Men's Adventures #24 (Atlas, 1953) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages.

1953 Not Available USD 9,600.00
81354

Mysterious Adventures #13 (Story Comics, 1953) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Off-white pages.

1953 Not Available USD 7,800.00
81057

Chilling Tales #15 Northford Pedigree (Youthful Magazines, 1953) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages.

1953 Not Available USD 7,200.00
81209

Fight Against Crime #20 (Story Comics, 1954) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white pages.

1954 Not Available USD 7,200.00
81328

Marvel Tales #124 (Atlas, 1954) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages.

1954 Not Available USD 6,600.00
81240

Haunted Thrills #5 (Farrell, 1953) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages.

1953 Not Available USD 5,760.00
81248

Haunted Thrills #13 (Farrell, 1954) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages.

1954 Not Available USD 5,760.00
81131

Dark Mysteries #19 (Master Publications, 1954) CGC VF- 7.5 White pages.

1954 Not Available USD 5,400.00
81241

Haunted Thrills #6 (Farrell, 1953) CGC FN- 5.5 Cream to off-white pages.

1953 Not Available USD 5,040.00
81263

Horrific #1 Davis Crippen ("D" Copy) Pedigree (Comic Media, 1952) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.

1952 Not Available USD 5,040.00
81451

Strange Terrors #4 River City Pedigree (St. John, 1952) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages.

1952 Not Available USD 5,040.00
81519

Wanted Comics #52 (Orbit, 1953) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages.

1953 Not Available USD 5,040.00
81406

Scoop Comics #8 Davis Crippen ("D" Copy) Pedigree (Chesler, 1944) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white pages.

1944 Not Available USD 4,920.00
81289

Journey Into Unknown Worlds #28 (Atlas, 1954) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages.

1954 Not Available USD 4,680.00
81265

Horrific #3 (Comic Media, 1953) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white to white pages.

1953 Not Available USD 4,560.00
81306

Liberty Comics #12 Crowley Copy Pedigree (Green Publishing Co., 1946) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Cream to off-white pages.

1946 Not Available USD 4,440.00
81001

Adventures Into Darkness #7 (Standard, 1952) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages.

1952 Not Available USD 4,320.00
81065

Clue Comics V2#2 (Hillman Publications, 1947) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages.

1947 Not Available USD 4,080.00
81481

This Magazine Is Haunted #11 (Fawcett Publications, 1953) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages.

1953 Not Available USD 4,080.00
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    Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
    November 14
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: LEROUX, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera. FIRST AM. ED, FIRST ISSUE IN THE VERY RARE DUST JACKET. 1911. $6,000 – 8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD, John. A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds. L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: ORWELL, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Lon., 1949. FIRST EDITION IN A VERY FINE DUST JACKET. $6,000 – 8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD. A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans. L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: The Federalist. NY, 1788. FIRST EDITION, THICK PAPER COPY. $60,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: SELBY. Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology. Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.
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    Le Neptune Oriental
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    CASSAS
    Eaux fortes de la Sicile et quelques vues d’Espagne
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    CASSINI DE THURY
    Carte générale et particulière de la France.
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    JOUY; GARNERAY
    Vues des côtes de France dans l'Océan et dans la Méditerranée
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LA PÉROUSE
    Voyage autour du monde
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LE GENTIL DE LA GALAISIERE
    Voyage dans les Mers de l’Inde
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LICENT
    Hoang Ho, Pai Ho, Loan Ho, Leao Ho. Itinéraires suivis dans le bassin du golfe du Pei Tcheuly
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    FRENCH SCHOOL FROM THE 19th CENTURY
    Panorama d’Athènes
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    PEETERS
    Description des principales villes, havres et isles du golfe de Venise
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    PÉRON; FREYCINET
    Voyage de découverte aux terres australes
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    STACKELBERG
    La Grèce : vues pittoresques et topographiques.
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    VALENTINER
    Atlas des Sonnensystems.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online Sale:
    The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
    Ending 7th November, 2024
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). The Thirteen Problems, first edition, The Crime Club, 1932. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Dumb Witness, first edition, 1937. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Cards on the Table, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. Drop to his Death, first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Berkeley (Anthony). Jumping Jenny, first edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions
    Online Sale:
    The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
    Ending 7th November, 2024
    Forum, Nov. 7: Marsh (Ngaio). Overture to Death, first edition, The Crime Club, 1939. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". The Beast Must Die, first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Brand (Christianna). Green for Danger, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1945. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Murder is Easy, first edition, signed by the author, 1939. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Sayers (Dorothy L.) Lord Peter Views the Body, first edition, Gollancz, 1928. £6,000 to £8,000.
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    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
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