By Intelligent Collector Staff A unicorn-grade copy of Fantastic Four No. 1, the 1961 comic that launched the Marvel Universe, realized $2.04 million at Heritage Auctions’ Sept. 12–15 Comics & Comic Art Signature event. The book is CGC NM+ 9.6, White pages, one of only two examples known at that grade. Heritage notes the issue […]
Continue ReadingFrazetta’s ‘Conan’ Cover Painting Sells for $13.5 Million, Setting a New Benchmark for Comic & Fantasy Art
By Intelligent Collector Staff Frank Frazetta’s visceral vision of Robert E. Howard’s hero just climbed to the summit of comic and fantasy art. Heritage Auctions sold the Conan Novel Cover Painting Original Art (Lancer/Ace, 1967), the image long known to collectors as Man Ape, for $13.5 million with premium in a dedicated, one-lot auction. According […]
Continue ReadingJapanese-Made 1966 Batmobile Tin Toy Sets $150,000 World Record at Heritage
By Intelligent Collector Staff After a spirited bidding war, a Japanese-made 1966 Batmobile tin toy roared to $150,000 including buyer’s premium at Heritage Auctions, a world-record price for any Batman toy at auction. The wind-up, produced by Yonezawa and featuring a painted plastic Batman driver, was offered with its original box. It topped Heritage’s sold-out […]
Continue ReadingPrerelease ‘Raichu’ Error Card Sets English Pokémon TCG Record at $550,000
A Fabergé cloisonné punch service by Feodor Rückert sold for $750,000 at Heritage, setting a world record and leading a $2.45 million auction.
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