![]() ![]() Also demanding top attention were a CGC 6.5 Restored Detective Comics #27 (the first appearance of Batman) for $313,000, a Wonder/Wonderworld run, which broke $450,000, and a high grade run of Mystery Men Comics, which garnered over $400,000. Record sales of comic books included a rare CGC 9.4 copy of Fantastic Comics #3 for $243,000, a CGC 5.5 Action Comics #1 (the first appearance of Superman) for $393,000, and a CGC 5.5 Action Comics #7 for $188,000. ![]() The event delivered on its much ballyhooed promise of rarities, key issues, and ephemera, along with what the company described as very strong results.ĬomicConnect, which has made headlines over the years with the first $1 million sale of a single comic book and then proceeded to repeatedly top that, reported that this auction was their strongest to date and that it attracted investment collectors from around the globe, both new devotees of the vintage comic market and old school fans who haven’t been active in decades. That turned out to be the case of The Jon Berk Original Art and Comic Book Auction at ComicConnect. It’s been said that certain parties in the field would describe the actual one-and-only Holy Grail as “The Holy Grail of Holy Grail Collectors.” Not naming any names here.īut when something actually lives up to the hype, it can make for a very compelling story. As a group, we are at least as guilty, if not more so, than many other niches of society. The world of pop culture collectibles is very far from being a hyperbole-free zone.
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