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A Puck From The Stanley Cup Final Game Of 1928, Won By The New York Rangers, 2-1, Scores Big In Weiss Auctions’ April 14 Sale, Bringing $66,000
The puck was the top achiever in a 500-lot auction that grossed more than $1.1 million. The sale’s lot price averaged over two thousand dollars, and graded comic books saw record prices. Hockey puck used in the final Stanley Cup Game in 1928, won by the New York Rangers, 2-1,…
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Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers’ Spring Comic, Tcg (Trading Card Game, For Pokémon) And Toy Auction Will Be Held Saturday, March 27th, At 10 Am
The 444-lot sale features a Giant-Size X-Men #1 9.0, a 1st ed. Charizard, original artwork for TMNT, a 1999 Pokémon Jungle 1st edition factory sealed booster box and much more. Marvel Comics Giant-Size X-Men #1 (Summer 1975), graded CGC 9.0, features the first appearance of Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus and Thunderbird…
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Saturday Evening Post Covers Pop in Swann Illustration Sale
Records for Joseph F. Kernan, Leslie Thrasher, Ruth Eastman & more Joseph F. Kernan, College Football, cover of The Saturday Evening Post, oil on canvas, 1932. Sold for $75,000, a record for the artist. ILLUSTRATION ART FEATURING THE DICK MCDONOUGH COLLECTION OF GOLF ILLUSTRATION Sale 2556; January 28, 2021 Sale…
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Photographs, Manuscripts, and Rare Editions on Offer at Freeman’s
A French explorer, cartographer, and the “Father of New France,” Samuel de Champlain published his second book in 1613 detailing his expeditions in the New World. Titled Les Voyages du Sieur de Champlain, he gives an account of his travels along the Atlantic coast and into Canada. De Champlain also…
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Auction Results: Tintin Drawing Sets New Record With Artcurial
Artcurial opened the 2021 auction season with two comic book sales on January 14th. The first event concluded with a sale total of EUR 4,068,837 (USD 4,939,895). This auction was devoted to Hergé, the Belgian cartoonist behind The Adventures of Tintin. A rejected cover for the comic strip achieved the…
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Stan Lee’s Marvel Comics Available at Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers
In response to the growing interest in superhero narratives, Goodman commissioned writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby to create the Fantastic Four. With the launch of Fantastic Four #1 in 1961, Marvel unveiled a superhero setting based on the real world. The popularity of the Fantastic Four prompted the…
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Super rare Pokémon SM Black Star “Ishihara GX” promotional trading card soars to $50,600 at Weiss Auctions, Nov. 19-20
The card, issued in 2017, is one of only about 60 copies in existence and just the fourth copy to ever reach the market. Overall, the auction grossed $675,000. Extremely rare Pokémon SM Black Star “Ishihara GX” promotional trading card, graded PSA 8 Near Mint/Mint, one of only about 60…
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The Steve Turner Collection of African Americana Comes to Cowan’s Auction Block
Camilius S. Fly’s photo of an unidentified Buffalo Soldier is up for bid in Cowan’s Auctions’ upcoming The Road West sale, featuring the Steve Turner Collection of African Americana. Fly served as the principal photographer of Tombstone, Arizona beginning when he moved there in 1879. He took well-known photographs of…
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Artifacts From The Production Archives of Hollywood Will Be Sold by Julien's Auctions
Scottish actor Sir Sean Connery was the first to portray James Bond in the eponymous movies. He used a Walther PP handgun in the debut Bond film, Dr. No (1962). The silhouette of the weapon went on to become associated with the iconic character. The upcoming Icons & Idols Trilogy:…
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Julien's Auctions Offers Inside Access to Olivia Newton-John's Personal Collection
A pop culture icon and four-time Grammy award winner, Olivia Newton-John has been an advocate of plant-based medicine ever since it helped cure her cancer pain. She founded the Olivia Newton-John (ONJ) Foundation as an independent charity that funds scientific research and evidence-based wellness programs to cure cancer. The upcoming…
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Original handwritten lyrics to the 1956 Elvis Presley hit song Heartbreak Hotel will be auctioned November 19th-20th
The lyrics are an expected top lot in the online-only Thursday-Friday sale planned by Weiss Auctions, based in Lynbrook, N.Y., at 10 am Eastern time both days. Original handwritten lyrics to the classic 1956 Elvis Presley hit song Heartbreak Hotel, written in 1955 by Mae Boren Axton, a high school…
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Upcoming auction from Bruneau and Co. Auctioneers slated to delight Comic and Pokemon collectors
After the success of the Incredible Hulk, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby wanted to introduce an even stronger superhero. They decided that Thor, the Viking god, would be Marvel Comics' next big character. Thor, along with his legendary hammer Mjolnir, was introduced in the 1962 issue of Journey into Mystery…
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Bruneau & Co.'s October 17th Pop Culture auction is packed with vintage comic books, Pokémon collectibles, toys, dolls
The auction, starting at 10 am Eastern, has limited in-house seating by appointment only for active bidders. They can reserve a seat by calling 401-533-9980. Copy of Marvel Comics Journey Into Mystery #83 (Aug. 1962), featuring the origin and first appearance of Thor, graded CGC 1.8, with off-white pages (est.…
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Leo Tolstoy's grandson's World War II flight jacket will be auctioned by EstateOfMind on October 3rd, live and online
Included with the flight jacket are 29 albums of Ilya A. Tolstoy’s top-secret photos for the Office of Strategic Services’ China-Burma-India theater mission. The personal World War II flight jacket of Count and Colonel Ilya A. Tolstoy, the grandson of the renowned Russian author and Count Leo (Lev) Tolstoy (War…
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Sealed Pokémon Box Set Sells for World-Record $198,000 at Heritage Auctions
Result for first edition of 1999 Booster Packs more than doubles previous record Pokémon First Edition Base Set Sealed Booster Box DALLAS, Texas (September 10, 2020) — A rare sealed Pokémon booster set broke a world record Thursday when it sold for $198,000 Thursday, Sept. 10, in Heritage Auctions' Comics &…
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A Bright Light From a Dark Knight as Heritage Auctions Hosts The Hero Initiative’s ‘Batman 100 Project’
More than 100 of the comics industry’s best artists donate talents to this fundraiser benefitting writers, artists in need Hero Initiative Batman 100 DALLAS, Texas (August 27, 2020) – Heritage Auctions is proud to partner with The Hero Initiative to offer The Batman 100 Project, which features more than 100 original Dark Knight covers…
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Julien’s Auctions & Musicares® Foundation Relief Fund Auction
This upcoming charity relief event, presented by Julien's Auctions, benefits MusiCares, an organization providing emergency resources and support to musicians. Among the featured lots is an amplifier used by the Rolling Stones’ bass guitarist, Bill Wyman, during their Steel Wheels/ Urban Jungle tour. The 1989/ 1990 tour was their first…
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Disneyland: The First 65 Years - Day 2
An original roller coaster car from the Space Mountain ride at Disneyland is featured on the second day of the upcoming Disneyland: The First 65 Years event, presented by Van Eaton Galleries. Space Mountain debuted in 1977 as Disneyland’s second roller coaster. It also expanded the offerings at the park’s…
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TCM Presents ... California Dreaming
Though there are many cultural touchstones in the upcoming California Dreaming auction, offered by Bonhams, the sale is anchored by items from Hollywood. One of the notable film props up for bid is a Saint Christopher medallion worn by Elvis Presley in the hit film Jailhouse Rock (1957). The lot…
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Disneyland: The First 65 Years - Day 1
Two years before the release of Sleeping Beauty (1959), Walt Disney was already preparing for an attraction dedicated to the animated movie at Disneyland. One of Disney’s main concerns with what would become the Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough was the empty space inside. To solve this, he asked animator Eyvind…
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