ComicLink’s January Focused Auction. This is my first Auction Highlight of 2012 and I think it’s a good time to try to  take stock of the market, to see where some of the most heavily traded “blue chip” comic books stand. Perhaps these results are barometers of what’s to...

ComicConnect December 2011 Event Auction The big ComicConnect.com Event auction has ended. This auction gained worldwide attention thanks to the the coup of having a CGC graded 9.0 copy of Action Comics #1 up for grabs. My post on the record breaking sale can be read here. This auction...

ComicLink November 2011 Featured Auction The November ComicLink Featured Auction has just ended. I really liked this auction, there was a little something here for everybody! The top 50 comics were an interesting mix. Of the top 50 there were 16 DCs, 1 Harvey, 1 EC, 27 Marvels and 5 Timelys....

ComicLink October 2011 Focused Auction The ComicLink Focused Auction has just ended. OK I thought September’s ComicLink Auction was Marvel heavy but boy this was even worse! There was only 1 DC in the top 75 and that of course was our old standby Green Lantern #76. A nice CGC 9.6 GL #76 went...

ComicLink September 2011 Focused Auction The ComicLink Focused Auction ended last week. I cannot remember a more Marvel heavy auction! Of the top 33 comics only 1 DC cracked the Marvel dominance. DC’s Green Lantern #76 graded a CGC 9.6 sold for $5,400 and that was good enough for 10th spot....

ComicLink June 2011 Focused Auction The ComicLink Focused Featured Auction has just ended. Of the top 50 sales 45 were Marvel while 4 were DC and there was one Warren Magazine Vamperella #1 (a CGC 9.4 that sold for $2,117.00). Of the top 50 sales 43 were Silver Age comics while the remaining 7...

ComicLink May 2011 Featured Auction The ComicLink May Featured Auction has just ended. Of the top 50 sales 35 were Timely/Marvel while 13 were DC and there was also the Holy Grail of underground comics Zap #1 (a CGC 9.6 sold for $18,100.00) and there was a Warren Magazine Vamperella #1 (a CGC...

Pedigree Grand Auction, May 17th Thanks to Charlie’s egging in the comments field of my last ComicLink Auction Highlights I’ve decided to cover my first Pedigree Grand Auction. Pedigree has been around for a while and they’ve produced some record sales in the past so there’s really no...

This is great news! A gorgeous (check the pic) CGC graded 9.4 with White Pages copy of Fantastic Four #1 has been sold by Metropolis Comics for $300,000.00. I think Fantastic Four #1 is the most important Marvel ever published and I’ll argue that it’s the second most important superhero...

ComicLink March Focused Auction The ComicLink March Focused Auction has just ended. This time around I want to focus on a “Tale of Two Comics”. Amazing Spider-Man #1 (ASM  #1) and Journey into Mystery #83 (JIM #83) are two comics heading in opposite directions. Luckily a 9.0 Off White...

A CGC graded 9.6 copy of Amazing Fantasy #15 (published in August 1962 and featuring the first appearance of the Amazing Spiderman) has just sold for $1.1 million dollars in a private deal. This sale now has the distinction of being the second highest price ever paid for a comic book....

ComicLink February  Featured Auction I love ComicLink featured auctions, they always have some great books posted for the event and there are always headline earning results to report. Here’s a few highlights from the auction. Action Comics #1, DC Comics (June/1938) Graded by CGC at 0.5...

ComicLink January Focused Auction The ComicLink January Focused Auction has just ended. True to ComicLink form 19 of the top 20 sales were Marvels. DC’s only top 20 book was a Rocky Mountain Pedigree copy of Detective Comics #359 (CGC 9.8) that took 3rd spot fetching a cool $9,300.00....

Do Christmas covers on comic books equal easy sales this time of year? Dell Giant #40, Dell Publishing (12/60) Graded by CGC at 9.4 with Cream to Off White pages sold for $51.55 on eBay on December 12th. The 40th edition Overstreet price guide value for this comic at 9.2 is $125.00. Wow, this...

Detective Comics #27, DC Comics, (May 1939) Graded by CGC at 7.0 with Off White pages sold for $492,937.00 (including the buyers premium) on Heritage Auctions on November 17th. Detective Comics #27 is considered by many to be the second Holy Grail of comic book collecting (behind Action Comics...

Amazing Spider-Man #1 I was rummaging through a bunch eBay auctions when I came across some interesting activity around Amazing Spider-Man #1. Amazing Spider-Man #1, Marvel Comics (March, 1963) Graded by CGC at 2.5 with Off White to White pages sold on eBay for $1,434.00 on October 6th....

I was poking around the auction sites and noticed some very sporadic activity around the Star Wars #1 comic book. The regular edition (30 cent cover) of Star Wars #1 is a very popular book. The thing is also as common as sand. The CGC graded numbers alone are staggering; as of this post there...

ComicLink Focused Auction The ComicLink Focused Auctions are never as exciting as the Comic Link Features Auctions. Still, some very interesting things transpired. Let’s have a peek at what went down. Tales to Astonish #57, Marvel Comics (July/1964) Graded by PGX at 9.6 with Off White...

A regular reader of my Auction Highlights sent me this link. I like it and I’ll break with the tradition of highlighting just graded comics to report it to you...

ComicLink August Featured Auction The ComicLink August Featured Auction has ended. I really like these Featured Auctions because they are not dominated by Silver and Bronze Age Marvels. In last month’s ComicLink Focused Auction 94% of the top 50 comics traded were Marvels. This time around Marvel represents only 42% of the top 50 books. DCs came in at 26%, original art 14%...