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Investors Pay Record $850,000 for Batman #1 Comic Book

Batman #1

An investment partnership has paid a record price of $850,000 for a 1940 copy of the Batman #1 comic book, according to officials of Heritage Auctions of Dallas, Texas who arranged the private transaction between the investors and a collector. The comic book originally cost 10 cents when it was published 72 years ago. The [...]

1951 Mickey Mantle World Series Bat Slated for Upcoming Platinum Auction

Mickey Mantle Baseball Bat

With about one month to go before the consignment deadline hits for the Heritage Sports 2012 Platinum Auction, the World’s Largest Collectibles Auctioneer already has some of its key lots in place for what promises to be the year’s best consignment opportunity. While staying focused on collectibles with key characteristics, such as historical firsts, extreme rarity [...]

Todd McFarlane Spider-Man #1 Cover Art and other Modern Masterworks in July

Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction

Heritage Auctions is honored to be offering the Shamus Modern Masterworks Collection of Original Comic Book Art, the greatest group of late 1980s-1990s original comic book art to ever come to auction, beginning in our July 27-28 Signature auction in Beverly Hills. This amazingly deep collection was put together by Martin Shamus, who, as the [...]

Picasso, Modigliani and Warhol Among Luminaries in Modern & Contemporary Art Auction

Pablo Picasso's Déjeuner sur l'herbe

Pablo Picasso’s Déjeuner sur l’herbe, 1962, and Amedeo Modigliani’s Femme nue assise, 1916, are both expected to bring more than $80,000 to lead a pack of art world giants in Heritage Auctions’ May 22 Modern & Contemporary Art Signature Auction, taking place at the company’s Dallas Design District Annex, 1518 Slocum Street. This is a [...]

Very Rare 1958 Rolex James Bond Wristwatch Expected o Bring Over $70,000

Heritage Auctions' Timepieces Signature Auction

A circa 1958 very rare Rolex Ref. 5510 Oyster Perpetual Submariner wrist watch, famously known as the James Bond Big Crown Wristwatch, is expected to bring $70,000+ as the centerpiece of Heritage Auctions May 19 Timepieces Signature Auction, taking place at Center 548, 548 West 22nd Street, in New York. The 5510 is by far [...]

Space-Flown Medals Featured in Heritage Auctions’ Space Exploration Sale

Silver Robbins medal from Apollo 11

Upcoming 2012 May 12 Space Exploration Signature Auction features a number of space-flown medals from astronauts’ personal collections. These medals, graded and encapsulated by NGC, are highly collectible, and should be of considerable interest to many numismatic clients. The top prize from among these medals is a Silver Robbins medal from Apollo 11, one of [...]

Tyrannosaurus May Bring $1,000,000+ in Heritage Auctions’ New York Natural History Event

Eight foot tall, 24 foot long, 75% complete Tyrannosaurus Bataar

Tyrannosaurus bataar, 8-feet high and 24-feet long, leads parade of rare and valuable fossils and gem quality minerals, May 20 One of the great dinosaurs of the Cretaceous era, an eight-foot tall, 24-foot long, 75% complete Tyrannosaurus bataar – the slightly smaller Asian counterpart to the legendary North American T-Rex – will be the centerpiece [...]