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Auction Name
The DC Universe Collection Part 5: Silver, Gold and Bronze
Auction Date
05/22/2025 - 05/22/2025
Sale Number
#3045
Total Lots
498
Sold Lots
452
Lots Sold
90.76%
Unsold Lots
46
Total Sales (USD)
147,962.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
123,170.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
199,640.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
127,220.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
207,720.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
71.23%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
301

SUPERMAN No. 1 * Certified 1st Printing

Summer, 1939 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 50,000.00
278

SHOWCASE No. 4 * Origin & 1st Appearance: Silver Age FLASH

September-October, 1956 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 11,875.00
284

SHOWCASE No. 22 * Origin & 1st Appearance: Silver Age GREEN LANTERN

September-October, 1959 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,750.00
56

BATMAN No. 121 * 1st Appearance: Mister Freeze

February, 1959 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,500.00
186

MORE FUN COMICS No. 101 * Origin and 1st Appearance: SUPERBOY

January-February, 1945 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,375.00
148

HOUSE OF MYSTERY No. 1 * DC's 1st Horror Mag

December, 1951-January, 1952 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,375.00
185

MILITARY COMICS No. 1 * Origin and 1st Appearance: BLACKHAWK

August, 1941 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,250.00
190

PLASTIC MAN No Number [No. 1]

1943 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,250.00
168

HOUSE OF SECRETS No. 92 * 1st Appearance: SWAMP THING

June-July, 1971 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,250.00
83

BRAVE AND THE BOLD No. 28 * 1st Appearance: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA

February-March, 1960 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,125.00
55

BATMAN No. 50

December, 1948-January, 1949 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,062.50
104

FLASH No. 105 * Origin of The FLASH

February-March, 1959 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 875.00
250

SENSATION COMICS No. 68 * 1st Appearance: HUNTRESS

August, 1947 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 625.00
187

MOVIE COMICS Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 * Full Run * Lot of Six Comics

1939 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 593.75
206

POLICE COMICS No. 11 * 1st Comic Book Appearance of The Spirit

September, 1942 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 531.25
28

ADVENTURE COMICS No. 247 * 1st Appearance: LEGION of SUPER-HEROES

April, 1958 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 531.25
132

GREEN LANTERN No. 1

July-August, 1960 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 531.25
269

SENSATION COMICS No. 101

January-February, 1951 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
220

POLICE COMICS Nos. 105, 108, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 127 * Lot of 17 Comics

1951-1953 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 468.75
233

SENSATION COMICS No. 35

November, 1944 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 468.75

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