COMICS & COMIC ART

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COMICS & COMIC ART

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WHY CONSIGN YOUR COLLECTION

TO HERITAGE AUCTIONS?

You’ve spent years, even decades, putting your collection together, and maybe the time has

come to sell. Or perhaps you’ve inherited some items as part of an estate. Whatever your

situation, whatever your reason, you have one goal: to realize the very best price for every piece.

Heritage Auctions, the world’s third largest auction house, can help you accomplish that goal.

YOUR CONSIGNMENT DECISION

Heritage Auctions knows that educating yourself is the most important step in the process of

selecting your auctioneer, and we want to make sure you have all the tools you need to make

an educated decision. Examine the advantages that Heritage offers, and you will learn how we

continually achieve some of the highest prices in the marketplace.

Your consignment is welcome, no matter the size, whether it is an entire collection or a single

valuable piece. We answer your questions, provide practical options, and help you decide which

items are most appropriate for our various auction venues. In order to maximize your profits,

we develop the best sales strategy for your collection, from estimating and researching your

comics or artwork, to presenting it to the right buyers. Our offices and galleries in Dallas, New

York, Beverly Hills, San Francisco and Chicago allow for extensive advertising and promotion in

America’s largest and richest markets.

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OUR MISSION — Our mission is to be the world’s most trusted

and efficient marketplace and information resource serving owners of fine art,

vintage collectibles and other precious objects.

Our knowledgeable staff and suite of auction tools help our clients assemble

the best collections possible using the latest technological advancements – far

and away the best in the business – that ultimately enhance the personal and

financial well-being of our consignors.

EXPERIENCE — Heritage Auctions has presented more than 9,300

successful auctions, selling more than $873 million in 2020. More than 336,000

consignments have been sold successfully, with full, timely payment to every

consignor. 85,154 bidders have used our unique and patented HERITAGE

Live!®1 online bidding platform, winning more than 1,199,016 lots valued well in

excess of $1.8 billion in recent years.

STRONG PRICES REALIZED — Some of our notable auction

results of the last few years are shown on these pages. We look forward to

attaining similarly impressive results for your pieces. Our success in the comic

auction realm is second to none. Our ten most recent Comic & Comic Art

Signature® auctions (January 2019 through January 2021) have averaged an

astonishing $10 million-plus each in prices realized on behalf of our consignors.

We’re especially proud of this landmark achievement because no auction firm

other than Heritage has ever conducted even one $10 million Comics & Comic

Art auction.

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MARVEL COMICS #1

Windy City pedigree (Timely, 1939)

CGC NM 9.4 Off-white pages

SOLD for $1,260,000November 2019

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BATMAN #1

(DC, 1940) CGC NM 9.4 White pages

SOLD for $2,220,000January 2020

FRANK FRAZETTA

Egyptian Queen

Painting Original Art (1969)

SOLD for $5,400,000May 2019

DETECTIVE COMICS #27

(DC, 1939) CGC FN/VF 7.0

Off-white pages

SOLD for $1,500,000 November 2020

on the cover:

1. THE INCREDIBLE HULK #1

(Marvel, 1962) CGC NM- 9.2 White pages

SOLD for $336,000 November 2018

2. ACTION COMICS #1

(DC, 1938) CGC FN- 5.5

Cream to off-white pages.

SOLD for $956,000August 2016

3. FRANK MILLER BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT

RETURNS #2. Cover Original Art (DC, 1986)

SOLD for $478,000 August 2013

4. FANTASTIC FOUR #1

White Mountain Pedigree

(Marvel, 1961) CGC NM-9.2

SOLD for $203,150

July 2012

5. NEAL ADAMS Green Lantern #76 Cover Original Art (DC, 1970)


THE AVENGERS #1

(Marvel, 1963) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages


AMAZING FANTASY #15

(Marvel, 1962) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages

SOLD for $795,000 March 2020

FRANK FRAZETTA

Famous Funnies #209

Cover Original Art

(Eastern Color, 1953)

SOLD for $552,000 February 2019

WHAT SETS HERITAGE

AUCTIONS APART?

APPRAISAL SERVICES —

Heritage Auctions has recently organized its

appraisal services into a centralized department

that will produce formal fair market value and

retail replacement appraisals for estate tax, gift

tax, financial planning, insurance and charitable

donation purposes. Working with our experts,

you will receive thorough, illustrated appraisal

reports written in compliance with all IRS, USPAP

and Insurance standards. Should you later

decide to sell your property listed in a Heritage

appraisal, all fees will be rebated in full or on a

prorated basis against the seller’s commissions.

Heritage Auctions employs the top talent in the

appraisal business to give you the best possible

information on the value of your collection.

MULTIPLE VENUES TO

ACCOMMODATE YOUR ENTIRE

COLLECTION — We realize that most

collections include a variety of material, from

the rare and valuable to the more common. For

this reason, Heritage Auctions has established

multiple selling venues, several with low lot

minimums, so that we can likely handle the

entirety of your consignment, rather than “cherry

picking” the best material and leaving you with

the rest, as many auction houses are renowned

for doing.

Heritage’s Signature® auctions are for the most

valuable material in your collection. These

items are spotlighted in our full-color illustrated

catalogs, which are sent to our best buyers.

Signature® auctions consist of exciting live floor

sessions in which bidders from all over the world

compete for your treasures

in person, over the phone

and through

HERITAGE Live!®

EXPERT CATALOGING AND

PRESENTATION — Heritage Auctions understands

that presentation is a key factor to generating demand. Our

experts describe each of your consigned items to maximize its

appeal while maintaining strict standards for accuracy.

The award-winning catalogs produced for each of our

Signature® auctions are second to none: beautifully produced

by professional graphic designers with full-color images of

each lot composed in detail by professional photographers.

The result is a book that is both a gorgeous and collectible

auction catalog, and a treasured reference work for students,

scholars and collectors. Such an elaborate presentation will

no doubt make you proud and ensure your legacy for years to

come.

WORLDWIDE MARKETING REACH —

Our auctions are events watched by the world. Previous

auctions have generated national and international press

coverage on major TV, radio, newspaper and Internet news

outlets. Every year we spend $20+ million dollars marketing

our consignors’ items to a worldwide audience.

Marketing campaigns begin with press releases to a variety

of news organizations announcing important consignments

and significant highlights, followed by advertisements in trade

publications and mainstream press. Updates and targeted

messaging are also regularly distributed to interested buyers.

Heritage Auctions boasts more than 3.1 million collectors in

our customer database, more than 1.4 million of which – in

195 countries worldwide – are online bidder-members on

HA.com. All of this exposure means more money for each

piece you consign!

BILL WATTERSON CALVIN AND HOBBES

HAND-COLORED SUNDAY COMIC STRIP ORIGINAL ART (Universal Press Syndicate, 1986)

SOLD for $203,150November 2012

On average, HA.com receives 75,000+ visits per day.

(Source: SimilarWeb.com)

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MyBids lets every bidder track and research lots.

MyConsignments keeps consignors abreast of their

bid status.

TOP-FLIGHT MATERIAL that’s consigned to us is featured in our full-color catalogs that are distributed to thousands of bidders worldwide.

HERITAGE SIGNATURE® AUCTIONS

are among the biggest events in the comic book hobby.

NEAL ADAMS BATMAN #251 COVER

The Joker Original Art (DC, 1973)


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PROFESSIONALISM

Heritage Auctions’ fine reputation is not a matter of chance. It reflects our

relentless drive to always improve our services. Innovation is a Heritage

trademark, seen in every element of our auction process from policy to

technology. We combine this with a strong corporate ethic, uncompromising

integrity, transparency and old-fashioned customer service. That’s why we

are the third largest auction house in the world, with $873+ million in sales in

2020. We’ve sold and fully settled more than 336,000 consignments, on time

and in full.

INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP

Heritage Auctions is a leader in the field when it comes to cutting-edge

technological innovation. We are one of the first major auction houses to

embrace the Internet. On average, we have more than 75,000 unique visits to

HA.com each day – consistently the highest web traffic of any auction house.

(Source: SimilarWeb.com 1/21).

Heritage maximizes the number of participants in our auctions through two

proprietary user-friendly Internet bidding systems. The first one enables the

buyers to place bids in the weeks leading up to the auction. This generates

millions of dollars in bids from around the globe, pushing prices higher and

higher prior to the live auction sessions. With the second proprietary platform,

HERITAGE Live!®, we bring the live auction floor to the buyer (no matter where

they might be) enabling them to watch the auctioneer and participate in real time

with the floor bidders. As the consignor, our technology brings you demand and

participation from around the world and top prices for your materials!

The Heritage Auctions website offers an extensive set of tools for both buyers

and sellers. The free Auction Archives, a record of virtually every lot Heritage has

auctioned over the last decade – more than 5.3 million lots across all our auction

categories, complete with full-color, enlargeable images, thorough catalog

descriptions and auction results – is one of the premier tools available exclusively

to Heritage members. No other auction house offers this level of information

to its clients. By accessing the archives, potential buyers can easily research

pricing trends over several years, making them more confident bidders. More

confident bidders equal higher prices.

In addition to the Auction Archives, Heritage makes it possible for

collectors to enter items they’re seeking into MyWantList®. When an

item you’ve consigned matches an item on a collector’s MyWantList®,

that collector is automatically sent an email notification inviting them to

bid on your piece. If that collector is subsequently outbid on a lot, they

are invited to bid again. In this way, Heritage maximizes the results for

all of your consigned items.

Heritage Auctions utilizes today’s social media platforms to further

market your consignment. Our social media specialists are dedicated

to posting auction news and creating buzz for auction highlights on

social media platforms. Video highlights are uploaded to YouTube, to

be viewed and shared by dealers and collectors worldwide.

The HERITAGE Live!® online bidding platform, with streaming audio

and video of the Live auction, also facilitates Mobile bidding so

collectors can view, track, bid and win from virtually anywhere.

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WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

The real measure of any business’s success is what its customers say

about it. Here are just a few comments from past Heritage clients:

“The decision to

part with my comic

collection was a

difficult one, but

knowing that the entire

process would be

handled by Heritage

made it all that much

easier from the beginning, and I certainly

have not been disappointed.”

- Keith Marlow, Houston

Paul R. Minshull #16591. BP 12-25%; NY: K. Guzman #0762165; Heritage Auctions #1364738 & SHDL #1364739; CA: Paul R. Minshull

#LSM0605473; Heritage Auctions #LSM0602703 & #LSM0624318. Heritage Live! U.S. Patent No. 9,064,282. BP 20%; See HA.com for details.

Licensed by the City of NY #1364738/9-DCA

Exclusive Auctioneer of these

Personal Collections

The Kerby Confer Collection $3.9 million sold

The Doug Schmell Collection $3.9 million sold

The Empire Comics Collection $3.9 million sold

The Billy Wright Collection $3.6 million sold

The Eric Sack Collection $3 million sold

The Gary Dahlberg Collection $2.4 million sold

The Martin Shamus Collection $2.3 million sold

The Nicolas Cage Collection $1.9 million sold

The Davis Crippen Collection $1.8 million sold

The Don and Maggie Thompson Collection $1.5 million sold

Chosen as auctioneer

by these institutions:

The Random House Archives $2 million sold

The Mad Magazine Archives $757,000 sold

“I am very enthusiastic about continuing to be a part of your auctions of original comic

book art. Heritage has treated me most professionally. I was sent notifications every

step of every auction, and the settlement checks for each sale were sent with such

precision that I could forecast in which day’s mail the check would come. “

- Dick Ayers

“When our family decided to part with some of my grandfather Wilson McCoy’s

original artwork, we researched all our options. The resources and expertise of

Heritage Auctions placed it above the rest, and their intelligent sales strategy

helped us maximize the value of our items. Their level of service and knowledge

was highly appreciated. Heritage Auctions’ reputation in the field of comic

auctions is unparalleled, and we’re so glad we chose to work with them! We

would highly recommend them to anyone looking to sell their family collection.”

- Bruce McCoy

The Estate of Wilson McCoy

(Note: Wilson McCoy was the artist of the comic strip The Phantom.)

“Far as I’m concerned, the real

superheroes are the great guys

at Heritage. I really lucked out

when I met ’em ’cause they got

me prices that exceeded my

wildest expectations, plus it was

a real kick to work with them.

I don’t want this to sound like

a TV commercial but, so help

me Spidey, there’s no one I’d

rather entrust with my collection.

Excelsior!”

- Stan Lee

“I collected Golden Age, Silver Age, and Bronze Age for nearly 50 years.

It took me three years to decide how to sell my comics. One company stood out.

They produce beautiful catalogs, no hidden fees. I’m glad I went with Heritage

Auctions.”

- Mister Magik Woo

“I was thrilled to find a comic book from my adolescence that I thought I’d lost -- a

well-read copy of Amazing Fantasy #15. It’s been 50 years (gulp!) since I collected

comics, so my only impulse was to find the best price at auction for this collector’s

item that I could manage. A still-active collector friend pointed me to Heritage, so I

sent a message about my find to them via their website. I don’t think five minutes

had gone by before Matt Griffin, comics consignment manager at Heritage, called

me back to express HA’s interest in handling my auction. Over the ensuing days,

Matt “held my hand” through all the stages of advising, shipping, and follow-up;

he was super-prompt and cheerful about getting back to me at other times as

well, no matter how trivial my enquiry. Before too many weeks had passed, my

AF15 was graded, showcased in HA’s impressive print catalog for the upcoming

Signature Auction, and opened up for online bidding. What a thrill to watch the

bidding unfold over the next two weeks ... and finally to view the auction in real-

time, thanks to HA’s streaming-video setup. I’m very happy to endorse HA’s well-

thought-through approach to their Signature Auction prospects and clients.”

-Jonathan King, Berkeley, CA

“My father, Joe Simon, was very concerned

about what would happen to his huge art

collection, to all the art he had saved and

collected over the decades of his prolific life.

Repeatedly, my father would instruct us: ‘Give

it to Heritage’. That was Dad’s unwavering

advice to our family.

As my father had expected, Heritage

responded in the highest professional capacity

we could ever have hoped for.

I wish to thank the staff at Heritage Auctions,

and especially Ed Jaster, for the superb

work that has been done for the Estate of

Joe Simon. The advice, the publicity, the

correspondence, and the sensitivity shown us

were wonderful.”

-Melissa Simon Groben, Co-Executrix, The

Estate of Joseph H. Simon

“I feel that I must acknowledge the

outstanding effort that I feel you made on my

behalf to get my comic collection into shape

for your Signature and Sunday auctions over

the past few months.

Your prompt and professional replies to my

questions, and your advice on which books

would most benefit from CGC grading paid

off in ways that I had not imagined, both

in terms of the number of bids that were

generated and the prices realized for the

books. You placed my collection in its best

light, and I am grateful to you for that. It is

obvious to me that I made the correct choice

in consigning with Heritage.”

- John Hutchins

SUPERMAN #1

(DC, 1939) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Cream to

off-white pages

SOLD for $456,000May 2019

HERB TRIMPE AND JACK ABEL

Incredible Hulk #180 Page 32

Original Art (Marvel, 1974)

SOLD for $657,250May 2014

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Comic collection and Heritage featured in Minnesota Star Tribune. Gary Dahlberg’s collection sold for $2.4 million.

The Davis Crippen Collection sold for $1.8 million at Heritage.

“The results of this final auction of my collection were

about 50% higher than I expected.

What impressed me the most was the constant attention

to promoting the history of the paintings. When I read the

write-ups I realized you and your staff knew a lot more

about the paintings than I did, and I had them for 30

years. That really gave the auction something extra, and

it was handled with extreme professionalism.

Also, I own 70 radio stations and have owned more than

200 stations, all of which have websites. I am jealous

and covetous of the job you do with your website. It’s

so friendly and comprehensive – it’s a work of art. It’s a

superior product that makes the end product of buying

and selling easier and more productive.

In general, everyone I dealt with was very businesslike

and professional.”

Kerby Confer

The Kerby Confer Collection has sold for $3.9 million.

The first auction of the Joe Kubert collection totaled $131,000 for just 36 items.

AN OUTSTANDING AUCTION TEAM

Heritage Auctions employs industry leaders in all phases of our operations, from our Consignment Directors – your

closest point of contact – who will help you through the entire auction process, to our highly skilled catalogers, talented

photographers using state-of-the-art digital imagery, cutting-edge IT staff, award-winning Marketing department and

more.

All work together to ensure your items bring top dollar at auction. A global firm, Heritage Auctions maintains offices

across the United States and the world, facilitating important international client demand for your consignment,

regardless of a bidder’s location.

MANAGEMENT STABILITY

Since conducting our first auction in 1976, Heritage has flourished under the continuous leadership of its executive team.

You can enjoy the confidence that comes from knowing the commitment of our principals.

UNQUESTIONED FINANCIAL STABILITY AND TIMELY PAYMENT

Nothing matters more than financial stability when your check is due, and Heritage Auctions delivers like no

other auction house.

Heritage enjoys $50 million in equity and owners’ capital. With more than $873 million in 2020 sales, Heritage is the

auction firm you can count on; a firm with consistent, demonstrated leadership from the management team, and an

unbroken record of timely payment to all consignors.

Assembling your collection over a period of many years – even decades – may have been a matter of passion for you,

but when the time to sell arrives, you want to be compensated without delays or surprises. Under our management

team, 336,000 consignments have been sold and fully settled since 1976.

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Your Hytone Comix

“Stoned Agin!” Inside Back

Cover Original Art

(Apex Novelties, 1971)

SOLD for $690,000 November, 2019

1. STARTLING COMICS #49

Mile High Pedigree (Better Publications, 1948) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages

SOLD for $101,575 August 2016

2. FRANK FRAZETTA

Death Dealer 6

Painting Original Art (1990)

SOLD for $1,792,500 May 2018

4. FANTASTIC FOUR #52

(Marvel, 1966) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages

SOLD for $83,650February 2016

on the back:

Lon Allen ext. 1261 [email protected]

Ed Jaster ext. 1288 [email protected]

Barry Sandoval ext. 1377 [email protected]

Joe Mannarino ext. 1921 [email protected]

The managing partners of Heritage, left to right:

CRISTIANO BIERRENBACH, Executive Vice President

PAUL MINSHULL, Chief Operating Officer

JIM HALPERIN, Co-Chairman

STEVE IVY, Co-Chairman and CEO

TODD IMHOF, Executive Vice President

GREG ROHAN, President

FOR ALL THESE REASONS, HERITAGE IS YOUR VERY BEST CHOICE

To discuss your consignment for an upcoming auction in greater detail, please contact us today at 877-HERITAGE (437-4824). We

look forward to hearing from you.

These are just a few of the top-flight collections Heritage has brought to the market.

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