Heritage Auctions' January Comics & Comic Art event sets records and smashes expectations
Captain America Comics #1 (Timely, 1941) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. Sold for: $384,000.
DALLAS, TX
.-Heritage Auctions began the new year where it left the old one: smashing records and shattering expectations during a Comics and Comic Art event.
The latest, held Jan. 14-17, realized $12.11 million more than 50% above pre-sale estimates, the highest percentage above expectation in the category's history. More than 5,000 bidders from around the globe participated, too, walking away with more than 99.9% of the more than 1,100 lots offered that ranged from Batman to Pokémon, from superheroes to Super Mario Brothers. Indeed, Pokémon and video games each surpassed $1 million in sales all by themselves.