Hake s smashes house record with $2.9M sale
Extremely rare Batman Batplane premium from a 1943 movie pressbook for The Batman Columbia serial. Only example Hakes has ever auctioned. Sold for $25,960, more than five times the high estimate.
YORK, PA
.-Hakes Auctions, specialists in Americana and collectibles since 1967, set a new house record when their February 24-25 Premier Auction #231 cashed out at $2,888,163. Not only did the auction set a new monetary record for Hakes, it also achieved new highs for sell-through rate (98%), bidder volume, and the number of bids placed.
Our goal in every auction is to give our bidders the best opportunity to purchase rare, high-caliber items from any collecting category that grabs their interest. Whether they are passionate about comics, baseball, original art, political, toys, historical items, you name it, they will find something in our auctions. We are excited by the bidder turnout and anticipate growing it more in the futur
YORK, Pa. â Last September, Hakeâs Auctions set world record prices for pop-culture memorabilia and broke their own house records for sell-through rate, the number of registered bidders and the number of bids placed. Lightning could strike twice on February 24-25 when the Pennsylvania auction house hosts a 2,266-lot sale containing important political relics, Negro League baseball memorabilia, original comic art, exotic Star Wars and G.I. Joe figures, and the Michael Jordan sports card all fans dream of owning: a 1986-â87 Fleer #57 rookie card.Â
Hakeâs was established in 1967 with political items as its foundation. The February sale continues that tradition, not only with the opening lot but also a magnificent Civil War treasure: a hand-painted 1860 Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin âWide Awakeâ parade banner with the mesmerizing image of a large human eye. The âWide Awakesâ were 36 young men from Hartford, Connecticut, who banded togethe