New Record Price for Comic Book with Batman

Batman’s debut story sells for record $1.74 million. A Detective Comics featuring the debut of Batman sold at Goldin Auctions in May of this year for $1.74 million, a new record for a comic book starring the superhero. The previous record for this issue was $1.5 million, sold at Heritage Auctions in 2020. This copy […]

Comic Book Bids Soar

A mint-condition Detective Comics No. 140 sold for $456,000 in a June 2021 Heritage auction. The comic was part of a grouping of high-grade Golden Age comic books bought by a teenager in the 1940s. The 5,000 comics are called the Promise Collection and are being in several auctions, the first of which totaled $7.1 million […]

Brother Keeps His Promise: Small Portion of Comic Collection Sells for $7.1 Million 

A portion of the comics in the Promise Collection, a grouping of high-grade Golden Age comic books bought by a teenager in the 1940s, sold at a June 7 Heritage auction for a total of $7.1 million. The total was for just 181 comics from the 5,000-plus comic books that make up the Promise Collection. […]