PBA Galleries: Comic Books, Including Pre-Code, Superheroes and Original Art, 3042, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 13, 2025 - March 13, 2025

Page Size: 325 items in 13 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
301	Frank Frazetta	Frank Frazetta * GOLDEN GIRL Signed Limited Edition Print		1978	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 468.75
302	Crumb, Robert	Fritz the Cat Signed Limited Edition Print	No place	2003	USD 100.00 - 150.00	USD 112.50
303	[Toys and Merch] Daniel Clowes	Ghost World Toys: Lot of Three Enid Coleslaw Dolls (and One Rebecca Doppelmeyer Doll) * SIGNED by Dan Clowes		2001-2003	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 200.00
304		Hal Foster PRINCE VALIANT Signed, Limited Edition Print		1975	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
305	Spiegelman, Art	Maus: A Survivor's Tale Promo Poster, German		1989	USD 100.00 - 150.00	USD 200.00
306	Crumb, Robert	Meet the Beats: A Portfolio of Portraits * Signed by Crumb	Sudbury, MA	1985	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 343.75
307	Crumb, Robert	R. CRUMB'S SEX OBSESSIONS * Limited Edition with Serigraph	Cologne	2015	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 500.00
308	Crumb, Robert & others	The FUNNY PAPERS, WINDS of CHANGE, and More * Lot of 12 Counterculture Newspapers	Various	1969-2008	USD 100.00 - 150.00	USD 75.00
309	Crumb, Robert & Peter Poplaski	The R. CRUMB HANDBOOK * Limited Edition with Signed Print	London	2005	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 593.75
310	Trina Robbins	Trina Robbins * "Greg Weed's Comics 1975" Calendar Poster		1974	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
311	Crumb, Robert	Zany Typhoons, Janet Klein Playbill, & More * Lot of 7 R. Crumb Ephemera Items	Various places	1970-2005	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 162.50
312	Crumb, Robert	ZAP No. 1 * Crumb's Second Serigraph	Wisconsin	1993	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 468.75
313		ADVENTURE (Vol. 63, No. 3) July 1927		July 15th, 1927	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
314		ADVENTURE (Vol. 71, No. 3) July 1929		July 15th, 1929	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
315		ADVENTURE (Vol. 73, No. 1) Dec 1929		December 15th, 1929	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
316		ADVENTURE (Vol. 76, No. 1) Sept 1930		September 15th, 1930	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
317		ADVENTURE (Vol. 81, No. 2) Jan 1932		January 1st, 1932	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
318		ADVENTURE (Vol. 81, No. 2) Jan 1932		January 1st, 1932	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
319		ADVENTURE (Vol. 81, No. 4) Feb 1932		February 1st, 1932	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
320		ADVENTURE (Vol. 86, No. 5) May 1933		May 15th, 1933	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
321		ADVENTURE (Vol. 95, No. 3) July 1936		1936-07-01	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
322		ARGOSY Vol. 214, No. 1 & Vol. 223, No. 6 * Lot of 2 Pulps		1930-1931	USD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
323		BLACK MASK No. 297 (Vol. 26 No. 7) July 1944		July, 1944	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
324		MARVEL STORIES No. 1 (Vol. 2 No. 2) Nov 1940 * Pre-Captain America Simon & Kirby Art		November, 1940	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
325		PLANET STORIES No. 2 (Vol. 1 No. 2) Spring 1940		Spring, 1940	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: Dürer (Albrecht) Hierin sind begriffen vier bücher von menschlicher Proportion, 4 parts in 1, first edition, Nuremberg, Hieronymus Andreae for Agnes Dürer, 1528. £30,000 to £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 26 fine hand-painted miniatures, 17th century dark brown morocco, [Lyon], [c. 1475 and later c. 1490-1500]. £25,000 to £35,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Brontë (Emily) The North Wind, watercolour, [1842]. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Titanic.- Mudd (Thomas Cupper, one of the youngest victims of the sinking of the Titanic, 1895-1912) Autograph Letter signed on board RMS Titanic to his mother, April 11th 1912. £20,000 to £30,000.

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: [Austen (Jane)] Emma: A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, for John Murray, 1816. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Picasso (Pablo).- Ovid. Les Metamorphoses, one of 95 copies, signed by the artist, Lausanne, Albert Skira, 1931. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: America.- Ogilby (John) America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World..., all maps with vibrant hand-colouring in outline, probably by an early hand, 1671. £15,000 to £25,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Iceland.- Geological exploration.- Bright (Dr. Richard )and Edward Bird. Collection of twenty original drawings from travels in Iceland with Henry Holland and George Mackenzie, watercolours, [1810]. £20,000 to £30,000.
Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Beckford (William) [Vathek] An Arabian Tale, first (but unauthorised) edition, Lady Caroline Lamb's copy with her signature and notes, 1786. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, first edition containing the 6 suppressed poems, first issue, contemporary half black morocco, Paris, 1857. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Beardsley (Aubrey).- Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, one of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, Leonard Smithers, 1896. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Douglas (Lord Alfred) Sonnets, first edition, the dedication copy, with signed presentation inscription from the author to his wife Olive Custance, The Academy, 1909. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Crowley (Aleister) The Works..., 3 vol. in 1 (as issued)"Essay Competition" issue on India paper, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1905-07. £1,500 to £2,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Rodin (Auguste).- Mirbeau (Octave) Le Jardin des Supplices, one of 30 copies on chine with an additional suite, bound in dark purple goatskin, Paris, 1902. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Pellar (Hans) Eight original book illustrations for 'Der verliebte Flamingo' [together with] a published copy of the first edition of the book, 1923. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Cretté (Georges, binder).- Louÿs (Pierre) Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, 2 vol., one of 99 copies, with 2 original drawings, superbly bound in blue goatskin, gilt, Paris, 1930. £3,000 to £4,000.
Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD

Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD

Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD

Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
Swann
Printed & Manuscript African Americana
March 20, 2025

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 78: Victor H. Green, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas, Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann
Printed & Manuscript African Americana
March 20, 2025

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 263: Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 267: Langston Hughes, Gypsy Ballads, signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 367: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000

Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000