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Barn Show Set For March 13 In North East, Md. Open House Will Include Outside Dealers
FRIDAY MARCH 5, 2021 • VOL. 52, NO. 9
Heritage Auctions’ Comics And Comic Art Event Sets Records And Smashes Expectations New World-Record Batman Joins Captain America, Daredevil And X-Men To Push Four-Day Total Past $12 Million Heritage S p o r t s Auctions began Collectibles 2021 where it left event last 2020: smashing month, proving, records and yet again, there shattering expecis significant tations during a diversification Comics and into colComic Art event. lectibles these The latest, held days, whether Jan. 14 to 17, realfor enjoyment ized $12.11 milor as a hedge lion, more than against infla50 percent above tion. On top of pre-sale estiall that, we mates, the highbrought the est percentage world’s best above expectacopy of Batman tion in the cateNo. 1 to auction gory’s history. for the very first More than 5,000 time and set a bidders from record in doing around the globe so.” participated, too, A CGC VF+ 8.5 copy of Captain America Comics On day one, walking away No. 1 sold for $384,000. the Dallaswith more than based house 99.9 percent of the more than 1,100 sold a near-mint copy of Batman lots offered that ranged from No. 1 for $2.22 million to a longtime Batman to Pokémon, from super- Heritage client who, until last week, heroes to Super Mario Brothers. had never before purchased a Indeed, Pokémon and video games comic book at auction. That issue, each surpassed $1 million in sales which came from a Houston collecby themselves. tor’s cache, becomes the most “Item for item, this was simply expensive Dark Knight title in histothe strongest comics auction we ry, topping the Detective Comics have ever held,” says Heritage No. 27 Heritage sold in November Auctions Co-Chairman Jim Halperin. for $1.5 million. This Batman No. 1 is “And it comes on the heels of our now the second-most valuable record-breaking $22-million Fall Continued on page 2
Frank Brunner’s original cover for 1974’s Doctor Strange No. 3 sold for $72,000.
Neal Adams’ original cover for 1970’s Green Lantern No. 77 sold for $84,000.
Antiques dealer and college student Jeffrey Ricketts will be holding an open house barn show on Saturday, March 13. Show hours will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Ricketts’ family property at 211 Brick Meeting House Road in North East, Md. The 2,500-square-foot barn will be full of quality American antiques. Ricketts is a dealer’s dealer and prices to sell. He does a large wholesale business. There will be around 10 other dealers set up outside the property buying and selling. This is a rain or shine event with free-of-charge admission. There is a large parking lot directly across the street from
AAN Current News the barn near a park. To learn more, call Jeffrey Ricketts at 443-256-8280 or email jeffrick@udel.edu.
Birds To Take Over Sales Display At Haddon Heights on page 2
Best Wishes To Linda Deshler Longtime Employee Retires After 38 Years
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By Karl Pass Linda Deshler, circulation coordinator and all around adminstrative support for Antiques & Auction News, is retiring after 38 years of employment. “I started working for Joel Sater in September of 1983 when they were still in Marietta, shortly after my husband and I moved here from the Lehigh Valley. Joel and Denise interviewed me over coffee and cookies at their kitchen table. Our offices were in the basement. It was a laidback environment. We occasionally took breaks in the backyard and had coffee together every morning, yet it was a very busy time,” remarked Deshler. “In the ’80s, we had to convert from Radio Shack to IBMs soon after Engle Printing & Publishing Company bought the paper in 1984. Classifieds were a big thing then. When I came on board, I was prospecting, and then did distribution. I’ve seen so many changes,” furthered Deshler, who, in many regards, is the backbone of the publication.
Kitchen Utensils At The Emporium
Buckle Up For Classic Airplane Disaster Movie Memorabilia on page 8
“I’m well over retirement age, and the plan is to move back to the Lehigh Valley to be closer to family. My whole family lives in that area. I’ve enjoyed the people I’ve worked with and the work itself, but I want to be around my family more,” ended Deshler. There has been no greater personal supporter and asset in my short eight years at the helm than Linda. I will greatly miss her. We all wish her nothing but the very best and thank her for her dedicated work.
Locati’s January Sale Proved Robust on page 11
In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 7 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . starting on page 7
FEATURE RESULTS: Milestone Auction - Jan. 30 - Page 4
AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . . on page 7 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 11