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Scott Antique Markets Adds Flea Market Partner Show Season In Washington Court House, Ohio, Opens April 27, 28, And 29 By Jess Grimm
FRIDAY APRIL 13, 2018 • VOL. 49, NO. 15
Batman’s First Comic Book Appearance Triumphant At $569,275 As Hake’s Holds $2.35 Million Sale Interest In “Star Wars” Figures Proves Unstoppable With Boba Fett Action Figure Selling For $86,380
Scott Antique Markets will return soon to Washington Court House, Ohio, and will be bringing a new partner. The summer events, held at the Fayette County Fairgrounds, will feature not only the great antiques dealers of Scotts, but will also host vendors from a brand new market, the W.C. Flea. “We’re thrilled to be partnering with this exciting new show,” said Don Scott, founder of Scott Antique Markets. “Offering two shows to our customers will bring added value and fun for all involved.” This will be the third year for Scott Antique Markets in Washington Court House. Last year’s events ended with the largest show to date in September, and the team behind the show is working hard to grow and get better. Scott Antique Markets will continue to fill the fairgrounds with a wide variety of antiques Customers browse through vendor booths during and collectibles. Customers will a Scott Antique Markets show in Washington Continued on page 2 Court House, Ohio, last season.
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Political Items Collectors To Gather In Titusville, N.J. This Detective Comics #27 (May 1939), CGC 5.0, featuring the first appearance of Batman, then known as “The Bat-Man,” sold for $569,275. Hake’s Americana launched into its second half-century of operation with a smash $2.35 million auction held March 13, 14, and 15 that resulted in both ecstatic buyers and elated consignors. The 2,332-lot event, with an interim day separating the sessions, set a record not only for the highest dollar gross and sell-through rate ever achieved by the company, but also the largest number of registered bidders and bids ever placed in a single Hake’s auction. “We knew ahead of time that it was going to be a barnburner,” said
This “Star Wars” Darth Vader 12 Back-A AFA 70 (EX+) double-telescoping action figure, 1978, sold for $64,900.
The Action Comics #27 (December 1938), CGC 4.0, with second-ever cover appearance of Superman, sold for $124,025.
A jugate button, Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Fairbanks, “Souvenir of Pretzel Town – Reading, PA. 1904,” realized $9,675. Hake’s president, Alex Winter. “Two weeks before the auction closed, absentee bids had already surpassed one million dollars. Interest was at an all-time high for so many categories, especially rare comic books, “Star Wars” figures and political memorabilia.” As predicted, the top lot of the sale was an important, fresh-tothe-market issue of Detective Comics #27 (May 1939), CGC 5.0, featuring the first appearance of Batman, then known as “The Bat-Man.” It had come from a recently discovered Golden Age comic book collection whose original owner purchased all of his Continued on page 2
15th Annual Button Show And Annual Gathering Will Take Place April 28 East Coast collectors of political buttons, badges, ribbons and related ephemera will meet in Titusville, N.J., on Saturday, April 28, to sell, trade and display memorabilia from elections throughout the centuries. This 15th annual gathering will be held at the Titusville United Methodist Church from 9 a.m. through 3 p.m. Attendees from multiple states may expect to see a wide variety of political items, ranging from 2016 presidential-campaign buttons promoting candidates Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders to items from former presidents such as Theodore R. and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama. The gathering will be hosted by the local chapter of the American Political Items Collectors (APIC) national nonprofit hobbyist association, dedicated to preserving political history. “We invite the young and old alike to learn more about collecting
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buttons from the recent 2016 presidential campaign, as well as from other campaigns throughout American history,” says Tony Lee, a Titusville resident, political historian and president of APIC’s Big Apple Chapter. “Most political items don’t survive the elections in which they were used, so to see an ‘I Like Ike’ apron or a Ronald Reagan cowboy hat or a clothing button worn at George Washington’s inauguration and inscribed with ‘Long Live the President’ is a great experience for students of political history at any age.” The historic Titusville United Methodist Church is located at 7 Church Road, at the corner of River Road (Route 29) and Church Continued on page 2
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In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 8 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . starting on page 8
FEATURED AUCTION: Milestone Auctions - April 14 in Willoughby, Ohio - Page 4
AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . on page 10 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 19