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FRIDAY OCTOBER 27, 2023 • VOL. 53, NO. 43
Bodnar’s Auction Sells Kevin Smith’s Comic Art Collection Frank Miller’s Original Comic Book Art, Page #22 From “Daredevil” Issue #161, Realizes $79,650 By Karl Pass
The Kevin Smith Comic Art Sale, hosted by Bodnar’s Auction House, Bodnar’s Auction House is presented collectors and enthusithrilled to announce the resound- asts with an opportunity to acquire ing success of the highly anticipat- exclusive comic art pieces directly ed Kevin Smith Comic Art Sale, held linked to Kevin Smith’s creative on Sept. 27. The auction, curated in journey. With an extraordinary collaboration with filmmaker and selection of original artwork, pop culture icon Kevin Smith, sketches, and signed pieces, the achieved remarkable results, set- auction captivated audiences from ting new benchmarks in the world around the globe. Bodnar’s reported more than of comic art auctions. 3,000 registered bidders from 40 countries, with over 75,000 hits on the catalog that was broadcast live on Bodnar’s Auction website, Liveauctioneers, Invaluable, Auction Zip, and Bidspirit. The sale’s live feed was also broadcasted on Bodnar’s Auction Facebook page, where if missed, it can be viewed again. Smith was in the house talking about each piece while they sold. It was like a live podcast with bidding. He reminisced Original comic book cover art of “Daredevil” Issue about each piece, #8 from Marvel Knights series, also cover to Marvel how he obtained it, Knights Omnibus, double signed by artists, with and how the stoimages of “Daredevil” and “Spiderman,” sold for ries came to be. At one point on all $27,140.
This is Kevin Smith (left) and Joe Bodnar along with the sales’s top lot “Daredevil” original art (issue #161, page #22), which sold for $79,650. platforms over 2,000 people were watching the live event. There were 176 lots, sold with no reserves, and the total gross was $458,422 including the buyer’s premium. The auction featured an impressive assortment of original comic art from Kevin Smith’s personal collection. Art enthusiasts eagerly bid on iconic Here is the perspective of taking bids from the pieces, including original internet. artwork from “Daredevil,” “Batman,” in everything flying past its high “Preacher,” “Sandman,” and “Green estimates. Every lot also came with Arrow.” The extraordinary craftsman- a COA from Bodnar’s Auction ship and significance of these works autographed by Smith. Continued on page 4 drew spirited bidding, resulting
Pewter Collectors Club Of America To Meet On Nov. 11
The Pewter Collectors Club of America (PCCA) has announced their 2023 Fall Regional Meeting. The meeting will take place on Saturday, Nov. 11. It will include a tour of the Noah Webster House/Museum in West Hartford, Conn., and a discussion titled “18th Century American Tea Service.” Registration is $60 per person and includes lunch and museum admission. For additional information, contact Ed Jendry at eljendry@localnet.com or Eric Lanka at yankeewoodworks1@ gmail.com. The PCCA is a nonprofit organization established to encourage, develop, and foster the study, discussion, and collecting of pewter. To learn more, visit www.pewtercollectors club.org.
Hotel Stony Run Under New Ownership Early Deed Brings $5,000 At Onsite Sale By Karl Pass Chef and owner John Bakay along with co-owner Pat Holzer bought the vacant Hotel Stony Run in the village of Stony Run just south of Kempton in northern Berks County, Pa., in 2020. The 19th-century hotel and bar has had a storied past and has been neglected for several years. “While ripping up shag carpet in the attic during what has been a very extensive clean-up and renovation, we found the land deed rolled up in a sort of old floor board hiding space,” said Bakay. On Sept. 23, under tents, auctioneer Dean Arner held a sale for Bakay. In spite of a morning of rain and wind from tropical
In This Issue Here is a ca. 1852 shot of the Hotel Stony Run in the tiny Albany Township village of Stony Run. storm remnants, a large crowd from several states converged on the tiny village just above Route
A 19th-century deed found in an old floor board in the attic of the hotel sold for $5,000.
78 north of Kutztown. “We had great interest online prior to the sale,” mentioned Arner. The
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EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 8
AUCTION SALE BILLS . . starting on page 6 AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . on page 9
FEATURED AUCTION: Meander Auctions Sale - October 28, 2023 - Page 9
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