The guy who brought that in, when he told me that he thought that was a six figure book, I kind of thought he was crazy. Again we know it's a great book it's been a super-desirable book for 50 years, but for it to go for close to half a million…īut the one that I might be the most surprised by is the first appearance of Ghost Rider, Marvel Spotlight #5, from 1972. Same thing with another one, Phantom Lady #17. Now I thought it was a six figure book the first time I saw it, and I thought it might be $200,000, but for it to go for a number like that was more than a little surprising. One of the top books from that was Detective Comics #140, featuring the first appearance of the Riddler, highest graded known copy, going for $456,000. LA: We were expecting the Promise Collection to do very, very well and it did, but even it really outpaced any expectations we had. RS: What do you think were the most notable or unexpected results from the recent auction? It just seems like everything has a huge upward trend.

But lately, especially over the last six months, it has just been across the board: modern books, 80s and 90s books, Silver Age (1960s), Golden Age (1930s-50s). For a long time, the big key issues – first appearances, high grade copies, things like that – or pieces of artwork that had something special about them, have been greatly outgaining everything else. Lon Allen, VP, Heritage Auctions: Lately it's really been across the board. Lon Allen, VP, Comics Operations, Heritage Auctiiions Heritage Auctions

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