We all know by now what Golden Age comics and Silver Age comics mean. Big money! But what about a pre-Halloween auction of Pre-Code Horror and crime genre auction right before Halloween. That’s what is up at Heritage Auctions for October 27-28, 2022.
The website Comic Book Pile describes Pre-Code Horror comic books as an entire lost world of vintage comics to historians from the unregulated era of the late 1940s into the early 1950s. Then the industry was forced to self-censor with the Comics Code Authority. Hence, “pre-code.”
While this is the Golden Age in the 1930s to 1956 or so, many of the stories and characters are completely unknown to modern comic and movie fans. And there is big money in it as well. These are the top bids in the pre-code auction with some lots ending October 27th and some ending October 28th.
The images and descriptions below are from Heritage Auctions.
- Punch Comics #12 (Chesler, 1945) CGC Apparent FN- 5.5 Slight to Moderate (C-2) Off-white to white pages.…
Auction 40207 | Lot: 83492
Current Bid: $7,750
Time Left: 1 day - Silver Streak Comics #6 (Lev Gleason, 1940) CGC GD- 1.8 Cream to off-white pages.…
Auction 40207 | Lot: 83523
Current Bid: $5,200
Time Left: 1 day - Startling Terror Tales #11 (Star Publications, 1952) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages.…
Auction 40207 | Lot: 83540
Current Bid: $4,400
Time Left: 1 day - Journey Into Mystery #6 (Atlas, 1953) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Off-white to white pages.…
Auction 40207 | Lot: 83339
Current Bid: $4,200
Live Auction in: 7h 2m 38s - Dynamic Comics #8 (Chesler, 1944) CBCS GD/VG 3.0 Slightly brittle pages.…
Auction 40207 | Lot: 83239
Current Bid: $4,200
Live Auction in: 7h 2m 38s - Dynamic Comics #11 (Chesler, 1944) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white to white pages.…
Auction 40207 | Lot: 83240
Current Bid: $3,003
Live Auction in: 7h 2m 38s - Liberty Comics #12 (Green Publishing Co., 1946) CGC VF 8.0 White pages.…
Auction 40207 | Lot: 83372
Current Bid: $3,000
Time Left: 1 day - Horrific #3 (Comic Media, 1953) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white to white pages.…
Auction 40207 | Lot: 83324
Current Bid: $2,800
Live Auction in: 7h 2m 38s - Witches Tales #25 (Harvey, 1954) CGC VF+ 8.5 Cream to off-white pages.…
Auction 40207 | Lot: 83806
Current Bid: $4,600
Time Left: 1 day - Haunted Thrills #5 (Farrell, 1953) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages.…
Auction 40207 | Lot: 83317
Current Bid: $2,700
Live Auction in: 7h 2m 38s - Chamber of Chills #23 (Harvey, 1954) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white to white pages.…
Auction 40207 | Lot: 83110
Current Bid: $2,600
Live Auction in: 7h 2m 38s
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