Captain America No. 1 sells for over $700K at comics auction

A Captain America comic has made $713,804.43 at auction.The CGC 9.0-graded copy of 1941’s ‘Captain America No.1’ was the headline lot in two comic auctions over four days, which took in a combined total of $941,925.The Dallas-based Heritage Auctions sales also featured the original art for the cover of Detective Comics No.

68 from 1942, which featured Two-Face’s first cover appearance and realized $47,3047.The ‘Captain America No.1’ came from the Merrimack Valley Collection, a recently discovered trove of high-grade 1940–41 comics.Other significant lots from the collection included the first nine issues of Batman.

Its 2.5-graded copy of issue No.1 sold for $158,600, and its 9.0 copy of No.

9 — one of three copies at that grade with only three higher — went for $103,700.“The Merrimack Valley Collection is a wonderful discovery,” says Heritage Auctions vice-president Aaron White.“For an original-owner collection that spent the last 75 or 80 years in a cardboard box, the condition of the books was stunning.

It was gratifying to see results prove that collectors appreciate top-condition examples of foundational Captain America and Batman issues.”...