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Auction archive: Lot number 14

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #13 * CGC 5.5 * DITKO'S COPY

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$5,937
Auction archive: Lot number 14

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #13 * CGC 5.5 * DITKO'S COPY

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$5,937
Beschreibung:

CGC certified: Fine- (5.5). Cream to off-white pages. STEVE DITKO COLLECTION. Cover: Steve Ditko pencils and inks, Stan Goldberg colors. Story: Stan Lee and Steve Ditko Art: Steve Ditko Colors: Stan Goldberg. Lettering: Artie Simek. First appearance: Mysterio. First official use of the diminutive "Spidey" (the nickname first appeared in the letter column of ish #12, but its use on this mag's cover is, according to Rilstone, its first occurrence "in the body of the comic." Provenance: From the Steve Ditko Estate, CGC-certified as Steve Ditko's personal copy, and with a certificate of authenticity signed by Mr. Patrick S. Ditko, Steve Ditko's brother. Not cleaned and pressed in order to preserve all traces of Steve Ditko's handling. GPAnalysis: A non-Ditko Collection 5.5 sold for $1679 in 8/22. A note on the Ditko Collection: Steve Ditko owned from one to three copies of each of the 41 Spider-Man comics that he drew (comprising Amazing Fantasy #15, Amazing Spider-Man #s 1-38, and Amazing Spider-Man Annual #s 1 & 2). The only complete set of 41 Spidey comics belonging to Ditko is featured in this sale; an incomplete set of 23 Spidey comics was offered last year by another auction house; and a final incomplete set of 19 Spidey comics will be offered by PBA next year. Ditko Collection Census: This is the only Ditko Collection copy of ASM #13. Mysterio gaslights Spidey into thinking he's gone nuts. Spidey visits a shrink but splits before spilling his guts: "Oh NO! What a MISTAKE I almost made! If I just relax and say whatever I think of, I'm liable to give away my secret identity!" Biographer Blake Bell says Ditko depicted Peter Parker as "someone teetering on the edge of psychotic behavior. The constant exposure to extreme circumstances was taking its toll on the teenager, creating in him the ominous fear that he might turn into what he had been fighting." Or, as Neits— Nietz— as Alan Moore said, "Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster. And if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." Hurm. Enjoying the Spidey Sale? Order a fully-illustrated softcover catalogue for 30 bucks. Only about 100 copies were printed and they're going fast. To reserve a copy, contact PBA's Director of Comics: [email protected] Consign to PBA Galleries. Our comic sales average a 98% sell-through rate, our prices realized are top-of-the-market, and our research-intensive catalogues are the best in the business. Seeking Silver Age Marvel, Golden Age superheroes, and pre-Code horror. Contact [email protected]

Auction archive: Lot number 14
Auction:
Datum:
8 Dec 2022
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

CGC certified: Fine- (5.5). Cream to off-white pages. STEVE DITKO COLLECTION. Cover: Steve Ditko pencils and inks, Stan Goldberg colors. Story: Stan Lee and Steve Ditko Art: Steve Ditko Colors: Stan Goldberg. Lettering: Artie Simek. First appearance: Mysterio. First official use of the diminutive "Spidey" (the nickname first appeared in the letter column of ish #12, but its use on this mag's cover is, according to Rilstone, its first occurrence "in the body of the comic." Provenance: From the Steve Ditko Estate, CGC-certified as Steve Ditko's personal copy, and with a certificate of authenticity signed by Mr. Patrick S. Ditko, Steve Ditko's brother. Not cleaned and pressed in order to preserve all traces of Steve Ditko's handling. GPAnalysis: A non-Ditko Collection 5.5 sold for $1679 in 8/22. A note on the Ditko Collection: Steve Ditko owned from one to three copies of each of the 41 Spider-Man comics that he drew (comprising Amazing Fantasy #15, Amazing Spider-Man #s 1-38, and Amazing Spider-Man Annual #s 1 & 2). The only complete set of 41 Spidey comics belonging to Ditko is featured in this sale; an incomplete set of 23 Spidey comics was offered last year by another auction house; and a final incomplete set of 19 Spidey comics will be offered by PBA next year. Ditko Collection Census: This is the only Ditko Collection copy of ASM #13. Mysterio gaslights Spidey into thinking he's gone nuts. Spidey visits a shrink but splits before spilling his guts: "Oh NO! What a MISTAKE I almost made! If I just relax and say whatever I think of, I'm liable to give away my secret identity!" Biographer Blake Bell says Ditko depicted Peter Parker as "someone teetering on the edge of psychotic behavior. The constant exposure to extreme circumstances was taking its toll on the teenager, creating in him the ominous fear that he might turn into what he had been fighting." Or, as Neits— Nietz— as Alan Moore said, "Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster. And if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." Hurm. Enjoying the Spidey Sale? Order a fully-illustrated softcover catalogue for 30 bucks. Only about 100 copies were printed and they're going fast. To reserve a copy, contact PBA's Director of Comics: [email protected] Consign to PBA Galleries. Our comic sales average a 98% sell-through rate, our prices realized are top-of-the-market, and our research-intensive catalogues are the best in the business. Seeking Silver Age Marvel, Golden Age superheroes, and pre-Code horror. Contact [email protected]

Auction archive: Lot number 14
Auction:
Datum:
8 Dec 2022
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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