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Auction archive: Lot number 56

SWEETHEARTS #119 * CGC 4.0 * Marilyn MONROE Cover, 1953

Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 56

SWEETHEARTS #119 * CGC 4.0 * Marilyn MONROE Cover, 1953

Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

CGC certified: VG (4.0). Off-white pages. Wally Wood art. Marilyn Monroe & Richard Widmark photo cover. Marilyn Monroe cover. Crossover classic. Sweethearts was one of the originators of the romance comic genre: "In 1948, there were only three new love titles: Sweethearts, My Romance, and My Life . By the end of 1949, there were some 125 romance comics, and, a year later, 148 from twenty-six publishers." -David Hadju, The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America [FSG: 2008]. CGC census: One of three copies graded 4.0 (only 11 copies have been certified in total; most are 4.5 or lower). Top 10 copy. Comparable CGC sales: 4.0: $1920 (Sept. 2018). Consignments Accepted for PBA's Next Comic Book Auction. Golden Age, Silver Age, Pre-Code, Original Art, Interesting Ephemera Sought. Contact [email protected] for details. March 26th Comic Book Sale catalogues available. Supplies Limited. Softcover catalogue limited to 200 copies ($45 + $5 postage/handling). Hardcover limited to 26 lettered copies, dust jacket, special limitation plate ($150). Contact [email protected] .

Auction archive: Lot number 56
Auction:
Datum:
16 Apr 2020
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: VG (4.0). Off-white pages. Wally Wood art. Marilyn Monroe & Richard Widmark photo cover. Marilyn Monroe cover. Crossover classic. Sweethearts was one of the originators of the romance comic genre: "In 1948, there were only three new love titles: Sweethearts, My Romance, and My Life . By the end of 1949, there were some 125 romance comics, and, a year later, 148 from twenty-six publishers." -David Hadju, The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America [FSG: 2008]. CGC census: One of three copies graded 4.0 (only 11 copies have been certified in total; most are 4.5 or lower). Top 10 copy. Comparable CGC sales: 4.0: $1920 (Sept. 2018). Consignments Accepted for PBA's Next Comic Book Auction. Golden Age, Silver Age, Pre-Code, Original Art, Interesting Ephemera Sought. Contact [email protected] for details. March 26th Comic Book Sale catalogues available. Supplies Limited. Softcover catalogue limited to 200 copies ($45 + $5 postage/handling). Hardcover limited to 26 lettered copies, dust jacket, special limitation plate ($150). Contact [email protected] .

Auction archive: Lot number 56
Auction:
Datum:
16 Apr 2020
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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