Pop Culture Collecting
Comics See Two $1 Million Sales & Rise in Value for Esoteric Book
by Amanda Sheriff & J.C. Vaughn Superman & Batman Debuts Lead Heritage Auction to $22.38M TotalThe two biggest keys in comic book collecting sold for nearly $3 million in Heritage’s ...
Star Wars Toys Achieve New Records & Doctor Doom’s Debut Rises in Value
by Amanda Sheriff and J.C. Vaughn Hake’s Auctions’ Jeff Jacob Action Figure Auction Sets Multiple World RecordsHake’s Auctions hosted the Jeff Jacob Collection Part 4 Auction on February 4, producing ...
Comic & Original Art Markets Produced Robust Results in 2025
By Amanda Sheriff and J.C. Vaughn Comic book and comic art sales thrived in 2025, setting multiple records for major key books, the work of top artists, and important moments ...
Superman #1 CGC 9.0 Sells for $9.12M at Heritage; Sets New World Record
by Amanda Sheriff and J.C. Vaughn The record for the most valuable comic book has been reset. Heritage has sold Superman #1 CGC 9.0—the highest-graded copy of the book—for $9.12 ...
Pop Culture’s Big September
By Amanda Sheriff and J.C. Vaughn After the usual late summer doldrums, things have definitely heated up in the worlds of comic book, original comic art, and pop culture auctions ...
Horror Soundtracks and Four Color Comics
By Amanda Sheriff and J.C. Vaughn One of the things many horror fans enjoy in fright flicks is the spooky atmosphere bolstered by the uncanny, often jarring music composed for ...
The Early Days of Independent Comics: Nexus, Badger, and Whisper
By J.C. Vaughn: President of Gemstone Publishing and Amanda Sheriff: Gemstone’s Editor-Digital. PopCultureSquad.com’s Bob Harrison also contributed to this column. In the early 1980s, there was an explosion of independent—generally ...
In Memoriam: Jim Shooter
by J.C. Vaughn & Amanda Sheriff His comic book career was worthy of the characters whose exploits he detailed. Comic book writer, editor, artist, and publisher, Jim Shooter died on ...
A New Beginning: Giant-Size X-Men #1 Turns 50
By J.C. Vaughn, President of Gemstone Publishing and Amanda Sheriff, Gemstone’s Editor-Digital Giant-Size X-Men #1, cover For those who only know the Marvel superhero characters through the movies, TV shows, ...
Comic Character Collectibles: In the Time of COVID-19: Pop Culture Thriving?
by J.C. Vaughn In recent discussions, a handful of auction houses and high-end comic book insiders confessed that in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic they really didn’t know ...
Comic Character Collectibles: Escaping the Pandemic with Imagination
by J.C. Vaughn With everything that’s happened in 2020 thus far, pretty much any day seems like a good day to pause and think about good and interesting things, or ...
Comic Character Collectibles: Despite the Virus, Heritage Scores Impressive Total
Despite the Virus, Heritage Scores Impressive Total An eclectic mix of original art by some of the most influential artists and major keys in superhero comics was offered on the ...
Comic Character Collectibles: April 2020
Spider-Man Meets Spawn to Celebrate Overstreet’s 50th by J.C. Vaughn It has been mentioned more than once in this space that 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of The Overstreet Comic ...
Comic Character Collectibles
By J.C. Vaughn [divider align="center"] Marvel Comics #1 Joins the $1 Million Club A CGC-certified 9.4 copy of Marvel Comics #1 has joined Action Comics #1, Detective Comics #27, and ...
The Highly Accessible Movie Poster Work of Robert Tanenbaum
Comic Character Collectibles by J.C. Vaughn In last month’s column we took at look at movie posters associated with the Star Wars franchise. Even though there’s a tremendous number of ...
Star Wars: Movie Poster Collecting Strikes Back
Comic Character Collectibles by J.C. Vaughn With Star Wars: Episode IX –The Rise of Skywalker due in theaters December 20, 2019, it seems like as good a time as any ...
Feast of the Seven Fishes Movie Slated for November Release
Comic Character Collectibles by J. C. Vaughn Shout! Studios has secured the rights to Feast of the Seven Fishes, the comedy-drama written and directed by Robert Tinnell, based on his ...
Renewal and Return: Wynonna Earp on the Comeback Trail
Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn The Earpers, those dedicated, committed fans of SyFy’s cult hit series, Wynonna Earp, can pause and let themselves enjoy a well-earned whiskey because the ...
Video Game Collecting on the Rise?
Comic Character Collectibles by J.C. Vaughn It’s always interesting to watch an emerging niche in the field of pop culture collectibles and to attempt to anticipate whether something’s a fad ...
Looking Back at the Road to Avengers: Endgame
Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Where would Hollywood be financially without the superhero films, and specifically the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Five of the top 10 all-time domestic and five ...
Pop Culture Potpourri: Star Wars, Action Comics Number 1, and more
Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Star Wars Toys The record-setting prices for Star Wars toys have really established a tone at Hake’s Auctions ever since they landed the Russell ...
Certified Video Games Enter the Marketplace in Force
Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn In January 2019, Heritage Auctions began offering video games certified by third-party independent grading firm Wata Games in their Sunday night auctions, and the ...
Bob Overstreet’s Call to Remember Why We Love Comics
Comic Character Collectibles by J.C. Vaughn At 80 and showing few signs of slowing down, author and publisher Robert M. Overstreet, who launched The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide in ...
Krigstein's "Master Race" Original Art Leads at Heritage, and Remembering Stan Lee
Comic Character Collectibles by J.C. Vaughn Heritage Auctions' November 15-17, 2018 Comics & Comic Art Auction made headlines when it closed at $10,776,936 in total sales and the company reported ...
Library of Congress Launches First Exhibit of Geppi Collection
Comic Character Collectibles By J.C.Vaughn Selections from The Stephen A. Geppi Collection of Comics and Graphic Arts went on display in the Great Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Building at ...
