Well, a couple of weeks ago a local auction house was auctioning off what looked to be an OO Silver/Bronze Age collection. There were quite a few decent books. Here is a quick rundown of what I remember...

Iron Man & Sub-Mariner #1 VG
Iron Man #1 VG
Iron Man #2 - 20 G - F
Sub-Mariner #1 (2 copies)
Sub-Mariner 2 - 10
Tales to Astonish #44 G
Journey Into Mystery #111+ G-VG mainly
Thor #125 - 150 G - F

There was quite a bit more (Dells, Disney, Archies, Classics Illustrated, Harvey, Vampirella #4 - 12, assorted War, Nick Fury, etc.)

In total there were 53 lots and around 1,000 comics or so.

It was a weekend auction and the comics were going to be auctioned off on Thursday. I was really bummed because I have work and a night class that day so I thought I would miss out. I did place an absentee bid on the Thor lot though. But, my wife said that she would be willing to go to the auction and bid on some lots for me. I was estatic! I took the auction listing and put a price down for each lot. They were basically "If someone is going to get it for that price it might as well be me" prices.

Thursday rolls around and my wife comes home from work to find out that our son broke his arm at school AND DIDN'T TELL ANYONE! She had to take him to the doctor but still went by the auction afterwards. She missed the first dozen or so lots (which included the Thor lot I lost out on ). She was not able to get any of the Super-Hero lots but did get 2 Disney, an Archie, a Harvey, a Classic Illustrated, and a misc. War lot. Some "hidden gems" in there were some Uncle Scrooge in F, and 3 early Sgt. Rock Our Army at War books. I spent the next week grading and pricing everything and I was extremely happy. I ended up with 289 comics that she was able to get at quite a bit of a discount.

I might have a chance to add scans of some of the "better" books some time next week. I just thought I'd share this experience with everyone.

Wow, sorry to hear that your son broke his arm. He must be a tough kid. I'm glad that you were able to get some good books though.

He was messing around during recess and broke it. He didn't realize that it was broken. Obviously it didn't go all the way through. He thought it was just hurting from falling on it. The docs are trying a splint so he isn't as constrained as he would be with a cast.

In first grade, I was resting my arm on the metal pole for those old fashioned school swings. An older kid was swinging an aluminum bat at a baceball, and directly hit my hand. A few weeks later, my mom took me to the doctors, and he said i'll have to re-break it and set it.

Sounds like a cool auction experience. I've never been to a live auction. I imagine it's very easy to get caught up in bidding fever.

Hope your son feels better soon. My daughter fell out of her chair at the dining room table last year and broke her arm. She cried for a minute and then seemed okay. I checked it throughout the day and she seemed alright. The next morning, it was all swollen and very tender. Off to the doctor for x-rays! She had a cast for 6 weeks, but took to it like a trooper.

I drew a Dora on her cast which made her very happy.

Great picture! Yeah we really wanted to try not getting a cast so as long as he doesn't fall on it again it should heal up in 3 more weeks or so.

I haven't been to a live auction much and it probably was better that I didn't make this one. My wife said that there was at least one person that won almost half the lots and another that won about 15 lots. Those two seemed to be in a few bidding wars. She was funny though. She said that the lots would come up and immediately there would be a little bidding war between two of the other bidders. If it ended while still within the bidding range I gave her, she'd quietly raise her paddle to bid and the other two would start another bidding war. It sure sounds like those others might not have done as well. Who knows, they'll probably just get them pressed and cleaned anyway.