There is no underestimating the role this auction series has played in reigniting camaraderie within the international toy community. This was the first Kaufman auction to feature comic character toys and buyers reacted to the introduction of fresh, top-quality comic character toys from a long-held collection with unmistakable enthusiasm.
“We had estimated the sale would do $2 million, which it well exceeded, and even though it wasn’t a $4 million sale like the Kaufman debut, line by line and item by item, it was the best sale we’ve ever had,” Rich Bertoia summarized.
As statistics go, the auction made the record books. Combined with the gross figures from Kaufman I and II, the April 2010 sessions took the cumulative total for the Kaufman series so far to $9.3 million – easily the highest amount ever achieved at auction by a single-owner antique toy collection. And there’s still more to come…
Prices Realized
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Thursday April 15, 2010
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