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01/27/2025

If you missed it the first time around you are in luck! Our friends at the Monterey Public Library released the webinar for the Sea of Cortez specialty sale we have coming up February 13th!
watch below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEMmHWolcgw

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01/21/2025

Our Steinbeck, Ricketts, and Western Flyer sale is fast approaching!
Check out this article our friends at Key Peninsula News wrote about the fascinating history of this important literary artifact!

https://keypennews.org/stories/relics-for-sale-of-steinbeck-ricketts-western-flyer-and-the-kp,8718

Pictured below: Our very own Chris Dunlap with historian and Cannery Row Foundation founder Michael H**p

01/16/2025

PBA Galleries has the privilege of taking to Auction some important relics of modern literature. In this video Dennis Fry (current owner) discusses the functionality of two key artifacts available in our Steinbeck, Ricketts & the Western Flyer sale coming up Feb 13th, 2025 11 am pst!
Preview for these items available by appointment beginning Wednesday the 29th of January.

01/08/2025

Vintage restaurant guide signed by Alfred Hitchcock!

This lot has an amazing provinance. Owned by Skipper Kent and signed by Various socialites of the day, Skipper Kent founded the first “tiki bar” in Oakland inspiring a culinary and social movement in early 50’s California!

This book boasts charming illustrations and signatures from high society of 1950s San Francisco

available in this week's sale!

01/02/2025

As we lead up to our very exciting Steinbeck, Ricketts, & The Western Flyer auction February 13th.
We invite you to join us, and the Monterey Public Library, on January 10th 4-5pm PST for a fascinating webinar and panel talk on "Sea of Cortez" and related works!

In 1940 John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts chartered the purse-seiner sardine-fishing boat the Western Flyer for a marine specimen collecting expedition around the Baja Peninsula to...

12/16/2024

One last Auction Day before we wrap up the 2024 season!
Thursday Dec 19th 11 am pst, join us for our Travel & Exploration sale.

11/25/2024

Superman #1!

Tuesday Dec 3rd, 11 am pst, We are very excited to offer a CGC-verified first printing of this iconic character's solo debut.

Superman, the first of the modern comic book superheroes, couldn't be contained within Action Comics- so just one year after his debut, he got a mag all his own!

PBA Comic's The DC Universe Collection Part 4: Superman is your chance to snag this crown-jewel!

11/19/2024

These handsome little guys are also a feature of Thursdays Fine press and Fine bindings sale, this is your chance to own a *small* piece of history 😉

10/30/2024

Coming up tomorrow AMAZING SPIDER-MAN No. 1! Published 1963, Spiderman's second appearance. With one of the most fantastic opening descriptions for our unlikely hero, an ordinary kid in a set of extraordinary circumstances.

"Teen sad sack Peter Parker, bitten by an irradiated arachnid, gains amazing abilities, including an almost bottomless capacity for guilt and psychological self-flagellation. Soon a host of malcontents, misanthropes and misfits will find themselves caught in Spidey's web of neuroticism"

How flattering!

10/29/2024

Another one of a kind piece in Thursdays sale!
Published in 1962, these illustrated panels are from Steve Ditko's "Leap-Frog". One of the artist's most bizarre yarns of the early Silver Age...
Read more about this fascinating piece on our website!

10/28/2024

Another Lot from this weeks sale that you won't come across again! This one-of-a-kind piece is the original Steve Ditko's HARVEY AWARD In Recognition of Outstanding Achievement, 1989!

10/21/2024

Another fantastic yet unusual item up for grabs in our upcoming Halloween sale! This Wonder Woman fe**sh parody, from our set of Blundie in Blunderland illustrations, is sure to raise some eyebrows!
See more via our catalogue located on our website
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10/14/2024

This Halloween one lucky bidder is certainly in for a TREAT!
PBA presents STRANGE TALES: The Steve Ditko Sale, featuring a once in a lifetime comic! Amazing Fantasy #15- the first appearance of Ditko's original character, Spider Man!
(this is a CGC 8.0, and according to the CGC Census, is in the top 1.6% of graded copies in existence.)
Don't drop the ball on the amazing opportunity to own a piece of comic history!

09/24/2024

Never judge a book by its cover, the magic lies within.

These and many more amazing titles from Arion press coming up in our Oct 3rd auction!

check out these titles and more, from the fabulous Karen Owen collection, on the PBA website sale 823 catalogue

09/23/2024

Call to Consign!
what treasures do you have hiding at home?

09/20/2024

TOMORROW! Join our experts Bruce and Ivan for a FREE appraisal clinic at the lovely
Bring your questions and hidden treasures and get a free appraisal! Who knows it might be worth a fortune!
You can find more information on the Belvedere Tiburon Library events page

All Events Fri Sep 20, 2024 11:08 am - 11:08 am Manage your events Check, cancel or amend your registration here Media Notice: We frequently capture photos and videos at our events. If you prefer not to be included, please let us know in advance by calling (415) 789-2661. Attend Events Accessibility...