NEW YORK, NY.- In an auction where spectacular prices were in abundance – a World Record price of $448,125 for the original art from Page 10, issue #3 of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, $179, 250 for Carl Barks’ Vacation Panel Painting Original Art, $131,450 for two bound volumes of Action Comics #1-24, among the many – it was the final total for Heritage Auctions‘ May 5-6 Signature(r) Vintage Comics & Comic Art Auction that ended up being the most impressive of all: $6,077,355, the highest total ever realized for a single Comics & Comics Art auction. All prices include 19.5% Buyer’s Premium. “The quality was there, the collectors were there and the Heritage comics department worked incredibly hard to put this great auction together,” said Ed Jaster, Senior Vice President at Heritage Auctions. “The result, as we all saw, was the single highest total ever realized for a comics auction. It just doesn’t get too much better than this.