Mego WGSH Collection at Hake's

[NewForce]

I had heard through the grapevine that Leonardo DiCaprio is a HUGE mego fan and dropped something like $22,000 on a collection recently for a boxed set of WGSH. Can anyone confirm this? I'm sure someone like him would go crazy for a set like this and it wouldn't even make a dent in his bank account(s).

I sold Leo an expensive comic at SDCC last year... he smelled of heavy smoking though, when he came to our booth (didn't know if it was him, or he was just in a smokey room, but he wreaked)...

[clemso]

Wasn't Leo's Solid box Robin that sold at Hake's for something like $12K?

[PNGwynne]

Wow ... just wow! If there was ever a time to hijack a UPS truck ....

Yeah, if I was really a super-villain, I'd be making plans--Umbrella-bombs at the ready!

Good luck, Imp. This makes me so sad for some reason--it's been such a challenge to collect even nice loose Megoes, I can't ever imagine letting them go.

At least we'll all have your wonderful book.

[MegoSteve]

Hake's didn't have Leo's collection. Morphy's did.

Hake's sold a Kresge RM Robin for $12K+, not a solid box Robin. It was not Leo DiCaprio's.

[bondtoddbond]

Auction

for maximum effect, why not auction them all in the same auction?...seems it would dilute some of the "excitement" a collection of this magnitude would generate, if you parted the collection out over various months, etc...
just my 2c ...I had been toying with the idea of keeping or selling my collection, but with news like this, if I can pick up some kewl pieces (like that display box) then I will keep my collection in tact!

While it may seem cool to have one giant auction, the reality is the biggest collectors will be able to decide what to bid on and what to pass on. Instead of fighting over the best piece, it is easier to jump to something else in a big collection. Good for buyers, bad for the seller, who wants to get the best prices he can. Hence several auctions, months apart. This is a great collection, there will be plenty of great Mego's for anyone who wants to bid, and you can look forward to more down the road. There will be a good mix in each auction, Kresge cards, standard cards and boxes.

[Brue]

Wow Ben, I haven't kept up with a lot of the goings on here at the Museum and somehow missed that you were selling off.

If you are anything like me, then the hunt for them is more than half the fun.
If I were to sell pf mine (albeit a .01%) the size of yours, I too would have to keep the few well played with ones that I actually received as a kid.


oh, so does this mean their won't be a WGSH 2nd edition? :(

[Type3Toys]

Sad news to hear. You should have slipped a MegoMuseum card into each of the boxed figures. It would be cool to hear from some of the lucky buyers who end up with your collection.

[Robin NY]

when does the auction begin, I missed this whole thread, BTW I luv ** friggin book, beer is on me if we ever meet

[bondtoddbond]

Looks like the beginning of June...