For the fifth consecutive year, Heritage Auctions set an annual sales record, clearing $2.15 billion in 2025.
In total, combining sales results across its myriad categories — from art to watches to sports to comic books — Heritage announced $2,158,204,321 in total sales. That mark is the highest ever in the auction house’s history dating back to its founding in 1976.
Previously, Heritage’s record total was $1.867 billion, set in 2024.
“Every year, we’re reminded that the passion for collecting isn’t cyclical — it’s enduring,” said Steve Ivy, Heritage’s co-founder and CEO, in a statement. “What made 2025 so extraordinary wasn’t just the final total, but the consistency and depth behind it. It proves Heritage’s strength across categories, the highest level of trust from collectors around the world and a shared belief that great objects deserve serious scholarship and global visibility.”
Among the most noteworthy sales which powered the auction house’s record year was the Kobe-Jordan Dual Logoman card, which established a record price paid for any sports card at public auction at $12.932 million; the “Rosebud” sled from “Citizen Kane,” which fetched $14.75 million; Frank Frazetta’s 1967 “Conan” novel cover painting, which sold for $13.5 million (a record for any comic or fantasy artwork at auction); and the highest-graded copy of Superman No. 1, which sold for $9.12 million and placed it alone atop the record books.
The sports category recorded $189.2 million in total sales.
Numismatics, the category upon which the auction house was founded and remains a central cog, posted $470 million.
Heritage surpassed 2 million registered online bidders this past May. The auction house’s 50th anniversary is coming up in 2026.
“If this year showed us anything,” Ivy said, “it’s that the desire to preserve history, to hold a piece of it in your hands, remains as powerful as ever."
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Will Stern is a reporter and editor for cllct, the premier company for collectible culture.