how did brick and britta do?erform our pre-auction estimates by about 50%. >> total haul for the collection -- $300,000. >> so, in the end, did your superhero comics save the super day? >> it was seed money for the process of rebuilding from sandy. ♪ >> i was inspired by brick and britta and this small town's determination to rebuild from sandy. before i left, i did my part to help bring salty's back to life. okay, bring it on. what else you got? wow. do we get a lunch break? >> [ chuckles ] a year after my visit, brick said he found another box of grandpa's comics, and planned to auction those too. but despite all the effort, salty's has never re-opened. guess superheroes only get ya so far. >> there's one heirloom from his grandfather that brick didn't sell -- these scrapbooks of vintage comic strips, dedicated to brick's father before he was born. some of the strips are nearly 100 years old. brick doesn't know how much they're worth, but given the growing market for comics, brick says he may hold onto them for