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From the February 2007 CGC eNewsletter. Click here to subscribe.

ComicLink Vintage Comics & Art Auction Is Ending

The ComicLink Featured Focused Auction of Vintage Comics and Comic Art, ends very soon: http://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/default.asp?Focused=1.

This is the last call to bid in this auction, which features many vintage CGC-graded comics from the Golden Age to Bronze Age. The auction’s final days are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (February 13 through February 15). A number of major CGC-graded keys are in the auction without reserve, and guaranteed to sell to the highest bidder (bidding started at only $1): Detective Comics #27 CGC 8.5 (R), Batman #1 CGC 7.5 (R), Whiz #1 (CGC 6.5 (R), and two unrestored examples of Captain America #1 (CGC 8.0 & 5.0) are among them. Over 90% of the vintage comic books (581 out of 640) in the auction have no reserve, nearly 200 of which are Golden and Silver Age pedigrees. A wide variety of genres are in the auction, from superhero to pre-code horror to good girl covers.

The following are some noteworthy vintage comic books, original comic art, and other items ending in this auction;

Vintage Comic Books:

  • Adventure Comics #72 CGC 9.2 (1st Simon & Kirby DC work) and #103 CGC 9.4 (1st Superboy in title)
  • All-Select Comics #1 CGC 6.5 (Classic WWII Cover)
  • All Star Comics #8 CGC 4.5 (1st Wonder Woman)
  • Amazing Fantasy #15 CGC 3.0 and ComicLink Graded 4.0 (1st Spider-Man)
  • Amazing Spider-Man #1 CGC 3.5, #3 CGC 9.4, #5 CGC 9.6, and #14 CGC 9.4 (1st Doc Ock, Spidey vs. Doom, and Green Goblin)
  • Avengers #4 CGC 9.6 (1st Silver Age Captain America)
  • Blue Beetle #54 CGC 6.0 (Classic good girl cover)
  • Captain America #100 CGC 9.8 (1st Silver Age Cap in his own title)
  • Daredevil Battles Hitler #1 CGC 9.4 (Classic cover)
  • Detective Comics #28 CGC 7.0 (R) (2nd Batman)
  • Fantastic Four #5 CGC 9.0 (1st Dr. Doom)
  • Flash Comics #92 CGC 8.0
  • Ghost Rider #1 CGC 9.6 and Marvel Spotlight #5 CGC 9.4 (1st Ghost Rider)
  • Giant-Size X-men #1 CGC 9.6 (1st Storm, Nightcrawler, and Colossus)
  • Incredible Hulk #181 CGC 9.8 (the only 9.8 with White Pages) & CGC 9.2 (1st Wolverine)
  • Justice League #1 CGC 6.5
  • Mile High pedigree copies and other pedigrees graded by CGC
  • More Fun #64 CGC 9.6 Mile High (Spectre cover)
  • Sensation Comics #1 CGC 4.0 (1st Wonder Woman cover)
  • Showcase #9 CGC 9.2 (1st Lois Lane tryout), #34 CGC 8.0 (1st Atom)
  • Silver Surfer #4 CGC 9.6 (Silver Surfer vs. Thor classic battle cover)
  • Superman #11 CGC 9.0 & #14 CGC 7.0 (Classic covers)
  • Tales to Astonish #39 CGC 5.0 (1st Iron Man)
  • Whiz Comics #1 CGC 1.8 (1st Captain Marvel), #27 CGC 9.8 Mile High

Original Comic Art:

  • Murphy Anderson: Hawkman splash and Strange Adventures cover
  • Neal Adams: Interior cover to Eerie #11 and #22, Dracula Lives action page
  • Carl Barks: "Sailing the Spanish Main" lithograph
  • Wayne Boring: 1949 Superman Sunday page
  • John Buscema: Marvel Feature #2 cover (2nd Defenders) and Sub-Mariner #1 splash page
  • Steve Ditko: Amazing Spider-Man #6 page, complete stories and splash pages.
  • Bill Everett: Sub-Mariner pages from the Golden Age and Silver Age
  • Frank Frazetta: Came for Dawn page, Masai Warriors page, and Tarzan sketch
  • Klaus Jansen: Cover to Punisher #1 (1st ongoing series) and other covers
  • Hank Ketcham: 1952 Dennis the Menace Sunday page (earliest known Dennis the Menace)
  • Jack Kirby: Fantastic Four #11 pages, Golden Age covers, key pre-hero pages (Fin Fang Foom, the Hulk prototype, and a complete story)
  • Frank Miller: Avengers #193 cover, What If #28 splash (Daredevil)
  • John Romita: Covers to Amazing Spider-Man #94 (origin cover) and #365 (Amazing Fantasy #15 cover scene).
  • Mike Sekowsky: 1961 Justice League pages
  • Barry Smith: Conan and Conan prototype pages (Kull of Atlantis)
  • Enrique Torres: Vampirella cover painting
  • Bernie Wrightson: Frankenstein plate (with the monster), 1970s paintings

Other Items:
CGC-graded Fantastic Four/Silver Surfer set, signed by Lee, Kirby, and Sinnott (#48-#50)

You can bid in the ComicLink Featured Focused Auction of Vintage Comics and Comic Art, from here: http://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/default.asp?Focused=1.

There are also over 10,000 CGC-graded vintage comic books, the most anywhere in the world, available for sale/bid on ComicLink: http://www.comiclink.com/forsale.asp.

If you are interested in consigning or selling your comic books or art, contact Josh Nathanson, Tomis Erb, or Douglas Gillock at 718-246-0300 or buysell@comiclink.com.

This is a guest article. The thoughts and opinions in the piece are those of their author and are not necessarily the thoughts of the Certified Collectibles Group.



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