Best-Ever Run of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in February 26–28 Heritage Auction
CGC's highest-graded copy of almost every Walt Disney's Comics and Stories issue from 1940 through the mid-1950s will be auctioned without reserve in Heritage Auction Galleries’ February Signature Comic and Comic Art auction, the Dallas-based firm announced.
– 122 different issues from #2 through #188 will be offered.
– Almost every one has the highest grade CGC has ever certified for a given issue, and some are the highest by a wide margin.
– To date, CGC has certified a total of ten individual copies in the #s 1–80 issue range to be 9.6 (there is no 9.8 in that range). Of the ten copies, eight are offered in this auction.
– The auction includes a total of two 9.8 copies, 23 certified 9.6, 40 certified 9.4, and 19 certified 9.2.
Also, some high-grade copies from the same run will be offered in the Sunday Internet Comics Auctions at HA.com.
Lon Allen, director of sales for the comics division of Heritage, notes, “Any Disney collector knows that the early issues are all but impossible to find in true Near Mint, and this auction includes beloved issues like #22 (flag cover) and #31 (first new Donald Duck story by Carl Barks). If you collect this title, it's the chance of a lifetime, and my favorite part is that there are no reserves!”
Registering to bid at HA.com is free and quick, and the Web site also has details on how to bid by phone, mail or fax, as well as how to attend the auction in person.
