ComicLink Accepting Consignments for May Featured Auction

Posted on 4/9/2013

There is still time to consign to the ComicLink May Featured Auction, which is shaping up to be another blockbuster!

If you are interested in reaching some of the most aggressive comic book and original art bidders in the world, simply email buysell@comiclink.com your prospective auction list, or call 617-517-0062 (option 1) to speak with Douglas Gillock, Sean Goodrich, Jason Crosby, Jon Signorelli, Josh Nathanson or other members of the ComicLink team.

Similar to the February Featured Auction, during which many new record results were achieved, the ComicLink May Featured Auction will highlight valuable, vintage comic books and original comic art. It will be one to remember! Every lot in the Featured Auction is selected by ComicLink’s expert staff for quality and collector appeal, which means it is the perfect showcase for a seller’s best material. There is new material coming in daily, so interested bidders and sellers should bookmark the auction preview page and check back often.

ComicLink is already seeing very strong submissions across all segments of this auction. Just a few of the notable items include Silver and Bronze Age comics such as Amazing Fantasy #15 CGC 7.5, Fantastic Four #1 CGC 8.0, X-Men #1 CGC 8.5, Incredible Hulk #181 CGC 9.8 (first Wolverine), a high-grade Amazing Spider-Man run including #26 CGC 9.6 and #47 CGC 9.8, Batman #200 CGC 9.8 (Neal Adams, highest, first “New Look” Batman), Detective Comics #327 CGC 9.8 (highest and one of two), Marvel Super-Heroes #18 CGC 9.6 Mass. (highest, first Guardians of the Galaxy), and many more.

Key Golden Age items include: Superman #1 CGC 1.8, Batman #1 CGC 1.0, Archie Comics #1 CGC 3.0, Daredevil Battles Hitler #1 CGC 9.4, Flash Comics #1 CGC 5.0, Detective Comics #29 CGC 2.5 (second Batman cover), All Select Comics #1 CGC 6.5, All Winners Comics #1 CGC 8.5, More Fun Comics #55 CGC 6.5 (first Dr. Fate), Four Color #9 CGC 4.5 (first Carl Barks Donald Duck), Lone Ranger #1 CGC 9.2, Whiz Comics #25 CGC 9.0 (first Captain Marvel Jr.), Marvel Mystery #4 CGC 4.5 (first Sub-Mariner cover), and more!

High-grade Golden Age items include: Human Torch #2 CGC 9.0, Marvel Mystery Comics #59 CGC 9.4 (WWII cover, highest and one of two), National Comics #15 CGC 9.8 Mile High (single highest, of course), Detective Comics #14 CGC 8.0 (single highest), Marvel Mystery Comics #12 CGC 9.2 (highest, Kirby cover), USA Comics #17 CGC 9.4 Davis Crippen (single highest), All-Negro Comics #1 CGC 7.0 (rare, second highest), All Star Comics #5 CGC 9.4 (first Hawkgirl, second highest), Green Lantern #13 CGC 9.4, More Fun Comics #65 CGC 7.5 (Classic Spectre cover), Sensation Comics #53 CGC 9.6 Mile High (top two) and #58 CGC 9.8 Big Apple (single highest), Superman #3 CGC 8.0 (Nova Scotia) and #41 CGC 9.4 (single highest), Wonder Woman #17 and #19 CGC 9.6 (both highest and one of two), Young Allies #9 CGC 8.0 (anti-Hitler cover), and much more.

The original art segment already features Frank Miller’s Wolverine Limited Series #3 cover art, Miller’s Daredevil #190 splash (Elektra resurrection), Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four #23 title splash, Kirby’s Captain America #212 cover art, a 1935 Hal Foster Tarzan Sunday page, a Will Eisner Spirit cover, two “Bad Night for Ninjas” Jim Lee color poster paintings featuring Wolverine and the Punisher, Lee’s X-Men #7 title splash, a complete John Byrne Fantastic Four story, a rare 1966 twice-up Carmine Infantino Detective Comics #353 Batman title splash, a Norman Mingo Alfred E. Neuman Mad cover painting, Herb Trimpe’s Hulk transformation back cover from Marvel Treasury Edition #5, and much more. Stunning pieces by so many great artists are already lined up for this auction, including but not limited to: Neal Adams, Frank Brunner, John Buscema, Carl Burgos, John Byrne, Joe Chiodo, Gene Colan, Alan Davis, Will Eisner, Glenn Fabry, David Finch, Hal Foster, Frank Frazetta, Don Heck, Carl Infantino, Graham Ingels, Jack Kirby, Joe Kubert, Erik Larsen, Jim Lee, David Lloyd, Todd McFarlane, Mike Mignola, Frank Miller, Norman Mingo, George Perez, John Romita, Jr., Marie Severin, Tim Sale, Bill Sienkiewicz, Marc Silvestri, Paul Smith, Jim Starlin, Jim Steranko, Ethan Van Sciver, Barry Windsor-Smith and Mike Zeck.

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