The top CGC Registry set of X-Men, which is 98% complete for the full-run of regular issues and 93% complete for all the variants, will be offered by ComicLink in the company’s upcoming auctions.

“With an X-Men Complete score of 146,615 this set has a point total nearly 70% higher than the #2 contender. The numbers for the set including variants are equally impressive with a 68% score spread between the offered set and the next highest ranked,” ComicLink’s Josh Nathanson said.

“ComicLink is pleased to be offering the first segment of the complete run of X-Men #1 through #66 in the February Featured Auction. 29 of these 66 issues are first- and second-highest CGC-certified, with all but three certified at 9.4 and higher,” he said.

He said 49 of the 66 issue have either near perfect “Off-White to White” or perfect “White” pages and 23 are upper Near Mint 9.6s.

Multiple pedigrees are represented in this set including examples from the Curator, PacificCoast, and White Mountain collections. The remainder of this Registry Set (#67-514, Annuals, and Giant-Sizes) will be included in upcoming ComicLink auctions.

Overall, he said #1 Registry Sets of major Marvel titles like X-Men are generally in the private possession of the most serious collectors and it is extremely unusual for one to come of the market at auction.

“X-Men is not only one of the most significant titles of Marvel’s Silver Age, but it is one of the most successful entertainment franchises to ever emerge from the comic book industry. Not only did the initial 1963 X-Men run lead to literally dozens (perhaps hundreds) of spin-offs and mini-series, but it also spawned an entertainment empire comprised of toys, television shows, t-shirts, and of course four major Hollywood movies,” Nathanson said.

“This offering presents the advanced collector with an opportunity to upgrade issues within an already established run, or for a new collector to quickly acquire multiple books from a top ranked CGC set,” he said.

ComicLink is now accepting seller consignments of Vintage Comic Books and Original Art for their January Focused and February Featured Auctions. Last minute consignments that are of strong quality can also be submitted now for the December eBetter Auction.

 If interested, e-mail buysell@comiclink.com or call (718) 246-0300 to speak with Josh Nathanson, Douglas Gillock, or other members of the ComicLink Crew for more information.

And, if auction is not your preferred method of sale, registered sellers may also add items to the Comic Book Exchange and Comic Art Exchange at any time. There are over 13,000 vintage CGC-certified comic books currently available (the most anywhere in the world), and thousands of graded comic books that are condition verified by ComicLink.