Heritage ACA #13101 Results
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5, with 1,255 lots offered. 562 bidders placed bids, and 298 of them were
successful, for a total sell-through of $105,764.30 for 1,200 lots (95.61% of
lots offered).
A few highlights from the 10/05/03 ACA sale
are:
– Prize Comics #5 Mile High pedigree (Prize, 1940) CGC NM+
9.6 White pages. (Realized $3,220.00)
– The Human Torch #6
(Timely, 1942) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Cream to off-white pages. (Realized
$2,702.50)
– Cyclone Comics #2 Mile High pedigree (Bilbara, 1940)
CGC NM- 9.2 White pages. (Realized $2,127.50)
– Captain America Comics
#7 (Timely, 1941) CGC FN 6.0 (Realized $1,667.50)
– John Buscema and
Ernie Chan – Original Art Splash Page for Conan the Barbarian #72, page 1
(Marvel, 1977). (Realized $1,552.50)
Bidding closed October 5, at 10pm
CT. To bid in future auctions, simply go to Heritage’s web site http://www.HeritageComics.com,
and join their free web community.
Heritage’s current ACA auction ends
(and a new one begins) October 19, at 10pm CT.
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the network’s teen melodramas have run their course. Not since the early seasons
of <i>Dawson’s Creek, Felicity</i> and <i>Everwood </i>have the WB’s
non-sci-fi-teen ventures generated any promising buzz or noteworthy ratings. And
with the advent of its hit <i>Smallville</i>, we guess they’ve concluded that
the sci-fi blend formula hits the mark a bit more often than shows that too
closely resemble the day-to-day minutiae of young viewers.<br><br>But the
blatant recycling of old hits has got to stop. We don’t want a hasty rehashing
of the old. We’d much prefer some originality from within the ranks of the new.
<br><br>To carbon-copy a plot is not a nod to nostalgia. The recycling of ideas
(especially at this rate of recurrence among the networks) does more to erode
the fond fibers of our past than to celebrate them. After all, what will your
12-year-old most remember about your favorite old shows--the original versions,
many of which re-air on TV Land long after their bedtimes, or the of