Last Weekend for ComicLink’s January Auction
This is the last weekend to bid in the ComicLink January Focused Auction, which offers a selection of over 4,000 no-reserve Golden Age, Silver Age, and Bronze Age to modern comic book lots and original comic art.
“Like all of the ComicLink Focused Auctions, this auction is divided into four sessions, each focusing on a specific type of material,” said ComicLink Consignment Director Douglas Gillock.
“Session #1 showcases over 1,800 select, key and high-grade Silver and Bronze Age comic books graded by CGC and ends Tuesday, January 22, from 7:30 PM to 12:00 AM ET (titles A through G.I. Combat) and Wednesday, January 23, from 7:30 PM to 12:00 AM ET (titles Green Lantern through Z),” he said.
“Session #2, which showcases nearly 600 Golden Age comics, also primarily certified by CGC, but also including comics graded by the ComicLink staff, ends on Thursday, January 24, from 7:30 PM ET through 10:15 PM ET,” he said.
“Session #3 includes nearly 900 post-1975 CGC-graded comic books and closes on Thursday, January 24, from 10:20 PM to 12:00 AM ET (titles A through C) and Friday, January 25, from 7:30 PM to 9:40 PM ET (titles D through Z). Session #4 is an assortment of over 600 other, assorted individually graded comic books, interesting comic book group lots and original artwork, and closes on Friday, January 25, from 9:45 to 12:20 AM ET.”
The January Focused Auction is ComicLink’s first auction of 2013 and it is among the largest Focused Auctions the company has ever had, Gillock said.
“From Silver and Bronze Age keys and high grades, to a large selection of Golden Age goodies, to CGC graded Copper and Moderns and a selection of original comic art, this auction is going to include something for virtually every collecting focus,” he said.
“Session 1 is by far the largest segment of this auction and it is loaded with high grade and Key Silver and Bronze Age CGC-graded comics,” he said.
Just a few of the top Silver and Bronze highlights include items such as Amazing Fantasy #15 CGC 6.0 and CGC 4.0 (first Spider-Man), Amazing Spider-Man #1 CGC 5.5, Amazing Spider-Man #129 CGC 9.8 (highest, first Punisher), Avengers #1 CGC 7.5 (first Avengers), Batman #189 CGC 9.6 (first Silver Age Scarecrow, second highest), Batman #251 CGC 9.8 (highest, classic Adams Joker cover), Daredevil #1 CGC 8.5 (first Daredevil), Giant-Size X-Men #1 CGC 9.8 (highest, first New X-Men), Incredible Hulk #1 CGC 5.5, Incredible Hulk #181 CGC 9.8 and CGC 9.6 (first full Wolverine), Showcase #6 CGC 8.5 (first Challengers, second highest), Strange Tales #106 CGC 9.6 (second highest), Tales of Suspense #39 CGC 8.0 (first Iron Man), and Tales of Suspense #40 CGC 9.2 (second Iron Man).
“Other Session 1 highlights include Action Comics #419 CGC 9.8 (Neal Adams cover), All Star Western #10 CGC 9.4 (first Jonah Hex), Amazing Adventures #11 CGC 9.6 (first furry Beast, second highest), Amazing Spider-Man #40 CGC 9.4 (Green Goblin origin), Amazing Spider-Man #59 CGC 9.8 (highest), Amazing Spider-Man #61 CGC 9.8 (highest), Amazing Spider-Man #62 CGC 9.8 (highest), Amazing Spider-Man #122 CGC 9.6 (death of Green Goblin, second highest), Amazing Spider-Man #129 CGC 9.4 and CGC 9.2, Atom #1 CGC 7.0, Avengers #4 CGC 7.5 (first Silver Age Captain America), Avengers #57 CGC 9.2 (first Vision), Avengers #98 CGC 9.2 (highest, Adams art), Avengers #100 CGC 9.8 (highest), Batman #232 CGC 9.8 (highest, first Ras Al Ghul), Batman #234 CGC 9.4 (first Silver Age Two-Face), Batman #237 CGC 9.8 (highest), Captain America #100 CGC 9.4, Captain America #109 CGC 9.8 Boston (highest, origin), Conan #1 CGC 9.6 (second highest), Fantastic Four #12 CGC 5.0 (FF vs Hulk), Fantastic Four #25 CGC 7.5 (FF vs Hulk), Fantastic Four #112 CGC 9.6 (FF vs Hulk, second highest), Flash #105 CGC 4.5 (first Silver Age issue), Ghost Rider #1 CGC 9.6, Giant-Size X-Men #1 CGC 9.6 and CGC 9.2, Green Lantern #40 CGC 9.2 Savannah (1st Crisis, GA Green Lantern appears), Green Lantern #76 CGC 7.0 Signature Series (Neal Adams), Incredible Hulk #102 CGC 9.6 (second highest), Incredible Hulk #181 6.5, Iron Man #1 CGC 9.2, Iron Man #55 CGC 9.4 (first Thanos), Journey Into Mystery #84 CGC 7.5 (second Thor), Journey Into Mystery #85 CGC 8.5 (first Loki), Justice League of America #1 CGC 2.5, Marvel Premiere #15 CGC 9.6 (first Iron Fist), Outlaw Kid #1 CGC 9.6 (highest), Showcase #4 CGC 4.5 MA (first Silver Age Flash), Sub-Mariner #1 CGC 9.8 (highest), Tales of Suspense #39 CGC 3.0 (first Iron Man), Tales of Suspense #42 CGC 9.0 Twin Cities, Tales to Astonish #27 CGC 8.0 SP and CGC 5.0 (first Ant-Man), Tales to Astonish #49 CGC 9.2 (first Giant-Man), Tomb of Dracula #1 CGC 9.6, Tomb of Dracula #10 CGC 9.6 (first Blade), X-Men #1 CGC 3.0, X-Men #2 CGC 8.5, X-Men #14 CGC 9.2 (first Sentinels), X-Men #45 CGC 9.8 (highest), X-Men #94 CGC 9.2 (New X-Men begin), X-Men #95 CGC 9.8 (highest), X-Men #96 CGC 9.8, and many more,” he said.
Session 2 Golden Age highlights in this auction include a selection of early Action Comics issues including #19 CGC 2.0 and #35 CGC 3.5 (war cover) as well as high grade later issues like Action Comics #159 CGC 9.2 (single highest), Adventure Comics #34 CGC 6.5 (second highest), All-American Western #123 CGC 9.0 (single highest), All Select Comics #10 CGC 4.0, All Star Comics #1 CGC 6.0, All Star Comics #20 CGC 8.0, America’s Best Comics #1 CGC 3.5, Batman #2 CGC 2.5 (third Joker), Batman #18 CGC 4.5 (WWII Axis leaders cover), Batman #43 CGC 8.0 (Penguin cover), Big All-American Comic Book #1 CGC 2.5, Black Terror #20 CGC 5.5 (Schomburg cover), Captain America Comics #67 CGC 7.0, Captain America Comics #69 CGC 5.0, Champ Comics #16 GCC 4.0 (highest), Detective Comics #29 CGC 1.5 (third Batman), Detective Comics #124 CGC 8.0 (Joker cover), Exciting Comics #6 CGC 6.0, Exciting Comics #45 CGC 7.0 Double cover (Schomburg robot cover, second highest), Human Torch #7 CGC 4.5, a large run of Jumbo Comics issues including #49 CGC 7.5 (highest), #129 CGC 8.5 (highest), and #167 CGC 7.0 (single highest), National Comics #14 CGC 6.0 (Fine and Crandall cover), New Comics #6 CGC 8.0 MP (rare), a run of 1930s Operator 5 pulps, Our Fighting Forces #1 CGC 5.5, Space Western Comics #44 CGC 7.5 (single highest), Superman #18 CGC 5.5 (classic WWII cover), Superman #67 CGC 6.5 (first Batman crossover in Superman title), Suspense Comics #9 CGC 7.5 (LB Cole cover), and Zip Comics #1 CGC 3.5, among others.
“Highlights in Session 3 Late Bronze and Copper-Modern CGC-graded comics include a serious selection of exceptional CGC 9.9s such as Amazing Spider-Man #171 CGC 9.9 (single highest), Amazing Spider-Man #203 CGC 9.9 (single highest), Batman: Vengeance of Bane Special #1 CGC 9.9 (highest, first Bane), Daredevil #181 CGC 9.9 (death of Elektra, highest), Incredible Hulk #340 CGC 9.9 (highest), Machine Man #1 CGC 9.9 (highest), Man of Steel #18 CGC 9.9 (single highest, first Doomsday), New Mutants #98 CGC 9.9 (first Deadpool, highest), X-Men #134 CGC 9.9, X-Men #137 CGC 9.9 (highest, death of Jean Grey), X-Men #266 CGC 9.9 (first Gambit), and more. Other key high grades include Amazing Spider-Man #252 CGC 9.8 Canadian Edition, Amazing Spider-Man #300 CGC 9.8 (first Venom), Batman #608 CGC 9.8 Retailer Incentive Version, Daredevil #131 CGC 9.8 (highest, first Bullseye), Heavy Metal #1 CGC 9.8 (highest), Iron Fist #14 CGC 9.6 (first Sabretooth), Love and Rockets #1 CGC 9.6 (second highest), Star Wars #1 CGC 9.8 Twin Cities (highest), Star Wars #1 CGC 5.0 Price Variant, Ultimate Spider-Man #1 CGC 9.8 White Variant (highest), Walking Dead #1 CGC 9.8, X-Men #98 CGC 9.8 (highest), X-Men #100 CGC 9.8 (highest), and many others.
“Session 4 includes an assortment of Silver Age and Bronze Age CGC-certified comic books and comic books graded by the ComicLink staff in individual and group lots, as well as a selection of original art. The comic book segment includes tons of accessible examples from major Marvel and DC runs and is a great source for filling runs and acquiring material in quantity. Session 4 original comic art selections include Bronze Age Kurt Schaffenberger and Curt Swan Superman and Action Comics pages, Mike Sekowsky Bat Lash pages, a Concrete commission by Paul Chadwick, a Gilbert Hernandez Luba #1 page, an Alex Ross Wolverine drawing, a Mike Grell Green Arrow pin-up, a Geof Darrow drawing from Hard Boiled #1, a Bill Ward Humorama conte crayon drawing, Golden Age Wonder Woman art by H.G. Peter, works by John Buscema, Don Heck, Herb Trimpe, Carmine Infantino and more,” Gillock said.
ComicLink is currently accepting consignments for the February Featured Auction, the March and April Focused Auctions, and the May Featured Auction. To reserve February Auction placement or to consign to other ComicLink auctions, email buysell@comiclink.com with your prospective auction list, or call (617) 517-0062, option 1, to speak with Gillock, Jason Crosby, Sean Goodrich, Jon Signorelli, or other members of the ComicLink team.
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Last Weekend for ComicLink’s January Auction
This is the last weekend to bid in the ComicLink January Focused Auction, which offers a selection of over 4,000 no-reserve Golden Age, Silver Age, and Bronze Age to modern comic book lots and original comic art.
“Like all of the ComicLink Focused Auctions, this auction is divided into four sessions, each focusing on a specific type of material,” said ComicLink Consignment Director Douglas Gillock.
“Session #1 showcases over 1,800 select, key and high-grade Silver and Bronze Age comic books graded by CGC and ends Tuesday, January 22, from 7:30 PM to 12:00 AM ET (titles A through G.I. Combat) and Wednesday, January 23, from 7:30 PM to 12:00 AM ET (titles Green Lantern through Z),” he said.
“Session #2, which showcases nearly 600 Golden Age comics, also primarily certified by CGC, but also including comics graded by the ComicLink staff, ends on Thursday, January 24, from 7:30 PM ET through 10:15 PM ET,” he said.
“Session #3 includes nearly 900 post-1975 CGC-graded comic books and closes on Thursday, January 24, from 10:20 PM to 12:00 AM ET (titles A through C) and Friday, January 25, from 7:30 PM to 9:40 PM ET (titles D through Z). Session #4 is an assortment of over 600 other, assorted individually graded comic books, interesting comic book group lots and original artwork, and closes on Friday, January 25, from 9:45 to 12:20 AM ET.”
The January Focused Auction is ComicLink’s first auction of 2013 and it is among the largest Focused Auctions the company has ever had, Gillock said.
“From Silver and Bronze Age keys and high grades, to a large selection of Golden Age goodies, to CGC graded Copper and Moderns and a selection of original comic art, this auction is going to include something for virtually every collecting focus,” he said.
“Session 1 is by far the largest segment of this auction and it is loaded with high grade and Key Silver and Bronze Age CGC-graded comics,” he said.
Just a few of the top Silver and Bronze highlights include items such as Amazing Fantasy #15 CGC 6.0 and CGC 4.0 (first Spider-Man), Amazing Spider-Man #1 CGC 5.5, Amazing Spider-Man #129 CGC 9.8 (highest, first Punisher), Avengers #1 CGC 7.5 (first Avengers), Batman #189 CGC 9.6 (first Silver Age Scarecrow, second highest), Batman #251 CGC 9.8 (highest, classic Adams Joker cover), Daredevil #1 CGC 8.5 (first Daredevil), Giant-Size X-Men #1 CGC 9.8 (highest, first New X-Men), Incredible Hulk #1 CGC 5.5, Incredible Hulk #181 CGC 9.8 and CGC 9.6 (first full Wolverine), Showcase #6 CGC 8.5 (first Challengers, second highest), Strange Tales #106 CGC 9.6 (second highest), Tales of Suspense #39 CGC 8.0 (first Iron Man), and Tales of Suspense #40 CGC 9.2 (second Iron Man).
“Other Session 1 highlights include Action Comics #419 CGC 9.8 (Neal Adams cover), All Star Western #10 CGC 9.4 (first Jonah Hex), Amazing Adventures #11 CGC 9.6 (first furry Beast, second highest), Amazing Spider-Man #40 CGC 9.4 (Green Goblin origin), Amazing Spider-Man #59 CGC 9.8 (highest), Amazing Spider-Man #61 CGC 9.8 (highest), Amazing Spider-Man #62 CGC 9.8 (highest), Amazing Spider-Man #122 CGC 9.6 (death of Green Goblin, second highest), Amazing Spider-Man #129 CGC 9.4 and CGC 9.2, Atom #1 CGC 7.0, Avengers #4 CGC 7.5 (first Silver Age Captain America), Avengers #57 CGC 9.2 (first Vision), Avengers #98 CGC 9.2 (highest, Adams art), Avengers #100 CGC 9.8 (highest), Batman #232 CGC 9.8 (highest, first Ras Al Ghul), Batman #234 CGC 9.4 (first Silver Age Two-Face), Batman #237 CGC 9.8 (highest), Captain America #100 CGC 9.4, Captain America #109 CGC 9.8 Boston (highest, origin), Conan #1 CGC 9.6 (second highest), Fantastic Four #12 CGC 5.0 (FF vs Hulk), Fantastic Four #25 CGC 7.5 (FF vs Hulk), Fantastic Four #112 CGC 9.6 (FF vs Hulk, second highest), Flash #105 CGC 4.5 (first Silver Age issue), Ghost Rider #1 CGC 9.6, Giant-Size X-Men #1 CGC 9.6 and CGC 9.2, Green Lantern #40 CGC 9.2 Savannah (1st Crisis, GA Green Lantern appears), Green Lantern #76 CGC 7.0 Signature Series (Neal Adams), Incredible Hulk #102 CGC 9.6 (second highest), Incredible Hulk #181 6.5, Iron Man #1 CGC 9.2, Iron Man #55 CGC 9.4 (first Thanos), Journey Into Mystery #84 CGC 7.5 (second Thor), Journey Into Mystery #85 CGC 8.5 (first Loki), Justice League of America #1 CGC 2.5, Marvel Premiere #15 CGC 9.6 (first Iron Fist), Outlaw Kid #1 CGC 9.6 (highest), Showcase #4 CGC 4.5 MA (first Silver Age Flash), Sub-Mariner #1 CGC 9.8 (highest), Tales of Suspense #39 CGC 3.0 (first Iron Man), Tales of Suspense #42 CGC 9.0 Twin Cities, Tales to Astonish #27 CGC 8.0 SP and CGC 5.0 (first Ant-Man), Tales to Astonish #49 CGC 9.2 (first Giant-Man), Tomb of Dracula #1 CGC 9.6, Tomb of Dracula #10 CGC 9.6 (first Blade), X-Men #1 CGC 3.0, X-Men #2 CGC 8.5, X-Men #14 CGC 9.2 (first Sentinels), X-Men #45 CGC 9.8 (highest), X-Men #94 CGC 9.2 (New X-Men begin), X-Men #95 CGC 9.8 (highest), X-Men #96 CGC 9.8, and many more,” he said.
Session 2 Golden Age highlights in this auction include a selection of early Action Comics issues including #19 CGC 2.0 and #35 CGC 3.5 (war cover) as well as high grade later issues like Action Comics #159 CGC 9.2 (single highest), Adventure Comics #34 CGC 6.5 (second highest), All-American Western #123 CGC 9.0 (single highest), All Select Comics #10 CGC 4.0, All Star Comics #1 CGC 6.0, All Star Comics #20 CGC 8.0, America’s Best Comics #1 CGC 3.5, Batman #2 CGC 2.5 (third Joker), Batman #18 CGC 4.5 (WWII Axis leaders cover), Batman #43 CGC 8.0 (Penguin cover), Big All-American Comic Book #1 CGC 2.5, Black Terror #20 CGC 5.5 (Schomburg cover), Captain America Comics #67 CGC 7.0, Captain America Comics #69 CGC 5.0, Champ Comics #16 GCC 4.0 (highest), Detective Comics #29 CGC 1.5 (third Batman), Detective Comics #124 CGC 8.0 (Joker cover), Exciting Comics #6 CGC 6.0, Exciting Comics #45 CGC 7.0 Double cover (Schomburg robot cover, second highest), Human Torch #7 CGC 4.5, a large run of Jumbo Comics issues including #49 CGC 7.5 (highest), #129 CGC 8.5 (highest), and #167 CGC 7.0 (single highest), National Comics #14 CGC 6.0 (Fine and Crandall cover), New Comics #6 CGC 8.0 MP (rare), a run of 1930s Operator 5 pulps, Our Fighting Forces #1 CGC 5.5, Space Western Comics #44 CGC 7.5 (single highest), Superman #18 CGC 5.5 (classic WWII cover), Superman #67 CGC 6.5 (first Batman crossover in Superman title), Suspense Comics #9 CGC 7.5 (LB Cole cover), and Zip Comics #1 CGC 3.5, among others.
“Highlights in Session 3 Late Bronze and Copper-Modern CGC-graded comics include a serious selection of exceptional CGC 9.9s such as Amazing Spider-Man #171 CGC 9.9 (single highest), Amazing Spider-Man #203 CGC 9.9 (single highest), Batman: Vengeance of Bane Special #1 CGC 9.9 (highest, first Bane), Daredevil #181 CGC 9.9 (death of Elektra, highest), Incredible Hulk #340 CGC 9.9 (highest), Machine Man #1 CGC 9.9 (highest), Man of Steel #18 CGC 9.9 (single highest, first Doomsday), New Mutants #98 CGC 9.9 (first Deadpool, highest), X-Men #134 CGC 9.9, X-Men #137 CGC 9.9 (highest, death of Jean Grey), X-Men #266 CGC 9.9 (first Gambit), and more. Other key high grades include Amazing Spider-Man #252 CGC 9.8 Canadian Edition, Amazing Spider-Man #300 CGC 9.8 (first Venom), Batman #608 CGC 9.8 Retailer Incentive Version, Daredevil #131 CGC 9.8 (highest, first Bullseye), Heavy Metal #1 CGC 9.8 (highest), Iron Fist #14 CGC 9.6 (first Sabretooth), Love and Rockets #1 CGC 9.6 (second highest), Star Wars #1 CGC 9.8 Twin Cities (highest), Star Wars #1 CGC 5.0 Price Variant, Ultimate Spider-Man #1 CGC 9.8 White Variant (highest), Walking Dead #1 CGC 9.8, X-Men #98 CGC 9.8 (highest), X-Men #100 CGC 9.8 (highest), and many others.
“Session 4 includes an assortment of Silver Age and Bronze Age CGC-certified comic books and comic books graded by the ComicLink staff in individual and group lots, as well as a selection of original art. The comic book segment includes tons of accessible examples from major Marvel and DC runs and is a great source for filling runs and acquiring material in quantity. Session 4 original comic art selections include Bronze Age Kurt Schaffenberger and Curt Swan Superman and Action Comics pages, Mike Sekowsky Bat Lash pages, a Concrete commission by Paul Chadwick, a Gilbert Hernandez Luba #1 page, an Alex Ross Wolverine drawing, a Mike Grell Green Arrow pin-up, a Geof Darrow drawing from Hard Boiled #1, a Bill Ward Humorama conte crayon drawing, Golden Age Wonder Woman art by H.G. Peter, works by John Buscema, Don Heck, Herb Trimpe, Carmine Infantino and more,” Gillock said.
ComicLink is currently accepting consignments for the February Featured Auction, the March and April Focused Auctions, and the May Featured Auction. To reserve February Auction placement or to consign to other ComicLink auctions, email buysell@comiclink.com with your prospective auction list, or call (617) 517-0062, option 1, to speak with Gillock, Jason Crosby, Sean Goodrich, Jon Signorelli, or other members of the ComicLink team.
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