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Sunday Internet Auction
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Sunday
Internet Comics Auction Spotlight
Auction Ends:
February 10, 2013
10:00 PM CT
623 lots are offered this
week, and all are being sold without reserve!
Highlights of this week's auction include:
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The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Marvel, 1963) CGC
VG/FN 5.0 Off-white to white pages
Spider-Man's origin is retold. First Fantastic Four crossover.
First appearances of John Jameson, J. Jonah Jameson, and the
Chameleon. Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko cover. Ditko art. Overstreet
2012 VG 4.0 value = $3,467; FN 6.0 value = $5,200. CGC census 2/13:
117 in 5.0, 419 higher.
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Little Archie #1 (Archie, 1956) CGC VG 4.0
Cream to off-white pages
Bob Bolling story, cover, and art. Overstreet lists this issue as
"scarce". Overstreet 2012 VG 4.0 value = $118. CGC census 2/13: 8
in 4.0, 11 higher.
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Rob Liefeld and Hilary Barta New Mutants
#91 Page 9 Original Art (Marvel, 1990)
The New Mutants encounter Caliban, but it is not yet their time to
be tested. Early work from popular artist Rob Liefeld. Image area
measures 10.5" x 15.5" and the art is in Very Good condition.
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The Amazing Spider-Man #300 (Marvel, 1988) CGC
NM/MT 9.8 White pages
Origin and first full appearance of Venom (Eddie Brock). Last time
Spider-Man wears the black "alien-symbiote" costume. The Thing
makes an appearance. Todd McFarlane cover and art. Overstreet 2012
NM- 9.2 value = $160. CGC census 2/13: 381 in 9.8, 8 higher.
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Star Wars #1 (Marvel, 1977) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White
pages
First part of the six-part adaptation of the movie, on sale before
the movie reached theaters. Howard Chaykin cover and art.
Overstreet 2012 NM- 9.2 value = $110. CGC census 2/13: 180 in 9.8,
none higher.
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Teen Titans #1 (DC, 1966) CGC VF 8.0 Cream to
off-white pages
Batman, Flash, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman cameos. The Teen Titans
join the Peace Corps. Nick Cardy cover and art. Overstreet 2012 VF
8.0 value = $232. CGC census 2/13: 20 in 8.0, 51 higher.
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Joe Simon Captain America Painted
Illustration Original Art (undated)
A fantastic fully-painted image of the Sentinel of Liberty by his
co-creator, Joe Simon. Most likely done as a specialty piece, the
image area measures 15" x 13" and the art is in Very Good
condition. From the Joe Simon Estate
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Al Williamson and Angelo Torres The Fly
#2 Complete 4-Page Story "One of Our Skyscrapers is Missing!"
Original Art (Harvey, 1959)
Missing: one skyscraper, and in its place is a building-shaped
tunnel leading to an underground civilization. Gorgeous work by the
unusual team of Williamson and Torres. The image areas measure 12"
x 17.5" and the art is in Very Good condition. From the Joe
Simon Estate.
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Alberto Giolitti Flash Gordon Page 8
Original Art (undated)
From an unidentified issue of Flash Gordon, this beautiful
Manning-esque page is by the great Italian artist Alberto Giolitti.
Image area measures 12" x 17.75" and the art is in Very Good
condition with some minor corner creases.
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Browse the entire
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Remarkable Pirates of the Caribbean Maquettes in Animation
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Years before the 1967 debut of the ride that would turn into a
billion-dollar franchise, these small sculptures were made to
finalize the poses and positioning for Walt Disney to review
personally. No molds were ever made of these. Once Disney approved
each maquette, it was used as the model for the full-size
sculpture.
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A 1974 Disney brochure on the ride described the process as
follows: "A scale model of the adventure was built as a guide for
studying the Pirates of the Caribbean in miniature. The mock-up, as
the model is called, enabled the Imagineers to view the entire show
as the adventure's guests would later see it.... Clay figures, nine
inches high, were placed on the mock-up to portray the pirates as
they were to appear in the final version of the show... These
detailed characters ... were moved from place to place on the model
set, much like a movie director instructs his actors, so that every
aspect of the action could be thoroughly envisioned.... The small
replicas became the guides for the actual sculpting of... life-size
figures."
Heritage is proud to offer
two maquettes from Pirates of the Caribbean as well as two from
Haunted Mansion, which you will find
here.
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Heritage at London Super Comic Convention February 23-24 |
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Heritage will once again be exhibiting at the London Super Comic
Convention. Consignments of comics and comic art will be accepted
directly at our table, and you can also stop by to see the catalogs
for our latest auctions and to find out more about Heritage and the
auction process.
We'll be at tables D221 & D222. For more information on the
show, please go to londonsupercomicconvention.com.
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ComicMarket at Heritage |
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ComicMarket
is our new fixed-price service, featuring CGC-graded comics
consigned by members of Heritage's ComicMarket Network. Heritage
acts as a broker and escrow agent for any transaction by making
comics from third-party sellers available to our customers in one
location.
If you ever think a price is too high on a ComicMarket item,
Heritage is happy to relay counter-offers, just use the Make An
Offer button on the item page.
Browse the entire selection at HA.com/CM.
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Website Tips: Do's and Don'ts For Sending
Images To Heritage
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Every day Heritage receives thousands of emails and phone calls
from clients all over the world asking us to evaluate their
property. Almost always, our first response is: send us a
photograph of the item. The old adage "A picture is worth a
thousand words" is very true... but only when the "picture"
provides useful information. Here's a list of basic do's and don'ts
when sending photographs of your property to our specialists for
review.
DO send photographs that are in focus and have enough light
to see the item being photographed.
If you can't see what it is, then we can't either.
DON'T email photographs larger than 1MB each.
Larger-sized digital photographs are easier to zoom in and see the
details, but too many extremely large photographs in one email
completely crashes our computer system. Use a zip file if you need
to send more than a dozen images. On the other hand...
DON'T email photographs too small.
Digital photographs less than 100KB are so small that we can't see
the item well enough to give an opinion on its age, quality, and
value.
DO check your images before you click Send.
More often than you would think, we receive someone's personal
photographs attached to the email by mistake. It doesn't take but a
second to double check that you are sending the correct images.
Some of you sure throw some wild parties!
DON'T send photographs with large glares.
Camera flashes and direct sunlight often produce glares in
photographs, especially on pieces that are framed with glass or
have very shiny surfaces. If your piece is framed, you may have to
remove the glass in order to photograph it.
DO send photographs of the entire front and the entire
back.
Close-up photographs are great, but don't forget to send us a
photograph of the overall front and back of the piece(s). We don't
want to miss anything important because it was cropped out of the
photograph. Note — it's generally OK to send photographs of only
one side of comic books, sportscards, or movie posters.
DO send a detail of the signature and any other markings, if
you are inquiring about any kind of artwork or autograph.
Signatures, dates, titles, inscriptions, labels — they are all
important and the detail images that you send assist us in
determining the best value for your piece.
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Employment Opportunities
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As the fastest growing American-based auction house, financially
rock-solid Heritage Auctions continues to grow and seek the best
talent in the industry. If you are a specialist or have strong
general collectibles knowledge, we want to hear from you. These
specialists will, in some cases, head new departments and in others
will enhance existing department expertise. We have positions open
at our headquarters in Dallas as well as at our new
state-of-the-art galleries in prime locations in both Midtown
Manhattan and Beverly Hills.
Heritage is seeking to hire the world's best specialists in
the following categories:
- 20th Century Design Specialist: Beverly Hills, New
York
- Asian Art Specialist: Beverly Hills
- Coin Buyer: San Francisco
- European Art Specialist: New York
- European Comic Art Specialist: Dallas, Paris
- Firearms Specialist: Dallas
- Modern & Contemporary Art Specialist: Beverly Hills,
New York
- Timepiece Specialist: Beverly Hills, New York
- Trust & Estates Specialist: New York
- Western Art Director: Dallas, Beverly Hills
- World Coins Director: Hong Kong
If you are interested and feel you have the qualifications we
seek, please email your resume and salary history to Experts@HA.com.
We are also seeking to fill the following corporate
positions:
- Client Services Representative: Dallas
- Coin Operations Assistant: Dallas
- Color & Photography Imaging Specialist: Dallas
- Currency Cataloger: Dallas
- Currency Consignment Director: Dallas
- Desktop Support Technician: Dallas
- e-Publishing Expert: Dallas
- Interns
- Marketing Applications Developer: Dallas
- WPF Applications Developer: Dallas
If you are interested in applying for one of these Corporate
positions, please apply here.
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Around Heritage Auctions
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Montblanc's Sir Winston Churchill Fountain Pen
Highlights Choice Writing Instruments
 Montblanc's
Sir Winston Churchill Limited Edition 53 fountain pen —
featuring 18 karat pink gold, tortoiseshell bands and 53 diamonds —
is expected to bring $25,000+ as part of a special offering of fine
writing instruments in Heritage's
Gentleman Collector Auction event, Feb. 23-24 at the
company's Design District Annex, 1518 Slocum Street.
In addition to pens, the auction includes eclectic collections
of vintage walking canes, automobilia, nautical art and ship
models, paintings, books, furniture, desk items for the bar and
study and remarkable memorabilia dedicated to historic
ballooning.
"Limited edition luxury pens are rapidly gaining a following,
especially among modern coin and wine collectors, and rare examples
are extremely hard to find," said Nicholas Dawes, Vice President of
Special Collections at Heritage. "My favorite is the Churchill, but
there's something for all tastes and budgets. What makes many of
these especially interesting is their edition numbers, carefully
chosen by the original collector. Many have edition number 1 and
others have number 8, which is hard to find."
 Virtually unheard of in a single
auction, two of Montblanc's most coveted patriotic limited edition
fountain pens — honoring the Star Spangled Banner and America's
independence — will cross the block during the event. A Montblanc
Limited Edition 56 Fourth of July fountain pen is expected to
bring $25,000+ and a Montblanc
Stars-and Stripes Skeleton fountain pen — one of 50 handcrafted
in white gold, diamonds and rubies — is expected to bring
$20,000+.
The collection features 30 Montblanc pens and small issue
rarities, such as a Montblanc
Limited Edition 100 Yellow Soulmakers Number 88 fountain pen,
expected to bring $16,000+.
"All of these superb instruments are in pristine, original
condition," added Dawes, "complete with presentation boxes and
paperwork."
More information about Fine Art
auctions.
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