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Sunday Internet Auction
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Sunday
Internet Comics Auction Spotlight
Auction Ends:
February 17, 2013
10:00 PM CT
537 lots are offered this
week, and all are being sold without reserve!
Highlights of this week's auction include:
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Gil Kane Secret Origins #28 Complete
19-page Story "The Origin of Midnight" Original Art (DC,
1988)
Meet the masked crime-fighter called Midnight, who deals with
criminals with his fists, in a story by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane,
reprising Jack Cole's Golden Age tale from Smash Comics #18.
Each page of this Gil Kane classic has a 10" x 15" image area, and
these marker on paper pages average Excellent condition.
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Ross Andru and Don Perlin Marvel Team-Up
#15 Ghost Rider page 15 Original Art (Marvel, 1973)
Spider-Man teams with Ghost Rider to stop the Orb, in this page
from "If an Eye Offend Thee." The art has an image area of 10" x
15", and, aside from some tape staining in the center of all four
edges, the condition is Very Good. From the Don Perlin
Collection.
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Joe Simon Captain America Specialty
Illustration Original Art (undated)
Captain America's co-creator, Joe Simon paints a memorable
illustration of the Shield Slinger in mixed media on board. The art
has an image area of 16.5" x 13.5". In Excellent condition. From
the Joe Simon Estate.
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The Avengers #4 (Marvel, 1964) CGC FN- 5.5
Cream to off-white pages
Captain America makes his first Silver Age appearance and joins the
Avengers. Sub-Mariner appearance. Jack Kirby and George Roussos
cover and art. Overstreet 2012 FN 6.0 value = $642. CGC census
2/13: 97 in 5.5, 696 higher.
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Tales to Astonish #44 (Marvel, 1963) Condition:
FN/VF
Origin and first appearance of the Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) and death
of Vernon Van Dyne. Backup story has Steve Ditko art. Jack Kirby
and Don Heck cover. Overstreet 2012 FN 6.0 value = $156; VF 8.0
value = $421.
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New Teen Titans (1980 series) #2 (DC, 1980) CGC
NM/MT 9.8 White pages
First appearance of Deathstroke the Terminator (Slade Wilson).
George Perez cover and art. Overstreet 2012 NM- 9.2 value = $45.
CGC census 2/13: 142 in 9.8, 1 higher.
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Action Comics #35 (DC, 1941) CGC FN+ 6.5
Off-white to white pages
Early German war cover by Wayne Boring. Art by Boring, Sheldon
Moldoff, and Bernard Baily art. Overstreet 2012 FN 6.0 value =
$795; VF 8.0 value = $1,694. CGC census 2/13: 2 in 6.5, 12
higher.
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Boy Comics #17 (Lev Gleason, 1944) CGC FN/VF
7.0 Off-white pages
Flag cover and art by Charles Biro. Dick Briefer, Rudy Palais, and
Bob Montana art. Overstreet 2012 FN 6.0 value = $141; VF 8.0 value
= $296. CGC census 2/13: 2 in 7.0, 4 higher.
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International Comics #2 (EC, 1947) CGC VF+ 8.5
Cream to off-white pages
Cover by Lee Bachelor. Art by Bachelor, Lee Ames, Kurt
Schaffenberger, and Sheldon Moldoff. Overstreet 2012 VF 8.0 value =
$271; VF/NM 9.0 value = $461. CGC census 2/13: 1 in 8.5, 1
higher.
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Captain Marvel #33 (Marvel, 1974) CGC NM+ 9.6
Off-white to white pages
Origin of Thanos. Drax and Death appearances. Avengers cameo. Jim
Starlin story, cover, and art. Klaus Janson art. Overstreet 2012
NM- 9.2 value = $60. CGC census 2/13: 39 in 9.6, 12 higher.
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Biggest Lots (Literally) in our Comics and Animation Auctions |
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Sometimes the scale of a piece isn't immediately obvious on a
catalog photo, so we thought we'd give you a look at the scale of
some of the larger pieces in the auction!
Click the links above for high-res scans and full descriptions
of these lots. As always, the description of every lot in the
auction notes the size of each individual piece.
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| Bugs
Bunny, Road Runner, Daffy Duck and Wile E. Coyote highlight
original Chuck Jones Animation Art |
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 One of
the very early developmental sketches that legendary animator Chuck
Jones made of Wile E. Coyote, dating back to within a few years
of the character's creation, is expected to bring $10,000+ as the
lead lot of offerings from
The Chuck Jones Archives, part of Heritage Auctions'
inaugural Animation
Art Signature® Auction, Feb. 21, at the Fletcher-Sinclair
Mansion (Ukrainian Institute of America), 2 East 79th Street (at
5th Avenue).
The 30+ piece grouping — with more than 20 pieces that come
directly from the hand of Chuck Jones himself — has been consigned
by Jones' family, the first time since the 1990s that the family
has released any "new" work. This is the first time that the pieces
in the trove have ever been offered at public auction.
"There are few modern animators more famous, more popular or
more influential than the late great Chuck Jones," said Jim Lentz,
Director of Animation Art at Heritage, "and this Wile E. Coyote
drawing is one of the most important pieces of Chuck Jones artwork
to ever be offered. While we can all look at this spectacular piece
and see the character we all love so well, Jones did it as he was
figuring out just who Wile E. Coyote was and what he looked
like."
The Chuck Jones Archives cut a broad swathe across the
storied career of this most important of American animators,
touching on most every major character that he helped place in the
American popular imagination: Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd,
Marvin Martian, Michigan J. Frog, Sylvester the Cat and many more.
It also includes samples of his work with Dr. Seuss on "How the
Grinch Stole Christmas" and "Horton Hears a Who," his work at MGM
on Tom and Jerry and his Academy Award-winning short "The Dot and
the Line."
Importantly, too, the trove highlights some of the lesser
explored corners of Jones' career, including comic strips, one-off
animation specials and fine art paintings and drawings, showcasing
the tremendous talent he possessed that transcended his sublime
cartoon work. Within this section of the grouping are character
studies and portraits, all done by Jones himself, in mediums
ranging from pencil and watercolor to charcoal and mixed media, and
all with estimates ranging from $2,500+ to $10,000+.
One of the most interesting wrinkles in Jones' career was a
short-lived daily comic strip title "Crawford," which is
represented in the auction with an
original "Crawford" daily from May 2, 1978. It is expected to
bring $5,000+.
"'Crawford' was introduced to the New York Times-Chicago Tribune
syndicate on Jan.9, 1978," said Lentz. "Few of his hand drawn
'Crawford's' have ever come to market. The history of the ill-fated
strip was detailed in the coffee table book 'Chuck Jones – The
Dream That Never Was,' where this actual strip can be seen on page
173."
A rare
Jones original watercolor painting of Pepe LePew not only
presents the character in a decidedly fragrant light, contrary to
his foibles in the cartoon, but also showcases the artist's deep
talent, seamlessly blending color, line and subject into a charming
and transcendent painting. It is estimated at $20,000+.
Of all the classic cartoons that Jones directed, it's hard to
imagine a more significant short than 1957's "What's Opera Doc,"
voted the number one cartoon of all-time in Jerry Beck's 1994 book
"The 50 Greatest Cartoons." The classic is represented in the
auction by an
exceedingly rare original production layout drawing of Elmer Fudd,
in full Viking regalia, estimated at $5,000+.
The legions of Bugs Bunny fans will find a tremendous amount to
celebrate in the grouping, with numerous drawings and animation
cels representing the famous rabbit, one of the most popular of
which is sure to be an
original hand-painted gag cel drawn by Jones showing Daffy Duck as
a magician pulling Bugs out of his hat. The drawing, which is
expected to bring $4,000+, will be featured in the upcoming 2013
book "Chuck Jones: Drawing on Character – 100 Classic Drawings by
an American Icon."
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| Alien
Resurrection and Frazetta Art Stolen From Arthur Suydam |
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The great Arthur Suydam has informed us that the two pieces of
art pictured here were stolen from his New York studio: a gouache
"Alien Resurrection" piece by Suydam himself and an 8"x10" drawing
attributed to Frank Frazetta.
If any of our clients have information on the whereabouts of
these, please email us at bid@HA.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: Connect to Heritage through
PayPal
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If you've visited the Heritage website recently, you may have
noticed a change as you tried to log in. We now allow you to sign
up or log in to HA.com with your PayPal credentials.
As always, you can log in with your Heritage username and
password. However, if you click on the PayPal icon to sign in, you
will be taken to a screen that asks you to sign in with your PayPal
credentials. Enter the email address and password you use with
PayPal here.
If your PayPal account is not connected with your Heritage
account yet, but we recognize the email address, you will see a
screen that looks like this. To connect the two accounts, just
enter your Heritage password here. Once you've connected your
account, you will be able to sign in to Heritage with your PayPal
credentials for as long as the two accounts are connected.
You can always connect and disconnect a PayPal account,
regardless of email address, to your Heritage account through
MyProfile. In the lower part of the page, click on the switch to
connect the PayPal account of your choice. Once connected, you can
sign in with either your Heritage information or your PayPal
information for as long as the accounts are connected.
If you're not already a Heritage member, you can join as a full
member with just your PayPal credentials. To sign up this way, just
click on the PayPal icon on the sign-up page and enter your PayPal
credentials. Once you've done that, a page will come up with a
couple of quick questions, and you're all done!
Finally, if you're not approved to bid yet, you can get approved
to bid by connecting a PayPal account to your Heritage account. As
long as the PayPal account connected to your account is validated
through PayPal (this involves connecting the PayPal account to a
valid bank account), you're good to go.
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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
- Operations Assistant: 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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Name the Trillion Dollar Coin!
As the nation moves closer to raising its debt ceiling, some say
the solution can be found in a Trillion Dollar Coin. Minted by the
U.S. Treasury and deposited in the Federal Reserve, a trillion
dollar coin made of platinum could suddenly fund the nation's debts
for the next two years! The Fed says a Trillion Dollar Coin isn't a
practical solution but what would the United States' largest single
denomination look like? What would it be called? The Deficit
Dollar? The Philly Trilly? Who or what should be pictured? What
should it say? E Poorhouse Unum?
As legislators debate the debt, let your voice to be heard in
Heritage's Trillion Dollar Coin Naming Contest! Enter your best
name for the Trillion Dollar Coin in the form to the right. Our
panelist of judges will pick the top names. You will then have the
chance to vote on your favorite name. The voting period is open
from February 13, 2013, to February 20, 2013.
The winner will receive a $1,000 coupon good for any
Heritage Auctions purchase, and one runner-up will be awarded a
$200 coupon.
Click here to enter!
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Kareem Abdul Jabbar's Rookie 'Alcindor' Jersey —
Also From The Bucks '70-'71 Championship — Expected To Bring
$100,000+ At Auction
 A remarkable, and valuable,
trio of basketball artifacts — Lew
Alcindor's 1969-1971 game worn Milwaukee Bucks jersey (his last
before becoming Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), Oscar
Robertson's 1970-'71 NBA Championship Season game worn Milwaukee
Bucks jersey and Kareem's
first set of game worn goggles, from 1974 — are expected to
bring more than $150,000 altogether at auction on Feb. 23 in New
York as part of Heritage Auctions' Platinum
Night Sports event.
The pieces have been consigned by Dr. Patrick McBride, Dean of
Students of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical Schools,
who also holds the distinction — which stands to this day — of
having been named the youngest Equipment Manager in the history of
professional sports. McBride has kept the pieces in his closet for
the last 40 years.
McBride, who started as a bat boy for the Milwaukee Brewers and
then the Bucks, was made Equipment Manager shortly after the
'70-'71 season, when the previous Equipment Manager died suddenly.
The equipment from each season was stored when the season ended
and, a few years after the historic first championship, while going
through the stored equipment, McBride came across the gamers
mentioned above and asked the team if he could keep a couple of
them. He was granted permission and McBride chose the Alcindor and
Robertson jerseys.
"I knew back then that they would be of significant value and
that they were from an historic moment," said McBride, "but more to
the point was that I was there for every one of those minutes in
that first Bucks championship season. I spent a lot of hours in
those arenas and I worked hard at those games. They meant a lot to
me."
The 1969-71 Lew Alcindor jersey is significant on any number of
levels, as it marks not only the last time that one of the great
players in NBA history, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, would go by his birth
name, but it also the jersey he wore in his first championship, in
his first MVP and Scoring Title season. The jersey is expected to
bring $100,000+.
 There are very few who would
openly contend that Oscar Roberston is not the greatest point guard
in NBA history and a tried and true champion. Nowhere was this more
evident than in the '70-'71 season when Robertson was acquired by
the Bucks to help mold the young Alcindor and, eventually, bring
the Bucks their first and only championship.
This jersey was on The Big O's back the whole time and is
expected to bring $50,000+ when it crosses the block.
"It was an amazing thing to watch Robertson that season,"
McBride said. "He not only sacrificed his own points to help
Kareem, he showed him how to win a championship and he gave every
ounce of himself to every game. I saw, night after night, as he
gave his all and demanded the same of every player on that
team."
While
Kareem's goggles are not dated to the championship season, they
are indeed the first pair the superstar ever wore, in the 1974
season, after his cornea was scratched in a game. After searching
far and wide, the team came across the goggles, made by a French
company, and ordered them for Kareem. Out of the many the team
tried, this pair was the most comfortable and efficient and the
team ordered several more pairs.
 "After a certain amount of play the goggles
got scratched," said McBride. "Kareem discarded them for the next
pair and I got these."
As far as desirability goes, it seems fairly obvious to
collectors why these pieces would be so prized.
"These three pieces, and everything that Dr. McBride has
consigned to the auction, have everything you could possibly want,"
said Chris Ivy, Director of Sports Auctions at Heritage Auctions.
"They have a rock solid provenance — they've never left Dr.
McBride's possession and he is very well known in the NBA — and are
associated with two of the greatest athletes to ever play
professional sports, period, from an amazingly storied season.
Things like this don't come around often."
For McBride, whose hustle and hard-work in his youth set him on
his successful path as an adult, the auction is bittersweet, if an
obvious decision.
"I've had them for 40 years and have enjoyed them every minute
but I'm not young anymore," he said. "I'd rather do something
meaningful for my family by securing their future and donate to
some important charities at the same time while ensuring these
pieces are properly taken care of for posterity."
More information about Sports
auctions.
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