Auction Highlights #14
Mindless Scrolling. This week I just mindlessly scrolled through the completed items on eBay and noted anything that caught my attention. Let’s have a peek at what I found:
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Collecting and Investing Tips #14
Comic Books as Gifts. Early December is a good time to introduce the concept of collectible comic books as gifts. Whether it’s Christmas, birthdays, graduations or whatever, comic books can be very personal and cherished gifts.
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Little Dot #1, September 1953, Harvey Comics. It’s hard to find characters originating in comic books that are not super heroes that have conquered the world. Richie Rich is an original comic book creation that has sold millions of comic books, crossed over into TV, Movies and
Read MoreUndervalued Spotlight #14Crazy Comic Covers: Action Comics #434 "The Krypton Connection"
The Cover: What do we know about Superman? Well, according to this cover, he’s a total wuss when it comes to a visit to the dentist. Look at the dentist put his back into it as he’s trying to pull…
Auction Highlights #13
This week I thought we'd have a look at someone who's been getting a lot of press lately. Archie's making headlines with his imaginary weddings to Betty and Veronica (not at the same time). Not surprisingly I found
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Vacations, business trips, sporting events, seminars and family functions are just some of the reasons we find ourselves visiting other cities. If you’re a comic collector like me odds are you’ve pulled out the local yellow pages
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One of the best Bronze Age Marvel runs lies within the Incredible Hulk title. Issues like #141 (1st Doc Samson), #144 (Doc Doom battle cover), #161 (Beast battle), #162 (1st Wendigo), #172 (Juggernaut origin) and not to mention Wolverine’s appearance in issues #180 - #182 are all highly prized by collectors. Hiding amongst these standouts is
Read MoreUndervalued Spotlight #13Crazy Comic Cover: Jimmy Olsen #113 "The wrongo Superman!"
The Cover: I could make a comment on how Superman needs to be more careful when choosing his friends, but then again he’s best friends with Jimmy Olsen; the walking disaster zone. So let’s just take this cover for…
Auction Highlights #12
There were some really neat comics up for grabs in ComicLink’s November auction. Nice Golden Age books were plentiful as were quality Silver Age and Bronze Age.
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This week’s tip is aimed at the collectors. The collectors are really the silent majority of the back issue market and a surprisingly large numbers of them don’t really know where to start when faced with the dilemma of selling their comic book collection
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Rawhide Kid had a ho-hum 16 issue run between March 1955 and September 1957. Atlas Comics (which would turn into Marvel in a short couple of years) decided to reboot the title
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Crazy Comic Covers: Action Comics #593 The Suicide Snare
This week’s Crazy Comic Cover is a continuation of last week’s Action Comics where we left off with Superman and Big Barda falling down a pit dug by an alien in a sewer. Yeah, aliens spend their time digging death…
Auction Highlights #11 – Under the Radar
Super high grades, super keys and super hyped auction events have been delivering some very impressive sales results lately. This week I thought I’d try to check out what’s happening just under the radar of these headline grabbing comics and events
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It's the Journey. Comic collecting is such a goal oriented activity. It’s all about finishing those runs, picking up all those keys etc. Often we don’t even realize that a very big and important part of our
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Elongated Man #2, DC Comics, 1992 This is David Diep and I’ve decided to hijack this week’s Undervalued Spotlight from our regular writer; Walter Durajlija. After I saw that Walt put Fantastic Four #1 into last week’s Undervalued Spotlight I…
Crazy Comic Covers: Action Comics #592 "…A walk on the darkside!"
The Cover: It’s Big Barda with her phallic megarod about to cave in Superman’s skull, while Superman has got his fist zeroed in on her face! What could be the cause of this strife between these heroes? Well, it could…
Auction Highlights #10 – Mound City
Big Collection Surfaces in Missouri. The Mound City Comic Book Auction that took place November 1st and 2nd is the stuff of legend. The comics were found in the basement of a home in Arnold, MO. A cousin of
Read MoreAuction Highlights #10 – Mound CityFox News Discovers the Joys of Comic Book Collecting*
(*Still probably hate Barack Obama.) Even though the guy reporting sounds like he’s chewing tobacco and/or a 1950s gangster in a b-movie, it’s a pretty interesting segment. Here’s the write up: ST. CHARLES, MO (KTVI-FOX2now.com) – Comic books are…
Investing and Collecting Tips #10
A few tips ago we went over how to look for restoration on comic books. Not even 3 days after that post I submitted for grading a copy of an Amazing Fantasy #15 for a customer who had the week before
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Fantastic Four #1, Marvel Comics, November 1961. There’s been a lot written on what is the most important Silver Age comic book. For many years DC’s reintroduction of the Flash in Showcase #4 reigned as the Silver Age’s most important and most expensive comic book. Though I obviously disagree I’ll not continue the argument here but I will
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