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7 MOST IMPORTANT SUPER HEROES From: Mike Benton, The Comic Book in America: An Illustrated History, Taylor Publishing Company: Dallas, Texas (1989), pages 178-181:
Out of the hundreds of superhero characters, seven stand out as most historically important: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, Captain America, Captain Marvel, and Plastic Man. MORE: http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/SignificantSeven.html -----------------------------------------------------------------
Space Ships, Aliens And Comics To Watch At SXSW's Film FestThis year's annual South By South West film festival in Austin, Texas has picked up some heavy-hitting foreign science fiction, with the industrial Cargo, not to mention Star Wars finger-pointing, and vampires. Here are our top SXSW film picks. CHECK OUT THESE MOVIES: http://io9.com/5477569/space-ships-aliens-and-comics-to-watch-at-sxsws-film-fest -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ghost Hunters Celebrates 100 Episodes with a LIVE EventFebruary 14, 2010 by Cynthia My house is haunted. I kid you not, but even when the ghosties and ghoulies are active, I myself no longer have to worry about going bump in the night because I have a Ghost Hunters nightlight! Way cool, huh? Definitely one of my favorite bits of swag to date! Ghost Hunters returns with all new episodes on March 3 and they’ve got a live blow out planned for their 100th episode that you won’t want to miss. Jason and Grant will team up with Barry and Dustin from Ghost Hunters International for their biggest hunt yet – a trip to Alcatraz. Forget the DVR. For this one, you have to tune in LIVE for this two-hour, interactive fan event on March 3. Learn more when you visit Syfy.com/gh MORE: http://www.sfuniverse.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Korean Robot Teaching AssistantsKorean classrooms will feature robotic teaching assistants for preschool and kindergarten classes. The Korean government will invest 1 billion KRW ($8.69 million USD) in 2011 to expand the system to 500 preschools. These robotic teaching assistants can also be used by parents, who can connect to the robot wirelessly and exchange messages with their child and check on their child's progress. The robots will be evaluated over the next two years and rolled out to other schools based on performance. Teaching machines and caregiver robots have been present in science fiction for more than fifty years. In his 1951 story The Fun They Had, Isaac Asimov wrote about a mechanical teacher: MORE: http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2805 ------------------------------------------------------------
Parallel Lines Features Two Great Looking Sci-Fi ShortsBack a bit, Adam Berg directed “Carousel”, an amazing piece of film, freeze framing in a 2 minute and 19 second tracking shot a robbery gone horribly wrong. It was epic and was chosen as the Film Grand Prix Winner at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. To followup that success, Mr. Berg decided to ask the fine filmmakers within Ridley Scott Associates to follow in his footsteps for his “Parallel Lines” project. 45 films were made but only five made the cut, including some snappy little sci-fi numbers, one directed by commercial director Carl Erik Rinsch, who is a man that needs to be making features. In Carl’s short, titled “The Gift” a droid manservant flees from the police. In the other Sci-Fi short, called “Darkroom”, directed by Johnny Hardstaff, we have a dark noir and Blade Runnerish theme. The rest of the films also look pretty nifty. See it all below. It’s coming out April 8th. Thanks Slashfilm. MORE: http://www.scificool.com/parallel-lines-features-two-great-looking-sci-fi-shorts/ -------------------------------------- Buck Rogers Ray Gun Cigarette Case Dark Horse is proud to introduce a stunning line
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New Champ: Detective Comics #27 Hits $1,075,500 “It's a question that has exercised generations of schoolboys: Superman or Batman - who would win?” asked The Times of London. “Now, finally, we have the answer.” The answer comes in the form of a record-breaking price realized for a CGC-certified 8.0 copy of Detective Comics #27, the first appearance of Batman, which sold at Heritage Auction Galleries for $1,075,500 (including the 19.5% buyer’s premium). MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=259&ai=92277 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------------------
Action Comics #1 Graded 8.0 Sells for $1 Million As records go, there were two. One of them will last. The other lasted less than four days. On Monday, February 22, 2010, when ComicConnect.com sold a CGC-certified 8.0 copy of Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman, it was the first comic to ever sell for $1 million. It also, naturally, became the highest price ever paid for a comic. It will always be the first one to sell in that range, but on Thursday, February 25, Hertitage Auction Galleries sold a Detective Comics #27, also CGC-certified 8.0, for $75,500 more. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=259&ai=92149 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------------------------------
Free Green Hornet Card at Baltimore Show A limited edition Green Hornet promo card, designed exclusively for the Baltimore Non-Sports Card Convention and offered in conjunction with Martin Grams' and Terry Salomonsons' upcoming Green Hornet book, will be issued with each paid admission to the March 21, 2010 show while supplies last. Only 1,000 cards will be printed. The convention will feature numerous tables of exhibitors from the non-sports hobby, including artists, authors, manufacturers, publishers, and dealers, according to the show’s promoter, USA Theaters. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=259&ai=92293 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------
Wizard Adds Show in Nashville to Line-Up Gareb Shamus, CEO of Wizard, has added another to his list of comic convention acquisitions with the purchase of the 10-year-old Nashville Comics & Horror Festival. The show, which will operate as the Nashville Comic Con Wizard World Convention, is the twelfth city in the Wizard line-up. Marc Ballard, owner of ComicCityTN, the show’s manager, will remain as a consultant. Dates and venue are to be announced. The scheduled Wizard shows thus far are March 26-28, 2010 (Toronto), April 16-18, 2010 (Anaheim), June 11-13, 2010 (Philadelphia), August 19-22, 2010 (Chicago), October 1-3, 2010 (New England), October 7-10, 2010 (Big Apple), October 15-17, 2010 (New Jersey), and November 12-14, 2010 (Austin), with dates also to be announced for Atlanta, Cincinnati, and Cleveland. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=259&ai=92150 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------
The Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen First announced as a project from his own Kitchen Sink Press two decades ago, The Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen is the first collection of work by the underground cartoonist and acclaimed publishing pioneer. In addition to his comix, this book features a wealth of unpublished material: paintings, covers for underground newspapers and comix, rare strips and illustrations, and historic photos of Kitchen and many of his contemporaries. The Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen is a full-color, 200-page, 9” x 12” hardcover with an introduction by Neil Gaiman. It will carry a cover price of $34.99. It's scheduled for a June 2010 release. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=259&ai=92295 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------
9.4 Fantastic Four #1 at Pedigree Comics Silver Age key Marvel Comics issues will get a spotlight in Pedigree Comics’ upcoming Grand Auction, scheduled to begin on Sunday night, April 18, 2010 at 8:00 PM. The auction will last for 10 days until the evening of Sunday, April 28, and will feature “a few hundred choice high grade and ultra high grade Silver and Bronze Age Marvels and DCs,” according to Schmell, President and CEO of Pedigree. “The highlight of the auction is the second best known copy of Fantastic Four #1, a CGC-certified 9.4 with white pages. It is one of only four certified 9.4 copies in the world, trailing only one in 9.6, and represents only the second time a certified Near Mint example has been publicly offered for sale,” Schmell said. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=92312 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------------
999 Folded One-Sheets at eMoviePoster.com From epics to comedies, from
horror and science fiction to drama, in this week’s selection of 999
folded one-sheets, collectors will find all years and genres represented in
the offerings from eMoviePoster.com
this week. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=92300 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------------------
Yogi Berra's Perfect Game Jersey at Grey Flannel When you think of legendary sports photos, few tell a story quite as graphically as the October 8, 1956 shot of a euphoric Yogi Berra in a leaping bear hug with teammate Don Larsen, who’d just pitched a perfect World Series game. The rarity of such a moment is borne out by the very definition of a “perfect game” – it must be both a no-hitter and a shutout, with no hits, walks, batters struck or bases reached for any reason. This feat has been achieved only 18 times in the history of Major League Baseball – 16 times since the modern era began in 1900. Fast forward to 2010, 54 years after that rapturous moment in New York Yankees history, and there’s a new postscript to add to the story: the uniform Yogi wore on that unforgettable day has surfaced and will be auctioned by Grey Flannel in a mid-April sale. The owner of the uniform, former New York Yankees prospect Ron Stevenot, was given the uniform at age 17, on the day he reported to Yankee Stadium to begin the most memorable year of his life. “It was 1959, and I had just graduated from Port Jefferson High School in Long Island (New York), where I had been the catcher on the school’s team,” Stevenot recalled. “Our team had won the county championship, and after graduation, the Yankees sent me a letter asking if I’d like to try out for the New York Yankees Rookie Team, which I did. When they selected me for the team, I felt like I was walking on air… Along with other promising high school prospects from the New York metro area who had been chosen, I reported to the Yankees locker room, where we were issued our uniforms.” Each of the new prospects was given a uniform that had been worn by a Major League Yankee in a prior season. “I remember that I wanted Mickey Mantle’s uniform, but someone else had claimed it, so I took Yogi Berra’s old uniform. Those uniforms we were given were the ones we were going to wear for the whole summer as we toured New England.” MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=92306 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------
Frazetta, Herriman, Foster at Russ Cochran MARCH 11 We’re always happy to tell you about whatever gems Russ Cochran has turned up for his auctions, but this time we’re just going to stand back and let the Old Professor himself tell you about them. Why? Well, there are three answers to that: Frank Frazetta, George Herriman, and Hal Foster. Not only is Cochran a long acknowledged master on the subjects, he’s lined up six pieces (four great Edgar Rice Burroughs illustrations by Frazetta) to talk about. Take it away, Russ: “The first Frank Frazetta piece is the, original title page illustration for Land of Terror by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ace Books, 1963, signed lower left "Frazetta", matted and professionally framed. Breaking into paperback illustration for the first time, Frazetta wanted his covers and title page drawings to impress and also have a casual style. And he achieves both in this wonderful sabre-tooth and mastodon drawing. His quick lines give texture to the planar surfaces of the rocks and to the wooly hair of the mastodon,” Cochran said. “The second is the original title page illustration for The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ace Books, 1963, initialed lower left "F.F.", matted and professionally framed. Although Tarzan and Sheeta the leopard were not all that friendly in the Burroughs novels, Frazetta created a lovely silhouette of them against a full moon,” he said. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=92316 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------------
Beautifully restored Hunneman hand-drawn hand tub-fire pumper, 1854 (est. $30,000-$40,000).
“The War Game” mermaid coin-op arcade machine by Matheson Mfg. (est. $200,000-$300,000).
Pre-World War II Japanese early race car tin toy with key wind, very rare (est. $2,000-$4,000). Showtime Auction Services Holds April 9-11 Event Nearly 2,000 lots from several major collections in an array of categories – firefighting items from the Granite Handtub Museum in Newmarket, N.H., a private arcade machine collection, around 150 rare toys and banks and more – will be sold April 9-11, 2010 by Showtime Auction Services, at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds in Ann Arbor, Mich. The three-day Spring “Live” Auction will also feature advertising, country store, barber shop, coin-op, gambling, general store, soda fountain, Coca-Cola, breweriana, petroliana, automobilia, Western Americana, tobacciana, saloon, brothel, die cabinets, showcases, store fixtures, Black Americana, salesman’s samples, Native American items, trade signs and more. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=92314 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------
Carmen Jones Directed by Otto Preminger, Carmen
Jones was one of the most elaborate and sophisticated representations of
African Americans on the silver screen in the 1950s. Despite the use of heavy
dialect in both the sung and spoken dialogue, the complexities and nuances of
Bizet's original opera weren't lost in this newer version. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=92180 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------
Cleopatra Jones While Pam Grier emerges as the
prominent actress of the "black exploitation era" in American film for
her roles in films like Foxy Brown and Coffy, we would like to
assert that none of Grier's roles were as empowering or classic as Tamara
Dobson's turn as Cleopatra Jones. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=92185 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------------------
The Debut of Christie Did you know that the first
African-American member of the Barbie line was unveiled at the height of the
U.S. civil rights movement? Mattel released the first brown-skinned addition to
its all-American doll series, Barbie, in 1968--one year shy of its ten-year
anniversary. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=92181 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------
Pore Li'l Mose Did you know that when Richard
Outcault's Pore Li'l Mose debuted in 1901, it was considered
revolutionary and nearly "sympathetic," despite the fact that its
depiction of its African-American lead is considered uncomfortable in our
contemporary age? The first ever newspaper strip to feature a Black protagonist,
Pore Li'l Mose followed the exploits of the titutlar character--a young African
American boy--as he migrated from his rural hometown "Cottonville,"
Georgia to the Northern, urban machine that is New York City. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=92182 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------------
Zombies vs. Cheerleaders Zombies vs. Cheerleaders is, according to the publisher, “Morbid or funny, and sometimes morbidly funny,” this title springs from the trading card series from 5FINITY Productions. The 32-page color comic carries a $3.99 retail price and is set to go on sale in April 2010. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=261&ai=92296 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------- THIS ENDS OUR POSTINGS FOR 2-27-10
Voyager Celebrates 20-Year-Old Valentine To Solar System Twenty years ago on February 14, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft had sailed beyond the outermost planet in our solar system and turned its camera inward to snap a series of final images that would be its parting valentine to the string of planets it called home.Mercury was too close to the sun to see, Mars showed only a thin crescent of sunlight, and Pluto was too dim, but Voyager was able to capture cameos of Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Earth and Venus from its unique vantage point. These images, later arranged in a large-scale mosaic, make up the only family portrait of our planets arrayed about the sun. ---------------------------------------------------------------
Living 3D Dinosaurs Screensaver This is really cool. Check it out at: http://www.screensaversfor.me/?gclid=CNCn4rCR-J8CFRD7agodYDbrfQ ----------------------------------------------
Thanos Returns to Threaten the Marvel Universe Readers who frequent our Off The Presses section know that we’re huge fans of the work that writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning have done on Nova. In fact, we recently asked if there was a better superhero monthly on the market today. One of the reasons for that is that despite being involved in some very popular crossover events, there has been no sense of what many readers have started calling “event fatigue.” It’s not that there’s anything bad about the big events in comics, just that some of them seem to have forgotten the art of telling easily accessible stories and others seem to have forgotten the state of the national economy. With Marvel’s cosmic titles that sprang from the Annihilation event, though, that’s never been the case. For instance, we’ve been able to just keep reading Nova without feeling like we’re being punished for just reading Nova. Our friends who a reading all of the titles get a bigger picture, but we don’t miss out just because we love the Human Rocket. Now, though, Abnett and Lanning (along with editor Bill Rosemann and the rest of their crew) have finally cracked us. They’re bringing back one of the best bad guys to ever threaten the Marvel universe. Yeah, it’s Thanos. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=259&ai=91883 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------------------
NY Comic Book Marketplace Shifts to Penn Plaza On Saturday, February 27, 2010, Michael Carbonaro’s New York Comic Book Marketplace comes to the Penn Plaza Pavilion, 401 7th Ave at 33rd Street, a shift in venues for the recently announced show. It was originally announced for another location, but mid-week this new-old facility was confirmed. Carbonaro is no stranger to the location, though, as it was home for many years to the Big Apple Con until he sold it to Wizard’s Gareb Shamus. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=259&ai=92031 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------------------------------
Bruce Campbell Joins Wizard World Philadelphia If you live in the Philadelphia area, on Saturday, June 12, 2010 Ash is coming to town. Actor Bruce Campbell (Army of Darkness, Burn Notice) will join Wizard World Philadelphia's line-up of guests for that day. “It’s so much fun to bring Bruce Campbell to our Philadelphia fans. From Army of Darkness to his cameos in the Spider-Man [movies] to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, he spans all the genres and he really knows how to have [fun] with his appearance,” said Wizard's Gareb Shamus. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=260&ai=92043 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------------------
Action Comics #1 3.0 Offered at ComicConnect The granddaddy of the superhero genre, the first appearance of Superman, is arguably the most important comic book of all time, and now a CGC-certified 3.0 copy of Action Comics #1 is up for auction. "I've held this book in my hands outside of the CGC holder and it is remarkable. Great paper, supple pages, good color and completely unrestored," said Vincent Zurzolo, Chief Operating Officer of ComicConnect.com. “If Action Comics #1 didn’t come along, we never would have had a Batman, a Spider-Man or any other superhero for that matter,” said Rob Reynolds, Director of Consignments. “Superman changed the world we live in and Action Comics #1 started it all.” With only an estimated 100 copies in existence, very few collectors will ever have the opportunity to make this hallowed cornerstone comic book the centerpiece of their collection, they said. To provide as many collectors as possible a shot at ownership, ComicConnect.com is offering a six-month, interest-free payment plan for this issue. Contact ComicConnect.com before the auction begins on March 26, 2010 for bidding approval. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=92055 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------
Strange Tales in Pedigree Grand Auction According to Pedigree Comics' Doug Schmell, “a fabulous run of Silver Age Strange Tales” will be available in his company's upcoming Grand Auction, which starts on Sunday night, April 18, 2010 and lasts for 10 days until Wednesday evening, April 28. “This new Strange Tales group is mostly from the Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD run of the title and includes almost 20 issues, all (save for a 9.2 #135) in 9.4 or higher with most of the books in 9.6 and 9.8 CGC-certified condition,” Schmell said. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=92054 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------------
Rip Kirby, Right Around Home at Russ Cochran Russ Cochran has announced March 11, 2010 as the date for Russ Cochran’s Comic Art Auction #92. “We've got a very nice Frazetta preliminary of Kubla Khan, a Hal Foster Tarzan Sunday from 1936, a Little Nemo in Slumberland Sunday, three great Prince Valiant Sundays, a great variety of Dick Tracy dailies, several Broom-Hilda dailies and Sundays (proceeds to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society) and much more,” Cochran said. “And we're not done yet! And still more lots are to be added later.” Among the hidden gems in the auction is a Sunday page from what Cochran called “possibly the most under-rated of all newspaper comic art,” Right Around Home. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=92064 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------
582 Non-U.S. posters, 28 countries at eMoviePoster Tuesday evening, February 16, 2010 saw the start of a new auction slate from eMoviePoster.com, this one featuring 582 non-U.S. posters from 28 different countries. This is Part I of their Winter 2010 Special Non-U.S. Mini/Major Auction, the company’s first mini/major auction in 2010. The second part of the auction started Thursday, February 18 and will run until the February 25. “As usual with our mini/major auctions, we give a full-color T-shirt to every buyer, even if they only purchase one item,” eMoviePoster’s Bruce Hershenson told us. Some of the best ones include Ocean's 11 (Japanese, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr.), Star Wars (Russian, 26” x 40”), Rio Bravo (Japanese, John Wayne, Ricky Nelson, and Dean Martin), Le Samourai (map style Japanese), Dimples (Belgian, Shirley Temple and Helen Westley), Le Mans (Japanese, Steve McQueen), Easy Rider (Italian photobusta, Peter Fonda), After The Thin Man (Belgian, William Powell and Myrna Loy), In The Mood For Love (Japanese), Them (Belgian), The Mole People (Belgian), Bullitt (Japanese, Steve McQueen), On Any Sunday (Japanese 2p, Steve McQueen), AMELIE (Japanese, Audrey Tautou), Thunderball (Japanese, Sean Connery as James Bond 007), Ordet (Danish), Eraserhead (Japanese), and Othello (Belgian, Orson Welles). MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=92063 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------------
Painted zinc Indian brave tobacco figure cast in 1875 by Miller, Dubrul and Peters, 6 feet tall, featured in 1953 book Cigar Store Figures by Pendergast and Ware. Estimate $30,000-$50,000. Morphy Auctions Set for February 26-27 Event Dan Morphy Auctions will pack 2,100 quality lots into a big two-day sale, February 26 and 27, 2010, at the company’s state of the art gallery on the Adamstown antique strip. The main categories in the auction are historical antiques, firearms and militaria, jewelry, toys and antique advertising. All forms of bidding will be available, including live via the Internet. The Friday session opens with more than 150 lots of fine jewelry and Bakelite from a single estate. All types of jewelry will be offered, including rings, necklaces, earrings, watches and brooches. Among the highlights are an 18K gold bracelet with turquoise stones, a 14K gold bracelet with diamonds, and many other gold Victorian-era fine jewelry designs. Next up will be 100 general antique lots, featuring clocks, pottery, artwork and other Americana, followed by firearms primarily coming from two single-owner collections. The offering consists of 40 Kentucky rifles, a dozen early Springfield Civil War rifles known as “1903s,” an assortment of World War I and II M1 Girand rifles, and a collection of more than 60 double-barrel shotguns. Standouts include a superb Kentucky rifle attributed to Charles Baum (upper Susquehanna region of Pennsylvania) that boasts 65 silver inlays. The buttstock is adorned by silver depictions of a flying eagle and Indian with a tomahawk. Another key gun lot is a scarce Winchester Model 1886 .45-.70 caliber bolt-action rifle. A 50-lot selection of modern guns includes eight Winchester pre-1964 Model 70s. “These guns are highly sought after by collectors and hunters alike, due to their flawless bolt-action design,” said Morphy’s general manager Kris Lee. The 170-lot historical and political section of the sale incorporates buttons, banners, flags, and ribbons. Notable entries are a U.S. Presidential campaign flag for Benjamin Harrison, and a William Taft banner. Photographica includes tintypes, ambrotypes, daguerreotypes and photographs, including desirable Abraham Lincoln photos and a ferrotype. Nearly 300 lots of antique advertising will be auctioned, with 25+ tobacco tins topped by an extremely rare Shogun vertical pocket tin estimated at $8,000-$12,000. A handsome, painted-zinc Indian brave tobacco store figure made by Miller, Dubrul & Peters Mfg. Co. (Cincinnati and New York) and featured in the 1953 book Cigar Store Figures (Pendergast and Ware) is expected to make $30,000-$50,000. Other lots expected to finish well in the money include a large, illuminating shoe-form trade sign advertising Wahr Shoes ($8,000-$12,000); and a large wooden shotgun shell display for Kynoch & Co. ($6,000-$8,000). MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=92056 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------------
Luke Cage As we've been recounting
African-American superhero characters during Black History Month, it would be a
major oversight not to mention Luke Cage. Whether you call him "Hero for
Hire," "Powerman," "Avenger" or something else, he's
been one seriously tough customer since he first showed up in 1972. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=91873 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------------
Dracula + Blaxploitation = Blacula We all know about the legendary
1897 Bram Stoker horror classic, Dracula, which spawned an entire
literary vampiric movement at the turn of the 20th century. And we're very well
acquainted with the famed 1931 Universal Pictures take on the tale, starring
Bela Lugosi. These source materials and their prolific sequels shape a very
important niche in our hobby. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=91874 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------
African-Americans in Classics Illustrated In 2007, Scoop's
then-Editorial Coordinator Stacia Brown prepared this article with the help of
Wayne Munson. For more on Classics Illustrated, please visit www.classicscentral.com.
This is an incredible site that will enhance any readers understanding of the
entire line. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=91875 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------------------
Strong Arm, one of Stan Lee's new Super Seven, illustrated by Spaz Archie's Jon Goldwater on Stan Lee Comics Last week, Archie Comics announced that have partnered with collaborate with A Squared Entertainment Group and Stan Lee's POW! Entertainment to launch a line of superhero comic properties under the banner of Stan Lee Comics. The multi-media venture is also designed to bring Stan's first creations for this enterprise, Super Seven, to the world of cartoons as well. Merchandise should follow. Super Seven tells the story of aliens whose spaceship crashes on Earth. They meet and become superheroes with the help of Stan himself. Following up on the initial reports of this story, Scoop talked with Archie Comics Co-CEO Jon Goldwater about what they have planned. Scoop: How did the alliance with Stan Lee and A Squared
Entertainment come about? MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=265&ai=92042 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------
James Patterson Turns to IDW for Comics Best-selling novelist James Patterson has entered into an exclusive partnership with IDW Publishing that will lead to the publication of original comic stories and graphic novel adaptations of his top-selling novels. The first fruits of the relationship will debut in May 2010 with a five-part story spinning out of the author’s acclaimed young adult novel Witch & Wizard. “Graphic story-telling is a compelling and unique way to experience a story, and I look forward to working with IDW to introduce new stories and transform my existing novels into this medium,” said Patterson. “With the brand-new material, adaptations and related stories, we will offer fans of reading a whole new way to enjoy my books.” MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=261&ai=92045 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------
Propworx Signs Up for Wizard World Tour Propworx will roll out a tour-wide display of costumes and props from fan favorite series Battlestar Galactica and Stargate SG-1, among others, at the Wizard World show in Anaheim. Additional props from a wide range of movie and TV properties will be added throughout the tour. Propworx deals in collectibles from Hollywood blockbusters like Iron Man to long running properties like Star Trek. Props include costumes, set decorations, set pieces, models and other memorabilia. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=261&ai=92047 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------------- THIS ENDS OUR POSTINGS FOR 2-23-10
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MORE RE STAR TREK ONLINE: Star Trek MMO Log, Stardate 2010.02Welcome to the first weekly installment of the Star Trek Online MMO Log, a four-part weekly series, leading up to our review. In this first installment, I take my first steps, and lose a great deal of sleep. Star Trek Online is the first MMO title to be a part of Kotaku's new MMO review process. Our standard reviews require that we complete the game we are playing. That doesn't work with an MMO title. Instead, we'll be posting new updates every week for four weeks, logging our play time and letting our readers follow us through the experience. After four weeks we review the game based on our experiences. Got it? Good. Let's begin. Friday, January 29th, 1:00PM Eastern
And this is what I came up with. Having been programmed by years of the television show to expect humanoid aliens to have strange foreheads and nose ridges, I couldn't help myself. After a little fine-tuning I wound up with Mr. Qix Qbert, a joke name I chose as a placeholder, only to find I didn't have the ability to change my name after the fact. When I try, I am told I have to purchase the ability to change my name from Cryptic's C-Store in-game, and the ability isn't up for sale. Oh well, Qix isn't too bad. Before I get command of my own vessel, I have to go through a multi-part tutorial mission. Having gone through the mission multiple times during beta, I opt to take a little break. Friday, January 29th, 6:00 PM My work for the day is done, so I slip back online to take Qix through the tutorial. Set against the backdrop of a conflict between the Federation and the Borg, I learn how to interact with objects in my environment, target and fire upon my enemies, and most importantly, I learn how to roll. Does the rolling help? I can't really tell from a combat standpoint, but the immersion factor is immediately through the roof. After my run-in with the Borg is completed, I am beamed back aboard my ship. With the captain and much of the crew conveniently killed during the battle, I am suddenly the highest ranking officer on the ship, and the only one fit for command. Starfleet must really be hurting for people if I am the only one fit for command. MORE: http://kotaku.com/5462290/star-trek-mmo-log-stardate-201002 ------------------------------------------------
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CAPTAIN AMERICA VS. THE TEA PARTY
Many political bloggers are also nerds, so the controversy between comic-book icon Captain America and the Tea Party movement is a big deal in the blogosphere. In the latest issue, the Marvel superhero investigates an unnamed political protest for clues about a fictitious survivalist/white supremacist group. But that protest bears striking resemblance to photos of a real Tea Party protest that took place in Washington last February. Here's the comic in question, and here's the real thing, photographed by The Washington Independent's David Weigel. Marvel has apologized for the comic following pressure from conservative bloggers. All of which raises the question: are comic books political? MORE: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Captain-America-vs-Tea-Parties-751 ---------------------------------------------------
John Jackson Miller's current title, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, bows out with #50. The writer will then turn his attention to the new Star Wars: Knight Errant in both comic book and novel form. John Jackson Miller Writes Star Wars: Knight Errant Dark Horse Comics and Del Rey Books will collaborate on a new Star Wars series by fan favorite author John Jackson Miller (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Mass Effect: Redemption), which is set 1,000 years before Star Wars: A New Hope (the original film) during some of the darkest times of the Galactic Republic. The series, Star Wars: Knight Errant, will arrive as an ongoing comic book series published by Dark Horse this fall. In 2011 Del Rey will publish a Knight Errant novel, also written by Miller. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=260&ai=91773 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------------------------
Alex Ross: (Very) Limited Edition Spider-Man Sometimes when folks say “limited edition” the size of the edition doesn’t exactly bring the word “limited” to mind. Other times, though, it really is limited. In the case of Choice Collectibles’ new Spider-Man Limited Edition Giclee on Canvas by Alex Ross, though, only 15 pieces are available. Dubbed “Spidey Spot Light,” the piece is reminiscent of the cover to 1968’s Spectacular Spider-Man magazine. With its black frame and red liner the 35” tall x 31” wide presentation comes signed in silver ink by Ross. The regular edition price is $1495. Giclees #1 & #15 sold out at $1645 each. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=260&ai=91786 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------------
ComicLink Featued Auction Closes February 16-19 The ComicLink Featured Focused Auction now under way, closes February 16-19, 2010 and contains many great comic books and original comic artwork, ComicLink’s Josh Nathanson told Scoop. “This first Featured Auction of the new year has over 2000 lots. That means there truly will be something for everyone among the many Golden, Silver, and Bronze Age comic book and original comic art lots from which to choose,” he said. “We strongly recommend that you review all auction listings early considering the wealth of material offered. We are not blowing smoke when we say that there are so many highlights within this Featured Auction that it is impossible to come close to itemizing them all without reproducing the entire auction,” he said. Noteworthy issues up for bid include Amazing Fantasy #15 CGC 9.0 Curator pedigree, X-Men#1 CGC 9.4, Incredible Hulk #1 CGC 9.0, Showcase #4 CGC 9.2, Showcase #22 CGC 8.5, Fantastic Four #12 CGC 9.4, the Rocky Mountain pedigree runs of Strange Tales and Tales of Suspense, the first 66 issues from the number one CGC X-MenRegistry Set. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=91750 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------
Metropolis to Attend NY Comic Book Marketplace “The newest and biggest one day show ever is coming Saturday, February 27, 2010 and the world’s largest vintage comic book dealer will be there,” said Frank Cwiklik, Sales Executive. Metropolis Collectibles will set up at the show with a wide selection of Golden and Silver Age keys and rarities pulled from their inventory of over 120,000 vintage comics. Mike Carbo’s NY Comic Book Marketplace happens at the New York Armory (Lexington Avenue between 25th and 26th Streets) from 11:00AM – 6:00PM. Metropolis is taking requests for comics from their inventory. They strongly encourage their clients to take a look at the site, metropoliscomics.com, and call Frank Cwiklik at (212) 260-4147 ext. 10 or e-mail him at orders@metropoliscomics.com with any requests. Please do this no later than Monday, February 22. Metropolis Collectibles is always buying. Stop by the booth for a free appraisal on your comics or original comic art. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=91738 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------
Marklin No. 4135 twin upright steam or marine engine, $46,000. Live Steam Powers Morphy's Past $2 Million A show of force from European steam toy buyers, several of whom flew in to bid in person, drove Morphy Auctions’ Winter sale beyond the $2 million mark (inclusive of 15% buyer’s premium) over the weekend of December 10-12, 2009. Part I of the extensive Pat and Lowell Wagner lifetime collection of antique steam engines and toys – abundantly stocked with examples by Marklin, Weeden, Doll et Cie., and Bing – proved an alluring drawcard, especially to German enthusiasts. “There were at least 100 people specifically pursuing the steam toys, including three or four Germans who were very active bidders,” said Dan Morphy, owner and chief operating officer of Dan Morphy Auctions. “One thing I found surprising was that Europeans who collect steam toys also buy the full-size steam engines – they appreciate both categories. That’s not typically the case with American steam toy collectors.” Morphy admitted he had been a bit concerned about the market’s ability to absorb 545 lots of steam engines and toys at one go. “But three or four days prior to the sale, I knew that section was going to ‘catch fire’ because of the unusually high number of absentee bids coming in via the Internet and by phone,” he said. “It wasn’t just the high end that was attracting bids, either. Marklin always tends to take care of itself and was very strong in this sale, but we were amazed at how much action there was in the low to mid range. Internet participation was substantial.” MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=91739 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------
April Grand Auction from Pedigree Comics Pedigree Comics is now accepting consignments for their eighth Grand Auction, which is slated to begin on Sunday, April 18, 2010. The auction will last for 10 days, ending in the evening of Wednesday, April 28. The auction will feature only CGC-certified comics and magazines, with many brand new-to-market Silver Age and Bronze Age issues from Marvel and DC, including a high grade group of early 1960s Batman that Pedigree’s President and CEO Doug Schmell calls “a killer run from the Pacific Coast collection.” The Batman offerings start at issue #129 and the PacificCoast run consists of 17 issues between #152 and #171, most in 9.4 and 9.6 condition. Almost every Batman in this new group is the highest graded CGC copy, Schmell said. Also on the docket will be 11 issues of Green Lantern between #3 and #19 certified 9.2, 9.4 and 9.6, including five from the PacificCoast collection. Out of the 11 issues, nine are the top copies on the CGC census. Marvel collectors will find high grade Silver Age key in the auction as well, he said. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=91745 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. --------------------------------------------
Schulte Tapped by National Sports Collectors Con Schulte Sports, Inc. announced that it has been retained by The National Sports Collectors Convention, the nation’s premier showcase event for the sports and entertainment collectibles industry, to spearhead marketing and public relations initiatives for their 2010 event. The 31st annual National Sports Collectors Convention will be held, for the first time, in Baltimore, at the BaltimoreConvention Center August 4 -8, 2010. The five-day event is the largest collectibles show in the country, with dealers from all over the country exhibiting, including vintage and new cards, game-used and vintage memorabilia dealers, major trading card manufacturers, the top grading services companies and auction houses, not to mention Hall of Fame and current superstar athletes from every sport signing autographs at the TriStar Autograph Pavilion. “Schulte Sports is very honored to be associated with of one of the greatest sports collectible events in the country, said Ray Schulte, President Schulte Sports /Auctions. “And we are very excited that The National Sports Collectors Convention will be coming to Baltimore, Maryland for the very first time.” The National Sports Collectors Convention will bring to town, approximately 60 – 70 of the greatest Hall of Famers and current superstar athletes from every sport to sign autographs at the event’s TriStar Autograph Pavilion, including but not limited to; Brooks Robinson, Cal Ripken, Joe Montana, Willie Mays, Bart Starr and Tom Seaver, to mention a few. In addition, The National Sports Collectors Convention corporate sponsors will be handing out free giveaways and prizes throughout the five days. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=91754 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------
ComicConnect Seeks Consignments for March '10 ComicConnect.com will provide free scanning for all CGC- and PGX-certified comics shipped to them for inclusion in their March Event Auction at $1 start and no reserve. The company takes only a 10% seller’s commission and does not charge a buyer’s premium. “If you want to be involved in this auction, I need a phone call right now,” said Rob Reynolds, Director of Consignments. “Auction slots are limited and our best consignors are already shipping their comics to me daily.” If you’re interested in participating, call Reynolds at (212) 895-3999 or e-mail him at support@comicconnect.com. International clients may call 001-212-895-3999. Five comics just added to the auction include Amazing Spider-Man #39 CGC 9.4, Batman #189 CGC 9.6, Green Lantern #47 CGC 9.4, Justice League of America #51 CGC 9.6, and Pictorial Romances #17 CGC 7.5 from a large Matt Baker cover collection just consigned to the Event Auction. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=91736 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------
Depeche Mode Auctioning Wristwatches The legendary international music group Depeche Mode has joined forces with Swiss watchmakers Hublot, Geneva auction house Patrizzi & Co., and LiveAuctioneers.com to produce an unprecedented and never to be repeated auction fundraiser benefiting Britain’s Teenage Cancer Trust. Online bidding is now in progress on a series of one dozen unique timepieces, each featuring the artwork from one of Depeche Mode’s 12 studio albums on its face. The Hublot watches are one-of-a-kind creations, packaged in exquisitely designed and individually themed presentation boxes. Each box contains not only the wristwatch but also a treasure trove of additional gifts personally chosen for inclusion by the members of Depeche Mode. Each box contains a deluxe vinyl version of the album, aUSB Key containing a digital edition of the album and documentary about the making of the album, an original album artwork print and a framed gold CD, and a photograph signed by all members of the group who contributed to the album, including Vince Clarke and Alan Wilder, two of the band’s original members. Bidding on the watches will conclude on February 24, 2010. All proceeds generated from the Internet-only auction will be presented to Teenage Cancer Trust on Feb. 26 at the penultimate concert of Depeche Mode’s “Sounds of the Universe” tour in Dusseldorf, Germany. The tour includes a special Depeche Mode charity performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Feb. 17 – remarkably, the band’s first-ever appearance at the iconic venue. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=91740 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------
Martha Washington Created by Frank Miller (Sin
City) and Dave Gibbons (Watchmen), Martha Washington first appeared
as young freedom fighter in a near-future America in the pages of 1990's Eisner
Award-winning Give Me Liberty #1. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=91735 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------
Willa Brown Chappell We all know that Bessie Coleman
was a pioneering African American aviatrix, but did you know that she actually
wasn't the first African American woman to receive her pilot's license in the
U.S.? MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=91774 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------
Amos and Andy TV Show Did you know that in 1951, Amos
and Andy-first popularized in 1928 as a radio show starring two white men,
Freeman Godsen and Charles Correll-playing black characters-debuted as a
television show starring two black men in the title roles? MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=91734 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------------
Fast Willie Jackson Fast Willie Jackson,
published in 1976, was a Fitzgerald Periodicals title. The title character was
an easy-going everyman in the Chuck Clayton vein (but without the basketball
profiency) who had the hots for the neighborhood brickhouse, Dee Dee Wilson, and
whose cronies included a JJ of Good Times fame look-alike named Jo-Jo, a
militant named Jabar, Frankie Johnson, a jive-talkin' cool papa who falls just
short of being identified as a pimp, and a weight-lifting strongman called
Hannibal. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=91733 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------------
Overstreet: 1996 to the Present For 36 years now, since The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide #4 in 1974 (as shown in “Overstreet: The First 25 Years” in last week’s Scoop), the covers of the Guide have been, well, sort of a big deal. They have introduced modern audiences to great artists of the Golden Age and Silver Age, explored fun themes, reflected popular niches of collecting, and honored highly prized key issues. For artists, even with the ups and downs of the market from year to year, the assignment to do the cover for the Guide means they are in the company of predecessors such as Joe Kubert, Will Eisner, Carl Barks, Joe Simon, C.C. Beck, Jerry Robinson, Wally Wood, Alex Schomburg, and others. Even for established professionals, that’s a pretty cool club to belong to, right? Beginning with The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide #27, two covers were offered in the comic book specialty market. Alex Ross was the first artist two do both covers the same year. Murphy Anderson, the most prolific Guide cover artist, followed with two on #28, and Ross returned for two on #29. By the time John K. Snyder III did two in one year, on The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide #33, there were three covers instead of two. One was for the traditional bookstore market served by Random House, while the other two were aimed at comic shops. For Guide #32-38, the cover of the Random House edition also served as the cover for the limited edition, oversized version known as The Big, Big Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=265&ai=91660 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------
Dark Knight's Nolan Takes Charge of Superman Nikki Finke and Mike Flemming of Deadline Hollywood have reported that Warner Bros. does indeed plan another big screen version of Superman, and that they’re at least (sort of) handing the reins to The Dark Knight’s Chris Nolan. Nolan’s job at this point, according to Deadline Hollywood, is to mentor the development of the movie and get it off the ground after a three and a half-year hiatus. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=261&ai=91757 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. --------------------------------
Mass Effect: Redemption #2 Follows #1 to 2nd Print Following up on last week’s news that Mass Effect: Redemption #1 had sold out from Diamond Comic Distributors and Dark Horse Comics and would receive a second printing, Dark Horse and EA have announced that the series’ second issue will be reprinted as well. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=261&ai=91761 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------
Next Spider-Man Film Goes 3D It’s been an up-and-down few weeks for our favorite webbed wonder. First, director Sam Raimi bowed out, then director Mark Webb came aboard. Now comes word for Sony that the next Spider-Man film in the series will be released in 3D and released July 3, 2012. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=261&ai=91756 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------------
Live Action Akira from The Book of Eli Directors The directing team of brothers Allen and Albert Hughes, who most recently brought Denzel Washington to the screen in The Book of Eli, are reportedly in talks to direct a live action feature film based on Katushito Otomo’s Akira for Warner Bros. and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=261&ai=91759 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------------ THIS ENDS OUR POSTINGS FOR 2-13-10 ------------------------------------------
Star Trek Online's prime directive: have funThe new game incorporates beloved lore such as Tribbles, Borg and 'red shirts.'Reporting from Los Gatos - At the offices of
video game developer Cryptic Studios in Northern California, certain rooms look
like a Trekkie's nirvana: Posters from the television series "Deep Space
9" and movies "Generations" and "Nemesis" line the
walls, along with original sketches of the Borg Queen and new designs for
Federation ships. In Star Trek Online, which Cryptic and publisher
Atari will release Tuesday after more than two years of production, there's no
evidence of the Abrams film that went back in time to tell the story of youthful
Kirk and Spock at Starfleet Academy. Instead, the game is set in 2409, about 20
years after 2002's "Star Trek: Nemesis," the final movie starring the
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"I Am An Avenger" Campaign Heralds Return Marvel’s (thus far) week long promotion of their new Avengers title, The Avengers, has been accompanied by daily press releases centered around images of individual characters under the banner "I Am An Avenger." On Monday through Friday, we saw Captain America (Bucky Barnes), Spider-Woman, Iron Man, Hawkeye and Thor. Who will be next? As part of their “Marvel: The Heroic Age,” the company said it will launch a new look and direction for the Marvel Universe beginning in May 2010, which they said will offer “a renewed sense of hope and optimism.” MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=259&ai=91620 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pedigree's January Event Tops $850,000 With sales topping $850,000, Pedigree Comics’ January Grand Auction, which closed January 28, 2010, was the second highest total for an event in the company’s history, Doug Schmell, the company’s President and CEO, told Scoop. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=91631 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CGC 8.0 Detective Comics #27 Leads at Heritage A CGC-certified 8.0 Detective Comics #27, the first appearance of Batman has a pre-auction estimate of $300,000+ and all eyes watching Heritage Auction Galleries’ February 25-27, 2010 Signature Comics & Comic Art Auction. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=91640 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------
ComicConnect.com Readies March Event The final hammer has fallen on The Ultimate Double Cover and Comic Book Rarities Auction, and ComicConnect passed along their thanks to bidders everywhere who supported the event. With over 1,700 multiple cover and rarity comics sold in six days, many collectors placed bids upwards of ten times Guide price for the opportunity to own these pieces of comic book history. Now ComicConnect.com is gearing up for their March Event Auction and they’re continuing to seek consignments. Already, the folks at ComicConnect.com are listing lots as they come in, which are available right now for preview on their site. “One of the earliest gems to appear for preview is Suspense Comics #3 CGC 7.0. This classic comic with the unforgettable Alex Schomburg cover graces the want lists of comic collectors around the globe,”but there can be only one auction winner, so start budgeting accordingly!” said the company’s Rob Reynolds. Bidding begins Friday, March 26, 2010, so sellers should get their listings posted online or mailed to ComicConnect as soon as possible to get the most exposure for their consignments. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=91632 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------------------------
600 Single Lobby Cards at eMoviePoster.com The new auctions are underway at eMoviePoster.com and they feature 600 single lobby cards (including 69 autographed ones and 80 title cards). Some of the best lobby cards and title cards among these Tuesday-closing items include two Alfred Hitchcock films, Notorious LC #8 (Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman), Psycho LC #3 (Anthony Perkins), William Wyler’s The Best Years Of Our Lives LC #6 (Fredric March and Myrna Loy, three Elvis Presley pictures, Love Me Tender LC #6 (Debra Paget, Richard Egan and Elvis), King Creole LC #5 (Dolores Hart and Elvis Presley), and Flaming Star TC (Elvis with Barbara Eden), four choices from The Prince & The Showgirl LC #2, 3, 6 and 7 (Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier), A Hard Day's Night LC #8 (Paul McCartney and Wilfrid Brambell), Singin' In The Rain LC #6 (Gene Kelly and showgirls), and Fort Apache LC #2 (John Wayne). MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=91630 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------------
LiveAuctioneers' Bidding App for Google Android LiveAuctioneers.com, the Manhattan-based company that provides real-time Internet bidding capability to more than 900 auction houses worldwide, has released a custom-designed live-bidding app for use with Googles revolutionary Android platform. The app, which is available free of charge, was created by LiveAuctioneers App Tehnologies to enable users to bid in auctions through mobile devices other than Apples iPhone and RIMs BlackBerry. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=91633 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------
Group of three awards given to World War I German flying ace Adolf von Tutschek ($28,250) Sold USA's January Draws Plenty of Attention An exceedingly rare group of three distinguished awards given to World War I German flying ace Adolf Ritter von Tutschek soared to $28,250 in an Internet and catalog auction that ended January 23-24, 2010 by SoldUSA.com, the premier hunting and fishing, militaria and collectibles site. The group was the top earner of the more than 1,000 lots sold. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=91635 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------------
The First Black Panther? In honor of Black History
Month, we are happy to re-present this fantastic
historical piece from our friend and frequent contributor, Professor William
Foster, an invaluable resource for any character or event that's part of the
African-American experience in comics. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=91596 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------------------------
Flying High with The Falcon Since the much publicized "Death of Captain America" storyline and even a bit before it, Cap's former partner and longtime friend Sam Wilson, known as The Falcon, has seen a return to lofty heights he enjoyed previously as Steve Rogers' number one guy. In many issues of the current Captain America series, it's readily discernable how essential the character is to the storyline and to the mythos of his more celebrated partner. The late 1960s and the 1970s were times of change in American
culture, and this was MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=91581 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------------
Black Lightning After a rough childhood and
adolescence in the slums of Metropolis, Jefferson Pierce found great success as
an Olympian. But when he earned the coveted decathlon gold medal, Pierce decided
to return to his hometown and to "give back to the community." MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=91578 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------- THIS ENDS OUR POSTINGS FOR 2-6-10
TO PREORDER THIS ITEM AT A 10% DISCOUNT CONTACT US AT: Swapsale@aol.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BABY MOOSE IN SPRINKLERS Could almost be an out take from a Disney film. Thanks to Mike Elmo for the heads up. -------------------------------------------------
By: Dark
Horse Deluxe, Joss Whedon With the fabulous response we've received for our Serenity
ships, we are happy to continue with this line of ornaments. Last month we
offered Inara's Shuttle, and this month we are pleased to announce the Reaver
Ship. Pub. Date: May
2008 TO ORDER THIS ITEM AT A 10% DISCOUNT CONTACT US AT: Swapsale@aol.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Complete Li'l Abner Coming from IDW DW Publishing’s Library of American Comics imprint has announced an April 2010 release of the first volume of The Complete Li'l Abner. The 288-page hardcover will collect Al Capp’s strip from its beginning on August 13, 1934 and run well into 1936, the company said. The $49.99 hardcover will feature the daily and Sunday strips, including material not previously reprinted. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=259&ai=91359 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Atlas Comics Hosts Jim Shooter Signing Writer Jim Shooter, the former Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief and VALIANT founder, will be appearing at Atlas Comics, 1750 Rio Hill Center, Charlottesville, VA 22901 on Friday, February 12, 2010 from 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=259&ai=91350 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Monsters and Dames at Emerald City ComiCon The Emerald
City ComiCon (ECCC) has announced that it is bringing back its popular Monsters
& Dames art book for the 2010 edition of the show. This year’s ECCC
will take place March 13-14 at the Washington State Convention & Trade
Center in Seattle, WA. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=259&ai=91353 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------------------------
Avatar's James Cameron: Comic Book Fan? Metropolis Collectibles Chief Operating Officer Vincent Zurzolo recently attended a special screening of the blockbuster movie Avatar at the DGA theatre in Manhattan. The exclusive event was hosted by Variety and HSBC and it featured a question and answer session with the film’s writer-director James Cameron, producer Jon Landau and the actor who played Colonel Quaritch, Stephen Lang. “What an amazing movie! I’ve never seen anything like it. I couldn’t help but to think Cameron had been influenced by comic books,” Zurzolo said. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=260&ai=91367 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------------------------
Samuel L. Jackson Teams with BOOM! Actor Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury in Iron Man, among other things) and Emmy nominated writer-producer Eric Calderon have teamed with artist Jeremy Rock for Cold Space, a four-issue mini-series from BOOM! Studios. The title follows the adventures of Mullberym an on-the-run outlaw, as he crash-lands on a hostile planet on the brink of civil war. Caught in the crossfire between two warring factions, Mullbery realizes that in chaos lies opportunity: where there's war, there's money to be made. “I'm a long time comic reader and big fan of many genres in graphic novels and manga - from crime thrillers, westerns, and super-hero books, to samurai dramas, science fiction and horror. So I actually do read the stuff, and lots of it,” Jackson said. “Now's my chance to put my stamp on the medium with something new, but with a classic taste of the stuff I already like.” Jackson had previously partnered with Calderon to create Afro Samurai, but on this project he was actually serve as co-writer. The mini-series will feature covers by Dave Johnson and Jeffrey Spokes. The first issue is due in stores in April 2010. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=260&ai=91366 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------------------------
700 Three-Sheets, Six-Sheets, Quads and More The new auctions are underway at eMoviePoster.com and the Tuesday-closing items include 700 different lots comprised of three-sheets (41" x 81"), six-sheets (81" x 81"), British quads (30" x 40"), and Argentinean posters (29" x 43"). Some of the best three-sheets include Billy Wilder’s unforgettable comedy One, Two, Three (James Cagney’s last starring role), Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry, Mickey Spillane’s Kiss Me Deadly (Ralph Meeker as Mike Hammer), John Boorman’s Point Blank (Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson), Trouble In Texas (Tex Ritter), The Sons Of Katie Elder (John Wayne and Dean Martin), Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton illustrated by Howard Terpning), Young & Wild, To Each His Own (Olivia de Havilland and John Lund), Escape Me Never (Errol Flynn, Ida Lupino and Eleanor Parker), a double feature of Alfred Hitchcock’s To Catch A Thief and Vertigo (Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jimmy Stewart & Kim Novak), and Elvis On Tour. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=91372 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------
A preliminary Kubla Khan ink drawing by Frazetta, 1975
A hand-colored Gasoline Alley Sunday by Frank King, autographed to Jimmy Hatlo, 1946
A Hal Foster Tarzan from 1936, featuring lots of action and weather effects Frazetta, Foster, Little Nemo in Cochran Auction The next Russ Cochran Comic Art Auction has been reschedule for March 11, 2010 with online viewing beginning after February 7, Cochran told Scoop. He said that he’s arranged a wide selection of classic items, including Frank Frazetta’s preliminary ink drawing for the Kubla Khan portfolio, a hand-colored 1946 Gasoline Alley Sunday by Frank King a beautiful 1936 Hal Foster Tarzan Sunday page, a selection of Dick Tracy dailies, and more. “The biggest news, though, is that I got the Little Nemo original returned to me via my good friend Roger Reed of Illustration House. This original was stolen by a well-known collector who took it from a well-known New York restoration expert under false pretenses,” Cochran said. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=91377 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------------
“Germans” Dominate Old Toy Soldier Event Collectors of antique toy soldiers and figures have long known that good things come in small packages, and that ever-growing legion of enthusiasts helped push the total for Old Toy Soldier’s November 21, 2009 auction to $193,000 – the company’s highest sale total to date. Leading the charge in the 644-lot sale was an army of figures from the German manufacturer Heyde (pronounced “High-dee”). “The Heyde lots really got the momentum going,” said Old Toy Soldier Auction USA’s owner, Ray Haradin. “There was a tremendous amount of interest in them, and in all the German-made figures, for that matter.” Haradin explained that collectors are attracted to Heyde figures because they are highly realistic and do not look mass produced. “Their sets are very fanciful. They tend to have 20 pieces in them, with all 20 being different, so they display very nicely. Also, Heyde made their figures in a larger scale than Britains did, so they tend to cross over more with toy and train collectors.” MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=91370 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------
MoviePosterBid.com Launches Sales Currently running at MoviePosterBid.com is a great auction of one sheets, half sheets and insert posters. Part of a single collection, the owner collected classic titles and rarities. Included in this sale are posters for the Lone Ranger with Clayton Moore, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance with John Wayne and the classic High Noon with Gary Cooper.
MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=91376 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------
John Carter of Mars With a long awaited feature film incarnation finally in production, we thought we'd take a look at the roots of Edgar Rice Burroughs' favorite man-about-Mars. Despite plenty of novels featuring the maverick hero, did you know John Carter started as a pulp character?
MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=91318 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------- Dr. Octopus His villainy dates back to Amazing
Spider-Man #3. He is one of the longest running villains in Spider-Man
history. As such, there's probably not much you don't know about him, but hey,
it's worth a try: MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=91311 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------
Boston Blackie For six years, Boston Blackie
defended the common man across NBC, NBC Blue and CBS airwaves. Something of a
vigilante, Boston Blackie garnered quite a bit of friendly opposition from his
local police chief, Inspector Faraday. But with a tagline as cool as,
"Boston Blackie! Enemy of those who make him an enemy, friend of those who
have no friends," he was able to easily elude serious trouble in his
crimefighting crusade. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=91313 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------
Tennesee Jed Some Westerns marked their
frontier and lingered for decades. Others moseyed on up to the limelight and
galloped off into the sunset, shunning fanfare. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=91316 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------------
The Chester Gould-Dick Tracy Museum Over the seventeen years that the Chester Gould-Dick Tracy Museum has resided in Woodstock, Illinois, thousands of visitors from the United States and all over the world have passed through its doors, but did you know the museum also has an online presence? MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=268&ai=91382 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS ENDS OUR POSTINGS FOR 1-30-10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ROBERT WILLIAMS ART SHOW Robert Williams first came to the publics attention in the 1960s as a contributor to Zap comics. However, since then he has spearheaded a new art movement that shuns traditional, elitist art to explore the edges of art as a part of the American cultural scene. Most recently Williams has moved from painting to sculpting because, as he puts it "I can finally afford to." A man of many talents, Williams is also the driving force at Juxtapose, a magazine that covers ground breaking artists who have been ignored by the more traditional (and pretentious) art scene. For more on Williams and his art visit his website: http://www.robtwilliamsstudio.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------
COMING IN JUNE: 12" Barb Wire Figure The growth of sophistication of today's highly articulated,
elaborately costumed figures is one reason why now is the golden age for action
figure collectors. Upstart toy company Triad Toys is winning fans and turning
heads with their fabulous attention to detail, and being the sophisticated and
smart company they are, have turned to Dark Horse as a source for their latest
new figures. Pub. Date: June
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CARD FROM MAMIE VAN DOREN Thanks for the card, Mamie. For more info on the sexy film star go to: http://www.mamievandoren.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------
California ComicCon Adds Another Dealer Room The upcoming January 31, 2010 edition of The California ComicCon has sold out an extra room, they have reported. The show, which will be held at the Yorba Linda Community Center 4501 Casa Loma Ave.Yorba Linda CA92886, will run from 9:30 AM to 5 PM. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=259&ai=91153 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------------
The Smithsonian Hosts Darwyn Cooke The Smithsonian American Art Museum will host writer-artist Darwyn Cooke on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 4 PM for a reading from his graphic novel The Hunter, which is based on the Richard Stark (Donald Westlake) novel of the same name. One of the most acclaimed books of 2009, The Hunter has been included on over 50 “best of” lists, including NPR, Publisher’s Weekly, and Aint it Cool News. Cooke will read from Stark’s novel while presenting images from his adaptation, demonstrating how he interpreted it. A limited number of tickets are available for this exclusive event through the Museum. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=259&ai=91161 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------
Curator Copy of Amazing Fantasy #15 Offered On the heels of the X-Men #1 CGC 9.4 consignment announced last week, ComicLink announced that the Amazing Fantasy #15 CGC 9.0 Curator pedigree copy, one of the best examples of this key issue, has also been consigned to the ComicLink February Featured Auction. The comic book is expected to fetch between $150,000 and $200,000. The last 9.0 was brought to market two years ago in February 2008, also within a ComicLink Featured Auction. That example did not have a pedigree, but it sold for $139,000. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=91170 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------------------------
Metropolis Lists Multiple "Highest-Graded" Copies Metropolis Collectibles has added over 175 newly CGC-certified comic books from nearly every genre and period, many of which are the highest-graded copies. Examples of in the “highest-graded” category include All Star Western #11 CGC 9.6, Captain America #115 CGC 9.8, Ghost Rider #1 CGC 9.8, Ghost Rider #2 CGC 9.8, Green Lantern #100 CGC 9.8, Marvel Double Feature #1 CGC 9.8, Red Wolf #2 CGC 9.8, X-Men #98 CGC 9.8, and X-Men #99 CGC 9.8. For Disney and Duck fans, Metropolis is offering Donald Duck #26 CGC 9.2, Four Color #308 CGC 9.2, and Four Color #408 CGC 9.4. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=91166 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------------------------
Pacific Coast Copies Added at Pedigree The last-minute entries into Pedigree Comics’ Grand Auction include the Pacific Coast runs of early Silver Age DC Comic titles Aquaman and Metal Men.Both of the runs are the best existing and top certified copies according to the CGC census and, if combined, would easily make the number one CGC Comics Registry Set. Almost every issue (21 out of 23) is the highest CGC-certified copy of its respective issue. The auction started on Monday night, January 18, 2010 and ends in six days (from Scoop’s Friday, January 22 release date), on Thursday afternoon (after 4:00 PM), January 28. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=91172 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------------------
Multiple Cover Mavens Swarm ComicConnect Rob Reynolds, Director of Consignments at ComicConnect.com, told Scoop he handled a call the other day from an interested bidder in this month’s Joe Desris Double Cover & Comic Book Rarities Event Auction. “Rob, I know what a treasure it is to have all these double covers up for auction and just how hard it is to find even those,” he said the caller asked. “I also see the auction has a select number of triple and quadruple covers. How much harder is it to find them?” “Up until this auction, nearly impossible,” Reynolds said he answered. “With over 60 triple covers, and just a handful of quadruple, quintuple, sextuple, and a single octuple cover up for auction, the opportunity to add something extraordinary to your collection is here. You don’t want to miss this chance,” he said. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=91163 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------------------------
999 Folded One-Sheets at eMoviePoster.com The new auctions at eMoviePoster.com are underway and they include 999 folded one-sheets covering all years and genres. Some of the best include Paul Neman in both Cool Hand Luke (with by James Bama) and Hud, director Otto Preminger’s Where The Sidewalk Ends (Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney), John Wayne’s epic last film The Shootist (Richard Amsel artwork), The Sign Of Zorro (Guy Williams), Call Northside 777 (James Stewart), The Man In The White Suit style A (Alec Guinness), Shaft (Richard Roundtree), Lust For Life (Kirk Douglas), Satchmo The Great (Louis Armstrong), West Side Story (1963 rerelease), and John Ford’s How The West Was Won (Debbie Reynolds and Gregory Peck). MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=91177 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
New Dimension Comics Readies Huge $1 Sale On January 30, 2010, New Dimension Comics will open its vault - also known as its basement - and allow customers to shop it's huge warehouse selection for just $1.00 per comic book. There are over 400,000 comics, all sorted alphabetically. Any customer who fills a long box pays just $225 for an even better deal. The sale will be open from 10-7 at New Dimension’s Ellwood City, PA location. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=91184 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------------------
Was Daddy Warbucks a Good Father? When Harold Gray debuted his
comic strip, Little Orphan Annie, in 1924, it's unlikely he realized how
relevant the themes of father-daughter relationships and parental absenteeism
would become over the next 75+ years. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=91139 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------------------------
Pore Li'l Mose In 2004, we may consider
Richard Outcault's Pore Li'l Mose rather wince-worthy. But in 1901, when
the strip debuted, it was considered revolutionary and nearly
"sympathetic." The first ever newspaper strip to feature a Black
protagonist, Pore Li'l Mose followed the exploits of the titutlar character--a
young African American boy--as he migrated from his rural hometown "Cottonville,"
Georgia to the Northern, urban machine that is New York City. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=91142 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------------------------------
When 1999 Was Still the Future... In 1975, when Star Trek was
already iconic and Star Wars had yet to hit theatres, Space:1999 debuted
as the story of the crew of the Moonbase Alpha, a group of astro-heroes who, as
the result of the Moon's sudden disappearance from the Earth's orbit, were
stranded too far away to return home. The Moon was previously being used as a
radioactive waste storage facility and an explosion on the receptacle sent it
hurtling into deep space. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=91140 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------------------------------
Jonah Hex: No Way Back There’s always been an element of mystery to Jonah Hex’s past, and now longtime Hex scribes Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti (Power Girl) are opening up a bit of it in the new original graphic novel Jonah Hex: No Way Back. In the 136-page volume, original Hex artist Tony DeZuniga returns to illustrate Jonah’s rough family life and the story of how it transformed him into the justice-thirsty vigilante he became. Scoop talked with Gray and Palmiotti about the project, which can be found in the pages of the January 2010 issue of Previews and is set to go on sale in March. Scoop: You guys have put together a long, healthy run
on the regular Jonah Hex title. When you started, did you think you’d
have this many stores to tell with the character? MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=265&ai=91145 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------------------
John Carter of Mars Gets Underway Disney has begun production on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars, a live action film directed by Wall-E director Andrew Stanton. The film, which stars Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe, Thomas Haden Church, Polly Walker, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Claran Hinds, Dominic West, James Purefoy, Bryan Cranston, and Daryl Sabara, is filming in London, according to the company. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=261&ai=91137 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------------
Who Ya Gonna Call for a Long-Stalled Sequel? While son Jason Reitman garners praise for directing and co-writing Up in the Air, dad Ivan Reitman told MTV that he’ll be returning to the Ghostbusters franchise. In addition to Stripes, the senior Reitman directed the first two Ghostbusters films. While the second one was a dubious accomplishment at best, the first has remained a fan favorite for XX years. Set for a 2011 release, Ghostbusters 3 has a screenplay by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, and will reportedly star many of the original cast members. Will that include Bill Murray? Could it have even been Ghostbusters without him? Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS ENDS OUR POSTINGS FOR 1-23-10
COOL STAR WARS WEB SITE Check this place out! All the info myou could ever want on Star Wars helmets: http://www.starwarshelmets.com/ ---------------------------------------------------
Picture of Elvis and Nixon is worth a thousand wordsBehind the famous photo is a little-known story of an unlikely meeting in which the king of rock 'n' roll had his wish granted by the president.Los Angeles Times Jan 14, 2010 by Faye Fiore Reporting from Washington - The National Archives
is like a safe-deposit box for America's really important papers -- the Bill of
Rights, the Declaration of Independence, the $7.2-million canceled check for the
purchase of Alaska, the picture of Richard Nixon and Elvis Presley shaking hands
in the Oval Office. MORE: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-na-elvis14-2010jan14,0,3096417.story ----------------------------------------------
PICTURE OF THE MONTH This pic is making the email rounds. We're told it's a clever fake; the original has Nicholson as the Joker in the 8X10 pic. But then, why is Nicholson so pissed? Sent to us by Spider-Man writer Ted Newsome. -------------------------
JAMES CAMERON SCRIPT OUTLINE? This is also making the email rounds. Very clever. Sent to us by Lance Wolf. ------------------------------------------------------------
SOLAR GUARD REUNION Don't
forget the SG reunion in Williamsburg, Virginia this March 10 - 13, 2010 - http://www.solarguard.com/2010sgreunion/index.html
Check out the Solar Guard Academy Web page for details. Register early
with the hotel to get the convention discount. Drawings for door prizes
will be part of the video sessions again this year and a special drawing for a
Tom Corbett or Space Patrol collectible will be held for those attending the
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ORIGINAL PHOTO
DOCTORED 3-D PHOTOS WINGED VICTORY
Julia, my 16 yo daughter, had to do a
class presentation as Winged Victory. Since I had to get up at 4 am to get her
to the bus stop for snowboarding pickup, I tinkered with it...
Attached is the original photo and the
doctored version.
I stuck the Winged Victory WWII poster knockoff together in a few hours early this morning-- as I already mentioned, I had to get Julia to her 5am snowboarding bus connection and was up early. Swiped the B-17 from one site and cloned them in different sizes, the Nazi and Japanese flags came from another, and the background is a distorted piece of artwork that I think came from site that had an image from an old Disney propaganda flick. I lifted Julia from that class photo I sent last time, flipped her left wing, and then went into distort mode to give her the illusion of depth. Everything was done in Photoshop CS3. Sent by Elliott Swanson, master of space, time and 3-D. ---------------------------------------------------
Stan Lee Heads to the Emerald City ComiCon Stan Lee will make his first appearance at The Emerald City ComiCon March 13-14, 2010 at the Washington State Convention & TradeCenter in Seattle, Washington. With a legendary comic book career that has spanned over 60 years, he is the creator or co-creator of Iron Man, Spider-Man, Thor, the X-Men, the Incredible Hulk, the Fantastic Four, and many others. "I've never had a chance to come up to Seattle for the Emerald City ComiCon, a show which I've heard great things about," Lee said, "so I am really looking forward to this opportunity to meet all of the great fans in the Northwest!" MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=260&ai=90862 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------
Tommy Lee Edwards at the premiere of The Book of Eli, for which he provided the concept art.
One of Edwards' concept pieces for the film Tommy Lee Edwards and The Book of Eli It’s no secret to regular Scoop readers that we’re big fans of artist Tommy Lee Edwards, both his work and the artist himself. Whether in comics or film development, his art has a vivid, vibrant flare that captures as much feeling as it does character and setting. We’ve known for a longtime that many in the film world felt the same way, but now we have some proof. Edwards and artist Bernard Chang were among those who joined the celebrity-packed premiere of The Book of Eli earlier this week at Hollywood’s famous Grauman’s Chinese Theater in advance of the film’s Friday, January 15, 2010 release. For the film, he served as concept artist. “It was great to see everyone again, Edwards told Scoop. “We all worked so hard on this film. Gary Whitta's script was great, and it was an honor working with Albert and Allen Hughes to bring this unique vision to the big screen. Being at the premiere and seeing our efforts and my paintings come to life was a proud moment.” The Book of Eli stars Denzel Washington, Garry Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, and Jennifer Beals. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=260&ai=90893 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------
Iron Man's New Armor One of the great things about a technology-based superhero like Iron Man is that improvements in technology bring about changes in the character’s look and powers. For Iron Man these changes started as soon as he painted the original gray armor yellow, and they haven’t stopped since. Frequently the styles of the artists who have drawn the character were the biggest factors in driving small changes, but often story elements spurred new developments such as his stealth armor or the space armor. The presence of a hit film and a sequel on the way hasn’t hurt either. Now Marvel has unveiled yet another new look for Iron Man. Writer writer Matt Fraction and designer Ryan Meinerding (from the Iron Man and Thor films) have collaboratd on what Marvel calls “…the most bleeding edge, out of this world armor you’ve ever seen!” MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=260&ai=90861 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------------
WWE Stars Come To Comics Writer Keith Champaign (Green Lantern Corps) and artist Andy Smith (Superman Confidential) will kick off Titan Publishing’s new comic book title spotlighting the stars of World Wrestling Entertainment. WWE Heroes #1, which features a 50/50 variant cover by Liam Sharp (Army of Darkness), debuts in March 2010 and is featured in the January issue of Previews. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=260&ai=90874 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------
CGC 9.4 X-Men #1 in ComicLink February Auction What ComicLink’s Josh Nathansaon calls an “Xceptional, Xciting ane Xtremely desirable offering,” a CGC-certified 9.4 copy of X-Men #1, will be up for bid in the ComicLink February Featured Auction, which starts February 5, 2010. “This issue is one of the most important key comic books ever introduced within our hobby, and in the offered condition it is scarce,” Nathanson said. “This is one of the best eight examples in the world ever graded by CGC, and this is the first time that ComicLink is ever offering one in this grade up for auction.” “Though estimated to be worth over $100,000, this impressive example will be in the February auction and will go live with a start price of $1 and completely no seller reserve price,” he said. “How's that for seller confidence?” MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=90897 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------------
Ultimate Double Cover and Rarities Event Auction In all their years dealing in the comic hobby, the owners and staff of ComicConnect.com have said they hear certain regrets time and again from collectors. According to them, these regrets usually sound a little something like this: “Man, I missed my opportunity to buy these comic books years ago when they cost a fraction of the price they are now! I would be a millionaire today!” “Just a few years ago, I never imagined such a common book as Hulk #181 would sell for over $1000, and now copies have sold for over $20,000! How did I miss the boat on that one?” “Darn, I wish I started buying original comic art 10 years ago before it really became in vogue. I always miss my chance to get in on the ground floor of these things.” Yes, it isn’t always easy to identify hot markets before they take off. If it was, every Tom, Dick and Harry would be doing it, and those markets would already be mature. But as the lottery’s tagline suggests, you “gotta’ be in it to win it”, and speculators don’t earn anything if they don’t invest. Starting at noon on Friday, January 15, 2010, ComicConnect opens bidding on over 1,700 lots with the Ultimate Double Cover and Rarities Event Auction, and wholeheartedly recommends the lots in this auction as a solid “buy”. Here are the reasons why: “In late 2009, renowned collector Joe Desris approached a select number of venues about the prospect of auctioning his comic collection of multiple-covers and printing errors,” stated ComicConnect COO, Vincent Zurzolo. “We knew this would be something big, and an incredible opportunity for buyers in our hobby. We lobbied hard to get this collection, and bring it to market at auction on ComicConnect.com.” MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=90898 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------------
The Addams Family at Hake's Americana They may be creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky, as well as all together ooky, but since their debut in a single-panel cartoon in The New Yorker magazine in 1938, The Addams Family has been raising nervous laughter from the masses. Created by Charles Addams, the characters originally didn’t have names. At least, until The Addams Family television show hit the air on September 18, 1964. Then the entire country was finally formally introduced to Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Grandmama, Cousin Itt, Uncle Fester, Lurch and of course, Thing. At the point during the 1960s when The Addams Family debuted, they were quickly followed by The Munsters, a similar type horror sitcom. Television audiences were treated to a veritable broadcast monster mash! The success of both shows spawned not generations of fans, but movies, later television shows and a wave of merchandise, much of which is considered collectible today. In Hake’s Americana & Collectibles current auction, the offerings include a few great Addams Family collectibles. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=90901 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------
New Mound City, More in Pedgiree Auction Pedigree Comics’ Doug Schmell has told Scoop has his company will add what he calls “an incredible group of high grade early Silver Age Marvels and DCs from the Mound City Collection” to their Grand Auction this weekend. The auction, which starts on January 18, 2010 at 8:00 PM and runs for 10 days until Thursday evening, January 28, starts just three days from this posting. It will now have over 400 high grade CGC-certified comics and magazines. “The group of Mound City issues includes 34 amazing books all in 9.0 and higher, most of which (25) are in ultra high grade (CGC-certified 9.4 and higher), with a bunch of 9.6’s and a 9.8,” he said. “For those of you who do not know, the Mound City Collection is an original owner accumulation of approximately 3,000 early Silver through early Bronze Age Marvels and DCs. The original owner, who lived with his mother, passed away several years ago and his treasured books remained carefully stored in boxes under the stairwell in his mother’s house. When his mother died just recently, the entire inheritance went to the closest living heir, a cousin, who in turn consigned the comic books to an auction house. The auction house had most of the books CGC graded and then sold the entire collection in a live auction event. That auction was recently held on November 1-2, 2009, in St. Louis, Missouri with unbelievable results,” he said. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=90895 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------
The Yellow Kid at Hake's Americana The Yellow Kid was created by R.F. Outcault, debuting in a single panel cartoon called Hogan's Alley in 1895. While the cartoon may have been titled Hogan's Alley, it soon became obvious that the star of the strip was the Yellow Kid. The strip portrayed the real life struggles many were forced to endure in city slums around the country at the turn of the century. Outcault used the strip to help make the plight of slum inhabitant known to the public. Referring to his character, he remarked, "The Yellow Kid was not an individual but a type. When I used to go about the slums on newspaper assignments I would encounter him often, wandering out of doorways or sitting down on dirty doorsteps. I always loved the Kid. He had a sweet character and a sunny disposition, and was generous to a fault." Outcault started lampooning situations dealing with New York tenements in June of 1894 for Truth magazine. In February of the following year, The New York World newspaper reprinted one of Outcault's cartoons, paving the way for the series which would serve as the genesis of The Yellow Kid, Hogan's Alley. Identifiable by his bald head, huge ears, and vivid yellow nightshirt (which went on to display his dialog in a manner similar to that of a sandwich board), The Yellow Kid became a hit. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=90904 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------
The World of Movie Posters at eMoviePoster The new auctions at eMoviePoster.com are underway and the theme is “The World of Movie Posters,” which spotlights 650 rolled non-U.S. posters from 15 different countries. Among the top offerings in the truly diverse selection are Grandfather Of Cars (Polish, art of early car by Starowieyski), Deadly Mantis (Belgian, great art of giant insect on the Chrystler building), Batman (French, Adam West by Boris Grinsson), I Married A Monster From Outer Space (Belgian, Gloria Talbott), A Nun's Story (French, Audrey Hepburn by Mascii), Nevada Smith (French, Steve McQueen), Some Like It Hot (Belgian, Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon), Babette Goes To War (red style, French, Brigitte Bardot), Dracula (Spanish 1970 reissue, Bela Lugosi), and Goldfinger (French 1970 reissue, Sean Connery as James Bond 007 by Yves Thos & Bourduge). Also offered are Dracula A.D. 1972 (Spanish '72 Hammer film with Christopher Lee), Chang & Fak-Hong Spanish and English magic poster from a 1920s magic show), Ulysses (Belgian, Kirk Douglas and Silvana Mangano), The Empire Strikes Back (Danish, cool artwork by Tom Jung), The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (French, 1970s reissue, Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef, Sergio Leone), Two For The Road (French, Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney by Grinsson), Gorilla At Large (Belgian, Anne Bancroft), The Satanic Rites Of Dracula (Spanish, Christopher Lee) Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Belgian, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Boris Karloff), and Vengeance Of She (French, Olinka Berova by Grinsson). MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=90894 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. --------------------------------------------
Steve Ditko Art Offered on ComicLink Steve Ditko art of the caliber being offered currently by ComicLink sellers in the Comic Art Exchange section is rarely seen. Ditko, of course, is most widely known as being the premiere artist and co-creator of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, and also for his detailed work on early Warren titles. All three of these Ditko genres are represented within the ComicLink offering, and each is especially desirable in its own right. The first, and undoubtedly the most valuable piece, is the splash page to Amazing Spider-Man #35 from 1966, capturing Spidey in action against the Molten Man (the cover feature of this issue features the Molten Man's second appearance). Next up is a 1965 Strange Tales page, featuring Doctor Strange in five panels, including an exceptionally detailed top right panel of the "Master of Mystic Arts" and a compelling head shot within the bottom middle panel. The third piece is a splash page to Eerie #5, with phenomenal shots of the evil sorcerer in the large bottom two panels, images which are distinctively Ditko and which bear a striking resemblance to Doctor Strange. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=90896 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------
A Personal Christmas Card from Walt Disney While Christmas has passed us by, it we would be remiss not to mention this great holiday item being offered in Hake’s Americana & Collectibles current auction – a personal Christmas card signed and sent from Walt Disney himself to his second grade teacher, Ethel Fischer, a woman who inspired and encouraged the artist within. This is truly one of the most exceptional Disney items Hake’s has offered in the company’s 43 year history. While the first Disney Studio Christmas card was printed in 1930, the card being offered is actually the second studio card from 1931. The front of the card features a small image of snow-covered house. The card opens to reveal "A Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year" text with images of holly leaves and berries around a candle along with superb full color, tipped-in paper sheet. This sheet depicts a nighttime Christmas caroling scene featuring Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Horace Horsecollar and Clarabelle Cow. Directly below this sheet are the bold and distinct black fountain pen signatures of Walt Disney and his wife Lilly (with Walt signing for both himself and his wife). MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=90902 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------
ComicConnect Sets Dates for March Event ComicConnect.com has announced the dates for their next Event Auction, which will start on March 26, 2010 and begin to close on Friday, April 9. “Now is the time to consign your comics. Simply upload your comics on ComicConnect.com, and we will start promoting your listings and telling prospective buyers to bid on your items,” said Rob Reynolds, Director of Consignments. ComicConnect.com holds dozens of records for comics sold including the highest ever paid for a comic book at auction, Action Comics #1 CGC 6.0 for $317,200. The company also holds the records for sales on Showcase #4, Green Lantern #76, Fantastic Four #72, Amazing Spider-Man #1, Journey into Mystery #83, and many more. “Call me today so I can do the same for you and your comic collection,” Reynolds said. LISTING DEADLINE: START DATE: MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=90899 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------
Operator No. 5 No time in recent history was the need for escape through entertainment more necessary that that of the Great Depression. The harsh economic reality of the day caused a spike in entertainment revenues. People wanted temporary respite from their everyday worries and sought out several different mediums for escape. One of these mediums was pulp magazines. “Pulps,” as they came to be known, were printed on cheap wood pulp paper and often featured sensational storylines and risqué content. Pulps paved the way for many modern comic books, as heroes like The Shadow, The Spider, Doc Savage and The Phantom Detective battled evil within their pages. Another of these pulp heroes was "Operator No. 5." That was the United States Intelligence codename for Jimmy Christopher, a secret agent who pledged to protect America against its nefarious villains, who threatened democracy and vowed to destroy the country at every turn. The enemies were many, and often thinly veiled attempts pointing towards actual countries. Operator No. 5 was known for two distinct items he carried with him at all times - a skull ring and a rapier which he kept concealed in his belt. Supporting characters included Diane Elliot, his girlfriend; Tim Donovan, a child sidekick who grew as the story progressed; Nan Christopher, his twin sister; John Christopher, his father and the retired secret agent Q-6; Chief of Intelligence Z-7; and his friend “Slips” McGuire. The magazine ran for 48 issues, published by Popular Publication from April, 1934 to November, 1939. Writing was credited to “Curtis Steele,” a penname used by the publisher for writers Frederick Davis, Emile Tepperman and Wayne Rogers. As with many of the popular pulp characters of the time, a premium ring was issued. Produced in 1934 by noted ringmaker Uncas, the brilliant silver luster ring with its stark black and white enamel was an exact replica of the one worn by Operator No. 5 in his adventures. In the current auction at Hake’s Americana & Collectibles, which closes January 19-21, 2010,. a beautiful mint condition example of this ring is offered by Hake’s Americana & Collectibles in their current auction. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=90903 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------
1913 Liberty Nickel Brings $3,737,500 at Heritage Heritage Auction Galleries’ Noah Fleisher reported that an awed hush fell over the Platinum Night bidding floor of company’s Orlando FL FUN U.S. Coin Auction on Thursday, January 7, 2010as "The Olsen Specimen" 1913 Liberty Nickel, PR 64 NGC, lived up to its billing as the most famous American coin by bringing a jaw-dropping $3,737,500. This figure is tied for the third-largest sum ever paid at auction for a single U.S. coin. With the 1913 nickel, Heritage sold three $1 million+ U.S. coins in the auction, only the third time this has ever been done in a single event, all by Heritage, and this auction is the first time that all three coins hammered above the $1,000,000 mark. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=90910 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------
Doctor Strange Gets Musical at Hake's? Yup! What does Marvel’s sorcerer supreme, Doctor Strange, have to do with music? In Hake’s Americana & Collectibles’ current auction, which closes January 19-21, 2010, there’s one item that definitely links the two otherwise far afield areas of collecting, a concert poster with a decidedly “strange” choice of art. The first and only printing of the poster for the July 21-22, 1967 concerts that took place at California Hall, a well-known musical venue in San Francisco, California, featured none other than Doctor Stephen Strange. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=90908 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------
Creature from the Black Lagoon It's not easy having gills.
Especially when you're being hunted by a chartered boat full of scientists who'd
just as soon dissect you as look at you. But then, if you're a half-man,
half-fish monster, with webbing between each finger and claws the size of
Kansas, well, you can undoubtedly hold your own. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=90844 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------
Frankenstein Smashed Records Just about everyone knows that
the 1931 film version of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein is one of the
all-time horror classics. Not only was it a huge box office success in its own
day, but it has been acknowledged as a favorite by subsequent generations of
movie fans. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=90845 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------
The only known copy of the Style B one-sheet for the 1934 Universal classic horror movie The Black Cat brought $334,600 including the 19.5% buyer's premium at Heritage's November 12-13, 2009 Signature Vintage Movie Posters Auction. Horror History with The Black Cat The Black Cat was the first collaboration between actors Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, and the horror greats went on to define suspense for a generation of movie fans. In additition to the film itself and that particular dynamic duo, the film also produced at least two spectacular collectibles. The only known copy of the Style B one-sheet for the 1934 Universal classic horror movie sold for $334,600 at Heritage Auction Galleries in November. "The graphically spectacular red, black and white stone lithograph Black Cat movie poster is that rare collectible that transcends its genre," Grey Smith, Director of Vintage Movie Posters at Heritage Auctions, said at the time. "Yes it's a gorgeous movie poster, but it also carries great appeal as a piece of art, as a piece of pop culture and as an important piece of cinematic history. There's no other movie poster like it in the world, as far as we know, and it's worth every cent paid for it." MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=90846 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------------
Webb of Spider-Man? Deadline Hollywood’s Mike Flemming has reported that director Marc Webb (500 Days Of Summer) is in the running to direct what would have been Spider-Man 4 now that Sam Raimi and company have parted ways with Sony. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=261&ai=90840 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------
Downey Out, Craig in for Cowboys & Aliens? Reports are floating that James Bond’s Daniel Craig (Casino Royale) may replace Robert Downey , Jr. in Cowboys & Aliens. Sherlock Holmes and Iron Man 2 star Downey had been slated to play the lead in the film written by Iron Man writers Mark Fergus and Hank Ostby and directed by Iron Man’s Jon Favreau, but he recently backed out. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=261&ai=90838 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------
Spider-Man's Broadway Bow Pushed Back The oft-delayed big budget musical, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, may finally get its spot on the Great White Way, though it won’t open until this coming fall. Writer Michael Riedel of The New York Post has reported that the off again – on again musical Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark may finally be underway for real. Bono and The Edge (from the group U2) have written the show’s music and Riedel noted that Bono’s business partner Michael Cole has helped straighten out the situation. The play will reportedly star newcomer Reeve Carney as Spidey and Alan Cumming as The Green Goblin. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=261&ai=90843 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------------------
On The Road: Baltimore, March 21 USA Theatres, organizers of the upcoming Baltimore Non-Sports Card Convention, have announced new guests and a name change for the hotel hosting their Sunday, March 21, 2010 show. "The name of the hotel is being changed due to remodeling and new ownership," said Ronald M. Vastola, the company’s Outreach Coordinator. The former Holiday Inn Baltimore-Towson will be called Towson Place Inn & Suites during renovation. The location, however, is unchanged, 1100 Cromwell Bridge Road, Towson, Maryland. For guests the show has added Ted Dastick Jr. (a professional sketch card artist who has worked on a variety of cards and sets including licensed properties such as Indiana Jones), Sir Shadow (a unique 21st century artist who has internationally acclaimed works), Joseph and Ronda Havlock (two contemporary artists that combine state of the art technology with state of the art human dynamics), Martin Grams and Terry Salomonson (authors of the up-coming Green Hornet book due for publication January 2010), and Steven Miller (a professional sketch card artist who has worked for Rittenhouse Archives' Art and Images of Xena: Warrior Princess, Art and Image of Star Trek The Original Series, X-Men 3, and The Complete Avengers). MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=259&ai=90878 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------
On The Road: Boston, April 10-11 After three years the Boston Comic Con has outgrown its old venue and has announced its relocation to the Westin Waterfront in South Boston. With the new bigger, location, Boston Comic Con is bringing its biggest lineup of comic book creators ever on April 10-11, 2010. The guests include the following: Jim Lee is a superstar in the comic industry. He created a massive fan following in the 90s drawing X-Men before leaving Marvel to co-found Image Comics. His studio, Wildstorm, now falls under the DC Comics banner where he has worked on their flagship titles, Batman and Superman. He recently helped create the DC Universe Online MMORPG. Mike Mignola is the creator of Hellboy, one of the most popular indie characters in comics. With two feature films, animated videos, toys, spinoff series, and more Hellboy is an international sensation. Mike has also done feature film work on Bram Stoker's Dracula, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, and is currently working with frequent collaborator Guillermo del Toro on The Hobbit. Eric Powell has worked on many title including Action Comics, Star Wars Tales, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But he found success with his critically acclaimed series The Goon. Eric is adapting the Goon into an animated feature film with director David Fincher. Gene Colan has a long and illustrious career in comics starting in the Golden Age. He is best known for his long runs on Tomb of Dracula, Daredevil, and his collaboration with Steve Gerber on Howard the Duck. Now a resident of Vermont, Gene continues to draw comics recently having worked on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Blade (a character he co-created), and Captain America. Boston Comic Con is honored to host this living legend! MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=259&ai=90851 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. THIS ENDS OUR POSTINGS FOR 1-16-10 ---------------------------------------------------------------
ROCKY JONES SILVERCUP BREAD SPACE SHIP Since we're introducing our first volume of the Rocky Jones TV show on DVD, we thought this would be a good time to spotlight the Silvercup bread rocket used to promote the Rocky Jones TV show. For more pix and info go to: http://silvercup0.tripod.com/index.htm ---------------------------------------------------
http://www.tressugar.com/811096 MAMIE VAN DOREN CUTS A COUNTRY AND WESTERN ALBUM Mamie tells us she is reinventing herself. Fine. But we are still quite happy with the original Mamie who is as hot as ever. Visitors to this site can be assured we will stay on top of this story. You'll be the first to know when the album is ready for release. --------------------------------------
SEXY BELT BUCKLES Retro-a-go-go! belt buckles are a great way to dial up any of your outfits or accent any pair of your favorite jeans. This must-have accessory let's you express your personal style in a fun and clever way. There are so many appealing designs to choose from you may need to select more than just one! $19.99 EACH TO ORDER THIS ITEM AT A 10% DISCOUNT CONTACT US AT: Swapsale@aol.com --------------------------
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Ame Comi Wonder Woman V 2 Vinyl Figure Diana Prince re-appears as an Ame-Comi heroine! Sure to be as popular as the first Ame-Comi version of Wonder Woman, this figure features the Amazon Princess emerging from battle, with an axe in one hand and a Gorgon's severed head in the other. As a special added feature, Wonder Woman's hair can be worn in two styles - up or down! The limited-edition, non-articulated, approximately 8.75' PVC statue comes with a base, is packaged in a 4-color window box with J-hook and is manufactured to order. Advance-solicited; on sale April 21, 2010 * Statue * $60 US $60.00 ORDER: http://www.tfaw.com/Toys/Profile/Ame-Comi-Wonder-Woman-V-2-Vinyl-Figure___352562
LA Con Features Legion, The Graves on Jan. 10 The Los Angeles Comic Book And Science Fiction Convention has its first show of 2010 with Sony Pictures hosting a special presentation on Legion, a new supernatural-themed movie with director Scott Stewart and stars Tyrese Gibson (Transformers), Adrianne Palacki (Friday Night Lights), and Doug Jones (Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Abe Sapien in Hellboy II). The Legion presentation starts at 12:00 PM. Brian Pulido, the creator of Lady Death, Evil Ernie, and Purgatori, is now the writer-producer-director of his first full length horror movie, The Graves. He will appear on stage to preview scenes from The Graves at 2:00 P.M. with stars Tony Todd (Candyman series), Bill Moseley (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2), Clare Grant and Jillian Murray (starring as The Graves sisters). MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=259&ai=90639 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------------------------
A desirable tinplate Harley-Davidson toy motorcycle was offered at a past show by dealer Gary Cenname. York Antique Toy, Doll & Advertising Show Feb. 6 On Saturday, February 6, 2010, Dan Morphy will host the 19th edition of the York Antique Toy, Doll & Advertising Show at the Memorial Hall, York Fairgrounds, in York, Pennsylvania. The semiannual show has developed into a must-do event on collectors’ calendars. Top-notch dealers from throughout North America are expected to participate in the upcoming show, which will feature around 150 tables of select antique and vintage toy-related merchandise. The popular specialty event features wide aisles, excellent food service and ample, close-in parking. Some exhibitors drive long distances to sell at Morphy’s show because it’s not a long, drawn-out affair – it’s a one-day event with a seven-hour early buying session the day before. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=259&ai=90605 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------
MegaCon Readies March 12-14 Show The Orlando MegaCon, the largest comic book and multi-media event in the Southeast, has made its initial announcement of guests for its 2010 convention, March 12-14, 2010 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL. Special media guests include Star Wars cast members such as Ray Park (Saturday & Sunday only), Billy Dee Williams, Dave Barclay, Jeremy Bulloch, Maria de Aragon, and Peter Mayhew. Star Trek is represented by Nichelle Nichols, Levar Burton, and Jonathan Frakes MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=259&ai=90608 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------
Boston Comic Con Anounces April 10-11 Guests After three years the Boston Comic Con has outgrown its old venue and has announced its relocation to the Westin Waterfront in South Boston. With the new bigger, location, Boston Comic Con is bringing its biggest lineup of comic book creators ever on April 10-11, 2010. The guests include the following: Jim Lee is a superstar in the comic industry. He created a massive fan following in the 90s drawing X-Men before leaving Marvel to co-found Image Comics. His studio, Wildstorm, now falls under the DC Comics banner where he has worked on their flagship titles, Batman and Superman. He recently helped create the DC Universe Online MMORPG. Mike Mignola is the creator of Hellboy, one of the most popular indie characters in comics. With two feature films, animated videos, toys, spinoff series, and more Hellboy is an international sensation. Mike has also done feature film work on Bram Stoker's Dracula, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, and is currently working with frequent collaborator Guillermo del Toro on The Hobbit. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=259&ai=90606 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------------
Archie, Calvin, Beetle Gets US Stamps The United States Postal Service will immortalize the Archie Comics love triangle along with Beetle Bailey, Dennis the Menace, Garfield, and Calvin and Hobbes on official postage stamps in July 2010. Archie is the longest running series represented in the five-strip “Sunday Funnies” collection. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=259&ai=90598 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------
David Finch Signs with DC Comics DC Comics has reported that artist David Finch (New Avengers, Moon Knight) has signed an exclusive agreement with the company. Finch broke on the scene at Image Comics’ Top Cow Productions and since then has worked on many high profile projects at Marvel. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=260&ai=90582 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------
A New Flame for Archie? They captured a ton of mainstream media interest with their “Archie Gets Married” storyline in Archie #600-605 and it looks like our friends at Archie Comics Publications are aiming to keep things stirred up. The company has announced yet another wrinkle in the life of the perennial teen, a new love interest in the form of Valerie, the bassist-songwriter from Josie and the Pussycats. What will his usual flames, Betty and Veronica, have to say about this? It should be fun finding out. It starts in Archie #608. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=260&ai=90577 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------
ComicMonsters.com 2009 Award Winners The horror-themed website ComicMonsters.com has announced the winners of the “Best of 2009…” voting for comic books in the genre, and the big winners come from Dynamite, Image, DC Comics (from the DC, Wildstorm and Zuda imprints), Digital Manga Publishing, Devil’s Due Publishing, and Dark Horse. Image’s The Walking Dead won for Best Ongoing Series, Best Scene (The Walking Dead #60), and Best Writer (Robert Kirkman). Writer James Kuhoric notched two victories with Best Crossover for Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: Nightmare Warriors (DC/Wildstorm) and Best Mini-Series for Dead Irons. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=260&ai=90597 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------
Tales To Astonish #27 9.4 Sells for $75,000 According to Doug Schmell, CEO and President of Pedigree Comics, his company has brokered the sale of the world's finest existing and top certified copy of Tales to Astonish #27, a 9.4 with off-white to white pages, for a record price of $75,000. The issue, famous for the first appearance of Ant-Man, is widely considered the toughest of all the Silver Age Marvel keys to obtain in high grade. Only to 9.4 copies are known to exist, with only one in 9.2 and three in 9.0. To date, only Incredible Hulk #1 is close to Tales to Astonish #27 in terms of scarcity of high grade copies (one in 9.4, four in 9.2 and eight in 9.0) but due to its chocolate brown and black front cover and borders that easily show stress lines, color flecks, creases and surface impressions and its very low print run (only 139,167 copies were circulated), Tales ToAstonish #27 is easily the hardest early 1960's Marvel key to find in high grade. In CGC-certified 9.4, it is almost impossible to locate. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=90624 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------------------
Josephine Baker: The Bronze Venus Josephine Baker was an entertainer extraordinaire, a sex symbol and a civil rights activist. Each of these roles was handled with style and class. Groundbreaking in her achievements, Josephine was the first African American female to star in a major motion picture, the first to integrate an American concert hall and the first to become a world-famous entertainer. Early in her career, her performances at the Folies Bergere established her as a superstar, highlighted by the Danse Sauvage, in which she performed while wearing a skirt made of a string of artificial bananas. In the current auction at Hake’s Americana & Collectibles, they are offering four programs for the Bergere Folies, from 1926 through 1930, two of which feature Baker. Hake’s is also offering a signed photo of Baker, postcards depicting her in her first film role and also in a topless pose, Columbia record catalogs, French sheet music, and publicity photos. The true highlight is an exceptional plaster bust display for “Bakerfix,” a hair product designed to help women attain Baker’s look, the best Josephine Baker item Hake’s has ever offered. The auction closes January 19-21, 2010. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=90629 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------
1,000 Rarities and Counting on ComicConnect “Why is it so darn cold in New York City?” asked ComicConnect.com’s Vincent Zurzolo, Chief Operating Officer, upon his return this week from a much needed sun-filled vacation. While Zurzolo rested, his staff braved the deep freeze, blowtorched the frost off the front door, and worked day and night scanning and listing comics from the Joe Desris multiple cover and rarities collection. “Nearly 1000 double covers and oddities can be previewed on ComicConnect.com, “said Rob Reynolds, Director of Consignments. “This auction, there truly is a comic for every collector. From the earliest known example, Famous Funnies #40 CGC 9.2 on through to Frank Miller’s All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder #10 CGC 9.9, something can be found from every comic age or genre and for any budget,” he said. Recently added Golden Age examples include Red Ryder Comics #90 CGC 9.6 with six covers, a copy of Sensation Comics #35 CGC 9.4 with a double cover, Shock SuspenStories #13 FN with a triple cover, Superman #27 graded 8.0 by CGC with a double cover, and a beautiful Robin double cover from Star Spangled Comics #71 CGC 9.4. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=90627 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------
999 Folded One-Sheets at eMoviePoster.com In this week’s auctions, eMoviePoster.com has a selection of 999 folded one-sheets spanning all years and genres. They include powerhouse pictures such as William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (Max Von Sydow), Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction (Uma Thurman), Sam Peckinpah’s Straw Dogs style D (Dustin Hoffman), George A. Romero’s Dawn Of The Dead (signed), Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (Harrison Ford illustrated by John Alvin), Alfred Hitchcock’s The Wrong Man (Henry Fonda and Vera Miles), and Billy Wilder’s Love In The Afternoon (Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn). Also offered are The Graduate (Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft), The Edge Of Darkness (Errol Flynn and Ann Sheridan), Lost In Alaska (Bud Abbott and Lou Costello), Manpower (George Raft, Edward G. Robinson, and Marlene Dietrich), The Snows Of Kilimanjaro (Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward and Ava Gardner), Bagdad (Maureen O'Hara and Vincent Price), A View To A Kill advance (Roger Moore as James Bond, Grace Jones), Elvis Presley in three films (on two one-sheets), first with Fun In Acapulco/Girls Girls Girls (Ursula Andress and Stella Stevens), and then Love Me Tender (Debra Paget), as well as The Beatles in Let It Be, and Clint Eastwood in High Plains Drifter and Pale Rider. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=90625 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------
The Richard Merkin Collection at Hake's In the newest Hake’s Americana & Collectibles auction, the company has begun offering items from The Richard Merkin Collection. They represent a wide array of vintage pop culture artifacts, superior quality, and eclectic taste. If there is a pattern other than “quality,” it’s hard to detect at first. So, who was Richard Merkin, the man who put this collection together? Who was this collector who appeared on the cover of The Beatles’ album Sgt. Peppper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and in the 1974 film version of The Great Gatsby? Upon his passing in September, 2009, his obituary in The New York Times described him with the words "Painter, Illustrator, and Fashion Plate." He was also an avid collector and personal friend of Hake’s Americana founder Ted Hake. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=90630 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------
Hoppy, Other Cowboys at Auction on January 21 On January 21, 2010 in San Francisco, PBA Galleries, Auctioneers, Rare Books & Manuscripts will be offering at auction in their Americana Sale 420, Part One of the Gene Gammel Collection of Cowboy Toys and Collectibles, which includes a large portion of vintage Hopalong Cassidy as well as Roy Rogers and other western heroes memorabilia. Highlights from the sale are a girls model Hopalong Cassidy Bicycle in very nice original, unrestored condition, movie posters, a Hoppy cookie jar, textiles, rugs, blankets, toys games, costumes, riding toys, chairs dishes and housewares and much more. Gene was a passionate collector for many years and passed away two years ago in Reno, Nevada. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=90632 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------------
Betty Boop Turns 80 in 2010 On August 9, 1930, legendary animator Max Fleischer's studio created the now-iconic Betty Boop for a short called "Dizzy Dishes." Betty's part was tiny - in fact, she hadn't even been named yet - and featured her as a canine cabaret singer. But within two years, Betty would become human, and by 1933, the coquettish vamp with the big green eyes would be batting lashes and stealing hearts across the country. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=90590 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------
Brick Bradford In the grand tradition of time
and space travelers, Brick Bradford emerged in 1933 to forge a path for good in
galaxies far away. Originally distributed by Central Press Associate, a small
subsidiary of King Features, Brick's beginnings were humble and his exploits
only appeared in small town papers. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=90588 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------
Who doesn't love Blondie? We
mean, really. As comic strips and their franchises go, very few are as beloved
and long-lasting as the one chronicling the exploits of and additions to the
Bumstead family. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=90592 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------------
Little Book, Big Fun The Whitman Publishing Company
of Racine, Wisconsin, gave birth to the Big Little Book in 1932. The term
promised the consumer a great amount of reading material and entertainment in a
small package. Bulky, but easily handled and read by young buyers, many children
fell asleep clutching a thick little book that featured a favorite character. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=90589 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------
Hunting for Variants with Jon McClure Jon McClure is a noted writer on the subject of comics. By day he works as a Marketing Consultant, but by night he unravels the toughest mysteries in the history of the medium, and many of the solutions were published in Comic Book Marketplace, Gemstone’s fondly remembered periodical about comics history. McClure also serves as an advisor and contributor to The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide. In addition, he and his wife, Dyan Wilder-McClure, collect turn of the century Vienna Bronze miniatures, mostly of cats, and quality examples of primitive furniture, as well as any antiques “that just have the right feel” for their home in Durango, Colorado, where they live with three cats and a dog, although they plan to return to Oregon in 2010. He has written a detailed history of variant comic books that will appear in the 40th anniversary edition of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, scheduled for release July 21, 2010 in comic shops. For those who remember the shock waves from research on the Marvel 30˘ and 35˘ price variants in 1997, he promises a new high. “I still have the first comic I ever got: Batman #181, cover dated June 1966, the first appearance of Poison Ivy, which my parents obviously bought for me, as I was only 2 years old at the time,” Jon McClure said with a laugh about his early start in the four color world. “The first thing I ever collected in a serious way was comics. I’ve been collecting since 1973, when I ordered a Jack Hunt mail order catalog from a classified ad in the comics. I was nine years old and living in Wickenburg, Arizona at the time I began to take a serious interest. My first order included a Marvel Premiere #1 and some issues of Batman,” he said. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=265&ai=90618 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------------
Thor Takes Spider-Man's Date Variety has reported that with production of Spider-Man 4 delayed, Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment have pushed up the release of Thor by two weeks to grab the May 6, 2011 release date. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=261&ai=90579 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------------
Kick-Ass to Kick Off SXSW Film 2010 Kick-Ass, the Matthew Vaughn-directed movie based on the comic by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr., will open the South By Southwest Conferences and Festivals (SXSW) for 2010. SXSW Film 2010, kicks off on March 12, 2010 and runs through March 20. The film is slated for a general opening on April 16. Based in Austin, Texas, South by Southwest is a 10-day festival that combines the music, film, and interactive worlds each spring. The last incarnation reportedly brought in almost 150,000 fans across the various media. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=261&ai=90587 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------------------------
FourColorComics.com Comic book dealer Robert Rogovin’s company, Four Color Comics, now has a new website, and it’s up and running. It’s stocked with comics (both CGC-certified and “raw”), original comic book art, movie posters, and loads of other stuff. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=268&ai=90638 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------- California Comic Convention Set for January 31 The California Comic Convention will present its fourth comic book show in Orange County on Sunday, January 31, 2010. The show, which will be held at the Yorba Linda Community Center in Yorba Linda, California, begins at 9:30 AM and runs until 5:00 PM. “The show is geared toward comic collectors and will host many comic dealers and guests,” promoters told Scoop. Frank Brunner, artist of Doctor Strange and Howard the Duck, and Uncle Scrooge writer-artist Don Rosa are appearing. CGC will also be taking submissions and witnessing signatures. Comic book dealers will have plenty of offers, with an emphasis on vintage comics. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=261&ai=90607 Used by permission. ©2010 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS ENDS OUR POSTINGS FOR 1-9-10
CHRISTMAS/NEW YEARS CARD FROM WARREN CHANEY Artist, writer and Space Patrol fan Dr. Warren Chaney once again hits the mark with this years holiday card. Maybe next year I can get him to offer these cards for sale on this site. How cool would that be? -- Bruce/Swapsale. ---------------------------------------
“SENSUOUS MUSE COLLECTION,” A PORTFOLIO OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN BY ARTIST/PHOTOGRAPHER JEFF WACK, TO LAUNCH NEW YEAR SEASON OF INTRIGUING EXHIBITS, OPENING MONTH LONG SHOW, JANUARY 6, AT THE WORLD EROTIC ART MUSEUMMIAMI BEACH—Among the premier commercial illustrators of the
past three decades, the work of internationally acclaimed artist/photographer,
Jeff Wack, In a career spanning 30 years in which his clients have included Coca-Cola, Anheuser-Busch, 20th Century Fox, Universal Studios, Sony and a score of Fortune 500 companies, Wack, nonetheless, found time to address his passion for figurative work as a “labor of love,” declaring that what art devotees will be viewing will be what he considers to be his best, “representing the highest realization of both my narrative skills and technical abilities as an artist.” Winner of the XTO Award and currently featured artist at New York’s Farmani Gallery, Wack’s approach to his work is the combining of his masterful command of photography with that of digital painting, each work of original art presenting a timeless moment captured with a sense of magical light and color…an ethereal mix of reality and idealized feminine mystique. The World Erotic Art Museum is located at 1205 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach. Open Monday thru Thursday, from 11 A.M. to 10 P.M., Friday and Saturday from 11 A.M. to Midnight. Tickets are $15 with no one under 18 admitted. Further information is available by calling (305) 532-9336 or via www.weam.com. MORE: http://www.envmagazine.org/Entertainment/?p=338 --------------------------------------------------------
Pedigree Readies January 2010 Grand Auction Pedigree Comics has begun previewing their January Grand Auction (from Monday night, January 18, 2010 until Thursday evening, January 28). Just go to their website, click on the "Grand Auctions" banner and then click on the “Auction Listings” menu at the top. There are more than 175 comic books are already uploaded with many more to come over the next few weeks. “We have received some incredible new books for the auction, including some spectacular high grade early Silver Age Marvels, and we are sure this is one auction you will not want to miss,” said Pedigree's CEO, Doug Schmell. “There will be well over 250 CGC-ertified comics and magazines to choose from, almost every one in ultra high grade (9.4 and higher).” SILVER AGE MARVEL MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=90366 Used by permission. ©2009 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------
Dan Morphy Auctions Sets February 26-27 Sale Dan Morphy Auctions will pack 2,100 quality lots into a big two-day sale, February 26 and 27, 2010, at the company’s state of the art gallery on the Adamstown antique strip. The main categories in the auction are historical antiques, firearms and militaria, jewelry, toys and antique advertising. All forms of bidding will be available, including live via the Internet. The Friday session opens with more than 150 lots of fine jewelry and Bakelite from a single estate. All types of jewelry will be offered, including rings, necklaces, earrings, watches and brooches. Among the highlights are an 18K gold bracelet with turquoise stones, a 14K gold bracelet with diamonds, and many other gold Victorian-era fine jewelry designs. Next up will be 100 general antique lots, featuring clocks, pottery, artwork and other Americana, followed by firearms primarily coming from two single-owner collections. The offering consists of 40 Kentucky rifles, a dozen early Springfield Civil War rifles known as “1903s,” an assortment of World War I and II M1 Girand rifles, and a collection of more than 60 double-barrel shotguns. Standouts include a superb Kentucky rifle attributed to Charles Baum (upper Susquehanna region of Pennsylvania) that boasts 65 silver inlays. The buttstock is adorned by silver depictions of a flying eagle and Indian with a tomahawk. Another key gun lot is a scarce Winchester Model 1886 .45-.70 caliber bolt-action rifle. A 50-lot selection of modern guns includes eight Winchester pre-1964 Model 70s. “These guns are highly sought after by collectors and hunters alike, due to their flawless bolt-action design,” said Morphy’s general manager Kris Lee. The 170-lot historical and political section of the sale incorporates buttons, banners, flags, and ribbons. Notable entries are a U.S. Presidential campaign flag for Benjamin Harrison, and a William Taft banner. Photographica includes tintypes, ambrotypes, daguerreotypes and photographs, including desirable Abraham Lincoln photos and a ferrotype. Nearly 300 lots of antique advertising will be auctioned, with 25+ tobacco tins topped by an extremely rare Shogun vertical pocket tin estimated at $8,000-$12,000. A handsome, painted-zinc Indian brave tobacco store figure made by Miller, Dubrul & Peters Mfg. Co. (Cincinnati and New York) and featured in the 1953 book Cigar Store Figures (Pendergast and Ware) is expected to make $30,000-$50,000. Other lots expected to finish well in the money include a large, illuminating shoe-form trade sign advertising Wahr Shoes ($8,000-$12,000); and a large wooden shotgun shell display for Kynoch & Co. ($6,000-$8,000). Saturday’s session will begin with more than 170 marble lots. “It’s one of the best marble offerings we’ve ever had, and comes from mainly two very nice collections,” said Morphy’s CEO Dan Morphy. The grouping includes a handmade sulphide of two kissing lovebirds suspended in turquoise-colored glass ($3,000-$5,000), and two original wooden salesmen’s sample boxes from the Germany manufacturer Mueller & Sons, each filled with handmade sample marbles – swirls, micas, Lutzes, opaques and clambroths. Each box is entered in the sale with a $3,000-$4,000 estimate. Yet another coveted lot is a 2˝-inch end of the day lobed onionskin marble in original condition ($2,000-$3,000). A sizable number of other large, lobed onionskins and ribbons swirls will be offered. Topping the machine-made marbles is a Peltier No. 00 National Rainbow 100-count set in its original box ($4,000-$6,000). An extremely rare Akro No. 250 marble box set may attract a winning bid of $2,500-$3,000; and there will be no shortage of buyers, Morphy said, for the more than 20 Christensen agate flames, some of them unique examples. The Saturday session also features part two of the Pat and Lowell Wagner steam toy collection. More than 350 lots of highly desirable steam engines, cars, boats and other playthings from the collection carry the brands of such prestigious manufacturers as Marklin, Weeden, Schonner, Bing, Plank, and Doll et Cie. Nearly 200 general toy lots run the gamut of dolls, trains, Steiff and American tin. A Maggie Bessie cloth doll consigned by its original owner is estimated at $4,000-$6,000; while another excellent selection of Fisher-Price toys from collectors Pat and Lowell Wagner will also cross the block. Nearly 100 pieces of cast iron range from horse-drawn through mechanical banks and other iron toys. Pristine examples of the Breadwinners and Boy Scout banks will be sold, as well as a very nice Merry-Go-Round bank. For those who’ve ever harbored a desire to channel their inner superhero, the auction offers more than a dozen opportunities to dress the part. Approximately a dozen original costumes from classic TV shows and films will be up for bid, including four authentic Superman suits – a George Reeves black & white version, a Reeves regular blue version, a Kirk Alyn black & white, and a Christopher Reeve color costume. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=90379 Used by permission. ©2009 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------------------
Joan and Dick Ford, Bertoia Auctions owner Jeanne Bertoia and her son, Bertoia Auctions associate Michael Bertoia pose with Dick’s immaculate 1934 Chrysler Imperial Airflow CV automobile, which sold for $43,700.
Hubley cast-iron TrukMixer with revolving-drum body and white rubber tires, 7˝ inches long, $9,200. Eggnog, Cookies, St. Nick at Bertoia's To many, the holiday season officially launches on Thanksgiving Day with the legion of colorful parades held in major American cities. But ask antique toy collectors where and when the party started this season and they’re likely to say November 13-15, 2009 at Bertoia’s auction gallery in southern New Jersey. Over that weekend, Bertoia’s held its $1.5 million Holiday Toy Trimmings sale, which featured, alongside several other showcased collections, the final installment of Christmas antiques from both the Fred Cannon and Mary Lou Holt collections. “We were inspired by the two holiday collections to create an atmosphere reflecting an old-fashioned Christmas,” said Bertoia Auctions’ owner, Jeanne Bertoia. “We knew many members of the Golden Glow of Christmas Past collector club would be attending, so we put up a 10-foot-tall tree decorated with antique ornaments, played Christmas music and served cookies, eggnog, hot apple cider and coffee. Jim Morrison, a Golden Glow member who operates a Christmas museum in Pennsylvania, came dressed as Father Christmas, and with his own long beard, was very convincing. Even Tim Luke, one of our two auctioneers, showed his Christmas spirit by wearing a Santa hat at the podium. Everyone had a good time.” Toys go hand-in-hand with Christmas, and the three-day auction featured a bountiful array that included the Dick Ford Airflow toy auto collection and part II of the Dick Sheppard still bank collection. Cast iron was first out of the gate, with one the auction’s top 10 entries – an impressive 27-inch-long Pratt & Letchworth 4-seat brake with driver and six passengers – rolling past its estimate to settle at $23,000. In pristine condition with beautiful paint, it sold to a collector from the Midwest. Another Pratt & Letchworth production, a 14-inch-long hose reel wagon drawn by a “galloping” white horse and commandeered by a firefighter figure, came to a halt at $7,475, more than twice its high estimate. “There was a lot of interest in the piece,” said Bertoia Auctions associate Michael Bertoia. “It was relatively small compared to the 4-seat brake but was finely cast and very appealing. It went to a New Jersey collector.” MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=90370 Used by permission. ©2009 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -----------------------------------------------------
987 Australian, German Posters at eMoviePoster The new auctions at eMoviePoster.com started last night (as we post this on Wednesday, December 30, 2009) and they feature 987 Australian (one-sheets and daybills) and German posters (mostly 33” x 47” and 23” x 33” format). You can view them online now. The Australian offerings include The Empire Strikes Back (different art by Ohrai), Alvin Rides Again (Graeme Blundell, Chantal Contouri) What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? daybill (Bette Davis and Joan Crawford), The Cincinnati Kid daybill (Steve McQueen and Ann-Margret), The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers daybill (Barbara Stanwyck and Van Heflin), Mission Mars daybill (Darren McGavin), Tron daybill (Jeff Bridges), The Wild Bunch daybill (1970 reissue, William Holden and Ernest Borgnine), Dementia 13 vertical style daybill (Francis Ford Coppola’s first feature), Abba: The Movie (all four band members), Nashville daybill (Karen Black and cool patriotic artwork), Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus daybill (Kirk Douglas), North To Alaska daybill (John Wayne and Capucine), U2 Rattle & Hum daybill (Bono & The Edge), Cleopatra daybill (Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison), Scarface daybill Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer), and Some Like It Hot 1980 reissue (Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon). MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=90406 Used by permission. ©2009 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------------------
The man who started it all, Sam Gold. Scroll down to the bottom for more photos! The Premium History of Sam and Gordon Gold Good As Gold... MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=264&ai=90339 Used by permission. ©2009 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------
Nova might not be Spider-Man, the Hulk, Iron Man, Punisher, Ghost Rider, or... okay, so he's not one of Marvel's best known characters. Would movie-goers line up for a Nova feature film? We would, but how about the general public? Disney: Hits Among Marvel's Second Tier? Following their still-to-be-finalized $4.2 billion acquisition of Marvel Entertainment, The Walt Disney Company is looking to Marvel's lesser-known characters for some diamonds in the rough. A few surprise hits in terms of movies, TV shows, video games and/or licensing, after all, and the price paid could actually turn out to be a steal. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=261&ai=90349 Used by permission. ©2009 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------
The Rocketeer: The Complete Adventures IDW Publishing; $29.95 and $75.00 The publishing history of the late Dave Stevens’ most famous creation almost takes longer to tell than it does to read, but even though the volume of the output is relatively small, its impact on the imaginations of its readers has been just the opposite. The Rocketeer first appeared on an ad on the back of Pacific Comics’ Starslayer #1. The feature itself ran in Starslayer #2-3, and Pacific Presents #1-2 before Pacific went under. The Rocketeer Special Edition #1, which had been intended to be Pacific Presents #5, was published by Eclipse, as was an album-format collected edition of those installments. The Rocketeer Adventure Magazine#1-2 were published by Comico, and then #3, the final issue, was published by Dark Horse Comics, which subsequently collected the three issues into the a second album-format graphic novel subtitled “Cliff’s New York Adventure.” The story, of course, spawned the 1991 feature film and sparked the renewed interest in pin-up Bettie Page, but it became a cherished favorite of many of its readers. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=267&ai=90345 Used by permission. ©2009 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------
Hake's Newest Auction Now Online Geppi’s Entertainment Auctions is pleased to announce that the newest Hake’s Americana & Collectibles auction is now online for bidding and will close January 19-21, 2010. Hake’s usual high regard for quality collectibles remains the same and this auction once again features a vast array of rare highly desirable pop culture collectibles including great Disneyana, comic character, Popeye, premium, sports, movie memorabilia and gum card offerings. And those are only a few of the great collecting categories available this auction. Political items, Superheroes and Western heroes are all back with great items that are up for bid right now. Another great Disney section await collectors, with over 300 items to choose from, including over a dozen items being book examples from The Official Price Guide To Disney Collectibles by Ted Hake. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=90363 Used by permission. ©2009 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------------
ComicConnect.com Seeks Consigments The staff of ComicConnect.com would like to offer their best wishes for the New Year to their many consignors and bidders, they told Scoop. “Comic fans have seen the results and heard about the record-breaking prices achieved in ComicConnect.com’s Event Auctions in 2009,” the company’s Director of Consignments, Rob Reynolds said. “Now is the time to consign comics for the first open auction of 2010.” To participate, simply upload your comics on ComicConnect.com, and their staff will start promoting your listings and telling prospective buyers to bid on your items! MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=262&ai=90388 Used by permission. ©2009 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------------------------
California Comic Convention Set for January 31 The California Comic Convention will present its fourth comic book show in Orange County on Sunday, January 31, 2010. The show, which will be held at the Yorba Linda Community Center in Yorba Linda, California, begins at 9:30 AM and runs until 5:00 PM. MORE: http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=259&ai=90393 Used by permission. ©2009 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted. All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved. THIS ENDS OUR POSTINGS FOR 1-2-10
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SANTA CLAUS? You'd better watch out, you'd better not dry, ... or this guy may kill you...Sitting on Santa's lap... eeuuuww! Sent to us by Ted Newsome, one of the writers of the first Spider-Man movie http://www.dscshow.com/cc-common/gallery/display.html?album_id=210837 ---------------------------------------------------------------
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Caprica To Air on January 22, 2010Syfy has announced the US air date for its
Battlestar follow-up, Caprica, and it's running on Friday, January 22nd 2010.
Caprica will start with a two hour premiere and will appear regularly on
subsequent late Fridays evenings.
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