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A New Beginning: Giant-Size X-Men #1 Turns 50
By J.C. Vaughn, President of Gemstone Publishing and Amanda Sheriff, Gemstone’s Editor-Digital Giant-Size X-Men #1, cover For those who only know the Marvel superhero characters through the movies, TV shows, ...
Comic Character Collectibles: In the Time of COVID-19: Pop Culture Thriving?
by J.C. Vaughn In recent discussions, a handful of auction houses and high-end comic book insiders confessed that in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic they really didn’t know ...
Comic Character Collectibles: Escaping the Pandemic with Imagination
by J.C. Vaughn With everything that’s happened in 2020 thus far, pretty much any day seems like a good day to pause and think about good and interesting things, or ...
Comic Character Collectibles: Despite the Virus, Heritage Scores Impressive Total
Despite the Virus, Heritage Scores Impressive Total An eclectic mix of original art by some of the most influential artists and major keys in superhero comics was offered on the ...
Comic Character Collectibles: April 2020
Spider-Man Meets Spawn to Celebrate Overstreet’s 50th by J.C. Vaughn It has been mentioned more than once in this space that 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of The Overstreet Comic ...
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By J.C. Vaughn [divider align="center"] Marvel Comics #1 Joins the $1 Million Club A CGC-certified 9.4 copy of Marvel Comics #1 has joined Action Comics #1, Detective Comics #27, and ...
The Highly Accessible Movie Poster Work of Robert Tanenbaum
Comic Character Collectibles by J.C. Vaughn In last month’s column we took at look at movie posters associated with the Star Wars franchise. Even though there’s a tremendous number of ...
Star Wars: Movie Poster Collecting Strikes Back
Comic Character Collectibles by J.C. Vaughn With Star Wars: Episode IX –The Rise of Skywalker due in theaters December 20, 2019, it seems like as good a time as any ...
Feast of the Seven Fishes Movie Slated for November Release
Comic Character Collectibles by J. C. Vaughn Shout! Studios has secured the rights to Feast of the Seven Fishes, the comedy-drama written and directed by Robert Tinnell, based on his ...
Renewal and Return: Wynonna Earp on the Comeback Trail
Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn The Earpers, those dedicated, committed fans of SyFy’s cult hit series, Wynonna Earp, can pause and let themselves enjoy a well-earned whiskey because the ...
Video Game Collecting on the Rise?
Comic Character Collectibles by J.C. Vaughn It’s always interesting to watch an emerging niche in the field of pop culture collectibles and to attempt to anticipate whether something’s a fad ...
Looking Back at the Road to Avengers: Endgame
Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Where would Hollywood be financially without the superhero films, and specifically the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Five of the top 10 all-time domestic and five ...
Pop Culture Potpourri: Star Wars, Action Comics Number 1, and more
Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Star Wars Toys The record-setting prices for Star Wars toys have really established a tone at Hake’s Auctions ever since they landed the Russell ...
Certified Video Games Enter the Marketplace in Force
Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn In January 2019, Heritage Auctions began offering video games certified by third-party independent grading firm Wata Games in their Sunday night auctions, and the ...
Bob Overstreet’s Call to Remember Why We Love Comics
Comic Character Collectibles by J.C. Vaughn At 80 and showing few signs of slowing down, author and publisher Robert M. Overstreet, who launched The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide in ...
Krigstein's "Master Race" Original Art Leads at Heritage, and Remembering Stan Lee
Comic Character Collectibles by J.C. Vaughn Heritage Auctions' November 15-17, 2018 Comics & Comic Art Auction made headlines when it closed at $10,776,936 in total sales and the company reported ...
Library of Congress Launches First Exhibit of Geppi Collection
Comic Character Collectibles By J.C.Vaughn Selections from The Stephen A. Geppi Collection of Comics and Graphic Arts went on display in the Great Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Building at ...
In the Digital Age, What Is Original Art?
Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn For collectors of original comic art - and indeed, art of many different media - the digital age seems to have thrown a monkey ...
Reviving Nathaniel Dusk, Recreating Star Wars
Comic Character Collectibles by J.C. Vaughn Nathaniel Dusk, Private Investigator While it's a distinctly different take than the original, the appearance of Nathaniel Dusk, Private Investigator, in the current DC ...
Pop Culture Scores Big at Heritage
Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Heritage Auctions has continued to find fertile ground in the world of pop culture, as witnessed by their July 28-29, 2018 Movie Poster Auction ...
Captain America Comics #70: Going Home Again
Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Collector Jason Versaggi knows both the cold, analytical, logical purchases for his collection on one end of the spectrum, and the nostalgia-laced specter of, ...
A Comic Book Market Snapshot
Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn In keeping with this issue's special focus on comic books, it seemed like an opportune time to check in with two of the comic ...
Star Wars, Comics Dominate in Hake's Auction
Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Following up on last month's column, which saw Hake's Americana & Collectibles on track to set multiple records for the company with Auction #223, ...
Hake's Sets New Single-Week Record
Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn After setting records with their previous auction, Hake's Americana & Collectibles looks well on their way to doing it again with Auction #223. The ...
Feast of the Seven Fishes: From Comic Strip to Movie
Comic Book Characters and Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn It's 11:52 p.m. on cold January Saturday night in Rivesville, West Virginia on the set of Feast of the Seven Fishes, and ...
