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Blue Ribbon #2, looking pretty nice!

Another Pinnacle Hill book, minus slab, listed in the upcoming Sunday Heritage auction.

All good things... 214 comics later, the final MLJ books from the Pinnacle Hill collection are on the Heritage auction block this week. It was quite the ride and hopefully several of you guys were able to snag some of these issues. Coming up this week are various issues of Blue Ribbon Comics, Black Hood, Shield-Wizard, Pep, Top Notch and Zip. There is a lone Pep #11 in the January Signature auction, not sure why, but the final books are up for bid now. Here are a few highlights of the upcoming 49 MLJ books:

Yeah, I noticed that. If you go back several dozen posts, I provided a link to a YouTube video that I made with the LCS owner who found these books. The owner bought most of these books second hand in the 60's and 70's. In talking to his nephew, he did say that some of these books were bought by his uncle off of the rack in the 40's but the vast majority were picked up at flea markets, early comic conventions as well as at the local comic shop. Lon Allen and Ed Jaster had spoken with the owner before he passed away and also learned that a few sizeable portions came from original owners. For example, a large run of the Zip comics came from a retired police officer who sold them to the LCS in the 70's. It's also worth noting that Ed & Lon sorted the collection and put the better books in the September signature auction. Approximately 80 books were sent to CGC in the Economy/Value tier which is why they missed the Sept. auction and are coming up now. Ed & lon deemed many of these books "lower value" as they have a variety of issues from tape to minor restoration to lower page quality. Just some God-awful MLJ books. Please, buy them all!

You and me both (I forgot). And I was the consignor! I swear if I had kept my eye on them, the would have gone for more... Never fear, the remaining 49 books from the Pinnacle Hill collection are coming up in the Sunday auction starting on December 27th. For some reason there is a lone book (Pep #11) on Jan 17th. I have a list somewhere that I can provide. I'll post a few pictures of the upcoming books, sans CGC case, here in a day or two.

X-Men #12 CGC 6.5 OW $1900

X-Men #6 CGC 7.5 OWW $950

Strange Tales #89 CGC 5.5 COW $5000

Silver Surfer #4 CGC 8.0 OW $2350

Silver Surfer #4 CGC 6.5 OW $1300

Shanna the She-Devil #1 CGC 9.6 OWW $900

Journey Into Mystery #86 CGC 8.0 OWW $1900

Fantastic Four #12 CGC 5.5 W (Pence copy) $2200

Fantastic Four #6 CGC 5.5 W $2800

Fantastic Four #6 CGC 3.0 OW $1400

Fantastic Four #4 CGC 1.5 OWW $2000

Amazing Spider-Man #252 CGC 9.4 OWW (Newstand) $300

Amazing Spider-Man #46 CGC 9.0 OWW $1250

Amazing Spider-Man #39 CGC 9.0 OW (Old label) $2900

Amazing Spider-Man #17 CGC 8.5 OWW $2200

Amazing Spider-Man #16 CGC 7.5 OW $2000

Amazing Spider-Man #15 CGC 5.5 COW $2400

Amazing Spider-Man #14 CCG 3.5 OW $2550

Amazing Spider-Man #14 CGC 2.5 OWW REMOVED

Amazing Spider-Man #9 CGC 6.5 COW $2700