Micah S.

Just a reminder that the auction ends tomorrow night!

I'll be on YouTube with Bill Cox in a couple hours with a preview of some of the art in the auction if anyone wants a peak. You can find it at the link below, the show starts tonight at 8pm Eastern.

Auction ends next Monday!

ComicConnect’s August Event Auction is underway! Lots of great art up for bidding, here’s some of the highlights.

Jack Kirby - Fantastic Four #39 page 9 - Dr. Doom!

Jack Kirby - Captain America #210 page 15 - Falcon splash!

Mike Zeck - G.I. Joe #58 cover

Herb Trimpe - G.I. Joe #6 page 10

Phantom Lady #2 cover by Unknown artist

John Byrne - Marvel Team-Up #66 page 14 - 2nd Arcade & 2nd US Captain Britain

Dave McKean - Miracleman #20 cover

Jack Davis - Incredible Science Fiction #33 'Kaleidoscope' title splash

P. Craig Russell - Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan #2 cover

Walt Kelly - 3 illustrations from Songs of the Pogo (1956)

Nick Cardy - Superman #282 cover

Tony Daniel - Detective Comics #4 and #10 covers

Lee Elias - Fighting Fronts #5 cover

Tom Mandrake - The Spectre #36 cover

Howard Chaykin - Deadpool vs. The punisher #2 variant cover

Luke McDonell - Suicide Squad #21 cover

John K. Snyder III - Suicide Squad: Raise the Flag #8 cover

Declan Shalvey - Guardians of the Galaxy #9 Immortal variant cover

Ivan Reis - DC Universe #0 - Green Lantern cover element

Frank Springer - Ghost Stories #16 cover

Frank Thorne - Police Action #3 cover

Frank Frazetta - Fire and Ice concept sketches

Neal Adams - Dino Hottie illustration

Neal Adams - inking samples

Neal Adams - 1960s Marvel Girl sketch

Gene Colan - Tales to Astonish #84 page 8

Gene Colan - Daredevil #67 page 12 and page 13

Gene Colan - Tomb of Dracula #33 page 1 splash

Bill Everett - Sub-Mariner #55 page 18

Bill Everett - 1960s Sub-Mariner sketch

Gil Kane - Marvel Premiere #1 page 19 - Warlock!

Gil Kane - Warlock #3 page 12

Irv Novick - Batman #214 page 9

George Papp - The Brave and the Bold #71 page 13 - Batman and Green Arrow

Jim Aparo - The Phantom Stranger #10 page 8

Ken Barr - Deadly Hands of Kung Fu unpublished cover

Herb Trimpe - Marvel Two-in-One #9 page 18

Herb Trimpe - Super-Villain Team-Up #7 page 1 splash

John Buscema - Sub-Mariner #1 page 19

John Buscema - Thor #201 page 6 & page 12

John Buscema - Thor #210 page 12 splash

John Buscema - Thor #219 pages 2-3 double page splash

Sal Buscema - Captain America #149 page 7

Sal Buscema - Captain America #177 page 23

Sal Buscema - The Avengers #133 page 26

Ron Wilson - Marvel Two-in-One #12 page 2   

Dave McKean - Mr. Punch page 8

Kent Williams - Blood: A Tale # 2 page 6

Jackson Guice - Red Sonja portfolio plate

Art Thibert - Marvel: the Year in Review '92 - X-Men ad parody

Mike Perkins - Captain America #24 pages 10-11 double splash

Pat Broderick - Detective Comics #547 page 1 splash

Pat Broderick - Marvel Spotlight #1 page 26

Greg Capullo - Batman #36 page 6

John Byrne - Namor #10 page 6

Bill Sienkiewicz - Unpublished Captain America splash page

Charlie Adlard - Walking Dead #112 splash

Pete Woods - Deadpool #32 page 13

Chris Bachalo - X-Men Unlimited #1 page 11 splash

Chris Bachalo - Dr. Strange #3 page 11

Dan Jurgens/George Perez - Teen Titans #10 pages 2-3 double splash   

Val Semeiks - Legends of the DC Universe #1 pages 4-5 double splash

Alex Maleev - Black Widow illustration

Graham Nolan - Detective Comics #676 page 30

Kieron Dwyer - Action Comics #719 page 17 and page 22

Milton Caniff - hand colored Dragon Lady print

Milton Caniff - Steve Canyon 4/5/1979 daily

Stan Goldberg - Archie at Riverdale High #71 cover - Archie #1 homage!

Don Sherwood - 5 pages from Partridge Family #13

Hergé - 2 Tintin facsimile pages - 1 signed!

Collection of production materials from the only official Lord of the Rings comic adaptation

You can see all of the art in the auction here.

On 7/21/2021 at 12:51 PM, J.Sid said:

Shifting gears, but somewhat related: this is why I've never even taken the time to register to bid on ComicConnect....

 

 

Just so you don't get the wrong idea, the original asking price on that piece was set by the pieces owner and does not reflect the opinion of the staff at ComicConnect. when it didn't sell it was taken to Comiclink, and, well, you can see what happened. 

1 hour ago, pestonaccio said:

hello folks,

I am more than happy to show you here my new acquisition. I am a hardcore Vertigo (and Bachalo and Shade) fan, so this piece is very important for me. I had the impression that, considering the explosion of prices, the beauty of the art and the presence of Constantine, this piece would have reached twice or three times the price paid by me.

I read somewhere in other posts that some of you don't love comicconnect; my first (and only, for no) experience with them has been more than positive and I would like publicly to thank Micah for having helped me through the whole payment/shipping process.

 

For those of you extremely lazy, I am attaching both the CAF link and an image of the piece. Comments are more than welcome.

Bachalo - Shade 42 Half Splash

Glad you're happy with it Luca, it's a beautiful page. 

-Micah

Anyone got any idea who drew this? I believe it was used as a con print.

Thanks

Ending tonight!

Bump! Ends a week from Monday!

ComicConnect’s Event Auction is underway! Lots of great art up for bidding, here’s some of the highlights.

Steve Ditko - Amazing Spider-Man #18 page 2

John Romita - Amazing Spider-Man #39 page 19 - Romita's 1st Spidey!

John Romita and Jim Mooney - Spectacular Spider-Man (1968) #1 page 15

Frank Springer - Spectacular Spider-Man #24 cover

Jack Kirby - Fantastic Four Annual #2 page 20

Paul Neary - Captain America #323 page 1 and page 2 – 1^st appearance of John Walker!

Winsor McCay - Dream of the Rarebit Fiend 1907 and 1908 Sunday pages

Alex Ross - Captain America #34 Dynamic Forces variant cover

Alex Ross - Captain America: Reborn #1 variant cover

Stephen Platt - Marc Spector: Moon Knight #60 page 22 splash

Dave McKean - Black Orchid #2 page 36 and page 37

Dave McKean - Signal to Noise page 53 and page 67

Jim Aparo - Phantom Stranger #14 page 10

Ayers - Tales to Astonish #56 page 16 Giant-Man and The Wasp!

Chris Bachalo - Amazing Spider-Man #576 page 1 splash

Chris Bachalo - New X-Men #144 page 8

Chris Bachalo - Shade the Changing Man #43 page 14 and #44 page 20

Chris Bachalo - X-Men #363 page 17

Simon Bisley - Rai (2019) #4 cover

Simon Bisley - Brooklyn Gladiators #1 cover and #4 cover

Carl Burgos - Tales to Astonish #64 page 9 - Giant-Man!

John Buscema - Thor #201 page 14 and page 19

John Byrne and Klaus Janson - Wolverine #17 page 11

John Byrne - Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #16 page 12

Gene Colan - Captain America #125 page 3

Gene Colan - Daredevil #30 page 18

Gene Colan - Tales of Suspense #92 page 5 - Great Iron Man action!

Luis Dominguez - The Unexpected #193 cover

Kevin Eastman - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2011) #24 variant cover and #97 cover prelim - 1st Jennika solo cover

Steve Epting - Crux #15 cover

Rafael López Espi - Espectros #34 cover and Fantom v2 #21 cover

Seth Fisher - LOTDK #193 Batman: Snow pt.2 page 11

Giordano - Action Comics #422 page 3 and page 8 – 2^nd Human Target!

Stan Goldberg - complete 9 page story form Kathy #26 - featuring Millie the Model

Billy Graham - Jungle Action #10 page 1 splash

Rick Hoberg w/Dave Stevens and BIll Wray - What If? #16 page 35 and page 37

Todd McFarlane - Infinity Inc. #16 page 4

Bob McLeod and Joe Rubinstein - X-Men #152 page 24 - Wolverine battle page!

Takeshi Miyazawa - Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider #10 page 20 splash

Martin Morazzo - Ice Cream Man #22 cover

Don Newton - Detective Comics #480 page 6

George Perez -Creatures on the Loose #35 pages 12 & 15

George Perez and Neal Adams - Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #7 page 4

Eric Powell - The Goon (2019) #4 page 10 and The Goon: Once Upon A Hard Time #1 page 3

Stan Sakai - Lego Usagi Yojimbo illustration

Don Sherwood - The Partridge Family #10 cover

Curt Swan - Action Comics #439 page 9

George Tuska - Iron Man #54 page 15

Christopher Uminga - The Creeps Freddy Krueger and Pennywise

Trevor Von Eeden - Black Panther #9 page 1 splash

Al Williamson and Frank Frazetta - John Wayne Adventure Comics #8 title page

Skottie Young - Krusty the Clown illustration

There’s also a Large assortment of Archie Comics covers and complete stories and a selection of animation art - including Disney, Peanuts and Nightmare Before Christmas

You can see all of the art in the auction here.

5 hours ago, HotKey said:

It sounds like this issue keeps happening. From a business perspective, this should be an easy fix.

Give sellers 7 days to ship the book with tracking or inform you it is lost. Every week after that is 10% off of the original sale price refunded to the buyer at the sellers expense. And if the seller cancels or can't find it, they cover the paypal fees, or CC does. The buyer should NEVER have to cover fees for problems they don't cause or create. Thats just bad business.

See how many books dont get shipped if you do that.

This is not a bad idea, I will pass it along. 

Ok, a lot has been said here, some valid, some less so. 
 

when you deal with the number of consignors that we do mistakes are sure to happen every now and again. I can only speak for myself, but I have been working on ways to, at the very least, keep them to a minimum. Realistically there’s no way for us to have every consigned book on premises, for a variety of reasons, but the idea to confirm the possession of the book before payment is required is a good one, and I will absolutely pass it along. 
 

I get that it’s irritating to not get timely responses from customer service, that is not something that I directly have anything’s to do with. My email is micahs@metropoliscomics.com, if anyone wants to contact me directly with any issues I will do my best to resolve them quickly and with as little hassle as possible. 
 

I do appreciate the feedback, both good and bad. It’s how we work to make improvements, all I ask is for a bit of patience. 
 

thank you

3 minutes ago, shadroch said:

It's a problem every other auction house has somehow managed to overcome.

The books in auctions are required to be sent it, because we know they will sell on a specific date. It's the fixed price marketplace where we allow sellers to consign without sending the books.as they could sit there for a while.

29 minutes ago, MattTheDuck said:

This sounds more like an "unscrupulous or horribly disorganized seller" problem than a Comic Connect one, although their communication system could use some work.  Hopefully, these two books are not from the same seller, but the stories sure sound similar.  Comic Connect would be well served by declining any further consignment business from the consignor(s) of these books.

That's pretty frustrating.

We do stop taking consignments from sellers who repeatedly don't have the books they sell. Unfortunately it's impossible to keep everything in house, from a storage perspective. 

54 minutes ago, Darkseid of the Moon said:

Hello All,

I'm posting this to see if anyone else has experienced horrible customer service/ lack of communication when buying on ComicConnect.

 

I bought a Fantastic Four #45 CGC 9.2 for $4200 on April 1st.  I sent the a check a few days later as the funds were withdrawn from my account shortly after.

I waited until May 12th (Over a month later) - seeing as I know auction houses are really backed up due to pandemic circumstances.  They replied back to me in an e-mail stating, "

I've messaged the shipping department. If you do not hear from us, the order will be bumped ahead and we should be shipping today.  We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the delay.  Best,

ComicConnect Support Team".

 

Fast forward to May 19th.  No replies back from ComicConnect yet.  So I sent them another e-mail asking what the "spoon" is going on with this order?

 

Fast forward to May 28th.  I finally receive an email back from them, stating, "We are very sorry about the delay for your invoice #155111. We have been in contact with the consignor of the Fantastic Four #45 and they let me know that they have been checking their locations for the book and will check one last spot over this weekend, we will have an answer for you by Tuesday on the status of the book."

 

Sorry for the long post, but I figured people who read this would want to see where I'm coming from/my mindset/frustration with this HORRIBLE COMPANY.

 

 

Steve,

On behalf of ComicConnect, I want to say how sorry we are about the delay in this order. Because we deal in books on consignment sometimes there is a delay from ordering to shipping, in the case of this book the consignor was away when the purchase was made and upon his return was unable to locate it, he's been searching for it since and feels terribly that it hasn't turned up. He has one more place he thinks it could be and is also concerned that it may have been stolen. I'm including a picture of the book here just on the off chance that it shows up someplace else.

Be assured that we are doing our best to rectify the situation, and if the book does not turn up you will be refunded in full.

Thank you,

Micah from ComicConnect

23 minutes ago, buckycap said:

This would be 1st comic app like Batman Adventures #12 for Harley. Pretty sure the toys and cartoon came first. I guess this would be similar to a Batman Adventures #12 page with Harley.

This book actually predated their 1st appearance in the cartoon by a month or so.

All of the original art in the auction ends tonight! See the original post for highlights. Good luck!

On 4/8/2021 at 5:19 PM, jjonahjameson11 said:

Micah, whatever happened to the ASM 129 cover that was supposed to be up for auction previously????

At the request of the consignor I'm not at liberty to say. All I can say is that it's no longer available.

Metropolis Gallery’s exhibition of original art by Sean Murphy focusing on his Batman: White Knight series is coming to a close this weekend. There’s still a great variety of excellent pieces available, including covers, interior pages, and preliminary drawings.

Sean’s work is truly a marvel, and the collector response to the show has proven that he is an artist worth paying attention to. These pages won’t be available forever, and with the hobby moving the way it’s been it’s likely you won’t see them at these prices again.

If you’ve been on the fence about picking one up there’s no more time to wait. Reasonable time payments can be arranged on most pieces.

The art is also still open to being viewed in person through Friday, please call or email to set up an appointment.

See all the available art here!

Call 212-260-4147 or email micahs@metropoliscomics.com for assistance or with any questions.

Bump! Auction ends one week from today!

ComicConnect’s new Event Auction is live for bidding, the auction ends on April 12^th.

Some of the highlights of the original art session include…

Amazing Spider-Man #183 by Ross Andru and Ernie Chan

Black Panther #8 by Jack Kirby and Frank Giacoia

X-Men #94 page 6 by Dave Cockrum and Bob McLeod

Marvel Age #92 cover by John Romita Jr. with inks by John Byrne

New 52 Detective Comics #1 cover by Tony Daniel and Ryan Winn

New 52 Detective Comics #1 iconic final page pencils by Tony Daniel

Baffling Mysteries #13 cover by Jim McLaughlin

G.I. Joe #119 cover by Herb Trimpe

G.I. JOE #22 page by Mike Vosburg and Jon D'Agostino featuring the 1st appearance of Duke and Roadblock

Astonishing X-Men #1 pages 2-3 douple page spread by Joe Madureira and Dan Green

Marvel Premiere #9 Dr. Strange page 1 splash by Frank Brunner and Ernie Chan - Brunner's 2nd Dr. Strange story as penciller!

Thor #249 page 1 splash by John Buscema and Tony DeZuniga

Conan the Barbarian #49 page 1 splash by John Buscema and Giordano

Fantastic Four #262 page 15 by John Byrne feat. Galactus!

Avengers West Coast #52 page 17 by John Byrne and Mike Machlan feat. the Scarlet Witch

1998 Heavy Metal Sci-Fi Special painted cover by Sanjulian

Marvel Treasury Edition #6 Dr. Strange pin-up recreation by Frank Brunner

Official Marvel Index to the Avengers #2 frontispiece by Mark Texeira

Astonishing Ant-Man #1 variant cover by Mike Allred

Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #64 cover by Mark Buckingham

Avengers #28 page 9 by Don Heck and Frank Giacoia

Captain America #125 page 19 by Gene Colan and Frank Giacoia

Action Comics #401 pages 2-3 double page spread by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson

Power Man and Iron Fist #100 page 42 splash by Ernie Chan and Mike Mignola

Elektra sketches by Frank Miller

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #3 Death illustration by David Mazzucchelli

Man-Thing #1 page 22 by Val Mayerik and Sal Trapani

Man-Thing #19 page 3 by Jim Mooney and Frank Springer

The Defenders #98 page 11 Man-Thing splash by Don Perlin and Sal Trapani

Thor #325 page 42 splash by Alan Kupperberg and Jack Abel

Iron Man #249 page 22 by Bob Layton

Green Lantern (1990) #19 page 33 by Mart Nodell and Romeo Tanghal

Captain Marvel (2000) #18 page 6 by Jim Starlin and Al Milgrom - Thanos!

Black Lightning #6 page 1 splash by Trevor Von Eeden and Vince Colletta

Gotham Nights #1 page 1 by Mary Mitchell and Bruce Patterson

Dark Tower: The Battle of Jericho Hill #2 page 11 splash by Jae Lee

Rampaging Hulk #25 page 61 Dominic Fortune splash by Howard Chaykin

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z #8 cover inks by Gary Martin

The Walking Dead, 2 Charlie Adlard pages, a page of Stefano Gaudiano inks, and 2 pieces of TV production art by John Watkiss

complete week - May 3rd – 7th 1954 of rare Jack Webb’s Dragnet comic strips by Mel Keefer

Popular Romance #27 'I Lied with Kisses!' page 1 by Art Saaf other pages from this story available as well.

There's also a nice selection of artist portfolios, some signed and rare!

There’s much more than that, the entire art session can be seen here!

As part of a larger sale of items from Denny O'Neil's estate, his own personal custom bound copy of both volumes of the exceptionally rare Cancelled Comics Cavalcade.

The auction ends tomorrow, March 2nd as part of our larger Mega Monthly auction.

https://www.comicconnect.com/item/908749

There were reportedly only 35 copies of each volume printed for copyright purposes, which were given to the contributing creators. It's very rare that these come up for auction, likely the rarest DC book of the Bronze Age.. 

The rest of the items from Denny's collection can be found here...

https://www.comicconnect.com/browse/set/61726

And the whole auction here... Lots of great books available.

https://www.comicconnect.com/browse/auction/9

The show has been a great success so far, with about half of the art sold already. There are still some great pieces still available if anyone's been on the fence.

The available art can be found here...

https://www.metropoliscomics.com/browse/set/61703?tzf=1

All the art that was featured is here...

https://www.metropoliscomics.com/article/sean-murphy-show?tzf=1

Tonight! Vincent and I will be interviewing Sean live at 7 pm EST to celebrate the opening, watch at the link below.

The art will be live on the website at the same time. It will be at this link https://www.metropoliscomics.com/browse/set/61703?tzf=1