Reece's Rare Comics Launches the Key City Collection 1 1

[alexgreece]

Hello to all,

 

I hope this message finds you well and the beginning of your year is off to a great start. It has been a while since our last newsletter update, and though we may have been a little quiet recently, we have been diligently working behind the scenes to bring to you an exciting new collection of more than 2,900 CGC graded books that will launch on Reece's Rare Comics.

We began listing books from the Key City Collection this morning (Thursday, February 24th at 9:00 a.m. EST) and will continue to list several hundred books throughout the course of the day. Following this initial launch of nearly 2,000 books, we will finish processing the rest of the inventory over the next few weeks and send out a separate newsletter when those are ready. All of the books will be available under our New Arrivals page, and also under the "Key City Collection" pedigree tab on our main menu.

While there are too many books to list here, I am excited to share a few highlights from our time working with the collection, so please check out the pictures at the bottom of the post.

 

The building blocks of this collection began with a young man begging his parents to take him to the local one-day comic show, where the owner fondly remembers buying his first big book: An Incredible Hulk #181. Worried that his father might berate him for spending $10 on a single comic book, he also purchased a stack of cheap comics to convince his father that he hadn’t been swindled by the dealers in the room. This spurred the beginning of a lifelong love affair, which was expressed by amassing significant issues that he remembers growing up with, and by building runs of high-grade Marvel books. Unlike the many stories we usually hear, not one book was sold during childhood or lost during moves in his early adult years. Instead, every book was meticulously kept and preserved in a climate-controlled setting, untouched, until he was able to have them encapsulated by CGC when they came into existence in 2000. Always the collector, the owner continued buying books up until 2020, at which point he made the difficult decision to let them go and be enjoyed by other collectors, just as he had enjoyed them for many years. By the time he was finished, he had amassed one of the most incredible collections that we have ever seen. In the collection are several copies of: Amazing Fantasy #15, Amazing Spider-Man #1, Amazing Spider-Man #129, Avengers #1, Avengers #4, Daredevil #1, Fantastic Four #48, Giant-Size X-Men #1, Incredible Hulk #181, X-Men #1, and much more. Though not eligible for a pedigree due to the owner buying from a multitude of resellers over the years, a collection preserved over this many decades remains an incredible achievement and one that should be celebrated. We are incredibly thrilled to bring you this one of a kind collection, and hope you can spend some time today checking out these amazing books! To continue to stay updated on this collection, as well as any future news, please sign up for our newsletter (Newsletter) and follow us on Instagram (@Reecesrarecomics).   Best, Alex: 240-367-3662 / Alex@reececomics.com Austin: 240-405-2751 / Austin@reececomics.com Chase: Chase@reececomics.com Greg + Ginger

Edited February 24, 2022 by alexgreece

[Terry JSA]

[thehumantorch]

Sweet collection.

[BuscemasAvengers]

And a well organized site to browse through.

[alexgreece]

Good Morning,

It has been just over two weeks since the launch of the Key City Collection and what a memorable time it has been! Hundreds of books have already been bought, packed, and shipped to new homes across the country.

I am happy to say that we began launching the second and final part of the Key City Collection today, March 10th at 9:00 a.m. EST. Similar to last time, we will begin with the end of the Avengers run starting with the annuals and work backwards until we get to the Amazing Fantasy's. There are just under 1,000 new books to be listed. Again, all new books can be located on www.reececomics.com on our New Arrivals page or under the Key City Collection tab. Thanks, and feel free to reach out with any and all questions!

Best,

Alex: 240-367-3662 / Alex@reececomics.com

Austin: 240-405-2751 / Austin@reececomics.com

Chase: Chase@reececomics.com
Greg + Ginger