Comics and Animation News: Science Fiction Auction Ends Thursday; Rare Centaurs Sunday

Comics and Animation News [Read this newsletter online]( [Heritage Auctions]( [Comics and Animation News]( In This Issue: • [Sunday Internet Auction](#spotlight) • [The Glynn and Suzanne Crain Science Fiction Collection: Special Online-Only Monthly Auction Closing Thursday Night!](#collector-b) • [Around Heritage Auctions](#around-1) • [Cover of the Week: Gambit's Greatest Secret Revealed...](#week) • [Current Auctions](#current) September 11, 2019 []Sunday Internet Auction [Sunday Comics, Animation, and Art Weekly Online Auction]( Auction Ends: September 15, 2019 Live Session at 5:00 PM CT Highlights of this week's auction include: [Amazing-Man Comics #22 (Centaur, 1941) CGC FR/GD 1.5 Cream to off-white pages]( Amazing-Man Comics #22 (Centaur, 1941) CGC FR/GD 1.5 Cream to off-white pages This hard-to-find book from the short-lived Centaur Comics has been selling for well over the Guide value on the very few occasions it comes up for sale. The Paul Gustavson cover features the Bill Everett created Amazing-Man saving a damsel in distress from oversized green Nazi ape monsters and Axis soldiers. The epitome of eccentric WWII era propaganda. Gerber rates the book "uncommon", but "practically non-existent" would be our rating! (By the way, Amazing-Man #23 and 24 are lots 15432 and 15433 in this same auction.) CGC notes, "Spine of cover completely split & cover detached." Overstreet 2019 GD 2.0 value = $1,000. CGC census 8/19: 1 in 1.5, 8 higher. [View]( [America's Best Comics #10 (Nedor Publications, 1944) CGC VF+ 8.5 Cream to off-white pages]( America's Best Comics #10 (Nedor Publications, 1944) CGC VF+ 8.5 Cream to off-white pages Classic flag cover by Alex Schomburg featuring the Black Terror, the American Eagle, Doc Strange (with the flag of then-ally Russia) and Pyroman (with the Chinese flag of the day, used in Taiwan in the present day). Injury-to-eye panel inside. Overstreet 2019 VF 8.0 value = $705; VF/NM 9.0 value = $1,215. CGC census 9/19: 1 in 8.5, 2 higher. [View]( [New Funnies Bound Volumes Group of 3 (Dell, 1952-59)]( New Funnies Bound Volumes Group of 3 (Dell, 1952-59) Includes Western Publishing file copies of #186-197, 222-233, and 258-269, trimmed and bound into a set of three hardcover volumes. Mild shelf wear and some toning to the cover interiors; otherwise, the comics are in very nice condition with glossy covers and supple pages. The binding is solid. Overstreet VG 4.0 value for group = $360. [View]( [Menace #5 (Atlas, 1953) CGC VG/FN 5.0 White pages]( Menace #5 (Atlas, 1953) CGC VG/FN 5.0 White pages Origin and first appearance of the Zombie by Bill Everett, who also did the cover. Interior art by Everett, Russ Heath, Joe Maneely, and George Tuska. Overstreet 2019 VG 4.0 value = $336; FN 6.0 value = $504. CGC census 9/19: 4 in 5.0, 16 higher. [View]( [Action Comics #242 (DC, 1958) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white pages]( Action Comics #242 (DC, 1958) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white pages Origin and first appearance of Brainiac. First appearance of the shrunken city of Kandor. Superman cover by Curt Swan. Currently tied for the #16 book on Overstreet's Top 50 Silver Age Comics list. Overstreet 2019 FN 6.0 value = $2,800. CGC census 9/19: 28 in 5.5, 46 higher. [View]( [Heart Throbs #101 Murphy Anderson File Copy (DC, 1966) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages]( Heart Throbs #101 Murphy Anderson File Copy (DC, 1966) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages The Beatles appear on the cover. Overstreet 2019 NM- 9.2 value = $385. CGC census 9/19: 1 in 9.2, 1 higher. From the Murphy Anderson Collection. [View]( [Millie the Model Annual #5 (Marvel, 1966) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages]( Millie the Model Annual #5 (Marvel, 1966) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages This is the highest-graded copy certified by CGC to date, of an issue that becomes available for purchase relatively infrequently. Stan Lee story. Stan Goldberg cover and art. Overstreet 2019 NM- 9.2 value = $160. CGC census 9/19: 1 in 9.8, none higher. [View]( [The Lord of the Rings Frodo Production Cel Key Master Setup (Ralph Bakshi, 1978)]( The Lord of the Rings Frodo Production Cel Key Master Setup (Ralph Bakshi, 1978) A visually interesting hand-painted cel setup of Frodo looking down, as seen from the inside of a well. Frodo is on a cel, placed on a painted background; the well is a hand-painted foreground overlay on board, with hand-cut opening. A most impressive setup from this cult classic adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's literary masterpiece. Overall setup size is 15" x 11.25", while Frodo is 3.5". Handling and edge wear, with black tape around the well foreground; Good condition. [View]( [John Byrne - Nightcrawler of the X-Men Illustration Original Art (1979). *Bamf!*]( John Byrne - Nightcrawler of the X-Men Illustration Original Art (1979). *Bamf!* A vintage Nightcrawler from a peak-period of the John Byrne run on Marvel's merry mutant title! Kurt is looking sharp in his old costume with the flared shoulders, as rendered in ink over graphite on 11" x 13.75" paper. Glass front framed to 14.75" x 16". Signed and dated in the image area. Lightly toned and in Excellent condition. [View]( [Don Perlin Ghost Rider #37 Story Page 1 Original Art (Marvel, 1979)]( Don Perlin Ghost Rider #37 Story Page 1 Original Art (Marvel, 1979) Ghost Rider decides to indulge his human host's ego by attending a motorcycle stunt performance, setting the stage for death and drama. Ink over graphite on Bristol board with an image area of 10" x 12". Some toning and soiling along the edges, tape to top edge. In Very Good condition. [View]( [Volleyball [Hangtab, First Version] Wata 7.5 CIB NES, Nintendo, 1987, USA]( Volleyball [Hangtab, First Version] Wata 7.5 CIB NES, Nintendo, 1987, USA Released in 1987 - that's right! This is one of three black box titles for the Nintendo Entertainment System that were released in early 1987, making this the first version of the title. The cardboard hangtab was shortly removed from the box cutting die after this game's release, which is more than likely the last version of the title. According to Wata's Guide to Confirmed Black Box games, this game stopped being produced before 1988. [View]( [Billy Tucci and Nelson Asencio Shi: The Way of the Warrior #4 Cover Original Art (Crusade Comics, 1995)]( Billy Tucci and Nelson Asencio Shi: The Way of the Warrior #4 Cover Original Art (Crusade Comics, 1995) A beautiful cover from the character's debut miniseries. Ink over graphite on Marvel Bristol board with an image area of 11" x 16". In Excellent condition. [View]( Our MyHeritage: [MyBids]( feature makes tracking your favorite items easier than ever. Just a reminder...our Sunday Internet Comics, Animation, and Art Auctions end with a Live Session at 5:00 PM CT. [Browse the entire auction here](. [Back to Top](#top) []The Glynn and Suzanne Crain Science Fiction Collection: Special Online-Only Monthly Auction Closing Thursday Night! Don't miss [part two]( of this incredible collection, with live bidding beginning online Thursday evening at 6pm Central. We saw scores of records set in part one last month and expect great interest in this session's original art; first edition books; high grade pulps (many from the famed Yakima pedigree), EC Gaines File Copies; and assorted SF and Fantasy rarities! [[Virgil Finlay A Sound of Thunder Illustration Original Art] Virgil Finlay A Sound of Thunder Illustration Original Art]( [[Kelly Freas Walls Within Walls Paperback Novel Cover Painting Original Art (Harlequin/Laser Books, 1975)] Kelly Freas Walls Within Walls Paperback Novel Cover Painting Original Art (Harlequin/Laser Books, 1975)]( [[Barry Smith and Tim Conrad The Savage Sword of Conan #16 Page 53 Original Art (Marvel, 1976)] Barry Smith and Tim Conrad The Savage Sword of Conan #16 Page 53 Original Art (Marvel, 1976)]( [[Weird Science #8 Gaines File Pedigree (EC, 1951) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages] Weird Science #8 Gaines File Pedigree (EC, 1951) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages]( [[Walter M. Miller Jr. A Canticle for Leibowitz First Edition (J.B. Lippincott, 1960)] Walter M. Miller Jr. A Canticle for Leibowitz First Edition (J.B. Lippincott, 1960)]( [[Planet Stories V5#10 Yakima Pedigree (Fiction House, 1953) Condition: VF-] Planet Stories V5#10 Yakima Pedigree (Fiction House, 1953) Condition: VF-]( [Back to Top](#top) []Around Heritage Auctions Dennis Oppenheim, Frank Lloyd Wright Among Artists Featured in Heritage Auctions' Design Auction [Dennis Oppenheim Entrance Piece, 2002]( Works from the personal archive of renowned artist Dennis Oppenheim that were donated to the only skyscraper designed by Frank Lloyd Wright are coming to auction for the first time in Heritage Auctions' [Design Auction]( Oct. 1 in Dallas, Texas. Oppenheim was a pioneering conceptual artist whose offered collection includes models and works on paper that were donated to the Wright-designed Price Tower Arts Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, where it was shown in the exhibition Dennis Oppenheimer: Indoors, Outdoors (2005). "Oppenheim was an unconventional and unpredictable artist," Heritage Auctions Design Director Brent Lewis said. "These thoughtfully rigorous objects, made throughout five decades of his career, reveal the vigor he undertook in approaching complex issues. Their simplicity, and in many cases their aesthetic appeal, belie the complex meanings that are present in all of Oppenheim's work, and it is inspiring to explore his work through this personal and diverse personal collection." Among the highlights of the Oppenheim collection in the sale is [Dennis Oppenheim Viewing Station #1, 1967]( (estimate: $3,000-5,000) is from a series of models that constitute his first deliberate move beyond the gallery context to addressing outdoor space. Viewing Station #1 consists of a four-sided square base structure that tapers up to a smaller platform for viewing land. Oppenheim said he did Viewing Stations, on which people could stand to look at land and excavated structures. The Viewing Stations, he said, prioritized the action of seeing while playing down the centrality of an actual object created to facilitate the experience of the work. [Dennis Oppenheim Entrance Piece, 2002]( (estimate: $3,000-5,000) is a model for Entrance, which was built in 2004 in Tempe, Arizona, and Entrance Piece, which was built in 2005 in Taoyuan City, Taiwan. This model also relates to Entrance to a Garden, part of Oppenheim's large-scale works at the Storm King Art Center in New Windsor, New York, in 2016. Through this work, Oppenheim beautifully fuses art, architecture and fashion. [Engagement, 1997]( (estimate: $3,000-5,000) is one of Oppenheim's most recognizable works. The model for a series of outdoor sculptures depicting two large-scale steel rings topped with houses tilting away from each other. The rings evoke images of solitaire diamond engagement rings, in an homage to the institution of marriage and its complexities. Individual versions are featured in the Helsinki City Art Museum in Finland and the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, and has been displayed as a public art project in a range of cities, including New York, Hong Kong, San Diego, California and Vancouver, Canada. [Variation on a Device to Root Out Evil, 1997]( (estimate: $3,000-5,000) relates to one of Oppenheim's most well-known large-scale outdoor sculptures, Device to Root Out Evil, which was exhibited at the 1997 Venice Biennale and the 2007 Vancouver Biennale, and is in the Collections of the City of Palma de Mallorca, Spain and The Denver Art Museum in Colorado. The metal and glass work portrays an upside-down early rural New England-style church precariously balanced on the tip of its steeple, which is buried in the ground. "Price Tower is showing work that moves from conventional sculpture toward something I feel to be the beginnings of a new sculpture/architecture hybrid," Oppenheim said at the time of his donation of his works. Among the other top lots in the sale is [Claude Lalanne's Garden Bench from the DeWitt and Lila Archeson Wallace Garden at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia 1984]( $120,000-180,000). The bench comes from an expansive group of furniture, ceramics and sculpture for the Wallace Garden, and at the time of its completion represented the artist's largest American public commission. It is included in a series of benches, tables and chairs Lalanne created for this installation. The Lalanne bench is offered from an important private collection, including rare works by Francois-Xavier and Claude Lalanne, Georges Jouve and Harry Bertoia. [More information about Design Auctions]( [Back to Top](#top) Artists Gu Wenda, Zeng Fanzhi Launch Contemporary Asian Art at Heritage Auctions [ Gu Wenda Gu's Phrase Series: Wind and Bamboo, 2003]( A riveting selection of paintings, ink on paper and oils from today's most talked-about Asian artists launch Heritage Auctions' first [Contemporary Asian Art Online-Only Auction]( Sept. 19 on HA.com. The sale's 54 lots offer fresh-to-market artworks from private collections. The group leans toward desirable Chinese artists, such as Gu Wenda, Zeng Fanzhi, Lin Tianmiao and Wang Gongxin, and Xiao Bo. Two Untitled artworks from Gu Wenda's ink on paper from the series Mythos of Lost Dynasties series - [the first]( and [the second]( (est. $6,000-$8,000 each), and is an evocative and special piece from the artist's themes around traditional Chinese calligraphy. Zeng Fanzhi's well-known expressionist technique is represented in [Untitled (Reclining Figure), 1998]( (est. $5,000-$7,000). Two works by Zhang Dali exhibit the artist's graffiti-kike approach, such as [Life is like Meteor in Wild Universe(pentaptych), 2007]( (est. $4,000-$6,000) and his theme depicting the plight of the average Chinese residents, such as [New People (6 unique casts)]( (est. $4,000-$6,000). The set on offer is numbered from a series of 114 unique molds. Also on offer: A complete portfolio with 15 photographs from 2002 by [Lin Tianmiao & Wang Gongxin titled Here? or There?]( (est. $5,000-$7,000). Artist Xiao Bo's [Unchanged Land, No Longer Beauty (96 works with 4 accompanying screens), 2009]( ($4,000-$6,000), is one of the artist's sensory-challenging, cutting-edge use of oil on canvas with digital videos. The lot consists of four works, each consisting of 24 paintings and a video screen showing the 24 images in a streaming loop. Huang Yan's arresting interpretation of Marilyn Monroe as seen in [Chinese Landscape-M. Monroe from the Celebrity Series, 2009]( ($3,000-$5,000) an iconic portrait of the starlet with an image of the Chinese landscape. Bidding is already open for Heritage Auctions' Sept. 19 [Contemporary Asian Art Auction]( on [HA.com](. [More information about Asian Art Auctions]( [Back to Top](#top) []Cover of the Week: Gambit's Greatest Secret Revealed... ...and the secret is, he never knew you are supposed to hold playing cards facing the other direction! [X-Men #350 (Marvel, 1997) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages]( We're offering a CGC 9.8 copy of the prism foil cover version of the issue. [You can bid on it here](. 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