Pop Culture Collecting

Hake's Sets New Single-Week Record

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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

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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 ...

Pop Culture Horizons: Looking at Different Niches

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn The theoretical downtime between big auction news events and my own writing deadlines during the holidays granted me a few moments to think about ...

Star Wars, Comics, Superman, and Politicals Dominate at Hake's

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn The final auction of Hake's Americana & Collectibles' 50th year, #222, was held November 14-16, 2017 and it turned out to be the most ...

Beckett Acquires Comic Book Certification Service

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Comic Character Collectibles: December 2017 By J.C. Vaughn Comic Book Certification Service, LLC (CBCS), the company headed by President and Primary Grader Steve Borock, has been acquired by Beckett Media ...

Character Collectibles: November 2017 By J.C. Vaughn Sometimes a comic book cover can change your life. Weird, but true. It's happened to me more than once, if you can believe ...

Wonder Woman Keeps Making News: Three Comics Top $1.5 Million

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Comic Character Collectibles: October 2017 By J.C. Vaughn Pristine Comics realized record prices for a CGC-certified 9.4 copy of All Star Comics #8 and a CGC 9.6 copy of Sensation ...

Jon Berk Collection Sets Records for ComicConnect

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn The world of pop culture collectibles is very far from being a hyperbole-free zone. As a group, we are at least as guilty, if ...

CGC 8.0 Amazing Fantasy # 15 Tops $260,000

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn The approach of Spider-Man: Homecoming and the character's presence in feature films since 2002's hit Spider-Man hasn't done anything to hurt the prices realized ...

In Memoriam: Philip Zolli, Jr.

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn For many years, it seemed as if Philip Zolli, Jr.'s site, The Atlas Archives (atlasarchives.com), was the only place for fans of the short-lived ...

Superman, Spider-Man Set Records (Again)

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Comic Character Collectibles by J.C. Vaughn Among the more notable prices realized for vintage comic books over the past few months were two transactions at ComicLink. First, the company brokered ...

The Return of ROM, the Spaceknight

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn During the late '70s and into the early '80s, Parker Brothers was a dominant force in the board game business. In 1977, when electronic ...

In The Works: Free Comic Book Day 2017 is May 6

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Each year on the first Saturday in May, participating comic book retailers across North America give away more than 6 million comics at participating ...

A Look at 2016 and Wyatt Earp's Great-Great Granddaughter

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn A Quick Comic Market Recap A CGC-certified 5.5 copy of "Action Comics #1" probably became the most significant comic of the year when it ...

Psychedelic and Beyond: Overstreet Looks at Concert Posters

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Comic Book Characters and Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn The four-day event ran from Thursday, October 6 through Sunday October 9, 2016. Industry news site ICv2.com initially reported the 11% increase ...

New York Comic Con Sets New Records

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Comic Book Characters and Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Despite the severe physical limitations imposed by having the outdated and undersized Jacob Javits Convention Center as its home base, The New ...

Geppi's Entertainment Museum Celebrates 10th Anniversary

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Geppi's Entertainment Museum (GEM) founder and CEO Steve Geppi conducted a personal of the museum for members, lenders and other special guests to celebrate ...

The Overwhelming Comic-Con

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Comic Character Collectibles By JC Vaughn While our schedule at Gemstone Publishing may change from year to year, we know that one of the fixtures on it will be a ...

Geppi's Entertainment Museum Goes on Tour

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn As Washington, D.C.'s Awesome Con has continued to develop into a major pop culture convention, the staff and Geppi's Entertainment Museum (GEM) thought it ...

Even in Passing, Darwyn Cooke Delivered

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Darwyn Cooke, perhaps the most influential comic book artist of his generation, passed away on Saturday, May 14, 2016 at the age of 53 ...

Matt Crandall's Alice in Wonderland Collection Now at GEM

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Geppi's Entertainment Museum (GEM) hosted an invitation-only opening event for its two new exhibits on Friday, April 1, 2016; the event also served as ...

The Artistry of Amanda Conner Debuts at GEM

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn “In the world of hardcore comic book fans, it’s not always an easy thing to get the seasoned veterans and excited newcomers to agree ...

Captain Action Meets Ultraman

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn When writer-collector James Long documented a previously forgotten bit of Captain Action history, it didn't seem very likely that he was actually uncovering a ...

Comic Art, Cosplay and Dreams

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Comic Character Collectibles BY J.C. Vaughn Perez Justice League Cover Tops $80 K Artist George Pérez's original 10"x 15" cover art for Justice League of America #217, originally published in ...

Cosplay: What is it and Why Does it Need a Guide Book?

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Comic Character Collectibles By J.C.Vaughn If you're around enough pop culture, particularly at conventions, the term "cosplay" keeps popping up with greater frequency, and while the field is actually very ...