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New Oxford                       Stroudsburg                             VERMONT                           VIRGINIA

            New Oxford Antique Center        Olde Engine Works
            333 Lincoln Way West, New Oxford, PA 17350   62 N. Third Street, Stroudsburg, PA 18360   Chester   Lexington
            Phone: 717-624-7787, Fax: 717-624-2880   Exit #307 from I-80
            Website: www.newoxfordantiquecenter.com   Phone: 570-421-4340     Stone House Antiques Center      Duke’s Antique Center
            Open daily – 10am-5pm            Website: www.OldeEngineWorks.com   557 Vt. Route 103 South, Chester, VT 05143   Antiques & More
                                             Email: oew1@ptd.net              Phone: 802-875-4477
            Seventy dealers of antique furniture, period                                                       1495 Lee Highway (Rt. 11) Lexington, VA 24450
                                             Open daily 10am-5pm              Open 7 days a week 10am-5pm
            collectibles and accessories of a quality that                                                     Phone: 540-463-9511
                                                                              Email: Shac@vermontel.net
            regularly attracts other dealers as well as collectors.   Over 100 friendly dealers in an over 100-year-old   Email: dukedukeantiques@gmail.com
            Like us on Facebook.             machine shop building, multi-dealer coop, offering   Southern Vermont’s largest antique center. 18,000   Open 365 days 9am-6pm
            Paradise                         a little bit of everything. Dealer space available.   sq. ft. showcasing antiques, quality collectibles, fur-  20,000 sq. ft. with everything from A to Z.
                                                                              niture, folk art, primitives and home decorating
                                             Convenient off-street parking. Accepting M/C,
                                                                                                               Find us on Facebook.
            Cackleberry Farm Antique Mall    Visa, Discover, Debit Cards.     accents. Dealers welcome. Be a part of the most
                                                                              active center in Southern Vermont. Find us on   Verona
            3371 Lincoln Highway East, Paradise, PA 17562                     Facebook at: Stone House Antiques Center.
            Phone: 717-442-8805                 RHODE ISLAND                                                   The Factory Antique Mall
            Website: www.cackleberryfarmantiquemall.com                       Essex Junction                   50 Lodge Lane, Suite 106, Verona, VA 24482
            Open Mon. 9:30am-5pm; Closed Tuesdays,    Pawtucket                                                The largest antique mall in America & growing.
            Wed.-Sat. 9:30am-5pm, Sun. 10am-5pm                               5 Corners Antiques               Now over 135,000 sq. ft.
            Come visit one of the Largest and Finest Antique   Rhode Island Antiques Mall   11 Maple Street (Route 117)    Phone: 540-248-1110
            Malls in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania! Our   345 Fountain Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860   Essex Junction, VT 05452   Website: www.factoryantiquemall.com
            huge 26,000 square foot facility houses a wide    Phone: 401-475-3400   Phone: 802-878-6167        Open 7 days  Monday-Thursday 10am-5pm
            variety of antiques and collectibles, displayed by   Email: info@riantiquesmall.com   Website: www.5CornersAntiques.com   Friday-Saturday 10am-6pm, Sunday 12-6pm
            over 125 dealers featuring fine vintage items such   Website: www.RIAntiquesMall.com   Open Mon.-Sat. 10am-5pm, Sun. 11am-4pm   Conveniently located just off I-81 exit 227 in the
            as: railroad, mining, firefighting, furniture,    Open Mon.-Wed. 10am-5pm, Thurs. 10am-7pm,    45 dealers displaying Americana, primitives,    heart of Shenandoah Valley offering a selection of
            glassware, sterling silver, clocks, advertising,    Fri-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun. 11am-5pm   country antiques, arts and crafts, Victorian,    maps, furniture, mid-century retro, prints, paint-
            jewelry, fine china, toys, books, postcards, trains,   Open every day except  4th of July, Thanksgiving,   mid-century modern, and vintage. Located on the   ings, gemstones, advertising, tools, elegant glass-
            Christmas, pottery, linens, primitives, kitchenware   and Christmas Day   second floor of the historic Snowflake Canning Co.   ware, coins, pottery, primitives, jewelry, military
            & much, much more!               Our 20,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility hosts 200   building. For over 20 years dealers have been    including Civil War relics, toys, fossils, books, arti-
            Quakertown                       quality dealers hailing from all over New England   buying and selling pieces of history with us. We   san area, and much more. In our mall enjoy a deli-
                                             and beyond. One level of the store is dedicated to   accept M/C and Visa. Find us on Facebook.   cious bite to eat at Tasty Bites. Also, have a tasty
            Richland Antiques &              furniture, art, rugs, home decor items and fine col-  Quechee     homemade candy or fudge. Your one stop shopping
            Collectibles                     lectibles displayed in showcases while the other                  destination. Like us on Facebook and follow us on
                                             level is jam-packed with an eclectic and ever-   The Vermont Antique Mall   Instagram.
            1320 N West End Blvd, Route 309 So.,
            Quakertown, PA 18951             changing selection of all things antique. Located   Exit 1 I-89; 2 miles West U.S. Rte 4, Quechee, VT
            Phone: 267-373-9451              directly on the RI/MA border in Pawtucket, the   Phone: 802-281-4147       Join our
            Email: info@richlandantiques.com   Rhode Island Antiques Mall is situated alongside    Website: www.vermontantiquemall.com
            Website: www.richlandantiques.com   I-95 at the foot of Exit 30 Northbound (or Exit 29   Open 7 days 10am-5pm   popular directory!
            Open daily 10am-6pm, Closed Tuesdays   Southbound).               The Vermont Antique Mall located in the Quechee
            Featuring over 50 Quality Antique Dealers.                        Gorge Village, is under new ownership. We are
            Offering a vast variety of items - 18th & 19th                    proud to be a multiple winner of Yankee Magazine
            Century Furniture & Decorative Arts. Primitives,                  Editor’s Choice “Best Antique and Collectible
            Country, Victorian & Mid-Century Modern.                          Mall” in VT. Stop by and check us out. With over
            Advertising, Jewelry, Vintage Vinyl & Pop Culture,                100 dealers, our selection of antiques, collectibles
            Shabby Chic, Industrial and so much more!                         and eclectic items is unbeatable.  Visit our website   An economical way to
                                                                              and follow the Vermont Antique Mall on
                                                                              Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest.   advertise your shop,
                                                                                                                  mall, or antique center
                                                                                                                 in the Journal  and online.

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            “Comic Character Collectibles”                                                                        journalofantiques.com
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               The Shadow pulp was the star of the online                                            Not only was this the highest price paid for
            auction, which saw a 100% sell through rate. The                                      the issue, this was also the first one to surpass the
            586-lot sale totaled $636,648 – nearly three times                                    $50,000 mark and first in a public sale to exceed
            beyond expectations.                                                                  $35,000.
               “Heritage offered a copy of Weird Tales #1 at                                         The first appearance of The Punisher is
            auction a number of years ago, and it sold for less                                   frequently considered one of the most desirable
            than $10,000,” Akers said. “Thursday, it sold                                         books of the 1970s, introducing a new type of
            for $36,000, so that shows how far the category                                       Marvel antihero. The character would later
            has grown.”                                                                           appear in multiple comic series, three movies,
               The Shadow, first published in April 1931, is                                      and his own streaming series on Netflix.
            considered the first hero pulp with influence that                                       This copy of  Amazing Spider-Man #129 is
            extended into superhero comic books. It instantly                                     from the Massachusetts pedigree, a collection of
            developed a following and became one of the                                           around 4,000 comic books from the 1960s
            most influential magazines, running 325 issues                                        through the 1980s. The owner had stored the
            over 18 years.                                                                        books in one-foot-high stacks, which resulted in
               In addition to this sale, the auction saw record                                   exceptional preservation.
            sales for a 1923 first edition, second state copy of                                     Other record prices from the same era
            Weird Tales for $36,000 and a 1933 first edition                                      realized in ComicLink auctions over the last few
            of Doc Savage for $33,600.                                                            months include  Fantastic Four #48 CGC 9.8
                                                                                                  for $93,888, Giant-Size X-Men #1 CGC 9.8 for
            Punisher First Appearance Sets Record          The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide #51,   $67,900 and Werewolf By Night #32 CGC 9.8
               ComicLink’s Featured Auction, which closed   which features Static Shock and Hardware, is set to   for $63,500.
            May 25-June 1, 2021, included a CGC-certified   debut Wednesday, July 21, 2021, in comic shops.
            9.8 copy  Amazing Spider-Man #129, the first                                                   J.C. Vaughn is Vice-
            appearance of The Punisher, which sold for a                                              President of Publishing for
            record $55,111.                                                      Gemstone Publishing. Scott Braden and Gemstone’s
                                                                                       Amanda Sheriff contributed to this column.


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