From Metropolis Collectibles
July 19, 2011
Metropolis Collectibles sets new times to unveil Super Soldier Collection at SDCC
Metropolis Collectibles is pleased to announce the unveiling of the Super Soldier Collection, happening simultaneously at the San Diego ComicCon at Metropolis' booths, 5516/5517, at 6 PM PT; and at www.metropoliscomics.com at 9 PM ET. The Super Soldier Collection consists of over 250 CGC graded Golden Age Timely comics, most in mid-to-high grade with many highest and 2nd highest graded copies as well. One of the finest collections of Timely titles ever assembled, this collection boasts many of the major recognized pedigrees, including Timely File Copy, Allentown, Crowley, White Rose, D Copy, Pinnacle Hill Collection, Rockford and Nicolas Cage Collection.
"This is an important and impressive collection, especially being presented all at once," explained Metropolis Sales Executive, Frank Cwiklik. "We expect demand for these books to be intense and immediate, so we've been taking great pains to ensure that the books are made available in a way that both emphasizes their importance and allows buyers at the show and at home to get a fair shot at the books they really want."
In an unusual and truly bicoastal effort, Metropolis will be unveiling the books live on the San Diego ComicCon show floor, and, at the same time, making the books live and viewable on the Metropolis website. "We've arranged for phones to be manned at the office on Wednesday evening, 9 PM Eastern Time, in case of any questions," Cwiklik continued, "while Vince and Rob and I will be manning the booth at the show doing onsite sales. It's almost like having two offices running at once, Metropolis East and Metropolis West. It's a lot of work, and it's really unprecedented for us, but a big collection deserves a big rollout."
"To play fair, we're holding the list of books and grades from the public until the big day," added ComicConnect Consignment Director Rob Reynolds. "Mostly, we want to ensure that everyone gets a chance at the books, but the upside is that it adds more excitement and mystery to the collection and makes collecting fun again! We're all very excited to finally get to show off the books, and hope that our clientele is just as eager!"
"It's first come, first served," Cwiklik cautioned, "and these are solid, can't-miss books, so buyers should be either at the booth in San Diego or at their computers at home ready to grab their grails. We'll be monitoring the online sales at the show and coordinating with the home office as we sell books off the wall, so it'll be a high-energy evening for us, but I know it will be well worth it."
Any questions about the collection can be directed to orders@metropoliscomics.com, and the collection itself will be reachable from the front page of the site at www.metropoliscomics.com. ; Because of the nature of the collection and the scale of the reveal, we regret that time payments will not be available for these books on Wednesday evening's sales session, but books still available after 12 ET on Thursday, July 21st will be eligible for time payment plans.
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