Mound City Auctions

This blog is going to function as a preview of upcoming auction items, including comics, antiques, collectibles, oddities, furniture, and all kinds of assorted vintage and retro items, for Mound City Auctions (www.moundcityauctions.com) I'll post up items I'm going to be selling soon, and you look at them. All the pictures I post, will be of stuff I'm going to be selling. If you click on the pictures, you can see more details about that item, or the sale it is in. Deal? Mound City Auctions

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Just some of the posters in the online auction ending this evening.

Lot #3: 1955 "Cross Channel" Movie Poster

Lot #4: 1956 Vintage Movie Poster Holiday Week

Lot #182: Horror Suspense Vintage Movie Poster High Terrace

Lot #76: Beauty & The Body 1963 Vintage Movie Poster

Lot #272: Vintage 1959 "The Scavengers" Movie Poster

Lot #275: Vintage 1969 Bondage Movie Poster "La Prisonniere"

Lot #173: "Face Of Terror" 1964 Horror Movie Poster

Lot #218: RKO Radio Movie Poster Great Day In The Morning

Lot #270: Unfaithful Wife 1969 Movie Poster

Lot #24: 1969 X Rated Movie Poster Nanami Inferno of First Love

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Lot #302: X-Men #94 - VG

Current Bid - $70, Auction ends tonight at 8:00 PM (CST)

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This, ladies and gents, is Jeff Maynard (in the yellow). He was the official photographer for some of the earliest Star Trek conventions, back in the 1970's. After passing away, he left his collection of photographs and negatives to Angelique Trouvere, who ended up finding our auction company, and having us list the photographs in an auction that ends tomorrow, January 1st, at 8:00 PM (CST).

There are 8 lots in this consignment (in an auction with about 300 lots total including vintage comic books, and vintage b-movie posters). Of those 8 lots, 7 consist of the photographs and negatives. There are pictures of the crowds, the costumes, and the public aspects, as well as behind the scenes green room looks at the cast of the original Star Trek. Tons of Science Fiction celebrities & important names - Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison, William Shatner, Deforest Kelley, Leonard Nimoy, Walter Koenig, James Doohan, Geoge Takei, Nichelle Nichols, and of course, Gene Roddenberry!

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Lot #127C: San Diego Comic Convention 1974 Guide - Signed by Ray Bradbury, Charles Schulz

Current Bid - $10 - bidding closes Jan 1st, 8:00 PM (CST)

Do you not own anything signed by both Ray Bradbury and Charles Schulz? Now is your chance to fix that problem! This 1974 SDCC features several signatures - even a doodle of Woodstock next to Schulz's signature!

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Lot #127: Collection of Original Vintage Star Trek Photos of STAR-CON 1974, by Jeff Maynard

Current Bid - $10 - bidding closes in approximately 1 day, 12 hours on this lot!

Description: Original Official Photos from STAR-CON 1974 by photographer Jeff Maynard. Included in the lot are photographs of David Gerrod, Al Schuster (CON Chairman) Fred Phillips (Star Trek Makeup Artist) transforming a committee member named Al into a Klingon, Mariette Hartley, Joan Winston, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, Deforest Kelley, Isaac Asimov, Hal Clement, Joan Winston, DC Fontana, Allan Asherman, Elyse Rosenstein, Richard Hoagland, Lenard Nimoyand many fans in costume including our consignor Angelique Trouvere who received these photograhs from Jeff Maynard before his death. There are 85 photos in this lot. http://www.flickr.com/photos/36921023@N00/sets/72157638677605185/

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Everyone seemed to like the other Star Trek original convention photos, so I decided to post up a few more.

This collection, which includes hundreds of vintage, original photographs and negatives, is focused on the earliest Star Trek conventions, back in the 1970's. There were a couple of earlier conventions in the late 1960's, but those were smaller affairs held in public libraries - these photos show the first large scale gatherings where the cast of the original Star Trek (as well as costume designer Bill Theiss, and other luminaries of Science Fiction including Isaac Asimov, Gene Roddenberry, and more) attended. These conventions more closely resemble modern conventions - including cosplay & costume contests/masquerades.

The original staff photographer, Jeff Maynard, took these photographs back in the 1970's, and we are auctioning off the collection.

This online auction ends on January 1st, at 8:00 PM (CST).

Click Here to view the full catalog for this auction (which also features vintage B-movie posters, and vintage comic books)

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Lot #268: Tomb of Dracula #10 - 1st Blade - FN/VF

Current Bid - $80

Bidding ends January 1st at 8:00 PM (CST)

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Lot #214: Next Men #21 - VF

Current Bid - $20

Bidding ends on January 1st, 8:00 PM (CST)

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Lot #184: Iron Fist #14 - FN/VF

Current Bid - $55

Bidding ends on January 1st at 8:00 PM (CST)

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Lot #160 - Daredevil #7 - FN-

Current Bid - $25

Bidding ends on January 1st, at 8:00 PM (CST)

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Lot #142 - Daredevil #1 - VG-

Current Bid - $290

Bidding ends on January 1st at 8:00 PM (CST)

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Lot #199 - Marvel Spotlight #5 - 1st Ghost Rider - FN/VF

Current bid - $105

This auction ends on January 1st, at 8:00 PM (CST)

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Lot #183 - House Of Secrets #92 - VG-

Current bid - $60

This auction ends on January 1st, at 8:00 PM (CST)

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Lot #174: Fantastic Four #1 (1966 Golden Record Reprint) - FN/VF

Current Bid - $40. This auction ends on January 1st, 8:00 PM (CST)

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Lot 124: Collection of Original Vintage Star Trek Photos by Jeff Maynard

Jeff Maynard was a staff member and official photographer for some of the earliest Star Trek conventions ever held, back in the 1970's. His collection of original photographs is up for auction, in a sale ending on January 1st. The link above jumps straight to this lot - a collection of 136 original photographs from the Star Trek convention held in 1975 at the Commodore hotel.

This picture is one of my absolute favorites from this collection - a superb action shot of a devoted fan, an early sample of Trekkies/Trekkers (I'm not going to fight about the name, you pick the one you like better) and a great look back at the dawn of modern convention culture & cosplay.

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Lot #126 - Collection of Original Vintage Star Trek Photos - ITSC 1975

Our January 1st Marquee Comic, Movie Poster, & Pop Culture Auction features a very unique collection of vintage photographs from some of the earliest Star Trek conventions ever held. The original photographs & photographic negatives are being sold, which would give reproduction rights to whoever wins the pictures!

Above, you can see Leonard Nimoy double-fisting the Vulcan Salute to the crowd during the International Star Trek Convention (ISTC) in 1975.

These pictures were originally taken by the event photographer & staff member, Jeff Maynard.

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