CRANSTON, R.I. – Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers’ Winter Comic, TCG (Trading Card Games) & Toy auction is slated for Saturday, March 11, beginning at 10 am Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers. Bruneau’s Director of Pop Culture Travis Landry described it as “certainly the most diverse sale we have ever had for the department.”

The auction opens with 125 lots of Golden, Silver, Bronze, and Modern age comics highlighted by a Fox Features Syndicate Famous Crimes #2 graded CGC 5.0; a copy of Marvel Comics Amazing Spider-Man #129 graded CGC 6.5; Marvel Comics Fantastic Four #48 CGC 3.0; and a Valiant Comics Adventures of Super Mario Bros. #1 CGC 9.8.

The copy of Marvel Comics Amazing Spider-Man #129 (Feb. 1974), features the first appearance of the Punisher and the Jackal and should bring $1,000-$1,500. The copy of Valiant Comics Adventures of Super Mario Bros. #1 (Feb. 1991), is a newsstand variant that reprints Super Mario Bros. #1 and has a Captain N backup story. It has an estimate of $800-$1,200.

The second portion of the catalog will showcase 126 lots of collectible cards spanning from the 1930s through early 2000s. Trading card highlights include a 186-piece group of 1938 Gum Inc., Horrors of War trading cards; a lifetime collection of 1967 to 1977 Topps Wacky Packages; and multiple key lots of Topps Series 1 Garbage Pail Kids.

The lifetime original owner collection of 1967-1977 Topps Wacky Packages sticker trading cards includes more than 550 cards, and more than 50 of those are from the original 1967 series, including Quacker Oats #18a (BGS 5.5 excellent) and Jolly Mean Giant #21a (BGS 5 excellent). The set overall is graded 4.0-7.0 for condition and has an estimate of $1,000-$2,000.

The complete set of 1985 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 sticker trading cards – 164 in all – includes Nasty Nick #1a with matte back (BGS 7 Near Mint); Evil Eddie #1b (BGS 6.5 EX-MT+); Adam Bomb #8a with checklist back (BGS 6 EX-MT); and Blasted Billy #8b with checklist back (BGS 8 NM-MT). The group also includes an original Series 1 wax pack box with more than 24 open wax wraps. The lot is estimated at $1,000-$2,000.

Trading Card Game offerings will include numerous lots of factory-sealed Magic: The Gathering, highlighted by a Fifth Edition booster box along with Ninth Edition Core Sets 2010 through 2020, and multiple Championship preconstructed decks. There will also be two original paintings from Magic: The Gathering. MTG fans will have much to bid on. Other TCG highlights include a 1999 Pokemon Base Shadowless Charizard holographic trading card graded CGC 9 Mint and carrying an estimate of $2,000-$3,000.

The final portion of the sale will focus on antique and vintage toys, featuring an array of pressed steel, tin lithograph, Steiff, and 1970s-1980s Japanese robots and Transformers.

An unused 1980 Clover Tryder G7 Bird Attack Robot, an exceptional example of a rare and highly desirable robot and considered one of the greatest designs of the period by Clover, has an estimate of $1,000-$1,500. The toy, graded C9+, appears to have been opened only for inspection. Included is an unused sticker sheet and some factory-sealed accessories.

A 1985 Wonder Masters of the Universe Battle Cat ride-on spring bouncer has an estimate of $800-$1,200. Overall an exceptional example showing minimal signs of use, its colors are vibrant with only minor scattered scratches throughout, and all the white plastic remains vibrant and clean.

Rounding out the highlights is a 1948 Gilbert Walking Robot Erector Set No. 12 ½, estimated at $600-$900. It comes from the childhood toy collection of Jack Pillar of Mystic, Connecticut, a man whose love for collecting and caring for toys began as a child. The set was originally purchased by Pillar’s parents, most likely at Eaton Chase Hardware of Norwich, Connecticut. The set was professionally reassembled by Randy’s Collectibles: Restoring Erector Sets of Medford, Massachusetts, in November 1996. It’s original and complete and presents very well, with minimal wear. Included are Randy’s notes from the restoration process that detail the pieces he found to complete the set, which has been preserved with tender love and care.

To contact Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers about consigning a single piece or an entire collection, email info@bruneauandco.com or call 401-533-9980. To learn more about Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers, please visit www.bruneauandco.com.

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