Local News - Huge Auction this Saturday Rare Undergounds, Frazetta, Silver Age Comics
Howdy!
We had an amazingly eclectic collection of older material arrive at
Jason St.
today, including rare first printing Underground Comix, MAD MAGAZINE Specials, BATMAN cars, PENTHOUSE Comix, British
weeklies, and much more. At least 100 of these cool items will now be included in this Saturday's
auction,
all at no minimum bid! These awesome collectibles are in addition to the 500+ items that we had already chosen to
auction,
including a very rare autographed Ray Bradbury hardback, and a signed Frank Frazetta KUBLAI KHAN portfolio. If you can
at all take time from your schedule to visit
Jason St.
on Saturday morning, I think that you will be very pleased by the remarkable bargains that you pick up in our
auction.
The auction begins at 11:30 AM.
Lot #12
While our own items in the auction are quite remarkable, we are still very much seeking additional donations of unwanted
comics and collectibles for the charity portion of our
auction.
In case you were unaware of how our auctions function, we alternate between our own items, and those that have been donated.
Our donated items are always sold under the auspices of the
Imperial Court of the Rocky Mountain Empire,
a registered 501-C3 charity. In this instance, we will be selling donated items for Empress 43 Norrie Reynolds' Snow Ball
charities, which this year are
Urban Peak
and
Rainbow Alley.
Both of these wonderful organizations help desperate teens who are living on Denver's streets with finding both food, and shelter.
Lot #11
As regards what will be done with the money that we generate from donations, I located a kindly clothing retailer who has access
to light pairs of cotton gloves for $1 each. My goal is to raise $300 on Saturday morning from donations, and then use that money
to purchase 150 pairs of gloves to be given away at
Urban Peak,
and another 150 pairs to be given away at
Rainbow Alley.
It will take about two weeks for these gloves to arrive, so I figure that's just about perfect timing for when the first of the
cold weather will arrive. Frostbite is a real concern among the homeless, but especially among teens who have never before spent
a winter outdoors. Without our help, I am afraid that more than a few of these at-risk kids will suffer serious injury.
Lot #10
In addition to comics and collectibles donations we are seeking for our auction, we are also seeking warm clothes and single serving
toiletries to pass out to the homeless kids. If you have a jacket, sweater, scarf, boots, or other good used clothes that you could
donate, we will have a donation box set up at the front of
Jason St.
You can also drop off donations at
our other stores,
and we will ship them to
Jason
for you.
MICKEY'S INFERNO HALLOWEEN COMICFEST MINI COMIC (2016)
On a more positive note, I did want to mention that we will be giving away thousands of this year's limited edition
HALLOWEEN COMICFEST
variants on Saturday. Anyone visiting any of
our three stores
this Saturday can receive any 3
HALLOWEEN COMICFEST
comics for free, while those who come in costume can receive their choice of any 6. If you want more, you can receive another title
for each $10 you spend with us that day, including what you might spend in the auction! There is a limit, however, of one full set
per person, as our supplies are truly small this year on each of the
HALLOWEEN COMICFEST
titles. Cover images of all 32
HALLOWEEN COMICFEST
titles be viewed
here.
Line for food.
I will close today's newsletter with a few photos from today's effort by
"Feeding Denver's Hungry"
organization to provide free lunches to the homeless in lower downtown Denver. We made up 800 bags of food, including 200 with really
good sandwiches. When we set up our truck at the
St. Francis Center
at noon we were immediately overwhelmed by desperate people seeking meals. Our 200 sandwich meals were gone in 15 minutes, with the last
few people only able to receive bags filled with granola bars, chips, cookies, etc. that had been donated to the
Food Bank of the Rockies.
Women in a wheelchair and her husband
More people in line.
Handing out all the food we had.
The line for food was huge.
Many of the people are disabled.
Hunger is becoming a crisis situation in Denver, as the number of people being made homeless by rising rents has overwhelmed the ability
of our social services system to cope. Private donations are the only way to bridge that gap, so if you can help by participating in our
auction
on Saturday, you kindness would be most appreciated. We will help you to provide assistance to desperate people who have become the victims
in Denver's booming economy.
Happy collecting!,
Chuck Rozanski,
President - Mile High Comics, Inc.
October 27, 2016
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