A WORD ABOUT COMIC DESCRIPTIONS AND GRADING... Black and Gold Auctions will make every effort to accurately describe items including condition, age, and any other pertinent information. PLEASE REMEMBER that grading is subjective. We have assigned grades to many of the comics in this auction. We use an experienced comic dealer and follow the standard criteria for grading comics. We try to be conservative with our grades, as we feel it is much better for you to be pleasantly surprised than somewhat disappointed. If a comic has a listed grade in the description, it means that we have inspected it inside and out and assigned that grade. On the lots and groups, a range of grades means that we have "cover graded" them without inspectiong beyond the cover. Please use the photos, descriptions, and estimated grade to help determine your own estimation of grade and value. Proxibid resizes photos to a maximum size of 1080 pixels. THERE ARE LARGER HIGH DEFINITION PHOTOS ON OUR WEB SITE IF YOU WANT TO SEE DETAILS MORE CLEARLY. If you are unclear on any description, please feel free to contact us. Property is open to thorough public inspection by appointment or at 8:00 AM auction day. It is the Bidder's responsibility to determine condition, age, genuineness, value or any other determinative factor. If the description given is not sufficient, please contact Black and Gold Auctions by e-mail or phone and one of our staff will be happy to help you. Black and Gold Auctions may attempt to describe the merchandise in advertising, on the Internet and at the auction but makes no representations or warranties as to authenticity, age, or suitability for a particular purpose. In no event shall Black and Gold Auctions be held responsible for having made or implied any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Bidder shall be the sole judge of value and it is the Bidder's responsibility to verify all pertinent information including age, condition, authenticity, and value. THE DISCLAIMER... Black and Gold Auctions will not be responsible for any errors or omissions in the description of the merchandise unless it is a material and intentional misrepresentation of the item itself. Bidder agrees that everything is sold as is and that they may not return any item they purchase. TECHNICAL FAILURES... Black and Gold Auctions is providing Internet pre-auction and live bidding as a service to Bidder. Bidder acknowledges and understands that this service may or may not function correctly the day of the auction. Under no circumstances shall Bidder have any kind of claim against Black and Gold Auctions or anyone else if the Internet service fails to work correctly before or during the live auction. Black and Gold Auctions will not be responsible for any missed bids from any source. Internet bidders who desire to make certain their bid is acknowledged should use the proxy-bidding feature and leave their maximum bid 24 hours before the auction begins. Black and Gold Auctions reserves the right to withdraw or re-catalog items in this auction. PAYMENT AND SHIPPING... Payment is due at the end of the auction. If you wish to make arrangements other than credit card, we ask that you contact Black and Gold Auctions at least 24 hours before the auction. We will be happy to work with you in that way. If we do not hear from you, we will charge the credit card on file with Proxibid. Packing and shipping will be handled in-house on smaller items (we have many years of online shipping experience through eBay and Proxibid). If you want to pick up your items at our facility, we will be happy to work with you. Please let us know so that we do not ship them. Our carrier of choice is FedEx, with United States Postal Service as a secondary source. Large items will be the responsibility of the bidder to arrange shipping. We will cooperate in every way to facilitate the process. Please contact the auction company if you have any questions about shipping large items. We will make every effort to ship within 48 hours of auction end unless weather or unforeseeable events preclude this, in which instance you will be notified of the delay. Shipping costs for small items are actual cost plus $3 per package (not per item) packaging and handling charge to help cover material costs. If you have any questions about our shipping policies, please feel free to call. QUESTIONS... We always have time to talk or answer questions. Please feel free to contact us about anything we have not covered.