The auction will be held online and in Bruneau & Co’s gallery at 63 Fourth Avenue in Cranston. Sold will be graded comic books, comic art, Japanese toys, robots, more.

Cranston, RI, March 21, 2020 -- Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers, in concert with Altered Reality Entertainment and Travis Landry, Bruneau & Co.’s Director of Pop Culture, will present a Spring Comic Book & Toy Auction on Saturday, April 4th, at 11 am Eastern time, online and in the Bruneau & Co. gallery at 63 Fourth Avenue in Cranston. More than 400 Pop Culture collectibles will be offered.

The auction is loaded with hundreds of graded rare comic books, generous key book lots, many Marvel and D.C. comics and a great collection of tin key wind, friction and battery-op Japanese robots and tin toys. Some nice original comic art will also come up for bid. The very first lot is a 1999 Nintendo Game Boy Pokémon yellow sealed video game graded CAS 90 (est. $500-$800).

“Our first comic and toy auction of the year is always an exciting one, and this catalog is certainly going to drive collectors wild,” Travis Landry said. “First Iron Man, first Groot, first Lizard, and first Red Hood – these are just some of the great keys we are offering.”

Mr. Landry added, “In addition to the great selection of comic books, toy collectors will be drooling for the collection of robots. Some are certainly the greatest examples to have come for sale in a long time. The Mirrorman and Zabitan from Akumaizer 3 are sure to attract attention.”

Kevin Bruneau, the president of Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers, said, “With spring comes the retro nostalgic vibe to Bruneau & Co. Pop Culture auctions are some of the most fun in the gallery. There is a fine selection of original comic artwork including a watercolor by Dan Green for the Marvel Comics graphic novel Doctor Strange: Into Shamballa. It is an absolute masterpiece.”

The Dan Green original artwork for the graphic novel Doctor Strange: Into Shamballa is a beautiful single panel featuring Dr. Strange in Shamballa, surrounded by wisps of red wind with surreal biomorphic faces towering over him. The circa 1986 watercolor, with an image size of 13 inches by 5 ¼ inches, less the frame, is the ultimate Dr. Strange collectible (est. $1,000-$1,500).

Rare graded comic books will be plentiful and will be led by a copy of Marvel Comics Tales of Suspense #39 from March 1963, featuring the origin and first appearance of Iron Man, graded CGC 4.5 (est. $4,000-$6,000); and a copy of Marvel Comics Amazing Spider-Man #6 from Nov. 1963, with the first appearance and origin of the Lizard, graded CBCS 8.0 (est. $2,000-$3,000).

Two highly desirable comic books have identical estimates of $1,500-$2,000. One is a copy of DC Comics Detective Comics #168 from Feb. 1951, featuring the first appearance of the Red Hood identity and origin of the Joker, graded CGC 2.0. The other is a copy of Marvel Comics Incredible Hulk #181 from Nov. 1974, featuring the first full appearance of Wolverine, CGC 7.0.

A Bullmark Mirrorman Ultraman tin lithograph toy in the box, made in Japan circa 1978, graded C8.5+ for both box and toy, is wonderfully preserved example for the serious collector and has a pre-sale estimate of $700-$1,000. The graphics are clean and vibrant, making for a beautiful display, and the toy boasts a strong structure and undertray, to go with bright glossy lithography.

A Japanese Yoshiya Chief Robotman battery-op tin toy in the box, made in Japan around 1955, is expected to change hands for $600-$900. The toy is graded C8+, with minimal signs of wear, bright chrome and near-mint paint, with minimal light scattered scratching. It was tested and is working. The box is graded C7+ and shows vibrant graphics, despite some edge and end wear.

Online bidding will be offered by LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com, Bidsquare.com and bidLIVE.Bruneauandco.com, plus the mobile app “Bruneau & Co.” on iTunes or GooglePlay. Phone and absentee bids will also be accepted. To bid by phone, the number is 401-533-9980.

Bruneau & Co. is currently accepting quality consignments for that and all future auctions, with commissions as low as zero percent. Now would be a good time to clean out your attic. To contact Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers about consigning a single piece or an entire collection, you may send an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Or, you can phone them at (401) 533-9980.

To learn more about Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers and the Spring Comic Book & Toy Auction on Saturday, April 4th, at 11 am Eastern, visit www.bruneauandco.com. Updates are posted often.

About Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers:
Established in 2015 by owner Kevin Bruneau, Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers is an energetic and young auction house built on the backbone of over fifty years of combined experience in the antiques and auction world. Bruneau & Co. believes in bridging the gap between antique and contemporary utilizing modern day methods to market history in a fast-paced, ever-changing world. We take pride in orchestrating specialty and single owner catalogs giving proper and factual representation of any and all “cool” items of value. As a multifaceted company our expertise goes beyond the traditional antique; we follow market trends and bring to light what the public calls for. From its beginning, Bruneau & Co. has been partnered with Altered Reality Entertainment, parent company of Rhode Island Comic Con in organizing toy, comic, and collectible auctions bringing Pop Culture to a live auction environment. Our focus on emerging markets extends to contemporary and urban art, modern design, and Asian arts. To learn more, visit www.bruneauandco.com.

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Marshfield, MA, Mar 21, 2020 -- Business communication has been dramatically affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Systems Support Corp based in 462 Plain Street, Suite 206, Marshfield, MA 02050 is offering tips and support to help businesses segue to online meetings.

Client/Sales visits are out! Many are now working from home and remotely controlling their office computers, making it very hard or impossible to stay in touch with multiple people at the same time.

Video conferencing to the rescue. Zoom, Go To Meeting, WebEx, Anytime Meeting, Skype and Intermedia are among the leaders.

Brian MacFee of Systems Support Corp notes, “Online meetings break through the isolation and keep everybody on the same page. This could be employees, clients, key members of clubs and organizations, or even just a chance to get family together over the upcoming holidays.”

He added, "The good news is that there are a number of quality online meeting systems that are pretty easy to use, fairly inexpensive (some are even free for a period of time), and pretty reliable."

Most people have a laptop or tablet at their disposal they can use that already has a video camera and microphone built into it. You can even use most of the smartphones for it as well. Most of the better known meeting systems have pretty much the same features that we’ll be talking about.

To have the best meetings you can, make some preparations beforehand and test them out with a friend or partner before going “live” with a number of people. Here’s some tips to make your meeting the best experience it can be. Some of the tips are good to remember if you are an attendee of someone else’s meeting -

1) Choose a good provider – again the top providers are highly recommended. All are easy to use even for the novice.

2) Include all the information necessary to connect in your invitation email that you send to attendees.

3) Create and share an agenda with your attendees.

4) Practice the meeting with a colleague. How do you look and sound on their computer?
A suggestion, try to use a headset microphone or pair the Bluetooth earpiece/microphone you use with your phone to your computer. Microphones internal to laptops tend to sound boomy or throw off lots of echo.

5) Make sure your lighting is BRIGHT. Without good lighting, you will look dark and rather sinister on the other screens. Have a light background, like a blank office wall. You can even drape a white sheet behind for better contrast and appearance with a logo or brand graphic attached. It is best to avoid a window as your background.

6) If at home, choose a room with good lighting away from everybody else.

7) If there are going to be more than three attendees, you want to be able to mute people at will as one of the biggest complaints is people talking over one another.

8) With more attendees, it is best to have a colleague manage the meeting – muting / unmuting as necessary and switching the main screen to others for you as necessary.

9) Many systems allow you to record the meeting. This can be helpful to recall documents that are shared or clarifying what was said.

10) Repeat number 4 – Practice is the best way to become familiar with the system, check the sound and picture, and share documents and videos.

These tips should help you create effective meetings that can help keep your clients, colleagues, or potential customers engaged and improve your image as you attend other’s meetings.

Systems Support Corp, located at 462 Plain Street, Suite 206, Marshfield, MA 02050 delivers first-class computer support to companies aiming to increase productivity and efficiency. With a comprehensive approach to network services, Systems Support Corp is a single source for all things IT.

To learn more about online meeting platform, contact Systems Support Corp by visiting www. SystemSupport.com or call their Marshfield, MA-based offices at (781) 837-0069.

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Singapore, Mar 19, 2020 -- On 12th March, ChainUP, CoinTube and Cointelegraph China jointly organized ‘Three-Way Talks’, a blockchain panel discussion with a focus on the latest industry developments and cooperation possibilities in light of the recent COVID-19 epidemic. The panel of distinguished spokespersons included ChainUP Founder and CEO Zhong Gengfa, CoinTube CEO Shatt and Co-founder and CEO of Cointelegraph China, Vadim Krekotin.

Insights from ChainUP Founder and CEO Zhong Gengfa:
Under the current market conditions, ChainUP has been globalizing and localizing while cultivating skills internally.

The current COVID-19 epidemic has seen ChainUP strengthening online branding activities, promoting in-depth media cooperation and also launching an ‘Enterprise Epidemic Support Plan’. In addition, Zhong also believed that now was the time to spend on cultivating skills internally to prepare for the next market breakout.

When it comes to future plans, Zhong Gengfa said that accomplishing goals in the areas of compliance, enterprise group strategies, and globalization have always been ChainUP objectives.

In terms of compliance, ChainUP continues to promote cooperation with regulators and licensed institutions to strengthen monitoring and increase compliance.

In terms of structuring brand groupings, ChainUP focuses on the development of one main brand, three sub-brands (wallet technology service provider HiCoin, exchange liquidity service provider BitWind and financial derivatives service platform EXUP), and five business lines to create a full technology ecosystem.

In terms of globalization, in addition to its Singapore headquarters, Japanese branch, and Hong Kong branch, ChainUP has expanded into more than 10 key markets in various countries and regions, establishing deep ties and connections. In the future, it will continue to expand its blueprint and realize both globalization and localization goals.

Insights from CoinTube CEO Shatt:
Focus on providing more quality financial products to more customers.

Shatt stated that while the sudden onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic had impacted enterprise business development, it was still within control. Developing enterprises during the epidemic will be both a challenge and a new opportunity.

Since the outbreak, the company has begun to plan and design strategies for online business exhibitions. Shatt revealed that CoinTube was already in contact with some family offices, wealth management companies, insurers, and financial planners and will jointly launch digital asset financial products this year to provide more customers with high-quality financial products.

Believing that a market breakout will be imminent after the epidemic, Shatt pointed out that the down time during the epidemic was valuable for companies to calmly prepare well for the future and to fine-tune and improve their products.

Insights from Co-founder and CEO of Cointelegraph China, Vadim Krekotin:

Cointelegraph China aims to be a bridge between markets in the East and West.

Despite the epidemic, the CTC team still carried out localized interviews, while translating a lot of overseas news and online interviews. In fact, the first ‘Focus’ online interview event was conducted just the day before, an interview of Jeffrey Wernick, an early Bitcoin investor. ‘Focus’ has received extensive industry attention at home and abroad, and will continue to invite international trendsetters to participate, in order to bring more international and professional voices to the Chinese market.

CTC aims to be a bridge between the eastern and western markets. On the one hand, it can bring accurate and timely overseas information to the Chinese domestic market, and introduce more high-quality Chinese blockchain start-ups to the world; while on the other hand, it can attract more premium overseas projects domestically, which develops the global blockchain market.

Three-Way Talks
The blockchain ‘Three-Way Talks’ received support and coverage from the following media: Cointelegraph China, Jinse Finance, DeepChain, TuoLuoCaiJing.cn, PANews, ChainDDFinance, Bitwires, Blocklike, LianTuan, GuoWei and more than 10 other well-known media.

About ChainUP
ChainUP is a leading blockchain technology solution provider in the world. It owns eight well-developed product lines: digital currency trading (financial derivatives), wallet, situational awareness, public chain and consortium blockchain, mining pool, blockchain cloud media, liquidity, broker, and has constructed an industrial closed-loop from technology service to traffic and traffic commercialization. So far, it has served 300+ exchange clients, 100+ digital wallet clients, 150+ liquidity service clients, which include 50+ million users in over 20 countries from Asia, Europe, America and Oceania. The team members behind ChainUP have worked in top blockchain or internet companies and institutions in technological development and operation management, and are highly experienced in the blockchain industry. It has obtained several rounds of investments from well-known top institutions in the industry, such as Morningside Venture Capital, Joy Capital, Node Capital, Albatross Venture, Taoshi capital, amongst others.

ChainUP Officials:
Official Website: https://www.chainup.com
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