Dumur

Yeah, there isn't much. I actually owned 3 pages and a cover, but sold them all. All I have left is a promo piece which was the first published Scud work.

I threw in what I thought was a low bid on the Ramos Prime cover and got it for $300. I can't remember the last time I got a cover for $300. I realize it's Prime, but still... Considering it is being put with pieces I've won from other auctions and therefore will save on shipping, I'm happy to have it at that price. Loved Prime.

I used to do the search BIN OA ebay thing three times a day and have come away with some great deals over the years. I haven't even used that saved search in probably 4 or 5 years. I stopped when dealers started flooding that search with their lower end stuff and it just became too much to go through every day and not worth my time. That being said, for someone with the patience, I am sure the odd great deal still pops up from time to time.

Second looks like Butch Guice. First looks familiar, but can't put my finger on it.

Giving this a bump with price updates, because some of these prices are criminally low and auctions end TONIGHT

DC Solo #12 page 3 by Brendan McCarthy TWICE UP currently at $34.33

http://www.ebay.com/itm/202038253273?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

BATMAN DEATH BY DESIGN page 28 by Dave Taylor currently at $70.37

http://www.ebay.com/itm/202038247868?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

X-MEN UNLIMITED #6 Generation X published pin up by Brian Hitch and Cam Smith currently at $265

http://www.ebay.com/itm/202038244522?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

Havok and Wolverine Meltdown #4 page 18 original painted SPLASH by Kent Williams currently at $455

http://www.ebay.com/itm/202038241847?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

Anarky #5 page 1 SPLASH TITLE page by Norm Breyfogle currently at $47

http://www.ebay.com/itm/202038238689?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

All-New Hawkeye #1 COVER INKS by Ramon Perez currently at $101

http://www.ebay.com/itm/202038236730?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

All-New Hawkeye #1 COVER PENCILS by Ramon Perez currently at $103.50

http://www.ebay.com/itm/202038235732?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

I mean I am CONSTANTLY reading on here about how you can't get a Marvel or DC published cover for less than $500 anymore. Meanwhile, here are a Pencil and Inks cover to a NUMBER 1 ISSUE Marvel Title for just over $200 COMBINED!!!

And lastly... where my UK comic art fans at?

Strontium Dog #11 COVER by Jim Fern currently at $14.05

http://www.ebay.com/itm/202038233506?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

FOURTEEN DOLLARS AND FIVE CENTS!!! I mean come on. Are you really going to let this go for under twenty bucks?!?!

COME ON SNIPES!!! ...

(I'm secretly hoping Wesley Snipes wins all of these just so I can use that phrase in the best way ever)

Duane

8 hours ago, Pete Marino said:

It's stressful, but 99% of ebay takes place in snipes, about 4 secs before closing....

Everything before then is basically an ad to get eyes (and more snipes) before then.  It's pretty rare that i'll bid any time before the last second.

Yeah, it's shocking really. I do wish more people put in actual bids early on since it seems that items with bids over $50 or so are the one's that get featured on CAF's ebay page... which I check daily.

3 hours ago, malvin said:

initial bids placed and snipes, loaded.  Good luck and you better hope I get massively outbid!

Malvin

Tell me about it! This might be it for ebay for me. The rest of the stuff I sell will likely be privately, or one of the bigger auction houses.

Ok, so I am going through a bit of a existential collecting crisis and am battling with myself to unload a lot of my collection. I haven't sold on EBAY for years, but have thrown up some pages tonight with no reserve and starting at a penny, just to get the selling ball rolling. Ease into it.

Here is the link to the auctions.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/dumur/m.html?item=202038233506&hash=item2f0a6ac9a2%3Ag%3AHw0AAOSwhLJZo17b&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

Take a look and feel free to bid.

If I weren't in the middle of a big move during the time you were coming, i would invite you over (or to a nearby cafe) and you could look at my collection and talk art...

1 hour ago, glendgold said:

Might want to also address invoicing procedures.  The website says you'll be mailed an invoice on the Saturday after the auction.  Which I planned to use to write a check (and get my 3% discount with).  Just now, Friday, received a simultanous invoice and an automatic charge to my AMEX cart.  I'm betting that somewhere on the site it says this will happen, but not as prominently as the "your invoice will be mailed."  I had to call Hake's to take the charge off my card and arrange to pay by check. 

But when I called Hake's just now a recorded message said that they wouldn't take inquiries about the auction until Monday.  So: the charge has to stay on my card for four days. 

So, on the bidding page, instead of that "we'll mail you an invoice" thing, it should say "we're going to charge your card unless you arrange in advance to pay us by check."

Also, it's 2017.  Two weeks for a check to clear?  I want Hake's to make sure they get paid, but is that really still necessary? 

 

 

Yes. THIS. I find the invoicing confusing. I didn't even realize there was a check option to save 3%.

3 hours ago, 1Toy2Many said:

I appreciate the specific feedback.  How it works now is a combination of 10-minute minimums and 3 hour maximums.  This is something they have settled in to since the early internet days to prolong the bidding so everyone has a shot, while still providing some sort of end in sight.  That said, we've discussed this specific subject because you're not the only one who's expressed the same thoughts. 

Bottom line, until/if the bidding is modified, think of the auction ending as a "funnel" and as the auction "ends" at noon, any pieces that haven't had bids in the past 3 hours will close exactly then.  If an item was bid on at 10:07am, it ends at 1:07pm, etc etc, and this continues as the entire auction continues to end.  Pretty soon, instead of having 10000 items open, only a couple dozen remain.  As it gets closer and closer to ALL of the items being sold, the maximum time continually decreases and you're left with only a few items still being bid on with a minimum time limit of 10 minutes. 

In other words, if you're outbid, you'll always have 10 minutes minimum to react.  You might have as long as 3 hours, depending on how many other lots are left, but you're only guaranteed the 10 minutes.  That's what they found their regular customers preferred over the course of many years, as it eliminates sniping and still allows heavily-contested items a fair chance to continue bidding.  In essence, the 3 hours is for the sellers and the 10 minutes is for the buyers. 

Ah, thank you for the clarification. Good ot know for the future and hey... I won an item I wanted, so I'm happy. I hope you it grows as an auction house as I appreciate healthy competition and would love another viable option for consigning.

3 hours ago, Twanj said:

The bidding is confusing.

I had two tabs open, refreshed at the same time. The same item was listed as "10 minute warning" & "1 hr 50 min" remaining or something like that.

Yeah, and it looks like time gets added if bids continue? Like I said, I won completely by mistake.

4 hours ago, Timely said:

I am NOT A FAN of Hake's bidding style. In order to be a high bidder you HAVE TO BID 10% HIGHER than the top bidder.  I was actually high bidder on 2 items, but still lost.

 

Example. Winning bidder had a max bid of $700.  I bid $702 but lost because I needed to bid $770 or more.  You have to be 10% over the top bidders max.  In the end, consignors loose as does Hakes.  Pretty dumb really.

Ah... maybe that is how my high bid was exactly the winning bid. That someone outbid me, but not by more than 10% and so I won it on my max bid. That is a weird system though.

So it's a bunch of Giclee's, a fake JSC prelim and what looks like an actual Kirby Cap page... I'm so confused.

But then there is this:

https://new.liveauctioneers.com/item/54113333_original-art-by-jack-kirby-from-captain-america-no-204

I don't understand. This is all crazy to me and why did I not know about this until now?!?!?

I mean who are they kidding?

https://new.liveauctioneers.com/item/54096048_original-cover-art-gen-thirteen-comic-jason-campbell

Okay, I didn't even know about this Live Auctioneers thing. I just went there to check it out now. Now THAT is sketchy.

Saw the post re: Comic Connect and how various auction houses handle different auctions and the climb to be the third auction house of a possible Big 3.

Well, I think I just won something at Hake's. A couple things.

1. I didn't know I won. I never got an email notification. I just remembered I put in a bid on something and just went to the site to check on it and I am pretty sure I won.

2. It isn't clear to me how I check out and pay for the item. I am assuming I will receive an email at some point instructing me how.

3. When I look at the final total I owe, a couple things make me curious. Firstly, the amount I won it for was the EXACT amount I bid. That's rare. Secondly, there is an 18% buyers premium added on that they did not make obvious when I was bidding (unlike Heritage which not only informs you, but let's you know the total with the BP or Comic Link which ONLY has a BP if you pay by credit card... and a small one at that)

4. Also not easy to navigate. I kind of found and won the piece by accident.

The good news is, though not positive, I do think the piece would have likely gone for more on CLink or Heritage, so I am willing to deal with the hiccups for what I think is a bit of a "deal".

So I am just wondering, does a place like Hake's even considered on par with Comic Connect or would they be an even further "step below"?

First auction I am not following in a long time, due to not having interest in a single piece. There is kind of a peace that comes with that.

No idea. But I see "Steve".

Also, what is this "Extended Bidding" stuff that keeps happening? Is it to prevent snipes? I've put in two last second bids only to see the bid time increase by three minutes each time. It's weird. WIth the live Heritage auction I get it, but in this case where it's more like ComicLink, I find it weird. Good to know for future bidding though.

Is there any possibility to there being a "Jon Berk provenance" premium on these auctions. Admittedly, the majority of the stuff I am even looking at is in the low end of this collection, but the pieces I am watching are already at twice what dealers have similar pieces listed at.

I went from Crazy to Moderately and I would say I could slip into casually interested very easily. I'm expecting my first baby in two weeks, so that could be a big part of it, but it's also, as Gene says, I am pretty happy with my collection and the few pieces out there that I really want are either in permanent collections or are priced beyond what I want to pay. I could see myself continuing to buy just as easily as snapping and sending 90% off to Heritage to be auctioned. My feelings change daily. Of course, there are a solid 3-5 pieces out there that I have no idea where they are and if they ever surfaced..,. well... that could be trouble.

This isn't a comic art question per se, but I feel maybe some people on these boards have interest and info outside of comic book OA. I know that Breathed Opus and Bloom County art is out there, but does anyone know if any of his book art has ever either hit the market or someone's collection personally? Specifically his art from "Red Ranger Came Calling?" book?

Just did a quick eye test of my collection. I would say it is about 1/3 nostalgia, 1/3 image appreciation and 1/3 personal relationship to artist.