Rune

On 5/13/2018 at 2:33 PM, Gotham Kid said:

@RuneTec 37 8.5 has since SOLD. PristineComics also sold their Detective 44 9.4

Tec 37 8.5 is still available - it hasn't been sold:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/311844908789?afsrc=1&rmvSB=true

Same goes for #44 9.4:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/253076811803?afsrc=1&rmvSB=true

28 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said:

@RuneTec 37 8.5 has since SOLD. PristineComics also sold their Detective 44 9.4

Can't find the book on eBay anymore - do you know if it sold for 125K or a reduced price? Well, maybe it'll be on GPA in a few days... 

TEC 44 9.4 would indeed be an awesome book to own 

1 hour ago, Gotham Kid said:

The 7.5 is now an 8.0 and sold for so much more. That sale is not on GPA neither are several other sales in universal and restored grades.

Also congrats - you must have bought a really impressive book - I can see you currently have an amazing 425,104 Registry points and just 9 books!  Amazing!

My Conan collection seems to be going nowhere, sigh. 

20 hours ago, Gotham Kid said:

@TheGirlHasNoName

Thank you !

I ran a check of registry point allocation (Detective 37) against a whole span of grades in both universal and restored, and points are now much better aligned with current market value. I would know  

Good job !

It does seem like quite a bump - today's GPA:

And awarded points:

I can't find much info about newer sales above 7.0, interesting if the 9.0 would get anywhere near $200,000 if it was put up for auction...  Then again, 10-15 x increase in 15 years may of course be possible.  

On ‎17‎-‎02‎-‎2018 at 11:01 AM, Rune said:

I forgot to mention my dear ASM #48 CGC 9.8 - which I paid $4300 for in 2013 (it's on GPA, I've got the Curator Copy) - but it's a pedigree book. Still plain vanilla isn't much cheaper - last one sold in 2013 for $3800 according to GPA:

Best,

Rune

A non-pedigree OW-W ASM #48 CGC 9.8 just sold on CLink for $4200:

http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/history.asp?item=1238579&back=%2Fauctions%2Fitem.asp%3Fback%3D%2FAUCTIONS%2FSEARCH%2EASP%3FFocusedOnly%3D1%26where%3Dauctions%26title%3Dspider%2Dman%2B48%26GO%3DGO%26ItemType%3DCB%23Item%5F1238579%26id%3D1238579%26itemType%3D0

- and there was another sale listed on GPA a few weeks ago for 4k (sold in Feb 2018).

So it would be nice to have points increased maybe by 50% or so...

Forgot Amazing Spider-man #40 - it's about 5000 points for a 9.8 and 3000 for at 9.6.

9.8 is currently about 20k for plain vanilla (non-SS, non-pedigree) and 5k for 9.6 (non-SS, non-predigree), see the pic below (taken Feb 27 2018). Would be great to see this score increased 

I forgot to mention my dear ASM #48 CGC 9.8 - which I paid $4300 for in 2013 (it's on GPA, I've got the Curator Copy) - but it's a pedigree book. Still plain vanilla isn't much cheaper - last one sold in 2013 for $3800 according to GPA:

Best,

Rune

Just bought a nice Conan the Barbarian page by John Buscema and Ernie Chan - written by Roy Thomas, letters drawn by Joe Rosen:

http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1451423

Guess nostalgia is to blame for this purchase - the page is from the very first Conan book I read  - I probably was about 10 years old back then 

On 24/1/2018 at 3:33 PM, Lookin4Newsstands said:

Also these 2 Silver Age books have been selling for close to $4,000 in CGC 9.8 in recent years:

Amazing Spider-Man #61 (1st Gwen Stacy cover)

Amazing Spider-Man #86 (Origin of the Black Widow, and 1st appearance of her classic costume).

I paid 3k for my ASM #59 - don't forget that book too  Note that #59 is the first cover to feature the sultry image of Spidey's eventual bride, Mary Jane Watson  

Batman the Dark Knight Returns #1 CGC 9.8 (1st print) has also increased greatly in price - these books are about 550 points each in the Registry - they really need a boost, thanks again!

Amazing Spider-Man #51 9.6 - it's the first-ever Kingpin cover - sold in May 2017 at ComicConnect for more than 7k - I don't have the link but it's on GPAnalysis:

Other ASM #51 9.6 books sold at Comiclink for 4k and 6k respectively (the last two or three years), but the links have been removed - and Comiclink sales are not tracked by GPAnalysis. The current Registry score is 1700, it would be fair to see this score increased, thanks!

I'm not much into unpublished comic art, but these pieces were my favorites in their associated categories:

Cover:

Splash page:

Panel page:

- this was indeed awesome too:

- and my favorite strip art piece:

I didn't buy much art last year, but I've just added 3 published covers to my Lowry - the Lowry is indeed a great and fun way to showcase your art and share the art that you like 

http://www.comicartfans.com/MyLowry.asp?GSub=3384

On 28/12/2017 at 11:28 PM, Bird said:

It is upon his arrival on Barsoom (that is what I thought upon seeing it and exactly what she said when I told her about your comment)!

I actually read this book around the time the movie came out...it was good but not great. We saw the movie together and all loved it and now use that as an example of why we should not listen to critics (the movie was supposedly killed by the new Disney regime over internal politics at the studio). I assume she picked the subject due to that good memory. 

I loved the movie too and have it on blu-ray 3D, maybe I should soon watch it with my 9-year-old son. The trailer's as awesome as ever 

17 hours ago, Bird said:

Early in the year I challenged my daughter ( a freshman at Pratt Art Institute) to make me a Christmas present in the style of Moebius. I tweeted Moebius art all year long and today she gave me this...

She says that it is John Carter on Mars.

 

It's an awesome present - although Carter technically speaking isn't alone, he is the only Eartman on Mars. The piece really catches his isolation - and the beauty of the (Moebius-style) landscape. 

On 11/12/2017 at 8:30 PM, Doc Joe said:

San Julian - Red Sonja 

It's a great frame - a perfect match for the painting! 

Strike three...

Strike two...

Just got a few pieces back from the framing shop 

Strike one...