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    If we are doing Star Wars posters also then this thread will get longer! High in my cue for framing is an Episode 1 poster and my signed by Lucas ticket for the world premiere back in 1999 (charitable event I helped organize) and maybe also frame the invite and my all access pass with poster all on one frame if not too complex. I also have a banner from that event that probably deserves a home with a devoted Star Wars fan. If anyone has any interest let me know.
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    I believe that issue came up in the brought by copyright attorney Marc Toberoff - Siegel v. Warner. Look for the District Court decision. It went through the whole story of the creation of Superman.
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    I'm like you. Out at the end of the 80s (never sold out - just boxed up in closets - took a break, lured back in gradually by this site. The 90s are a mystery to me. I think I'm lucky on that front.
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    I guess it bears mentioning that the comic market can be seen as having had stages when it comes to pricing Stage1 - which went from the 30s into the 60s was a time of plentiful supply and very low prices when huge collections could be amassed for less than cover prices by anyone. And many great collections still around today were largely built in that era. Stage 2 - which went from the end of the 60s into the late 70s was a time of price inflation due to the emergence of the OPG and more widespread pricing info. This led to widespread trading on information disparities. Collectors would search for underpriced books “in the wild” or would exploit information disparities about hot book increases between annual guides. Stage 3 I think started in the 80s as we saw pricing publications come out every month necessitating price increases every month to warrant readers buying those publications and resulting unrestrained hype of allegedly hot books. This dragged the market into a hot book speculation mindset. Stage 4 has seen actual sales results become available daily (eBay) and weekly (Heritage) on the internet which has had a bit of a tampering effect on some genres and is generally a healthy development. But it can lead to a lemming effect both upward and downward, and it does make it easier to spread info and opinions on pricing both upward and downward on sites like this. We all can be market makers now. Information disparities are decreased and buyers now have plenty of cautionary info available to them. It should make the market more rational as time goes by but challenges remain. Just a thought.
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    When I was a young collector I rooted for comic prices to increase, despite that it meant books I did not own would become unaffordable, because I saw that as a vindication that the activity was legit. Price increases became a source of pride. And, I think the fact that attitude was widespread drove up prices. We see it in the celebrations of world record prices today. Now I see bubblled prices as a source of concern that the market has some bad bubbles. Ironically, I am ok seeing some of those bubbles popping (certain hot 70s books, ducks etc.) even though I own the books because I now view that as vindication the market is not entirely founded on delusion or illegal/unethical motivations like some other markets (crypto coins and NFTs, etc,) I guess I have just matured.
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    How about: Both!
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    There is no logic there at all. Scarcity and rarity don't equal value. $20M? MPFW will never be worth more than an Action 1. You seem to enjoy huffing and puffing. Subby (like Aquaman) is a bit player compared to Wolverine's present popularity. Its all about supply and demand. Demand is very high for Wolverine in extremely high grades. CGC has made the spread between the highest copy and those below much much wider for comics which are not at all scarce or rare.. Having said that, I think the top MPFW would bring a strong price well above $100K.
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    Artificial scarcity. MANY copies of that book are being hoarded by a prominent collector. If all those copies came to market, that book would not trade for as much as it is. And that's an increasing risk for the buyer since you never know what the hoarder is going to let loose the dogs.
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    Strongly recommend Optium Museum Acrylic. Use it for all my framing, as do most museums. Optium Museum Acrylic® - Tru Vue, Inc (tru-vue.com)
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    Another museum exhibit poster:
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    Here's another sort of comic museum / exhibit poster. Trippy - my sister got it for me when she was studying abroad in 1983:
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    Now you guys got me going through my tubes and boxes to refresh me on what I've got. I'd forgotten about these posters - from a great museum exhibit on the art of the superhero held at the U of Oregon: Anyone else got comic related museum posters to share?
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    Love this topic. My favorite posters are still rolled up (going to framer soon). Both are replacements of versions that I previously had on the wall (unfortunately on a backing board and stretchers) that didn't survive the moves since I got them back in the 80s. They are two of the greatest posters of the 1980s:
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    Never seen those. Artist and country? Fanzine?
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    Nice BG no. 2. I only have the postcard sized version.
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    I had to go to a dinner party and missed out on the two items I wanted to bid on (via my phone) when I got distracted by having too much fun. The one I regret is the highest graded Stalmannen 23. I've got a few already (because they just seem so wrong) but that one was a beauty: My most recent copy looks similar on the front cover (which is all that matters on this thing) but has some flaws elsewhere:
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    We need our Australian experts to weigh in, but my understanding is that some Australian comics are printed in the UK because I've also seen them called "UK" comics.
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    I'm really loving the search for cool foreign editions. For me, its all about finding cool covers not seen in the U.S. Some are drawn by foreign artists. Others are by notable US artists - usually internal repurposed panels (not redrawn) into covers like these: I've already got fantastic covers by Barks (one of my favorite DD stories) and Foster that never appeared in the U.S. Cool stuff!
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    The acting Andor is by far, BY FAR, the best on tv right now. Andy Serkis gave a masterclass in Ep. 10. He got a special BAFTA and he won a daytime Emmy. This was an epic regular Emmy worthy performance. The most innovative acting career ever, and Ep. 10 may be his best performance! Genevieve O'Reilly gives a masterclass in every single episode! How have I never heard of her before? She is FIRMLY in the tradition of great British actresses - and she too deserves an Emmy. Stellan Skarsgard is doing his best work - channeling his inner Alec Guiness (from the Smiley years and Kwai) - no longer comedic relief but a heavyweight. Adria Arjona was fantastic in Good Omens (must see if you haven't!) and is even sexier and more accomplished in this. Denise Gough has got us rooting for the Empire, and every tremble of her lips and frowny face is, again, acting on a higher plane than ever seen in a Star Wars or comic property. Kyle Soller and Kathryn Hunter have taken familial tension to a depth - portrayed entirely on the surface and in subtle movements - that is itself a work of art. Diego Luna is inhabiting a role that I can only describe as a 21st Century version of Patrick McGoohan in the Prisoner meets Brazil? I dunno, this is crazy stuff and his role keeps evolving. THE BEST FICTION ON TV! STAR WARS FOR GROWN-UPS! The only thing that gives me comparable enjoyment, for entirely different reasons, is Welcome to Wrexham. Amazing. No praise is too much for this cast.
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    For rock, I'm not aware of "ages" just decades which is what makes the most sense for me and comics.
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    Agreed. The story is about so much more than them. I enjoy their bits - more so as the series progresses especially for Ryan Reynolds as you see him become a more and more engaged fan - but the show really is less about them then so many other things.
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    The power of TV, Wrexham's last game on ESPN+ got over 1M viewers (for a very minor league game) and then there's this:
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    Good article on intervals between seasons for those interested or concerned: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/house-of-the-dragon-rings-of-power-andor-season-2-return-date-1235250335/amp/ The lede: House of the Dragon,’ ‘Rings of Power,’ ‘Andor’ Fans Face Long Waits for Season 2 Epic TV means an increasingly epic wait for new seasons, as two-year hold times — perhaps, even three — become the norm for lavish productions. (And you can sort of blame 'Game of Thrones' for this.)
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    Season 2 is announced but the statements put out also suggest it probably will not come out until 2024. "I have two more years to go," Gilroy told The Wrap, confirming that season two will start filming in less than two months. "We start shooting in November on Part 2. And I don't know if... Our past pattern was two years, but I mean, I'll be on... We'll shoot from November to August. And then our post[-production] last time was about a year."
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    I would take that bet especially since the head of HBO suggested it could take longer than that and RoP has a substantial head start on both shooting and it’s special effects build out. But who cares? I would also bet fans will wait and be excited when the shows come out. I wonder how long Andor will take given it uses real sets and is getting an even later start. No handwringing necessary though.