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On 5/17/2022 at 12:40 PM, GreatEscape said:

Apparently, ComicConnect has pulled the Comics Interview #31 Frank Miller Dark Knight cover (planned for Auction #50) likely as a result of the DKR1 consignment....consignor has one of two thoughts:

(A)  Yikes, no way I'm competing with that!  Two DKR covers is too many for June.

or

(B)  Wait for Heritage's record-breaking sale...then ride the wave in September.

They pulled the Ronin cover as well.

On 5/17/2022 at 11:02 AM, lightninglad said:

So I’ve fairly ignorant when it comes to original art…..

Is there much early Dikto Amazing Spider-Man OA in existence? For example I always think about those Sinister Six splashes from the first Amazing Spider-Man annual. Do they exist? Is their ownership known?

There is a lot out there in existence. Including this:

https://www.tcj.com/a-holy-grail-in-the-library-of-congress-visiting-steve-ditkos-amazing-fantasy-15-original-artwork/

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016687393/

On 5/17/2022 at 9:04 AM, MOStateSuperman said:

My items from the March auction are still MIA.

Can you elaborate? 

Ummmmm...... did they forget to list something?

Wow! Has anyone been to this one?

https://billsienkiewiczart.com/blogs/articles/bill-sienkiewicz-pop-culture-revolution-exhibit-premiere

On 4/16/2022 at 7:02 PM, stinkininkin said:

Of course, I've never even contemplated buying a McFarlane in my life, so what do I know?

I would love to hear more about this.

You always stuck mainly to vintage art?
You already had pieces of his you got from work collaboration(s)?
Competitive rivalry?
Hate his anatomy?
Hate his accent?

I just imagined that for at least a short while, the Image founders were like football teammates...high-fiving, hanging out together, partying and jamming, trading and drawing in each others' sketchbooks, drink and draws, etc...
 

On 4/20/2022 at 2:35 PM, Flex Mentallo said:

Great book, but..... isn't this series from the mid-80s?

On 4/17/2022 at 11:32 AM, comix4fun said:

I have no problem with people using $300k, $500k, $750k, or whatever as their guess. 

But none of us should really be using $657k, given all the extraordinarily specific and subjective reasons behind that sale and that number, as a sales comp for the greater McFarlane market....both then and now. 

To analogize to the real estate market. If a company needs to buy a specific parcel of land, for very subjective reasons, and in a specific location and pays double, triple, quadruple what any other comparable parcel has sold for in that geographic area or in that near term, it is considered an outlier to be distinguished and not relied upon as true FMV when valuing other parcels that do not have those subjective and individual reasons that lead to the outsized and incongruous final cost on the outlier sale. 

When there are specific and known reasons for a sale that seems bananas high to the outside world it makes sense to note them and leave that sale to the side as a comparable. 

Still, this cover can and likely will sell for gigantic money. What happened with the ASM 328 being an interesting anecdote in art sales history but clearly not a logical comp. to anything that came before that sale or since. 

So are you guessing over or under 657? 

On 4/16/2022 at 9:14 AM, stinkininkin said:

That said, he WAS capable of doing very solid professional work, which makes it sad that the majority of his career would be spent being nothing more than a publisher friendly hack.

Ouch!
Yes, there are some really great Thor pages Vince inked... Unfortunately were are only 3-4 of these per issue.

On 4/16/2022 at 7:44 AM, Bronty said:

I’ll take the over on that

I'm with you. Definitely taking the over on 300k.

I'd personally put the over/under at 657k, the figure from 2012. I kinda suspect it will go over, but who knows.

You used to be able to somewhat accurately guess a range, +/- 15%. Not so much these days.

Nobody asked, but here are my opinions:

• ASM > SM in terms of being remembered fondly, however artistically, the SM16 > ASM 328. The SM16 is fantastic.

• 10 years ago is forever, however the 328 auction was seen as an huge outlier. Many suspected shenanigans in one form or another contributed to that result. (Punishment bids? Buying it hold over someone's head? Who knows...)

• As things are prone to go in this hobby, many McFarlane collectors see what is happening with Jim Lee and Erik Larsen auctions and behind the scenes have been commenting that by comparison, McFarlane art (historically much more expensive than Larsen/Lee) now seems extremely undervalued.

X-Men 271 would have challenged the Secret Wars 8 result if only lazy Orzechowski had bothered to put a 'snikt' on the page.

Those Jim Lee Bikini Rogue Savage Land issues were my favorite of his run.

Wish I could say that DPS was shipping to my house, but...

Hey! My order arrived yesterday. I'd paid for it Feb. 2. Gave them a little nudge 10 days ago and voila! it's mine.... only took 5 weeks.

FWIW, I had zero excitement when I saw the package waiting. It's now possibly/likely an item I will re-sell this year. Is that part of their master plan?

On 2/12/2022 at 10:01 AM, Twanj said:

My last page from HA about 3 months took a month to reach me after the auction. Consensus on a FB post seemed to be that it was taking a month for most people.

I ended up calling towards the end & that got things moving.

I'd see what their email to you estimated. And maybe call 2.5-3 weeks after the auction.

What's the number you used? (NOT asking for a friend)

Anyone know how much the Byrne Cap was?

And chalk up a "fail" for me for not mentioning that in my 20 yrs going to Comic-Con, I've probably talked to Art a dozen times, and every other time he was nothing but a gentleman. And that one instance it wasn't even him I was dealing with, it was his at-the-time rep who was there with him.

On 2/3/2022 at 1:25 PM, Bird said:

well, it is what it is. it is so much nicer when they surprise you with being awesome, innit? Nowlan, Kaluta, Perez, PCR, Cheung, Simonson, Julie Schwartz, Cockrum, so many more all awesome.

Totally agree.... but it's my "fail" stories that get all the clicks!  

On 2/3/2022 at 9:34 AM, Bird said:

now I am annoyed

I have 2 guys who promised it would get done and since it is no money down I was fine with waiting...Art Adams and JHW3. (I am leaving off Travis Charest because that is 20 years now and I get no reply if I message Morger.)

 

How's this one for you? Back when he had his (old?) rep handling them, I signed up for one at Comic-Con in San Diego. I was told not to expect anything for a few months. A few months for an Art Adams piece? No problemo!

So I waited 6 months and then ping'd his rep. Just a little reminder. He told me he had not gotten around to it. No worries.

I waited three months later and asked a second time. Still no luck. Was told HE would contact ME when the commission was done.

Three months later was Comic-Con again. I rolled up to his booth first thing on preview night and there were already people of course gathered around. Lo and behold I see my commission sitting on the table... with a price tag on it! And the price was double what I'd been quoted when I asked for it!!

"Hey John.... Isn't that my commission I signed up for on last year's list?" Both John and Art kinda mumbled and looked down at the ground in unison, unable to make eye contact.

John did sell me the piece at the previously quoted price. He of course sold out all his stuff by Thursday. Mine would have been gone if I hadn't showed up there on Preview Night. I could just see myself inquiring 3 more months later. "Nope, sorry, Art still hasn't gotten around to it"

Epilog: I never could look at it without getting a little cranky. Sold it a few months later. 

Was he (Snake Eyes) popular at the time issue#1 came out?

I watched that episode of "Toys that Made Us" and one of the most interesting parts was when they talked about how they just threw him in last minute because having a figure that required little/no painting would allow them bandwidth to do better paint jobs on the rest of the action figure line. The last thing they expected was for him to become their most popular character.