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  1. buttock
    That would be awesome if we could just put a floor on our art and let it be gospel. I was more commenting on what I thought realistic prices would be. What would Albert or Burkey price them at?
  2. buttock
    Wrightson has been escalating, both for OA and comics, with the recent boom in horror interest. I thought the plates would go for $75K or thereabouts.
  3. buttock
    Every sale is basic supply and demand, but that's a drastic oversimplification of what's gone on in the world over the past 2 years.
  4. buttock
    Nah, there's still dummies like me willing to overpay for stuff. But it's in line with everything SA. Prices went nuts in 2021 through the middle of 2022 and then settled back down to reality. Still above where they started, but definitely down from the highs.
  5. buttock
    Different issues have different desirability and different availability in grade. That's about the pattern you would expect IMO. If you look at the census for 209 $ 210 you'll see a lot in the NM range.
  6. buttock
    6.5s averaged $141K with a high of $180K last year. The 6.5 in this auction didn't break $100k.
  7. buttock
    Thanks a lot. You cost me a good chunk.
  8. buttock
    This is why the market will never crash. Spite.
  9. buttock
    The comics I'm interested in all took big jumps over the past couple of days. The art not so much. I'd appreciate it if people would just stop bidding until the auction is over.
  10. buttock
    Sotheby's had it at 8.5 with no glue. You have to wonder if something changed, or someone is wrong. I have a suspicion that CGC overcalls glue from time to time. BTW, lovely book!
  11. buttock
    Yes. Everyone has their favorites, but in general if you think it's a good cover chances are someone else does also.
  12. buttock
    High demand issue and well within lines of prior sales.
  13. buttock
    The Gerber ratings for these books and this era were not at all accurate. Up until the end of WW2 or so they have some validity, but after that everything was a 5 or 4 indiscriminately.
  14. buttock
    At the table: Sean L, Steve F, Jim P, ?, John V, Gary C, Susan C back row: ?, Jerry W, ?, ? Can anyone fill in the rest?
  15. buttock
    It's not the scanner, it's the inner well. If it's not perfectly flat you get the glare.
  16. buttock
    A couple of things I've learned over the years. 1) never use USPS registered. This happens every time. It should be the easiest to track and document, yet the system is never accurate nor up to date. 2) never ship within 2 weeks before Christmas.
  17. buttock
    I happen to like this issue also. But I'm glad Kubert didn't do more superhero stuff. I don't know that his style would have synced well with Superman or Batman. Heath did the odd hero book (Iron Fist, Punisher, etc.) and it never quite worked. I think Hawkman, who he had drawn back in the late 40s-50s, just worked out right due to the character.
  18. buttock
    Where are all the Cosmic Aeroplane Fox books? There are only 3 in the HA archives. Similarly a very small number of Crippens, Pennsylvania, and Rockfords; all of which should have spanned the time frame for later Fox books.
  19. buttock
    The insidious creep of addiction is rarely seen until it's too late.
  20. buttock
    If it's one of the Heroics, those weren't printed on particularly white paper and the covers were often more of a matte finish. So they don't typify the collection as much as the 50s books.
  21. buttock
    That, but mainly they're so incredibly fresh. The most notable aspect of the pedigree is lost unless you can handle them.
  22. buttock
    And they change every year. Just within the past 5-6 years they pulled the 1031 exchange, and then the ability to deduct expenses -- in addition to now the new $600 threshold.
  23. buttock
    One of a few Russ Heath self-portraits he did over the years. He said he wasn't comfortable drawing faces (moreso early on in his career) so he often used models, including himself. I know of a handful from the 50s, then he stopped with the exception of the story he did for Blazing Combat 4 where he went for hyperrealism.
  24. buttock
    Sinner.
  25. buttock
    Thou shalt not.