Lee B.

Here's another....  I wonder whether it will hit five figures.

Erik Larsen Amazing Spider-Man 327, page 19

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/erik-larsen-and-al-gordon-the-amazing-spider-man-327-story-page-19-original-art-marvel-19/p/7236-155005.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

http://www.comicartads.com/content/amazing-spider-man-327-page-25

1 hour ago, vodou said:

Actually, I'll just do it

From January 1993:

Conclusion: So many GREAT options for LESS and a JB Subby for SAME. Keown Shulkie...too much

Nice work Vodou!  Just to clarify, the December 1992 ad was from TriState (Hans K.), not Horvitz.  In the very same ad, you also had these covers, one of which (at least) was similarly aggressively priced:

http://www.comicartads.com/content/ghost-rider-9-cover

http://www.comicartads.com/content/what-if-24-cover

And here's a few more covers offered in December 1992 from other sellers (mostly Ike Wilson):

http://www.comicartads.com/content/classic-x-men-27-cover

http://www.comicartads.com/content/captain-america-108-cover

http://www.comicartads.com/content/amazing-adventures-6-cover

http://www.comicartads.com/content/nick-fury-agent-shield-3-cover

Another other bargains or bad investments?  Kirby v. Kaluta?  Cheers, Lee

9 hours ago, drdonaldblake1 said:

http://www.comicartads.com/content/strange-tales-89-cover

 

$6075 in 1994!

 

great to know it exists

 

what would it fetch today at auction?

 

i hope this hasnt been posted before, the comicartads site is really cool- you can see what OA exists...................if only i had been buying it in the 90's!!!

Thanks for the kind words Dr. Donald!  It is likely that this Strange Tales #89 cover was one of the recreations offered in the June 1994 Sotheby's auction.  These recreations have been a source of controversy.  To get one take on the recreations, you could read this (offered without comment on my part): https://ohdannyboy.blogspot.com/2011/10/original-art-stories-mystery-of-jack.html

Other pieces of art from the June 1994 Sotheby's auction, including pages from a lot of all 20 of the Conan #1 interior pages (which sold for $11,500 at Sotheby's) appeared for sale by Lewis McDermott in Comic Buyer's Guide in the 12/23/94 issue:

http://www.comicartads.com/content/conan-1-page-2

http://www.comicartads.com/content/conan-1-page-3

So maybe Lewis McDermott was one of the earlier "Flip-of-the-Day" honorees.  I don't know much about Lewis, but his son Mark has posted on the boards in past years, also on the topic of Barry Smith Conan original art.  It must run in the family.

And speaking of www.comicartads.com and covers, I just did a count, and I have now posted about 950 old ads for cover art to my website, with more to come.  Enjoy!  Cheers, Lee

My name is Lee, and I'm a flipper. 

I bought this Jungle Action page from Billy Graham's family, via Jason Schachter (the Marvel UK credits Jason Schachter) for $800 in April 2018, and sold it to Rich Donnelly for $850 in April 2019.  That's how I roll, and I make no apologies. 

But really, I'm just posting to celebrate the "flip thread" topping 100K views.  It seems to be a thread people love to hate, or a guilty pleasure, but I think it provides at least a limited service to inexperienced collectors who may be confronted with silly asking prices from time to time. 

Thanks to Steve K. for (im)moral support, and to all the posters.  And look out Commission Collecting thread, we're coming for you!

Thanks a lot David!  Best, Lee

Hi all!  I have some items in this week's Heritage auction, and the auction proceeds will go comics artist Jim Craig, as well as the families of Dave Hunt and Billy Graham.  You can see the auctions here, and you can see some consignment scans below:

https://comics.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=52+793+794+791+1893+792+2088+4294945569+4294967013&type=friend-consignorlive-notice

Cheers, Lee

Thanks so much adamstrange!  I really appreciate the help here.  Best, Lee

Hi all!  I'm still trying to find images of original comic art offered for sale decades ago for my ComicArtAds site.  I have turned my attention to the Sotheby's auctions of the 1990s.  It is fun to post the realized auction prices on the site as well when I post the art images.  However, I don't have the results for the June 1996 auction.  If any of you do and can take some quick photos and send them to me, I would greatly appreciate it.  Thanks, Lee

Please check out ComicArtAds Original Art Sales this weekend at Comic Art Live 2020 for a great variety of affordable original art, with prices ranging from $225 to $1,400.  Artists inlcude Gene Colan, Jim Craig, Jose Delbo, Keith Giffen, Billy Graham, Russ Heath, Jim Mooney, Tom Morgan, Alex Saviuk, and John Severin.  See below for a teaser image, and thanks to Bill Cox and everyone else who helped inspire what is sure to be a fun event!  Best regards, Lee

2 hours ago, Drewsky said:

Thanks for sharing Drewsky!  The Dr. Strange doesn't offend me too much because the eBay "flip" auction started at a lower price and theoretically could have ended at a price lower than $325.  The Web of Spider-Man page, however...well, good luck with that.  

On 4/30/2020 at 8:54 PM, Spider-Variant said:

With just my second issue (#154) of Amazing Spider-Man, I started noticing the little background verbiage that the artist were putting in the panels.  For example, in ASM 154, Dave Hunt put Backgrounds by Hunt on the election poster on the splash page.  I started studying these and noticed quite a few.  Some started repeating.  Like the name Benjamin.  And the “XX”. 

Dave Hunt was the background inker for Spider-Man from Issue 127 through 170.  He carefully started inserting little Easter Eggs into the pages he helped ink.  I assume the “Background by Hunt” was borrowed from Tony Mortellaro, who did it earlier in Amazing Spider-Man.  What is new was Dave’s shout out to his son, Benjamin.  According to Lee Benaka’s and Dave Hunt's book “Dave Hunt: An Artist’s Life”, Benjamin was living far away with his mother at the time, so Dave worked in little Comic Games (this is what Dave called them) for his young son.  One of these Comic Games was inspired by Four Color Comics 199 (1948) and was the “XX” as shown in the panel I posted.

I found 18 examples of the “XX” in Dave’s run.  For your enjoyment, here they are.

I will leave the other Easter Eggs Dave left in Amazing Spider-Man for you perusing pleasure.  PM if you want a copy of my list.  I highlight one below as well.

I met Dave at the 2006 NY Comic Con.  He was working on Scooby Doo at the time.  I only talked to him a few minutes, but I so wished that I had talked to him much longer.  Lee Benaka’s book with Dave covers Dave's time at Marvel, with some good stories of his interactions with other bullpen members.  I think  I purchased the book though to learn more about the hidden Easter Eggs.  Sure enough, I learned about the “XX”.  Good Stuff for a lifelong Spider-Man fan.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for alerting me to this fun thread, and for a tough trivia challenge!  It has been nice exchanging messages with you.  I'm glad you enjoyed Dave Hunt's autobiography, which is entitled "Dave Hunt: An Artist's Life."  

It was a real treat to get to know Dave while we put the book together.  Dave had so many fun stories about his career, especially his time working a daily job for several years in the "Marvel Bullpen," side-by-side with Mike Esposito and Frank Giacoia, sharing inking work back-and-forth.  If anyone would like to buy a signed copy of this heavily-illustrated, full-color, 130-page book, it costs $20.  You can message me through this board for payment information.  It would make for some nice COVID-19 shut-in reading.

One of the many great things about Dave is that he kept a lot of stuff, including vintage 1970s Xeroxes of Ross Andru Amazing Spider-Man pencils as Ross sent his pages in to Marvel.  I am posting a few images below, and if there is interest, I can post more.  Ross Andru will always be "my" Spidey artist as one of the very first comics that I ever owned was ASM #140.  Take care all!  Best, Lee Benaka

Another ouch from today's auction.  Amazing Adventures #2 splash ($33.6K ----> $22.8K):

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/jack-kirby-and-chic-stone-amazing-adventures-2-splash-page-1-inhumans-original-art-marvel-1970-/a/7212-91044.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/jack-kirby-and-chic-stone-amazing-adventures-2-splash-page-1-inhumans-original-art-marvel-1970-/a/7229-94070.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

42 minutes ago, alxjhnsn said:

I can recommend the book it was quite interesting. 

Thanks Alex!!

35 minutes ago, Spider-Variant said:

Do you have a list of ASM issues Dave worked on?  I know you worked on the book, so if you would prefer not to give out that info, I totally understand. 

I can probably dig up a spreadsheet that I put together when I was working on the book with Dave.  Dave was very meticulous about recording all of his freelance jobs as they occurred, down to the individual pages.  He recorded all of the information on a bundle of index cards that he kept his entire life.  It was an amazing resource for the book.  Here's an example of some of the cards, listing several uncredited inking jobs he did for Joe Sinnott on Fantastic Four, among other things.  This is all presented in a much easier-to-read fashion in the book.  (And I am happy to sell a signed (by me) copy to anyone who needs some good quarantine reading!)  Best, Lee

Can we see the front too?

10 hours ago, mtlevy1 said:

So far we have a rare early concept sketch for Tony Starks' dad   - awaiting Mr. Hunt's response!

Based on the records I have reviewed, Dave Hunt did not provide uncredited background inks for ASM #171.  He apparently stopped doing that with ASM #170.  Dave might have still been in the Marvel Bullpen on a daily basis, working alongside Mike Esposito.  Here's a self-portrait that Dave drew for DC after he started working there in the late 1970s/early 1980s.  The sketch on the back of the ASM #171 page looks a bit old and haggard to be Dave, but who knows?  Best, Lee

I need to check the index in Dave Hunt's autobiography to be sure, but Dave may have provided uncredited background inks for this page and drew that as a warm-up on the back.  It kind of looks like Dave.  I'll check later tonight and let you know.  Best, Lee

You can see my offerings at this URL: 

http://cafurl.com?i=24444

I'm also including a couple of images.  Most of my art is priced at $300 or less.  (I would make a terrible dealer!) 

5 minutes ago, batman_fan said:

This one is pretty spectacular.  Question is whether it has a reserve.

Do you think it will go for 100x its 1984 price?  200x?

http://www.comicartads.com/content/amazing-spider-man-41-page-1

1 hour ago, NC101 said:

My bad, then

A for effort!  Please try again if you get the chance.

57 minutes ago, glendgold said:

This is aspirational, or aggressive, or something:

Sells for $2640 in a Feb 14th ebay auction: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sal-Buscema-Joe-Sinnott-Original-Art-The-Hulk-Wolverine-Capt-Marvel-Iron-Man-/254494832247?nma=true&si=SdO%2BevSJNJcYgh%2FbM45ehaAmZQY%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

And now it's up for auction at a different place, with a minimum bid of $8000:  https://natedsanders.com/LotDetail.aspx?inventoryid=57493

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great contribution Glen, that's what we need here!  And that flip is not A-OK (get it, anyone) with me.  

14 hours ago, Noob19 said:

Fun read. What year is that from? 1987?

Yes, 1987. I meant to add that. I’m glad folks have enjoyed the article!