Lee B.

To help this thread get back to sharing examples of art offered for sale or sold at one price and then soon offered for sale again by someone else at a higher price, I wanted to point to a Wrightson Swamp Thing example from 1990. $550 in February 1990: http://www.comicartads.com/content/swamp-thing-4-page-13-0 $650 in December 1990: http://www.comicartads.com/content/swamp-thing-4-page-13

I volunteer to be Mitch's co-author/ghostwriter. After all, I did publish a short interview with him on my website: http://comicartads.com/content/mitch-itkowitz-interview It's good to see that there could be an audience for such a book. Cheers, Lee

The only Ditko ASM ad I have in my collection from the 1980s is this ad from 1987, so perhaps this art was not universally over $1,000 in the 1980s:

Fun stuff! And if you go here: http://www.comicartads.com/ and type "1998" into the "Search Terms" box, you can get over 300 ads like this from 1998. What really gets me are the $150 John Byrne pages from Iron Fist and MTU offered by Tom Horvitz that year. Cheers, Lee

Sold on eBay December 21, 2019 for $51.00: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Superboy-47-backup-story-page-7-Original-art-Bender-Hunt-/274143358125?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=93oHvwdrF%2FONBiVFkKJw1eH9SDQ%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 Now available on eBay for a minimum bid of $149.99: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bender-NEW-ADVENTURES-OF-SUPERBOY-47-pg-7-EARLY-DIAL-H-FOR-HERO-sweet-ACTION/372894590985?hash=item56d23fe809:g:XzcAAOSwvMBeCBoP Sold on eBay December 21, 2019 for $36.00: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Superboy-47-backup-story-page-6-Original-art-Bender-Hunt-/274143352965?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=93oHvwdrF%2FONBiVFkKJw1eH9SDQ%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 Now available on eBay for a minimum bid of $169.99 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bender-NEW-ADVENTURES-OF-SUPERBOY-47-pg-6-EARLY-DIAL-H-FOR-HERO-sweet-ACTION/223821254274?hash=item341cc94e82:g:vi8AAOSw08deCB1- The new seller neglected to include condition wording for both pages from the original auctions: "Slight yellowing around edges. Brown stain lower left corner. From Dave Hunt's estate, was a smoker and had cats, has an odor of both." Perhaps the new seller sent the pages to Robert Dennis or Gordon Christman for some restoration work before listing them.

You do remember correctly Mark! That cover appeared in a 1990 Graphic Collectibles catalog. You can see that very ad, along with 22 other ads for John Buscema Fantastic Four original comic art, on my ComicArtAds website. Cheers, Lee

Hi all! Please don't forget that my eBay auction for amazing Graphic Collectibles original art catalogs ends tonight. I think these are amazing resources for any serious comic art collector. Best regards, Lee

Thanks for fielding the question Mitch! And just to clarify, the 1994 Wrightson catalog that is part of my auction does show several unpublished penciled and partially inked Frankenstein drawings, but definitely not the cover in question. Cheers, Lee

Hi all! I order to raise some funds to keep buying old original art catalogs, I have put a lot of 12 Graphic Collectibles original comic art catalogs up for auction on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Graphic-Collectibles-comic-art-catalogs-lot-of-12-1984-2000-Kirby-Romita-Colan/114000229101?hash=item1a8af172ed:g:Qs0AAOSwSw5d5x0i Opening bid is $9.99 with no reserve. The catalogs range from 1984 to 2000 and include lots of nice images of art and fascinating prices. These catalogs are my very favorite to scan for my ComicArtAds website (www.comicartads.com) and are a lot of fun to check out. Thanks, Lee ps. If anyone has any old Christie's catalogs that feature original comic art items, please let me know, especially if you would be willing to donate them for my ComicArtAds scanning project. Thanks!

Hi all! If you strike out on Heritage this weekend, please think about picking up a bargain lot of three Keith Giffen pages from a fairly obscure 1980s Marvel Epic series: https://www.ebay.com/itm/VIDEO-JACK-original-comic-art-3-pages-Keith-GIFFEN-1988-NR-nice/113974570728?hash=item1a8969eee8:g:y1gAAOSwndFd0g0I Cheers, Lee

Here's a page from the catalog where Mitch advertised GL 76, page 4. You can find links to other pages in the catalog here and see contemporary Kirby art prices: http://comicartads.com/content/page-2-1 Although the Kirby listings are limited, mostly Jimmy Olsen and second run Cap pages. The Byrne/Marcos Avengers $25 pages and Byrne/Hunt MTU $25 pages are nice though. I would have taken 10 of those over an Adams GL page.

Hello! I have two pages of art from Scooby Doo #32 (2000) ending tomorrow night on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/SCOOBY-DOO-2-pages-original-comic-art-Dave-HUNT-NR-Velma-Daphne-MUMMY-nice/113818213421?hash=item1a80181c2d:g:Q70AAOSwNkxdK-mL This auction consists of Dave Hunt's inks on vellum, along with copies of Joe Staton's pencils for the pages. Thanks for looking! Best, Lee

Hi all! I have an eBay auction ending this Sunday for three pages from Teen Titans Sell-Out #1 (1992). You can see the auction here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/TEEN-TITANS-SELL-OUT-original-comic-art-3-pages-John-COSTANZA-Dave-HUNT-1981-NR/113810584272?hash=item1a7fa3b2d0:g:XKYAAOSwX6JdIqDf Thanks! Cheers, Lee

I agree with Daren, my gut says Hall, not Pollard.

Just a reminder that these eBay auctions end in less than 24 hours. Some nice potential bargains here.... Thanks, Lee

Hi all! I listed some more original art on eBay last night, including 2 Scooby Doo pages by Joe Staton, 2 Superboy pages by Kurt Schaffenberger, and an Action Comics pages by Schaffenberger. You can see them all here: https://www.ebay.com/sch/leebenaka/m.html?item=113786425344&hash=item1a7e331000%3Ag%3A~goAAOSwbiNdBvXA&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562 Thanks, Lee

Just a reminder, these pages are currently very cheap and end in less than 24 hours! Thanks, Lee

Hi all! I found some time to write up some new auction predictions for this week's Heritage auction. Lots of interesting art this week, including Zeck Spider-Man, Starlin Dr. Strange, and an Estrada Wonder Woman splash. You can read it all here: http://www.comicartads.com/content/heritage-weekly-auction-ending-61619 Thanks, Lee

Hi all! I have another round of eBay auctions, including a good-looking Jose Delbo Wonder Woman page and an unusual Teen Titans page drawn in a "Tiny Tunes" style. You can see the auctions here: https://www.ebay.com/sch/leebenaka/m.html?item=113777672485&hash=item1a7dad8125%3Ag%3AKYAAAOSwEzNc~cdX&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562 Thanks, Lee

Good evening! Just wanted to remind folks that these auctions end 24 hours from now. Lots of good deals to be had! Thanks, Lee

Good morning! Last night I listed four lots of original art on eBay, including Video Jack pirate battle pages by Alan Weiss, Charlton romance art, Tiny Tune Adventures pages, and Kurt Schaffenberger Superboy pages. You can see the auctions here: https://www.ebay.com/sch/leebenaka/m.html?item=113770220134&hash=item1a7d3bca66%3Ag%3A7nkAAOSwPaNc9IVb&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562 Best regards, Lee

That was from Mitch's catalog--good eye! I kind of assume that most of what Mitch had in his catalog sold, although once in a while some of the same pieces would show up in subsequent catalogs at lower prices (what a concept!). I don't know enough about Mitch's pricing approach and whether he was dealing with consignments much in 1994 as opposed to art directly from artists. I do assume that Mitch likely offered his opinion on pricing where necessary. One can really go down a rabbit hole thinking about how things were priced in 1994, but what really kills me is the prices for my favorite artists like Byrne, Colan, and Perez at the time.

The price for what appears to be a fairly similar quality piece of Mignola Hellboy art had doubled by 1999.

Back in 1989 or so, you could have gotten a nice little stack of McSpidey splashes for $1K. This list comes from The Spider's Web, which apparently was Todd McFarlane and his brother-in-law's store. McSpidey covers at this time were priced at between $750 and $1,000, apparently. Cheers, Lee

Mark, I think that is one of the few old catalogs I don't have. But if anyone happens to be going to the East Coast Comic Con today, please stop by my booth (#745) because I brought a lot of great old catalogs to be browsed. Best, Lee