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maybe the fact its a back cover helped

Corben stuff has seemed strong lately. I love his covers and I'm glad to see his work doing well. I had the same initial reaction to this page, but when I actually zoom in on the HA image, most of the panels really present quite well. If it still isn't to your taste, 1971 undergrounds may not be for you in general? I think its really pretty neat. I wouldn't pay 30k for it, but its neat.

Yes; I'm not quite sure if that's because its not superhero material, or what exactly. BWS wolverine seems to have shot up, so it seems to be more about the property than the artist. TBH in relative terms I think it was expensive 10-15 years ago, and I think its getting cheap now. A decent BWS conan cover going for the same money as What If 11 seems dumb.

here's one going strong in tomorrow's auction: Robert Crumb Vulture Goddess (Vulture Demoness) Sculpture Original Art (1990).... Auction 7342 | Lot: 93147 Current Bid: $150,000

that sounds about right.

There are also multiple printings of Superman 1 and Batman 1, but there isn't a big value differential there.

I'm sure you're right about, but with reset expectations, is 78k roughly the expected number? My initial expectation when I saw the page was 100k. But then I got to thinking that might be too much for the current market. I can't quite decide if that's me Monday Morning Quarterbacking... or just reflecting a reset expectation. Overall the auction seemed like a mixed bag to me. Some results that seemed light and some that didn't.

what if cover for 60k seemed very strong

I thought the Barks painting seemed a bit low at 75k for a beautiful image... no scrooge in this one though. Dr Strange 5 cover at 84k seems really strong to me for that cover. Cockrum xmen 102 splash I guess is about right at 78k? but what a gorgeous page. Fabry Bane 2 cover at 26k seems cheap compared to some of these others but it did only sell for 7k ten years ago. TOS 39 page seemed on the strong end of the range. I would have guessed maybe 250? But I can't fault the buyer at 336, that's an incredible page to own.

I'm going to say its even more

While that’s good advice for some I think there’s more to it for a lot of people. First of all the wheeling and dealing can help people collect more of what they like if they manage it well, but more to the point… for some people, and to varying degrees, the wheeling and dealing itself is what makes them happy as much or more than the items themselves. Different people collect in different ways and there’s no one size fits all answer… not even ‘collect what you like.’ I think collect HOW you like is closer to the heart of the matter.

yep, such a great comic book, congrats

welcome

No idea as to value but almost certainly OA. His estate was recently sold at a small auction house in TN.

That clip is hysterical 😂

well done on both of you. Its both a terrific carving and difficult to identify at the same time. Stripped of colors and black lines and so on, its hard to tell.

I know what's at the bottom of the page you posted! (Land of Illusion I assume. OA below).

the posters are great. I'll contribute with the OA for the poster in #35. Its an old pic but its better than no pic.

that's a lot of information ;)

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It DOES look like it starts with an A. And the first letter of the last name could just as easily be an L or a P as a R. Do we know for a certainty that the name 'tom reilly' was even correct?

The reaction isn't hard for us to parse out. Its large, distracting and in the middle of the page. If it was small and in the margins no one would say boo. It sort of reminds me of how as a hobby, in the early days, we got books signed on the interior, often the page 1 margin, when the signatures were "for us." It was only when signatures evolved into something for resale that people began to have the covers signed.... the grass roots desire to have the book signed tended heavily to have them signed unobtrusively so that the signature wouldn't distract. That same desire is probably what bothers us as a hobby, at least some of us, when it comes to having a big white signature in the middle of what is supposed to be a large black moody space. While it personally wouldn't stop me from buying the page if I was in the market for it, I might bid an increment or two less. Its a bit distracting. Obviously the comparison stops there as no one would have had gaiman sign it that way for resale considerations, but the basic desires at play are the same and as you hint at, Stan Lee's signatures are the best example of how for many people less is more when it comes to signatures. There has to be a natural tipping point as to what people like and don't like in a signature after all. Otherwise, we'd be getting every panel signed in multiple colors of sharpie.

squirting you say! I may have to start reading it

Btw Gene, I feel like I've seen this artist before but I haven't bought any new books in a while? Does he do other work we might have seen?

Nice piece! As a side note, its interesting to see the different thought processes on the more risque work. My approach is the opposite; if an artist is known for really risque material (R-rated because of graphic sex or violence) then that's exactly what I want and I'm not worried about whether or not it can be displayed. If I collected Crumb, I'd want one that exemplifies what he's known for, which probably means somebody's having sex with somebody on the page where I suspect you'd be more comfortable with say an illustration of Mr Natural that you could hang without any hanky panky happening in the illo. I'm not familiar with this artist, but if graphic is what he's known for, its what I lean into. I wonder what other people think on that? I think both perspectives are out there but I wonder where people fall out, on average.