Bronty

One eyed willie? Uh, I hope that's a pirate reference.

As you're implying the people who think its wrong would suddenly think its right if it was from Chuck... heck they'd probably crow about just desserts. Which proves how arbitrary and meaningless any attempt at constructing fairness in this situation is. There is no fairness; there is offer and acceptance. If I pay 10k for something worth 20k, if I owe the guy 10k then he should pay me back 5k if it dips 5k, no? Its all fantasy land BS. Bought, sold, finished.

The difference between our opinions is that you’re presumably batting this sort of thing at this scale around as a mental exercise and I’ve lived it and know others that have. You’d think the sellers would be grateful, but that’s not what happens typically. Nobody wants to know they’ve made a mistake of that magnitude and if you throw them 5k it’s a bandaid on a gunshot wound: it’s not helping.

That’s not how these things work. Let’s say you give the seller extra money. How does that go down? The seller takes the money and is happy for a minute. And then they learn, or already know that it’s worth say 50k+. In fact since a few people have told them aggressive estimates and since the ears only hear the high numbers , they think it’s 100k++. Is the 5 or 10 or 25k you give them going to make them happy? Or is it going to prove they made perhaps the biggest pricing blunder of their lives? What are they going to fixate on? The money they received? Or the value you kept? The fact that you were kind or the idea that you ripped them off? This is a small version of the Chuck / Mile High situation. There is no walking out of this with the seller thinking you’re a wonderful guy virtually no matter what you. For those reasons the less the seller knows the better.

Kirby PHM article: https://images.app.goo.gl/wHu7rteFDv1TntuP6

You might say a “monster reserve.” I like it too but I don’t think it will sell given the 1994 dateline

Exactly right. He was asking 800, you pay 800, and walk. You offer 50k and you’re not getting the art

fake, fake, fake and fake.

Interesting. thx. Yeah with it being all black I'm sure it presents much better than it would as green or red line. I'm jealous, what a buy!

Any chance there's a pic of the cover? I've always wondered how the ST figure was done there... green ink, red ink, something. Because I don't think its black line. It's probably a bit homely in person but with what a valuable cover it is I'm sure the owner likes it juuust fine.

are you joking me? Holy shhhheet

I didn't mind it as a buy if he had the cash to turn around and buy the november copy too. Signal lots of strength on the book. But by offering it up right away, he's signalled weakness. That's just the way it is.

Oh boy Well that’s an epic fail. All he had to do was hang one for a while IMO. Now he’s put the stench of weakness on it. it amounts to some very expensive thrill bidding

Yeah I figured it wasn’t a huge deal to you either way but I was curious . Xmen 1 for a million dollars? How do I say this politely? Got it: To each his own.

How did you like the result being the owner of the cover?

Boy did they ever kill that cover with the text box placement. Ruined a lovely drawing

I think you have to assume worst case. I haven’t seen it.

It’s got to be in that range. I’d say 5-10k

epic

That’s finished unpublished art not a prelim... point of order! (And how cool is that piece, never gets old!)

I saw that earlier. Great great page

He’s no Sal Buscema! Say what you want about baby oil and wooden poses (and it’s all true) but the guy can paint. Not my favorite artist but capable and when people think that 3rd rate marvel bullpen artists like Joe Schmucklack are better because Joe Schmucklack had a two year run on their 14th favorite character , my eyes roll.

In fairness that was a pretty good price back then and I’m sure you could have bought hulk 181s by the truckload for a couple dollars each if that

batman being the same size as the ace of spades is plagiarism anyways The Ace of Spades is right below Batman's crotch, and right where robin is looking

Took you 10 years, but you ground me down on that point, I concede!