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    Christine Farrell - DC Collector RIP

    in Golden Age Comic Books

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    Earth Prime Comics was the first comic book store I ever went to, back when it was at its original location on Bank Street and you found stores in the Yellow Pages under "Books - Used and Rare" (or something like that). One summer in the early 1990s, I asked Christine for a job. She replied with, "Why should I pay you to do the work my other employees aren't doing?" I wasn't capable of coming back with anything better than, "Because it would get done?", but I sensed a twinkle in her eye and if I was more clever I might have cracked that riddle.

    I didn't know she was a major collector until much, much later. I wish I had spent some time talking about comics with her.

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    Comiclink

    in Original Comic Art

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    A bit of serendipity had two pages from the same issue of Daredevil auctioned within a couple weeks of each other. Since I consigned the one with Comiclink, I was very interested in seeing where the one at Heritage finished.

    • Daredevil #213, page 7, Heritage Weekly Auction ending 3/20/2024: $3,120
    • Daredevil #213, page 8, Comiclink Featured Auction ending 3/6/2024: $5,650

    The two pages seem comparable to me - page 7 is a much better action page, but there's something to be said for the DD/Kingpin interaction on page 8.

    As I was only auctioning the one page, there's no way I would get any sort of favorable terms at Heritage, and I assume it would have been dumped in a weekly auction. To match the net amount I received from Comiclink, it would have had to sell for $7,062.50 at Heritage. No way to know for sure, but I think that's unlikely.

    I'm very happy to have consigned to Comiclink and think they have their place. That said, improvements are always welcome, and you never know when someone is going to sneak up on you (MyComicShop is poised to each their lunch if enough eyeballs shift to their auctions). It's much easier to maintain an audience than to try and win them back after they've left.

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    Congrats

    in Original Comic Art

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    On 1/26/2022 at 8:43 AM, gumbydarnit said:

    What's the logic here, couldn't he take the money from selling art and just buy the crypto himself?

    It's an attempt to tease out more money -- if you check the Etherium exchange rates these pieces are now more expensive than they were when priced with the US dollar.

    I can see the thinking.  There are people who stumbled into some easy money with cryptocurrencies.  If you bought in cheap (say, $100/coin) you can look at that Amazing Spider-Man cover as costing you $3,500.  What a bargain!  It's not that much different from trading a piece to a dealer to facilitate a purchase.  You know it's being undervalued but if you bought in cheap and want the new piece badly enough it's easy to justify in your mind.

    With crypto being so volatile you're trading some risk for a more stable asset. I think it's an interesting gamble.  I'd love to see how things play out if the currency crashes after a customer makes payment but before the art is shipped.  There are some dealers I would trust to send out the art and some I wouldn't.

    Auctions at MyComicShop - Avengers, Daredevil, DP7, Hulk, Superman, Thing, Web of Spider-Man, What If?, Young Liars

    in Original Comic Art Marketplace

    Posted

    Ends tonight:

    Ends Thursday, July 15:

    Thanks again for your interest!

    Auctions at MyComicShop - Avengers, Daredevil, DP7, Hulk, Superman, Thing, Web of Spider-Man, What If?, Young Liars

    in Original Comic Art Marketplace

    Posted

    MyComicShop just started their July Prime auction and I have the following pages available.  Auctions end between July 13th and 15th.

    Thanks for your interest!

    Auctions at MyComicShop - Daredevil, Ex Machina, Fables, Hulk, Spider-Man, Thor, Young Liars

    in Original Comic Art Marketplace

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    Auctions end tonight! Here's the list with current bids:

    Auctions at MyComicShop - Daredevil, Ex Machina, Fables, Hulk, Spider-Man, Thor, Young Liars

    in Original Comic Art Marketplace

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    MyComicShop just started their January Prime auction and I have the following pages available.  All auctions end on Jan 14th.

    Thanks for your interest!

     

    [CLOSED] Auctions at MyComicShop - DP7, Hulk, Ka-Zar, Thing, Spider-Man, What If, X-Factor, Young Liars

    in Original Comic Art Marketplace

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    MyComicShop just started their April Prime auction and I have the following pages available.  All auctions end on May 6th.

    Thanks for your interest!

    Original Art for DP7 (1986) Issue 1, Page 4 by Paul Ryan and Romeo Tanghal      
    Original Art for Incredible Hulk (1962-1999 1st Series) Issue 422, Page 7 by Gary Frank and Cam Smith      
    Original Art for Ka-Zar the Savage (1981) Issue 25, Page 15 by Ron Frenz and Armando Gil      
    Original Art for Thing (1983-1986 1st Series) Issue 9, Page 11 by Ron Wilson and Joe Sinnott      
    Original Art for Web of Spider-Man (1985 1st Series) Issue 3, Page 14 by Greg LaRocque and Jim Mooney      
    Original Art for Web of Spider-Man (1985 1st Series) Issue 8, Page 15 by Geoff Isherwood and Vince Colletta      
    Original Art for What If (1977 1st Series) Issue 45, Page 11 by Ron Wilson and Brian Garvey      
    Original Art for X-Factor (1986 1st Series) Issue 76, Page 3 by Tom Raney and Al Milgrom      
    Original Art for Young Liars (2008) Issue 4, Page 3 by David Lapham

    What TPB should I look at buying for ASM 1-100

    in Comics General

    Posted

    Sorry, my message was a little confusing.  Comixology offers two services -- one is to purchase and download digital comics.  You get to keep these and you can read them even when you're not online.  They are in a restricted format so you are limited to reading them with the Comixology app.

    There is also a service called Comixology Unlimited, which is what I meant when I wrote, "If you join Comixology..."  This allows you to download and read selected comics (they are clearly marked with an "Unlimited" banner) as long as you're a member.  It's $5.99/month and the first month is free.  When your membership ends the CU comics you downloaded disappear but the ones you purchased do not.  Bonus - while you are a member you also get a discount on purchases (15% for Marvel, though I think it differs by publisher).

    ASM 100 and Cosmic art?!

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    On 3/14/2018 at 1:07 AM, romitaman said:

    now...since it seems my opinions always get copied and pasted a lot here... (LOL) , should i even mention about the ASM 61 having about 40-50 things different on the art versus the published cover?

    This ASM #61 cover/OA comparison might be useful if anyone wants to see what Mike is talking about.  Scroll down until you find the slider bar and you can go back and forth between the published cover and the original art.

    Comic book stores in Southern Vermont?

    in Comics General

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    On 2/16/2018 at 6:42 PM, Crimebuster said:

    Are there any comic book stores in southern Vermont? I've been searching online for awhile and am coming up totally blank. Surely the good people of Vermont have somewhere to buy comics at?

    Anyone have any suggestions, or know of a comic book store in southern Vermont?

    When I was in school in the early 90s there was Country Dreamer and West Side Comics in Rutland.  There was also a decent store in Middlebury... Comics Route, I think?  Before that there was Moondance in Brattleboro.  I used to drool over the full page ad they had on the inside front cover of Marvel comics around 1980 or so but I never made it to the shop.  Sadly, all of these closed and nothing has sprung up to replace them. I think comic book collectors in Vermont have always relied heavily on mail order.

    If you're looking for back issues you might pop over to Comic Boom in Keene, NH, about twenty minutes east of Brattleboro.  Otherwise you could come down to western Massachusetts and visit Gary Dolgoff in Easthampton or Superworld Comics in central MA.  You should call first though as neither of them are traditional comic book stores.

    cpannell's feedback thread

    in Kudos Forum

    Posted · Edited by D Parker

    I bought a bunch of Bronze Age books from Chris in July 2014. They arrived quickly and the packaging was second-to-none. Count me as a very happy customer and I wouldn't hesitate to buy from him again!

    Wall-Crawler's Feedback Thread

    in Kudos Forum

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    I purchased a large number of inexpensive books from Tyler. He carefully screened them to make sure they met the minimum condition I was looking for. He also packed them very securely, sent them in a timely manner and even threw in a few freebies.

     

    It was a great transaction and I wouldn't hesitate to buy from him again.

     

    Dan