Cyclops

In.

Got a couple MMCs through today

 

Beautiful comics.

 

Love the background of this pic. There's a table of comics, a solid briefcase and what looks like a hired goon.

 

That's how Stan rolls.

 

Or someone from NYComics in the background at their private signing

 

That was a fun night!

(thumbs u

Thanks. It's one of a kind.

^ Great cover!

 

I picked up my first Red Sonja book on the weekend. #1 of course.

 

 

I am definitely a Red Sonja fan, now.

 

Welcome to the insanity

 

 

It won't get crazy until he buys the 9.8 #'s 2-6 on eBay (they've been sitting there for quite a while, and need a good home), and goes insane trying to finish the set. When you start mumbling about how you just need a #11in front of strangers you'll know you're there.

I have little doubt that it will cross $1,000,000. If the cover to Spidey #328 can sell for $600K+

 

you can't use the outlier of all outliers as a benchmark, sir. No way does it reach 1m.

 

Sure you can. In fact, you almost have to.

 

Once *something* breaks a psychological barrier, it then becomes easier for something else to beat it. It took decades for coins to break $1M. The first one came tantalizingly close in 1989, at $990,000. It took 7 more years, 1996, for it to finally happen.

 

Since then, in 18 short years, more than 200 different coins have sold for $1M+, some as much as $10,000,000 (1794 Dollar.)

 

The sale itself was a huge outlier...granted...but the public then forgets that it was a bidding war, and only remembers the price. And then it becomes "well, if such and such sold for $600K, it's not out of the question that this far more important piece would sell for so much more.

 

It's bound to happen. When Warhols and Pollocks sell for $100M+, 1/100th of that for pop culture icons doesn't seem so out of the question.

 

I mean, if Jasper Johns works...and he's still alive...can sell for around $100M, it is hardly inconceivable that the most important piece of original art from the last 40 years can break $1M.

 

It's the original art showing the first appearance of what has become arguably the 4th most popular superhero of all time.

 

The only thing I could see being more valuable (as it relates to Wolvie) would be the cover to 181.

 

The best Warhols and Pollocks should be worth more than 100x the best Herb Trimpe.

 

Jasper Johns may be alive, but he ain't making any more $100 million pieces - that price level is reserved for his most important older works.

 

This is not the most important piece of OA from the last 40 years. The Hulk #181 cover probably exists and the GSXM #1 cover definitely exists. I'm sure others would rate various covers (e.g., DKR #1, etc.) above this panel page as well.

 

The public story behind the ASM #328 cover was all kabuki theater. If you knew the real story behind it, you'd readily acknowledge that extenuating circumstances trump any psychological price barrier that was broken. OA guys know this was a total outlier event and treat it as such.

 

I'm not saying that it's impossible for this piece to surpass $1 million, but it's a very small probability (like a 50-1 shot at best). No one who knows the OA market can state with any authority that there is "little doubt" it will hit that level, while "transitive property" arguments (e.g., "The ASM #328 cover sold for $657K, this page is better, so it must be worth a million!") are often flawed and empirically wrong because of shakiness in one or more parts of the syllogism - it would be utterly naive to base an argument around one grounded in a total outlier.

I'd love to hear that story. Is it ever getting out?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice

Beautiful stuff! Love that ASM #78.

Love the background of this pic. There's a table of comics, a solid briefcase and what looks like a hired goon.

That's how Stan rolls.

Finally!

 

Saga Deluxe Edition Volume 1 HC Hardcover – December 2, 2014

 

At long last, a deluxe hardcover of the Hugo Award-winning SAGA is finally on its way! Collecting the first 18 issues of the smash-hit series, this massive edition features a striking new cover, as well as special extras, including never-before-seen sketches, -script pages, and a roundtable discussion with the creators about how Saga is really made. Altogether, this hardcover contains over 500 pages for less than fifty bucks! Written by Eisner Award-winning "Best Writer" Brian K. Vaughan (Y: The Last Man, The Private Eye) and drawn by Harvey Award-winning "Best Artist" Fiona Staples (Mystery Society, North 40) Saga is the story of Hazel, a child born to star-crossed parents from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war. Now, Hazel's fugitive family must risk everything to find a peaceful future in a harsh universe that values destruction over creation. Fantasy and science fiction are wed like never before in a sexy, subversive drama for adults that Entertainment Weekly called, "The kind of comic you get when truly talented superstar creators are given the freedom to produce their dream book." Collects the first three trade paperbacks of Saga (issues #1-24).

 

haha, looks like they still have some things to work out

 

http://www.amazon.com/Saga-Deluxe-Edition-Volume-HC/dp/1632150786/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1398011140&sr=8-3&keywords=saga+deluxe+hardcover

 

 

Can't wait!

Also got the Romita Artist Edition volume 1. Here's some pics.

Thrilled to have picked up a nice copy of DC Super-stars #17 on the weekend. I absolutely adore this book.

^ Great cover!

I picked up my first Red Sonja book on the weekend. #1 of course.

I am definitely a Red Sonja fan, now.

I can help out with your ASM #1 fund if you'd like to sell me that Hulk #180

 

I'm actually looking to get more Hulk 180s. I don't think there's enough love for the first appearance of Wolverine.

I can help out with your ASM #1 fund if you'd like to sell me that Hulk #180

Magneto featurette. I'm liking the cinematography so far.

No cyclops?

Putting my username and obvious bias aside, it's a travesty that Cyclops isn't in these films. Having him cut out of the X-Men movieverse is a huge loss imo.

Although First Class did, and DOFP probably will, "work" without him, it just sucks.

DC Comics Presents #26 - $73 w/ 14 Bids

http://www.ebay.com/itm/351041442512?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

 

$239 final bid!

That's two now!

That was sweet. Loved the leap from Canary!

That was awesome. Really looking forward to this.

Thor 229 has the same ad. Any other books?

 

Just checked most of the other Nov 1974 marvels I have ( about half of them ), not in any of those. Most of the books I dont have are the horror, and reprint books like marvel tales, greatest heroes etc.

 

 

 

Anyone else?

Marvel Premiere #19 has it, too.

Thor 229 has the same ad. Any other books?

Why is DD #115 getting all the love if Thor 229 has the same ad? Did Thor 229 come out a week after Hulk 181 and DD came out a week before or something?

I love sealed pre-packs.

That was a good piece of fortune that THAT issue was one of the outer comics.