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On 3/23/2024 at 1:06 AM, action1kid said:
I wouldn’t want to pay the tax on that on NY.
I would imagine that someone who can pay $5m for a book is able to arrange to take delivery in a state (or country) that doesn't have sales tax.
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On 3/22/2024 at 11:01 PM, batman_fan said:
I can only imagine what the bathrooms look like at Metropolis now that Rob is gone
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Stay the course (with the lower seller fee). While people may look at the catalog, ultimately they look at the online listings to bid. Also, I think anyone who is interested in the item from the catalog based on the description "Romita Sr prelim of the DF Spidey/Goblin poster" will realize that the picture of a Superman drawing is an error and check it on the web.
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On 3/22/2024 at 11:41 AM, batman_fan said:On 3/22/2024 at 11:35 AM, buttock said:
I'm going to flip through it tonight, maybe we can talk this weekend about strategizing!
At least the catalog has images, that's a big step forward
At the rate CC are going, their catalogs (and maybe online listings) are going to look like old school mail order catalogs soon.
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On 3/22/2024 at 7:00 AM, buttock said:Good news everyone, I just got my catalog for this auction in the mail today.
Geez, on top of everything else, Rob was also in charge of the mailroom?!
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On 3/21/2024 at 3:50 AM, jjonahjameson11 said:
Brick premium
He must've been one of BWS's big influences.
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On 3/21/2024 at 7:37 AM, Dark Knight said:
Superman #1 CGC 1.0 sold for $90,000. What's kind of interesting is that this book first sold in March of 2022 for $141k. A year later in March 2023, it sold for $101k. And today of course in March sold for less. Maybe in March of 2025, we will see this same copy up for auction in CC again
Seems to be doing a good imitation of a Promise book.
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On 3/20/2024 at 12:58 AM, jjonahjameson11 said:
There will be a format change reducing the number of days of OA auctions for in Signature Auctions, effective with the Apr Signature Auction.
I just look at the counter that says how many days/hours until the item goes live, so the change doesn't really affect me.
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On 3/20/2024 at 11:04 AM, Nexus said:
Just feels like the page will be turning on '80s indie sooner rather than later.
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On 3/20/2024 at 3:53 AM, comix4fun said:
Maybe it's Gaiman burnout...after that Heritage where he regaled viewers with tales of years gone by....and fans were emotionally spent.
Or that there's no Morpheus. Either way.Or maybe it's the venue. I wouldn't be surprised to see a few pages in the current Heritage Signature auction go for more.
The Sandman #1 page in the current Heritage auction, which also doesn't feature Morpheus (not really) and is not as dramatic or key a page as the CC page, is already at $16,800.
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On 3/20/2024 at 1:28 AM, batman_fan said:
I will likely get blasted but the artwork
$17k for that one seems like an insane price.
I loved Grell when I was a kid, but his art hasn't aged well, in my opinion.
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On 3/19/2024 at 8:32 PM, Sean I said:
I spend more time in the Morlock tunnels and don't breath the rarified air of 5 figure pages, but wasn't ~$20,000 for a Sandman Issue 1 page pretty low?
Wow, that is a pretty low price for that page! Maybe one can justify it because Morpheus isn't in the page, but it's a key page.
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On 3/19/2024 at 9:01 AM, batman_fan said:
Strong price but cool page.
Not just a "strong" page, but maybe the best Graham BP page ever.
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On 3/19/2024 at 5:15 AM, october said:
You guys suck at reading.
Honestly, I don't even care as I couldn't be bothered to look up the grader's notes for a book I have no intention of buying, I was just amused by people complaining about a CGC technical problem on the CGC boards and it never occurred to them to just ask someone at CGC to look into it.
If it turns out that everyone was just entering the number in the wrong interface, then I am truly angry about the cumulative 10 minutes of my life that I've wasted.
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On 3/17/2024 at 12:43 AM, Xatari said:On 3/17/2024 at 12:35 AM, tth2 said:
If you're a Sandman OA collector, it's packed (again).
I do wonder if the abundance of Sandman art over the past few years will artificially suppress prices to some extent.
At the moment, it's sure not looking like it! Prices are already strong despite it being still early in internet bidding, and seemed to have taken a jump following the Gaiman auction.
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On 3/17/2024 at 6:08 AM, Crowzilla said:
It's hard for collectors from the last 30 years to imagine a time when the rise in prices of Overstreet were seen as too aggressive. My first copy of the Guide was #10 (had been aware of it earlier, but when the price for a copy was equal to 25-30 new comics, it was easier just to flip through a copy at Waldenbooks all the time), and even then it was hard to find hot books at anywhere near Guide prices.
I do like the article by Bob Pinaha though - supposedly at a time when strip books like Feature 26 and Single Series 20 were just as in demand as Superheroes, he was appalled that evil capitalists would be pointing out that first appearances and pre-code horror would be the investments for the future. Remember, we can easily fight these people (who aren't "true" collectors anyways ) by not buying overpriced comics. Once we do that, all the prices will drop. Let's make an agreement to only sell comics for a max of 1/2 GPA from now on. You go first.
My recollection is that people who already owned a certain book or wanted to sell a book were delighted by rises in the Guide, while those who didn't already own it and wanted to buy one were angered by rises in the Guide.
It seems incredible that such a dichotomy could exist, and yet it's true!
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On 3/17/2024 at 7:46 AM, CGC Mike said:
The Action #1 was reviewed at the later date and bumped up in grade under the same serial number. This was true for the Superman #1 also. We do this with page quality reviews as well.
Thanks Mike, but the question is why does putting in the serial number in CGC's system result in the following?
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On 3/16/2024 at 11:33 PM, buttock said:On 3/15/2024 at 1:58 PM, Xatari said:
For first appearance collectors, there is so much in this one!
I was scrolling through this auction a few days ago, if you're a BA/Copper OA collector it's absolutely packed.
If you're a Sandman OA collector, it's packed (again).
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On 3/16/2024 at 3:50 PM, lou_fine said:On 3/16/2024 at 12:01 PM, szav said:On 3/16/2024 at 11:45 AM, grendelbo said:
Anyone care to guess why the cert # can't be found?
That's odd, but the graders notes are listed on the HA listing for the item, which look accurate as far as what's visible in the scans.
On 3/16/2024 at 12:03 PM, grendelbo said:Yeah, but even HA's link to the notes (which is merely a link to the verification) yields the same non-results.
If I was into conspiracies I'd say....
This rather strange and critical inconsistency in the CGC serial number for the Kansas City copy of Action Comics 1 was already alluded to in a post by our very own master sleuth hiself, i.e. @MasterChief, in the ASM 252 thread earlier last month:
On 2/25/2024 at 2:11 PM, MasterChief said:ExpandKansas City copy of Action Comics #1: Initially authenticated and certified in 2010 as 8.0 with OFF-WHITE Pages. The book is now an 8.5 with OFF-WHITE TO WHITE Pages. It has a new grade date of 11/04/2021 (exact same certification number as the 8.0 copy).
We're literally posting on a CGC message board. Can't someone just ask Mike or someone else at CGC what the story is?
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On 3/14/2024 at 1:31 AM, atomised said:
The only place I am familiar with is UOVO Art, and after touring their facility in San Francisco, I was not impressed.
Why would people store their valuable art in a seismically active place like SF?
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So long as some people continue to consign to Clink for whatever reason (e.g., lower fees), then bidders will have no choice but to continue to monitor auctions there if they're after those pieces.
As we've seen with much smaller comic/OA auction sites like Hake's or Goldin, consignments might never completely dry up, but they might start falling short of the critical mass necessary to be a really attractive auction venue. In the case of Hake's or Goldin, without their sugar daddies making or coercing their buddies to make (relatively) big ticket consignments, maybe their comic/OA auction business really would be dead.
As a longtime player in the comic hobby, Clink will probably always have a presence and can do well within its segment of the market. There's nothing wrong with occupying the lower end segments of an industry so long as you understand that that's your segment and run your business accordingly. Being Motel 8 or Best Western and occupying the lower end of the hospitality market is fine so long as you understand your clientele and set your opex/capex accordingly. It's when you're Motel 8 but think you're Hyatt that you get into trouble. So I would say that Clink's lack of investment in its infrastructure indicates that they understand their segment very well, are happy to operate in it and don't aspire to be something more than they are.