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Lago32

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  1. Why are dealers allowed to post inventory pieces that have in some cases been sitting on their website for years? I had thought there was a rule stating all dealer offerings had to be fresh material? If so, it obviously is not being enforced. Kudos to Albert for bringing out some fresh material at least.
  2. It is invariably going to happen given what I said re more collectors and less art, its simple economics. Throw in the nostalgia/go-nuts factor and it turns it up to 11. I am just saying that that mentality and the current hobby economics have lead to the prices we see today, which many collectors consistently gripe about (ie. I am getting priced out of the hobby, etc.). Do whatever you want, I am just saying what it leads and has lead to.
  3. That's fine and I have done it too on a couple of "gotta have it" pieces. But when we do that, in other words when we let nostalgia take control and "go nuts" as you put it, often it leads to bidding to irrational unprecedented levels. And again, that is fine except it invariably leads, and has lead to, exponential price jumps in OA as opportunistic dealers and collectors that hold that type of art will see these "go nuts" results as bar-setting. This results in that OA being that much higher for the rest of us which then triggers countless threads here complaining re rising prices. Again, I have done it but I am very aware of what I contributing to when I do it so I try to be selective where/when I do it. Unfortunately for the hobby, it is happening more and more nowadays as there are more collectors chasing less art = major FOMO = more people "going nuts"
  4. And people wonder how/why prices escalate in this hobby the way they do lol.
  5. Seller took a 30% loss on the Byrne Avengers 191 page vs April 2022. And that is with the black backing board removed as well.
  6. Honestly, I would be hard-pressed to find examples of artists where I don't prefer their pencil art to their inked art. In my opinion, it is a purer form of the medium. In particular, as Scott mentioned a few years back, Neal Adams' pencil work was/is sublime...and was pretty much right up until he passed. The best example is the tight finished pencils he provided for the Green Arrow back-up story in GL87. I used to own a few originals from that story and it is some of the best OA I have ever seen. Another pencils-only favourite is Byrne, just look at the great con pieces he did between 78-82, and then of course his shot-from-pencils work in Cap255 is stunning.
  7. I had the HP Officejet Pro 7740 for about 5 years and after about 3-4 years it started wearing out so I took the opportunity to buy the EPSON Workforce WF-7840 a year or so ago, and frankly I like it much better. The scanning/printing is more accurate on the EPSON but the big differentiator for me is the fact you can print on 13x19 paper on the EPSON. I do not frame any of my originals but rather I make high-res color scans of the art and then print it on either 11x17 or 13x19 high-quality heavier card-stock-ish paper and then frame that. You would never know the difference and no fading and no theft with the actual art locked away.
  8. I hear you and he sounds like a fun dude. My point remains that lots of dealers/collectors nowadays offer high-end art at what can be called ambitious prices, and without additional context how is one to discern what is serious and what isn't....fun dude or otherwise.
  9. All good, but just curious how it's funny to you that some folks took Dinesh seriously given many don't know him at all or well, and there was no additional context other than the price itself. I mean, are we not supposed to take certain dealers seriously when they post high-end art at 2-3x comps/perceived FMV?
  10. It's the constant "pushing" of prices that irks me. Always been there, always will be I suppose.
  11. 10-20 years ago, it was a mix for me. Nowadays, it is almost strictly at auction for a few reasons. First, with prices escalating as they have been, I find trying to work private deals with collectors to be frustrating and often fruitless as many are indecisive and greedy as everyone is scared of leaving money on the table. Likely as a result of this first reason, Second is that most good art now seems to be going to auction vs dealers as anything can seem to happen in a live bidding environment. Third, after 20+ years in this hobby, my tolerance of the shenanigans and brutal customer service from many of the dealers is basically nil at this point. And finally Fourth, I just don’t have the energy or interest any more in tracking down art outside of what is offered at auctions, for a bunch of reasons including some that I just mentioned…different phase of collecting now for me I suppose.
  12. The two Secret Wars 8 Spidey pages now at $210k next bid with 19 days left in the auction...looks like the offer of $250k may have been a little...low.
  13. I totally get the one-of-a-kind rationale, it is just mind-boggling to me that it happens.
  14. Reading this thread just reminded me how much slack we readily give dealers in this hobby when it comes to customer service. Imagine telling someone to not worry about getting a response back from Best Buy or Walmart or Amazon or your electrician or your plumber or your doctor...because August isn't a good month for them....and then being ok with it. Crazy...