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Hekla

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    Heritage June Auction

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    On 6/17/2022 at 4:51 AM, delekkerste said:

     

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    FWIW, some of my comic book friends tell me there has been more than the usual amount of softness in the market recently - not just at HA yesterday, but, also in other (very) recent sales. Exceptions obviously apply, of course.

    I'm a 'sell my comic collection to buy OA' guy and the last 2-3 weeks of ebay sales have been disappointing; around 2/3 of what I had expected based on completed sales the few months prior.

    A prime example of how crazy this hobby has become

    in Original Comic Art

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    On 4/29/2022 at 9:26 AM, jjonahjameson11 said:

    So, those two ASM Ann 16 pages were my consignments in the Nov 2020 HA auction. 

    I was anticipating Monica's appearance in the Captain Marvel movie would have increased the value of the pages, and it did...I was just a bit ahead of the curve regarding timing.

    1st appearance mania has definitely ramped up OA prices.

    What Has Happened to this Hobby?

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    On 4/14/2022 at 6:50 AM, batman_fan said:

    There was a dealer in Mesa, AZ.  I will name names, Tom Kelb.  When I first started going to his store he would be sitting behind the counter on two stacked milk crates.  I would walk around looking at all the stuff he had behind the counter and eventually ask to look at something closer.  He would give you that look and actually say “how serious are you about buying that because I don't feel like getting up if you are just looking”.  We always referred to his store as “the grouchy old man shop”.  I actually have no idea what his store was actually called.  Good times, good times

    Cave Man Comics. His other saying was 'how serious are you, I don't run a museum'.

    Heritage April Auction

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    On 4/11/2022 at 11:20 AM, TheLurker said:

    Hey all,

    Guilty. I won this one. I had about 7 items that I was active on during Thurs thru Sunday and got blown out of the water on all by a good amount. Some interior pages that went for 5k in the Nov HA signature were re-posted, going for more than 2.5x this auction -- just five months later. Other pages that I had pegged for 10 to 15k (even in the new hyper-OA pricing world) were hitting high-20k.

    So by the time that Nexus page rolled around near the end of the auction, I got out over my skis. Rude sold these off his site for about $2k-3.5k years ago, so when it started at 2k, I thought maybe 5k or 6k max, but no ... guess I gotta chalk it up to blind grief/fury bidding on my part on those last couple of clicks. Didn't want to strike out completely. That said, I really love this page and glad I got it after the buyer's remorse quickly faded. One of the better Nexus pages I've seen.

    BTW Hekla: that page wasn't just a web-comic, rather Rude published an oversized comic newspaper (like Wed comics) as part of his original Kickstarter, later collecting in a softcover trade and oversized hardcover. I'd recommend picking up the newsprint if you've never seen it -- cool project.

    Congrats on the page. I have a Nexus page from the middle of the Volume 2 run and would love to add a better example and this would have fit the bill. As I stated, really nice action pages seem to rarely pop up.

    I remember now that it was a printed run, but I've been reading the web-version; thanks for correcting me.

    Heritage April Auction

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    On 4/11/2022 at 6:40 AM, SuperBird said:

    A 6-year old Nexus page went for $9600. I feel like I'm SOOOooooo out of touch with the market...

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    This was the only piece I was tracking. Great page but a very strong result for a web-based comic. OTOH, nice Nexus pages don't pop up often.

    Heritage April Auction

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    Posted · Edited by Hekla

    On 4/7/2022 at 2:23 PM, Grendel72 said:

    Was the soft price for the x-men 106 cover due to.the extensive toning ? 

    I think, as someone noted, not a memorable issue as being a factor. I've read the early Cockrum/Byrne issues several times and that's one of the few issues I can't recall the contents,even by looking at the cover.

    The Ins and Outs of Auction House Bids (Heritage, Comiclink, Comic Connect, etc.)

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    On 2/2/2022 at 1:10 PM, Bronty said:

    I thought that was only below reserve on reserve lots?

    if you ask around everyone on this board has won items for way less than their max bid.   I won a lot for 10% of what I bid once.

    I won an animation cel for $1 once (years ago, before the current animation cel hype). I placed the bid early and totally forgot about it until the invoice.

     

    re: Heritage, I still bid on Heritage items knowing that there could be house bids, but I generally stick to a FMV number and do not exceed it. As a consequence, I rarely win anymore :p