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New Article - 31/1/20 Original Art Aficionado returns, with an illuminating interview of the legendary Whilce Portacio! https://comicbookinvest.com/2020/01/31/whilce-portacio/

New Article - 31/1/20 Original Art Aficionado returns, with an illuminating interview of the legendary Whilce Portacio! https://comicbookinvest.com/2020/01/31/whilce-portacio/

More pieces emerging from this trove: https://www.ebay.com/itm/153803824228?_trksid=p2471758.m4704&fireglass_rsn=true Spectacular results so far.

'90s variants were largely limited to foil/non-foil (or similar gimmick) covers with identical art. Multiple variant covers with unique art, for example Gen13, were the exception rather than the norm. Value that variant cover the same way you would a splash/pin-up by that artist.

Covers with multiple variants shouldn't be valued the same way as standalone covers. Valuation-wise, I view these as more akin to pin-ups or splashes. Sellers are exploiting the traditional cover price multiple of 8x-10x a panel page, but buyers have to draw the line and not be sheep. The supply side of the equation has changed, and prices must reflect that! In many instances nowadays, comics have almost as many covers as interior pages

I tried to enter a bid quite a bit higher than $8k, but it didn't go through for some reason

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Agreed, it was a valuable resource when writing my column.

It looks like Peter edited his IG post. It originally named and thanked a known member of our community for helping to obtain the piece.

Yup agreed! The other major cosmic beings such as Eternity and the Living Tribunal will likely feature too. The Celestials are already confirmed. Are you referring to Lovitz? He has many pages, but few Thanos or what I'd consider A-level pieces.

The eBay auction winner is a close friend, and he's as real as it gets in our market. The second he showed me the seller's eBay messages refusing to honour his winning bid, I told him she probably got a higher private offer off eBay. Despicable behaviour on the seller's part.

Just sold for $9.6k on HA; new auction record for a non-Thanos panel page.

Keep on landing big fish at sane prices

Ah too bad, that Infinity Crusade page was my favourite buy by far!

Yeah Preacher OA's definitely dropped off; not sure about SoK pages though. Moore and Adlard large-art WD OA still seem to be doing okay. WD OA's pretty well dispersed at this point, especially after CC's auctions of James' collection. There remains large concentrations of Sandman and Preacher OA in relatively few hands.

That's my view too, with some examples here: https://comicbookinvest.com/2017/12/15/market-report-december-2017-comicconnect-auction/ https://comicbookinvest.com/2018/04/06/market-report-march-2018-hakes-comicconnect-auctions/

As to Millennials' tastes driving the art market going forward, here's what I wrote 3 years ago: I believe the value of Lee UXM/XM OA (and OA from other popular early-‘90s runs) will appreciate in the coming decades. Present day 30-something year old collectors who were in their formative childhood/adolescent years when they read these comic books in the early-‘90s, are now hitting their prime income-earning years. As nostalgia for childhood pursuits kicks in and their spending power grows, this group of collectors will spend increasing amounts on OA (and other collectibles) from the 1990’s. This demographic also represents the last time that there was a critical mass of young comic book readers. From the late-‘90s onwards, youths tended to favour electronic forms of entertainment, and comic books increasingly targeted adolescents and adults. [https://comicbookinvest.com/2017/01/13/artist-spotlight-jim-lee/] And the meteoric price jumps that late-'80s/early-'90s OA has since undergone bears this out

I ran some numbers on Bagley here: https://comicbookinvest.com/2017/02/10/artist-spotlight-mark-bagley/ Penciled ASM from '91-'96, and a record 111 consecutive issues of USM.

Yup, the Art Basel/UBS report supports your claim:

No kidding! I was probably more surprised by HA's ASM #308 page selling for $18k a week prior.

Have you tried the Make Offer function for this page? https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/erik-larsen-and-mike-machlan-amazing-spider-man-333-page-4-original-art-marvel-1990-/a/121734-13107.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515 Around $6k would be a fair price for it.

Pulling numbers out of the air, any of the above pages would have a $40k+ buy-in.

Not into Buscema or Romita, so nothing to add. I love Lockjaw! Something off about his lips and teeth on that cover. He needs to look more lovable/dopey, even when beating on powerhouses like the Thing or Surfer.

Yes it does, agreed as much in a chat before auction ended. Surprised it didn't trip opening bid.