On 8/5/2021 at 8:02 AM, Rick2you2 said:

I saw this on Comic Art Tracker, and I was wondering what it was. Just reprints of his strips with new word balloons, or something more interesting?

 

At direct sale

SNOOPY - TIRA COMICA PEANUTS - FELICITACIÓN DE NAVIDAD - NAVIDAD 1969.

If by "more interesting" you mean a horrible drawing that Schulz never touched, then yeah it's that. 

Here's one the Rude pieces in my collection. I've owned it for about 20 years. Love his work!

2 hours ago, Rick2you2 said:

I’m “kicking the tires” on 2 minor pieces, and I’m curious what others might think. Neither piece is a “must have”, and neither one is expensive in hard dollars.

1. The pencil page for an inked, published page I own, which is overpriced by a few hundred bucks.

2. The published, inked page of one I own that was by a different inker (over the same e-pencils) and not published. I already have examples of the published inker’s work in my collection, but it would be cool to have both.

I could also walk away from both of them and spend the money elsewhere, or buy both and blow my future spending habits for a while. For this exercise, let’s skip those alternatives. What would you do? 

That's an easy one for me - skip them both. Something else will turn up. 

-- Mark

Unless that's one of the worst copy/scans I've ever seen, there's no way that's the original cover.

24 minutes ago, sfilosa said:

There is no doubt that a lot of sales are really like kind exchanges (and that's what we will tell the IRS ). But I'm not sure it would make sense to go through Heritage as they are going to get a cut. Could show up more when CAF reports a "dealer sale" (at list price), but states it could have been sold for less or part trade.

 

The fees associated with Heritage are just looked at as advertising costs. If you have enough art of a similar kind , or are trying to establish new highs in the market, Heritage fees can be a small price to pay. It's a fairly widespread practice unfortunately - at least from a legitimate buyer's/collectors perspective. It's been going on for years and has graduated from being accomplished by word of mouth, to the more effective (and expensive) use of auction results data. In a lot of instances it's not that hard to spot. 

Another call looking to buy (or possibly trade for) DC/Marvel/Archie/Harvey Comics Hostess ad art. Highest prices paid. 

-- Mark

All 3 are extremely nice examples. So I'm not really knocking any of them. But of those three I'd go with the first (pin-up). It presents well, and has some nice DD images on it. No action as you said, but it's not an action styled, story piece. The splash is nice, but the angle that DD is depicted at isn't as interesting to me - though it is very "Colan-esque". The DD #27 page is a great action page.And I love spider-Man. But for me, I'd want to have at least 1 panel featuring DD on a Colan DD page. That's the character he's most identified with........As I said though, they're all nice and arguments can be made for each one. Congrats on owning the #27 page!

7 hours ago, Michael Browning said:

Sorry, but I have NEVER read that on his forums nor have I seen that in his interviews. Can you show some screenshots of said comments or provide a link?

I'd love to, and would. But when you don't follow the prevailing consensus of thought on that forum board, the moderators choose to no longer allow the ability to post or search past topics. I'll leave it at that. But if you're that interested it's there. Look back a few years. The subject dealt with the proposal of laws requiring payment to artists for future sales of art sold and a moral obligation for sellers of art bought prior to the law. 

3 hours ago, Michael Browning said:

I’ve never seen where Byrne has EVER said anything of this sort. Are you sure you’re not thinking of Barry Windsor Smith?

Byrne's made that stand numerous times on his Forum over the years - though admittedly I don't read his forum anymore based on what it turned into and the role the moderators play in it. But I doubt he's changed his mind. He didn't go as far as BWS by requiring a signed contract dealing with resale of his art. But he was a proponent of all future sellers of his (and others) art giving a percentage back to the original artist - which I have a real problem with if implemented after the artist has already sold the piece.

Funny to hear Byrne take this stand when it's directly in conflict with his belief that a seller of his art has a moral obligation to send him a percentage of the profits from the sale. 

Great to hear that Mitch!

For those thinking about consigning to Mitch, I can offer him the absolute highest possible recommendation. 

....I'll be in touch Mitch.

-- Mark T

Going back aways (to the early 90's), Mitch I. had it for sale in one of his Graphic Collectibles catalogs. $150 if I remember correctly.

-- Mark T

55 minutes ago, Bronty said:

do you guys think this is legit

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/charles-schulz-snoopy-from-peanuts-specialty-illustration-original-art-1974-/p/7212-59001.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515

If it's a fake it's one of the best I've seen. I'm confident that it's legit. 

I don't think this has any effect at all. It's still all done by the artist's hand on the paper - just with a different colored pencil essentially. Now when a machine is involved, and lines are copied mechanically on a page without the artist touching the art, that's an entirely different matter. Those pages aren't something I personally want.

Based on owning and following Aparo art for 25 years, and knowing of recent sales. It's on the high end of Aparo covers from that period, but with good reason.

It would likely sell in the mid $20K range. 

Here are my votes from my favorite category:

COVERS

1. Detective Comics #62 - Collection of Jim Halperin. Amazing piece, and wonderful to know pieces like this still exist. Appreciate you sharing it Jim

https://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9831

2. Spider-Man #2 - Collection of Stanton Singh. A personal favorite featuring my favorite Spider-man villain The Lizard. Congrats again Stan!

https://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=10066

3. Kid Colt Outlaw #53 - Collection of Comicart B. Sad that there's not more art from Maneely. It would have been great to see his take on Marvel's classic characters. 

https://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9808

4. Amazing Spider-man 70. Collection of Bill J. Classic Spider-man cover and one of my favorites by Romita.

https://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9712

5. Captain America #321 - Collection of Dan Pottick. One of Zeck's best Cap covers.

https://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9996

Mark T.

Almost universally it will have less value than a published work. Built into a proportion of the pricing is the nostalgic factor, which is not there on unpublished stories.

That Atom cover's amazing! Someone should jump all over this one. Mitch always finds the best stuff.

The Sal Buscema page is exponentially better - both artistically and in it's storytelling.

If you really want to be sure you're buying a legitimate Schulz Peanuts piece, I'd stick to buying one of his published strips. They're a lot more expensive than illustrations or sketches, but I've seen even the biggest auction houses offer sketches (supposedly by Schulz) that I know were not legitimate. Published Peanuts illustrations used for books or ads (like the Butternut Bread drawings) are also a good alternative at lower prices than strips. 

Heritage usually has a nice selection of strips in each of their auctions. Prices can vary greatly based on the gag quality, era, and most importantly the characters featured. You can find 90's-00's era daily strips featuring lesser characters like Rerun or Peppermint Patty as low as $8-10K. When you get into the prime era of the strip (mid to late 50's) featuring Charlie Brown and Snoopy, you'll generally be over $20K for daily strips. But they can go much higher depending on the individual strip. 

I've consigned art with Mitch for previous San Diego cons, and was VERY happy with how everything went. He got great results and was extremely professional. HIGHEST possible recommendation!

-- Mark T  

There was nothing key about this particular issue. "Older" complete stories have been moving at higher prices recently. But the $20K price on this issue was surprising.

--Mark 

The Miller DD cover had been offered around over the years. People have had their chance to own it. Had it been newer to the market, or had Janson inked it, it would have sold for at least 25% higher IMO.

Someone got a nice deal on the Kirby Thor cover. I'd attribute some of the lower than expected price to Romita's corrections to Thor's face. Bidders want their Kirby to look like Kirby. Without that I for one would have bid higher on it. 

- Mark T