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You’re hired, and we’ll expect this now after every claim show. 

Or you can do a voiceover recap of the actual show, MST3 style. That would actually make DM palatable. 

10 minutes ago, NicoV said:

https://comicarttracker.com/faq-en/comicarttracker/how-can-i-see-past-sale-prices

Of course it won't work if the art is directly listed "sold" / "on hold", or if its status changes before ComicArtTracker indexes it.

Gotcha. Yeah the piece I was searching for might have been listed directly as hold/sold, so probably why I couldn’t find it. Thx

1 hour ago, NicoV said:

Google ComicArtTracker is your best friend!  $25,000

How do you see prices on stuff that’s sold? Tried on something last month and couldn’t figure it out

59 minutes ago, exitmusicblue said:

Again, it's still progress.  We should applaud and encourage further such normal behavior.

1 hour ago, Lago32 said:

The issue with this and the other OA claim shows is that 95% of the material that is offered by the various dealers (across all price points) is C or B-level "inventory" art. 

I think it’s generous to call what was shown today B or C level. 
B/C doesn’t bother me, because a lot of what I collect, I doubt a lot of people would consider A. I just don’t understand the idea of starting the show with Bechara walking the floor, showing all those covers and big ticket items… then offering what was offered. You’d think they’d want to hype at least some of the great art you’re supposedly missing out on at the LA art show. 

1 hour ago, vodou said:

Sure! And let's get scans of originals in here too, if people want to share  

Cover count?

1 hour ago, grapeape said:

I hadn’t planned on going. But to see this live and in person.... grape ape might have to put on a fresh pair o fruit of the looms and make the drive.

I’ll watch if it’s gonna be streamed, but there’s very little that makes me want to go to LA. This is definitely not one of them. 

On 6/23/2021 at 5:37 PM, Matches_Malone said:

The Bros' are going to be on the next DM show.  It will be interesting. 

I thought you were joking. How would one of these shows even work with Los Bros pricing!? It would not surprise me if it ended up having more views than any previous claim show, simply from people watching the spectacle. 

1 hour ago, AnkurJ said:

 

Liefeld X-men cover. 

Probably didn’t help you that he pumped out a lot of covers this year for Deadpool 30, and that a lot of them are still for sale with his rep. 

2 hours ago, Grant Turner said:

I’m not looking for some big insider secret here, but I am curious…

im interested in two things in an upcoming auction.  One ends Thursday and one ends Saturday.  I would want the Saturday page more, but I would certainly want the Thursday page if the Saturday one didn’t pan out.

How would you plan your bidding for that?

I ultimately decided to put my best and final on the Saturday page and if it’s met by Thursday then I’ll move on the other page, and if it’s not met, I’ll let it ride and just say goodbye to the Thursday option.

but in the future, what should I do? How would you handle it?

In those situations, I just figure I can’t have everything. So if I wanted Saturday more, I’d just focus on that. If I didn’t get it,  more money saved for the next piece down the road. 

1 minute ago, artdealer said:

Just watched 5 minutes of the recent show. 
Its like watching mushrooms grow....
Slow and boring, no excitement, no personality. 

Not going to disagree. But I will acknowledge what I thought were improvements over the last show.

-The timer was appreciated. I don’t want to spend all Sunday afternoon on the computer. Helped the rounds move a bit quicker. 

-Glens prices were not astronomical like last time. And I didn’t get deja vu like I normally do from the stuff he lists. 

I think there’s a happy medium to be had between boring and frenetic.  At times on last weeks DD, it was like Bill was trying to herd cats. 

I don’t think it was hard to improve on the debut episode, but at least it’s moving in the right direction. 

18 minutes ago, Unstoppablejayd said:

Small win.. the Havok and Wolverine Meltdown page.. but I wanted a page from that for a while so pretty happy.. blown out of the water on everything else I bid on.

That was one of the better buys in my tracked lots, IMO. Congrats. 

32 minutes ago, jjonahjameson11 said:

I say this tongue-in-cheek...it's not them, its us.  OA collectors are slow on the uptick (with a few exceptions) and we have ourselves to blame.

Comic guys are after 1st appearances and keys, and they pounce as soon as there's even a rumor about a character being optioned for a TV show or movie. 

How do OA collectors react?  Well, they react very, very slowly by comparison and perhaps in a year or two the OA guys will start to collectively move on the characters' 1st appearance or OA containing subsequent appearances by that character.

I don't want to generalize, but this seems to be the well-established pattern of OA collectors over the 20 years I've collected OA.

I would argue that’s more of an effect of inventory over desire. In comics, it’s not too hard to find a first appearance book. For OA, I’m sure they’re plenty of people looking for those first appearance pages. It probably takes a year or two for something to surface, if you’re that lucky even. 

Uncanny X-men 270 pg 13. Sold on Clink 3/2 for 4150

https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fbids.asp&id=1456493

Now available for 8000

https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1722830

I guess we’re back on blonde, bare-chested badass guys

1 hour ago, stinkininkin said:

Sorry for the tangent, but does anyone know if all the Brunner Dr Strange covers and pages auctioned over the last 3 or 4 years happened to come from Brunner himself? Not sure if this type of information will be confirmed on a public forum like this, but the steady stream of Brunner art has me wondering if this is one of those rare examples of the artist keeping his art and cashing in years later and enjoying "retirement benefits", or if this was a collector who cornered the Brunner market back in the day when things were cheap?

I’d be curious too. There seems to be a solid mix lately of collectors selling focused collections, and artists cashing out. 

2 hours ago, Sean- said:

  My only purchase was a page from Beasts of Burden, thought it was reasonably priced and I am a big fan of the series.  Happy to have it as my first piece of original art. 

I’m not familiar with that book, but now I want to be. Lol

9 minutes ago, biglouv said:

Sold on Ebay for $785 on April 11th:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Marvel-Uncanny-Avengers-1-Signed-Stan-Lee-Sketched-by-Frank-Miller-CGC-9-8-SS-/124663066319?hash=item1d067f6ecf%3Ag%3AVLYAAOSwtzle37L6&nma=true&si=wnYid1ebapKEFSkMXDmNOQP8Z3o%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

Relisted 4 days later on Ebay for $2700:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/STAN-LEE-signed-FRANK-MILLER-ORIGINAL-CGC-9-8-Sketch-AGE-OF-ULTRON-AVENGERS-SS/274760180216?hash=item3ff8fba1f8:g:LKoAAOSwkZVgeFWk

 

If you have the opportunity to get a Frank Miller sketch, why Ultron? 

Maybe it was just the stuff I was tracking, but didn’t seem like there was a lot of last minute activity tonight. 

14 minutes ago, Timely said:

Show this to Marvel so they can make it into a wraparound variant cover for some new book! $$$

Byrne might have something to say about that...