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Eh...not so sure about that. But it is a nice effort by Jim inking and it would look great on my wall.

Why would you waste good duct tape on...(shudders)...”him”...I swear the committee’s work will never be done at this rate.

They look like gods atop Mt. Olympus watching over the world. Its heroic, it’s iconic, and it’s done at the artistic peak during a memorable run of one of the premier books of all time. When you buy something like this, you are buying a perfect moment in comics history. I would be shocked if this wasn’t at least 300k.

Main run, decent condition page. Doesn’t have to be one or the bigs like Jones, Kieth, etc. Just want a page. Looking in 4-5 figure range. PM if selling.

Here’s what the room looked like after the folks left. Was a very open setup, I appreciated that.

I tried that and I got a message saying it wasn’t working. This is the email I used johnbeattyart@gmail.com

So that’s a no I take it?

I thought 100k seemed right. Being a cover helps, some technical flaws hurt, but overall 100k still feels like a high but reasonable price for an interior splash of this caliber.

Ah, that would do it.

100k?

They look like book or magazine illustrations but I can’t find them. It’s the same guy, sorta spy like with a weird effect on his eye. Anyone seen these images before?

Really?

MTG is still very strong. I go into shops and it’s always a major part of their floor sales. I’ve bought and sold it for years. It’s sad but I used to be a player and collector or Decipher games specifically Star Wars. I also did black border Star Trek. I wish I had put that money all into magic.

I figured blowout cards or Dave and Adams.

A few of the underbids were: John Byrne Foom Hulk 300 page DCCP 5 by Anderson Texeria Hulk Probably not the smartest to admit what you were gunning for and missed but eh you can’t always be mysterious about bids.

In Serbian “MANNUP” roughly translates to foolishly chase overbidders* *probably

Bad run for me, underbidder on 10 lots and blown out of water on 5.

:removes ARTSOC hat: nothing was going on with that page. I almost bid but it just was not doing it for me. 3600 was on name recognition of BWS conan alone. :places ARTSOC mantle of authority on skull: ”As it should. For never can a word of praise be directed at the brother of John and may never such a bid be placed as to question ‘the averages” place in the heavens. Such is the way we keep order as the gate keepers of what’s good and right in comic art! SO LET IT BE SPOKEN...”

Well I mean there are models of customized bmws you can get for half a million right? Not saying it’s a up there with those Italian supercars but that’s still “elite” for a new car on some level. But I wasn’t saying BMW is elite just that for the cost of a top of the line model I can get an “elite” 1% piece of art. What I was going for anyway description wise.

It’s funny I had the biggest single auction of my life a few months ago. I actually can for once afford something actually elite...but the thought of spending a high end bmw value on a page still terrifies me if I’m keeping it. I don’t know what that says about me. Maybe I’m stuck in a middle class mindset. Maybe I just remember these pages being the same as the cost of a good lunch and I can’t wrap my mind around it...maybe I’m just a cheap &$:@ and won’t ever have anything new that good unless I find it in the wild for 1990 prices lol. I always marvel at peoples abilities to drop 6 figures on items. Takes stones.

Another quality artist who never gets the respect due.

Well I took one of my rare forays into five figure world and I just got bumped off three days out. Don’t think I want to fight it out either.

Agreed

I felt the same way when selfish people broke up the Water Lillies series by Monet.

Sinnott always felt overpowering to me as an inker. When pen hit paper with him, it becomes “Sinnott with” art.