John E.

On 11/26/2022 at 7:21 PM, thethedew said:

....aaaaannnnndd, looks like after I've tried your patience with all my fretting and whining, USPS apparently LOCATED THE PARCEL TONIGHT.

Your positive vibes were the difference.

I’m glad USPS found your parcel. I wasn’t keeping up with your thread so I’m late to chime in. 
 

When my packages go in limbo it’s a once-every-two years occurrence. When it does, I file a “search” request online and the package is usually found within 48 hours. The post office will look high and low for it before they pay up in insurance, so the chances of them finding it after they’ve paid a claim is pretty low. When you cash their check you are pretty much agreeing that the item belongs to them, if they wish to have it. That’s all in their fine print when you file a claim. 
 

Unless I’m misreading what you wrote, USPS will only pay you or the shipper, whoever is filing the claim, but not both. And when you file, you are also under oath(?) that you have not received any other insurance money for the item. So you can’t double dip with PayPal or collectibles insurance. Lastly, you need banking proof, like a bank statement or PayPal to prove what you paid, so someone can provide you an invoice saying you paid one bajillion dollars but it doesn’t mean anything to USPS unless you provide proof with a bank statement.  
 

Just thought I’d shed some light for anyone else who may have questions about filing claims. 

On 11/16/2022 at 4:06 AM, RafaVia said:

I used to bid a lot on low end art at Clink untill the summer. I don’t anymore because they doubled overseas shipping from usd100 to usd200. I am not willing to pay that, since I know FedEx costs aprox usd80 from My ComicConnect wins.

I had read on another thread that CLink had jacked up the shipping cost by double on a U.S. buyer/Boardie here, and their art wasn’t even that high of value. He called them and asked them what was up with that and CLink relented and charged them at the regular shipping rate. It may be worth calling them ahead of time to make sure you get charged a fair rate although I know that puts an extra step and burden on your part. 

Then there’s $2,626 for this:

This is my fifth Comic Art Live (out of 6) that I’ve sold in. I didn’t hit my sales goal, but that’s okay. Still what I like about the event is that it prods collectors who usually don’t sell, to sell. And it’s nice seeing a lot fresh-to-market art. I noticed that a lot of sellers who participated in 2020 who brought some great stuff at reasonable prices were absent this time around. Whatever the case may be for that, personally, all my inventory was wiped out by the third show. By the fourth show, I brought out small sketches and all my sales were under $100. This is to say that I didn’t see a lot of vintage art coming out of black holes this time around. A lot of what I saw that was overpriced were commissions and new art bought & overpaid from an art rep. I don’t know…I wish I had the evidence to prove it…but it seems to me a lot of the art offered is art recently acquired, maybe last last 2-3 years, likely bought at close- to full market, and so it’s sold at 100%-150% at current market just to make it worthwhile. Because bottomline is that most of us don’t want to take a bath on it. But no one actually hangs on to their art long enough to let it “naturally” increase in value. 

On 9/23/2022 at 3:13 PM, jjonahjameson11 said:

the Capullo cover was purchased by a collector in Southern Ontario, Canada.  I don’t recall if he paid the full asking price on the cover, but he did bring it to one of the OA get togethers in Toronto

Does he still have it and is he still an active collector? (Not sure how long ago this get-together happened.)

On 9/12/2022 at 8:50 AM, Twanj said:

 

These 5 very light pencils only Wolverine Origin covers by Quesada did well, I thought.

 

Anything about this that I'm missing?

"Commission Information for Jim Lee
Blank cover comic, only bust shot with no background $8,000. And 12k if it a wraparound.  Jim Lee will supply the blank cover comic but you can supply at the show if you like."

What fun to see all those Joe Quesada Origin covers come up. Origin holds quite a bit of nostalgia for me for one of my reading phases. It certainly was a one of the biggest “Event” books at the turn of the century. I wonder what they could have fetched had they been inked?

The result on that DKIII book was surprising to me too. This is how I explain the result. Keep in mind that my memory may have faltered. I believe that particular DKIII book was the 1:5000 Jim Lee sketch variant. I believe at the time of the release those were fetching $5,000 in the raw. So combine the overall rarity with a 9.8 grade and obviously verified, then you get a crazy hammer price. I’m not sure how that book was witnessed since it should have shipped to stores, but I guess there’s always a way. So, me guesses the appeal is the confirmed rarity (a 1 in 5,000 book) over quantity of the art. 

[CLOSED]

Paper Girls #1, near mint in raw. 

I will ship USPS 1st class mail for free!

I am the original owner. I purchased this from DCBS way back during the presale. It arrived bagged and boarded. It has never been cracked open. Please see pics!

The first  takes it! Will also be helpful if you PM me!!!

On 8/12/2022 at 11:53 AM, Bronty said:

I thought there were a couple bids at the live session to get it to 2m, but I don't recall it super clearly.    My sense was that there were some live bids though.

And you're likely right. 

Any idea what the bidding increments look like at $1.6M? I guess this can be easily looked up. I do recall from Halperin's first interview with Felix that Jim said Heritage employees were allowed to bid on lots but they weren't allowed to bid live, bids had to be put in before. Just thinking that proxy bids kicked in when the auction started.

On 8/11/2022 at 3:54 PM, J.Sid said:

Anyone remember how far in advance of the Live Auction his $2m bid was placed? 

 

The only record I have is that on Thursday, June 16, at 8:41am central time, the bid was at $1,625,000 or $1,950,000 with the BP. 

I watched the auction and in my vague recall of memory, the piece had already hit the $2M mark by the time the live bidding started with no bidding during the auction. What does everyone else remember?

On 8/9/2022 at 5:40 PM, tfish1 said:

born in 1968 

“Youngin’” or “Young Gun?”

So, were you 46 when you won the Hulk 180 page?

If you show me a paystub, I will quit my job right now and work for you. 

Glad to get another Jim Halperin interview. I found him open and honest when confidentiality wasn’t involved. Always interesting to hear dispatches from that side of the hobby. Love hearing that comic art is more of a collector’s hobby, not a speculator’s.

On 8/9/2022 at 4:12 AM, drdonaldblake1 said:

Holy crap!!

I just checked Thomas fish's CAF.  Gallery🤯

X-Men 1 Jim Lee cover, xfactor 1 cover, infinity gauntlet 1 cover, hulk 180 first wolverine page, X-Men 1 two pages, ASM 122 SPLASH, MS 5 splash amongst many other grail pieces

This guy's collection is up there with Eric roberts👌

How old is Thomas fish?

And that doesn't include the stuff he's recently sold.

A Tale of Two Collectors

Them: The market is collapsing 

Us: Just got a bangin’ deal 

⬇️ THIS LOT SOLD! SEE NEXT!

I am selling a full run of Paper Girls #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, & 10. This represents the first two arcs of the series. I am the original owner. I purchased these from Discount Comic Book Service and arrived bagged and boarded. These were gently read once, so I'd say they are NM- or better. Asking [SOLD] + $9.25 shipping.

Shipping: $9.25 for Priority Mail shipping. My local P.O. has popped me for shipping comics Media Mail so I can't do anything other than Priority. I ship within 48 hours. Books shipped in a box with two books per bag 'n' board to reduced size and weight.

Payment: PayPal G&S. Venmo and Zelle also available.

No Returns.

Sale goes to the first 

On 7/29/2022 at 4:30 PM, comix4fun said:

So, what you're saying is, it is your theory that in order for someone to be able to freely make comments of a critical nature, without fear of repercussions, that it helps for you, "Race", to be anonymous. 

 So, this means you've developed something of a Critical Race Theory. 

I, for one, was appreciative of this pun, but I didn’t want to react to it because things couldn’t have gotten more tense even if you had put Mr White and Mr Blonde in the same room. 

Apparently, it sold. 

Don’t feed the flipper, man 

On 7/15/2022 at 10:24 AM, pkveronese said:

Gun heavy art. I've had art with prominent, realistic guns (i.e., not Liefeld guns) on the walls a couple of times and it killed the mood of the room. Sold or traded all of them over time.

I find this very interesting. I have a small collection of Punisher pages but I’d never display them. I also don’t buy violent kill pages with human viscera or pages that show violence or sexual assault against women.

On 7/15/2022 at 8:53 AM, Buzzetta said:

So then I ask the crowd to evaluate my purchase and to be honest.  I mostly lurk here and learn in the art section. I never know if I underpaid or overpaid.  I had picked up the Michael Walsh Spider-man page for $804 + tax and shipping from PP Spectacular Spider-man 6 (whatever series.)

Appeal was the retelling of part of Spider-man's origin as a Spider-man collector. 

 

Michael Walsh sells his pages on his website on average for $200-$250. I’d say given the content and Spidey, that’s pretty fmv, esp. if that was an auction win. 

On 7/14/2022 at 9:17 AM, Hekla said:

Unless I'm missing something, looks like the ebay listing is for the inked page and the CLink is of the penciled page.

I believe you’re right. 
 

Now I find it an interesting coincidence these popped up back to back. 
 

I just looked up the eBay description. Says “blue pencils” and ink. If I didn’t know what I was buying, I would assume I’m buying the one and only original. I think this is what clouded me into thinking they were the same page. And this is why I stay away from modern art.