John E.

I just won my first ever Comic Link auction with a $40 bid at 10:40 pm central time. There’s deals to be had, folks! Deals to be had! 

Now how the  do you check out? 

On 4/10/2022 at 12:19 PM, batman_fan said:

Ebay does.  Ebay Rules

I’ve never sold through an auction house but I don’t believe the 1099K rules apply to them. Don’t they send checks?

There is a colorist named Kevin Senft who goes by the pseudonym Blond.

On 3/7/2022 at 9:14 AM, MAR1979 said:

 

Only if it’s Giant-Size. 

On 3/6/2022 at 5:07 PM, Alex Keyfes said:

HI all, I am fairly new to the hobby.  Rather, I enjoyed as a kid and only recently getting back into it.  I have always liked original art as well.  I really like X-men Whilce's pages.  What is their price range for his OA X-Men pages now adays? Like 15-20K for a choice Bishop DPS or SPS? And like 5K for a basic page with no heroes or villains, very uninteresting but a story page and a Whilce?  As I am building out my collection I want to get a sense of what is realistic and what is not and budget, etc.

Thank you!

Alex

Get yourself an account with Heritage Auctions to view a history of sales. Here are two comparables (comps). Keep in mind that in today’s market prices change rapidly. Also, it’s good etiquette to create your own post in the main OA chat room and not hijack someone else’s thread (of which I’ve now become an accessory).

That is the weirdest Joe Quesada signature I’ve ever seen. Around the time Origin was released, Dynamic Forces put out a bunch of signed and remarqued editions that included certificates of authenticity. Does this come with one? It should state who signed the book, though it doesn’t stop anyone to add an additional signature like I did once. Nevertheless what gives me pause is that Joe Q misspelled his name. He left out the “e.” These DF editions came in the hundreds so it could be that he was in a rush, but I would be hesitant buying anything with that signature. 

It's been exactly 2 weeks since I paid and still no notification of shipping. My email payment confirmation says to expect delivery in 7-14 days. Of course they don't say if that's calendar or business days. Also according to the email, if I have any questions I can reply directly to the email. I may do that on Monday.

On 2/14/2022 at 11:12 PM, The Troll King said:

And then there's this:

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-photoshopping-of-arthur-suydam-line-confirmed/

 Photoshopping people into a line. 

I would've give Suydam a pass had he posted this Photoshopped pic with tongue in cheek, but for him or his people to deny the photo was doctored is beyond redonkulous. Nobody in line is holding a single g.d. comic and not one person with a roll-e-cart can be found. And two people are wearing shades--indoors! 

I won my second Heritage auction on Wednesday, Feb 2 and paid my invoice on Friday, Feb 4. I foolishly thought my art would be shipped out on Monday, Feb. 7. It's now been over a week since I paid and I've yet to hear anything about shipping confirmation. Then I remember some folks here grumbling about late shipping from Heritage. How long is it taking you to receive your art from Heritage?

On 2/3/2022 at 11:21 AM, RBerman said:

Anybody else getting error messages on Heritage today?

On 2/3/2022 at 11:32 AM, Twanj said:

Quite a few yesterday.

I was getting them too as I was preparing to bid yesterday, but hitting the refresh button resolved it. Weird. 

On 2/3/2022 at 10:21 AM, Bronty said:

Well, I've done it, and I wasn't bid up - draw your own conclusions about my ball size and about whether or not they bid people up to max.

This is the only way I win auctions that I have to win. It’s risky if it backfires, but most people aren’t 🤪 enough to grossly overpay the way I am ready to. 

I've won at Hake's before and overall it was a smooth experience. The only thing that I did not like is that when I was invoiced I was automatically billed for the 18% buyer's fee, when it was my intention to pay by check to save a little money. I'm sure I could've called them, but I just didn't have the time so I ate up the extra 3%. So if you do win something, and want to pay by check to save a little money, be prepared to call them.

On 2/2/2022 at 9:51 AM, GreatEscape said:

 just hire 3-4 people dedicated to scanning OA consignments...and comics, video games, etc.  

F&#!, I'll do it! You reading this, Halperin?!

On 1/31/2022 at 7:15 PM, Hekla said:

Actually, same with Stan Sakai and Usagi Yojimbo; he keeps all the interiors and sells his covers.

I was just about to say Stan Sakai. 
 

And it’s my understanding that Paul Chadwick sells his covers but not his interiors. 
 

Also in the “I won’t sell art from” category, Derf won’t sell art from his My Friend Dahmer graphic novel.

Kelley Jones

Jeff Smith

Art Spiegelman?

On 1/28/2022 at 2:10 AM, Xatari said:

I’m team Darkhawk as well. I think Dinesh has several pages from issue #1 to go along with the cover. Just killler!

I made the evidence-less assumption that he bought the complete book. I guess it now makes sense why he would “break up” the book by selling that splash during Comic Art Live; it was never complete to begin with. So does this mean there are other pages to be had? 🤔🤔🤔

I am more of a Darkhawk fan than a Speedball fan, but Sleepwalker has a special place in my heart. I picked up the first issue at a grocery store, and come to think of it, I think that may have been my first #1 issue 🤔

The reason you don't see a lot of (early) Sleepwalker art is because Bret Blevins kept it all. And, since he didn't have an inker, there are no "inker pages" floating around either. I heard from a reliable source that a BSD black hole collector bought it all, so you won't see any of the Blevins work come to light any time soon. I do hope I got bad intel. About 12 months ago or so, CLink was auctioning off a couple of Sleepwalker pages by Kelly Krantz. I think a Joe Quesada Sleepwalker cover also sold on Clink about 3 or so years ago. That's about all I've seen.

On 1/25/2022 at 8:19 PM, Will_K said:

I'm not in the business of awarding prizes.  But I saw those earlier today and thought I had a hard enough time valuing art before...

oh god that is so true 👆

On 1/21/2022 at 8:37 AM, Hekla said:

Maybe, but Love & Belonging and Esteem look like the best candidates IMO.

👆Agreed

Perhaps the time and mood has already passed here. 
 

My older brother bought GI Joe #21 off the rack and that copy is in my possession. Like so many, I have a lot of nostalgia attached to it. You can count me among the legion of fans. 
 

But how dumb did I feel when this popped up Heritage with Ed Hannigan credited as the penciler? I had no idea and I felt less of a fan. For some reason I thought this was a Janson cover or a Leialoha/Janson cover. Perhaps even laid out by Larry Hama. So thank you, Gene, for stating on the podcast that it wasn’t even known that Hannigan is penciler until a year ago. I don’t feel as dumb. And I’m sure I looked it up on comicbookdb at one point and it probably had the credits wrong. 
 

This cover is a classic, period. Whether it was all Janson or Leialoha/Janson, it’s still a $350k to me. 

And there’s the Marvel 80s #1 cover. 

On 1/14/2022 at 4:50 PM, NicoV said:

https://comicarttracker.com/auctions/top-prices

Thanks Nico! Is there anything your site can’t do???