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On 4/2/2024 at 3:57 PM, buttock said:

The cover to #1 is in the HA archives, and in Halperin's collection on his website. 

http://www.jhalpe.com/items/view/01406_2 

I remember when it was on eBay 

On 4/1/2024 at 4:46 PM, jjonahjameson11 said:

I hear you, but I have a feeling this time will be different because this auction is the first whereby there will be only two days of OA auctions and I think a lot of folks will forget about that

hmmmm...I dunno. This auction has some incredible material, not to mention it also has items from the David Mandel Collection,  Denis Kitchen Collection, and Death of Superman stuff. Me thinks collector are biding their time. 

On 4/1/2024 at 2:02 PM, jjonahjameson11 said:

Ending this week, but only a few strong bids.

i have a feeling this auction will yield many more deals than previous auctions unless by some miracle, bids go 5x-10+x on hundreds of lots between now and auction close

I thought the same last time....

On 3/19/2024 at 10:42 AM, tth2 said:

Wow, that is a pretty low price for that page!  Maybe one can justify it because Morpheus isn't in the page, but it's a key page.

I'm pretty sure this one sold via CaF a few months ago. I believe the asking price was $23K. 

I was expecting a higher result for McFarlane's debut ASM issue  - $35,075

Jack Kirby  FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL  #11 Cover - $241,500

Strong result for J. Scott Campbell GEN 13 #5 Double Page Splash - $35,659.20

On 3/18/2024 at 6:07 PM, comix4fun said:

Did McFarlane ever reply or put out a statement? Not only did he choose an AI winner, that was not supposed to be allowed, but the AI winner is a complete Jag representing himself and the brand he's supposedly representing in the worst way possible

I don't think he has responded. There are definitely some complaints. 

So, one of the winners of Todd McFarlane's Spawnuary cover contest used an AI-generated image. 

Winners links

On 3/17/2024 at 10:19 AM, Aahz said:

I don't think so.  The offerings seem to be heavily from the first story arcs and artists, with a couple of pieces here and there from later stories.  Depending on what story appealed to you, there is probably still a lot of potential interest.  

I agree. There's only one issue # 1, with a set amount of pages.

On 3/14/2024 at 2:48 PM, jjonahjameson11 said:

The force is strong with Sandman and Gaiman- adjacent pricing!

Does this mean Sandman art will go further out in the stratosphere? Or is this the Gaiman tax on this specific auction?

Holy smokes!! I was not expecting those types of strong results.

There were solid/weak mixed results with the items I was tracking. I was the underbidder on the Michael Turner Witchblade piece. It's a beautiful image, but a tad on the smaller size (6" X 8"), which ultimately stopped me from bidding any higher. Congrats to the winner!!! I hope the buyer did their due diligence and realized the art is from 2002, not 1997, as stated in the description.  Either way, it's a lovely piece.

On 3/1/2024 at 8:58 PM, Dr. Balls said:

I won the bidding for that at $250 and just realized I had not heard from the artist after the closing of the auction, I checked his page, it's now unavailable at $475.  

Oh well, best of luck to the guy in the Spawn contest. 

My high bid:

The auction results from Google Cache two days after the auction close:

 

Im curious, Did you pay for the piece?

On 2/27/2024 at 5:22 PM, zhamlau said:

They're talking about Bechara Maalouf at Nostalgic Investments, I don't have any major issues in dealing with him beyond like one or two quibbles. Ill probably buy something off him in Summer at NJ.

I had my "quibbles" with him as well in the past. Definitely off putting, but not enough where I would never buy from him. I've also had my disagreements with the San Mateo brothers, but I've never shut that door either. Like Cain and Able, one brother is better than the other one.

Nice!

On 2/23/2024 at 8:59 AM, delekkerste said:

Picked up my 6th Garfield strip in last night's Jim Davis auction.  

Whatcha Got?

On 4/7/2021 at 11:22 AM, Bronty said:

I bought a couple early Sundays.   Not yet in hand but I might as well share them.

 

 

 

 

I like these early Odies when he had the black ears. They were changed because having black ears made him look a little bit too similar to Snoopy.

The Violator - Split piece is insanely good. Outstanding work! Can't wait to see what's next.

I personally placed more tracking bids than usual this time in the CLink auction,  but it's also a precursor to the next Heritage auction.  Gawd! there's so much material in the HA auction. 

On 1/12/2024 at 3:49 PM, comix4fun said:

If one cover from that run was going to pop in big way, it was this one. 

The Quesada market has been pretty strong lately.

On 1/12/2024 at 2:47 PM, comix4fun said:

Aside from the bidders at the end not many did. 

Thats a head scratcher.

On 1/12/2024 at 1:18 PM, jjonahjameson11 said:

$66K 

Insanity!

On 1/5/2024 at 12:11 PM, Dr. Balls said:

. Does anyone care or obsess about having this type of provenance for their OA?

Yes. If the publication itself, is hard to find I will also pay a pretty good amount for it as well.