NicoV

On 5/5/2024 at 6:56 PM, Sideshow Bob said:

Nico,

I was trying to see how much the newly-listed New Teen Titans #23 cover (the Starfire cover by Perez) was being marked up by Nostalgic Investments from the Heritage Auction in September 2023. 

I ran a search for "Teen Titans 23 cover" and got the listing no problem at $35,000. I clicked on "Sold Items" with the same search, and nothing. I went to Heritage and found it (same search terms) selling for $15,600 (with BP). 

@JC25427N is right: you did not see this sale because it was more than 3 months old and you can't be premium yet. But the art is here: 

On 5/5/2024 at 6:56 PM, Sideshow Bob said:

Regardless of the not-so-shocking mark-up results, as we see more pieces get circulated, a new feature might be to have a click-through on active listings for the sales history on an item. In the one-of-one world of OA, that sounds like something that could be feasible.

Thanks for this incredible service to the community!

I developed this feature 3-4 years ago (the idea was to find similar items, not necessarily the exact same one). But I found the results quite disappointing so I never made it public. Maybe I'll give it a new try. Neural networks would probably fit well for this task, but would require a lot of resources.

On 5/5/2024 at 5:54 AM, TommyRaiko said:

On another topic, can ComicLink auctions be tracked on CAT?

Unfortunately no. They blacklisted CAT. Which is quite funny, considering that I initially created CAT to be able to follow ComicLink auctions because their website was so... well... 

On 5/5/2024 at 12:44 PM, Rick2you2 said:

Worked very well this morning. Thanks.

Good news indeed. I updated CAT just before the daily email, I'm glad it worked.

Safari is a . There, it's said! 

Chrome and Firefox display pages with 5,000 or 10,000 elements without any problem, but Safari starts to struggle as soon as we exceed 500 - 1000. I'm trying to find a solution for Safari users, but it will probably require imposing limits on the size of lists.

On 5/2/2024 at 6:44 PM, Rick2you2 said:

I understand that when there are different sources, but if it from the same US version of eBay?

Even in this case you can have it listed twice on CAT, as I consider the Buy-It-Now option and the auction option as two different sources (with two different prices). So yes, when Anthony's listings are updated, you can have the same piece listed 8 or 10 times on CAT.

On 5/2/2024 at 4:35 PM, Hockeyflow33 said:

This isn't a complaint because I love using the site but I think the duplicate issue is when the site pulls in US ebay, ebay UK, etc. 

It also happens to me when a seller lists items in multiple places, i.e. Anthony's when they list on ebay and on their site. Not sure what you would even do there

If @Rick2you2 is talking about what you're referring to, that's right that I can't do anything. I can identify relistings, because eBay gives me the information, but as far as I know these "duplicates" are just different items.

On 5/2/2024 at 1:07 PM, Rick2you2 said:

I seem to be getting a lot of duplicates in the scans, even with the same price tag in the same market. Didn’t they used to be removed, more or less.

Could you be more specific? By PM if you want.

On 5/2/2024 at 6:18 AM, alxjhnsn said:

When will Premium be available, Nico?

I would like to first fix the few bugs found (especially with Safari), and test the payment process with a few users, before rolling it out for everyone. Early May being always a busy period in France, with a lot of days off, it will probably be around mid-May.

On 4/30/2024 at 8:23 PM, Will_K said:

Maybe filter certain sellers ??

You should be able to do that for eBay - as I add the seller name to the description. And if this name is not a common name, you should avoid the risk of missing some art.

On 4/30/2024 at 2:55 PM, PhilipB2k17 said:

Is there a way to filter out all the porno images, and crappy "commission" type drawings?

As @JC25427N answered (hey you have a really funky dark mode, first time I see CAT with these colors :-D), you can use the exclusion list to blacklist some keywords, but as I wrote in the user options it has to be used with caution as it could also filter out some art you're interested in. For instance, let's say that you excluded the word "print"... if some art has a description such as "this is not a print", or "original art for a print", it will be excluded as well. From my personal point of view, I prefer to retrieve too many items and filter them visually than to risk letting one slip through.

Maybe in a later version I'll be able to use AI to filter items, but whatever the solution there is always a chance to filter out something that should not be filtered out...

On 4/24/2024 at 4:37 PM, Twanj said:

I have to login every time I visit now too.

This. I upgraded the server last week, seems to be a collateral damage, but I haven't had the time to take a look at it yet.

So @Rick2you2 your timing (past week or so) is probably not a coincidence. Unfortunately I don't have any device with iOS. Can you provide more information? What are the symptoms, blank page or something else? On all pages or only when you do something specific (like a search)? 

On 2/14/2024 at 6:14 PM, RBerman said:

A Heritage Auction with nine items in it? Unusual.

I see 54 items in the comic art section: https://comics.ha.com/c/search/results.zx?term=&dept=1938&auction_name=7364&mode=live&comic_category=3242

Two consecutive panel pages by Zulli sold on ComicLink in 2018 for $1,927 and $1,578 (Sandman #71). The page after sold long before on Heritage (2013) for $1,135.

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Another page sold on Anthony Snyder's website - also in 2018 - for $1,250 (#73).

Sandman #72 page 3 was listed for sale at $5,000 on Scott Eder's website (once again in 2018). Much nicer than the previous ones, but I can't tell if someone bought it at this price.

On 12/30/2023 at 2:31 AM, alxjhnsn said:

Yep, I misread the original equation AND misused the MOD function. Sigh...

Indeed! For what it's worth, what you need is =40*POWER(10,FLOOR(LOG10(A),1)-1). 

On 11/18/2023 at 7:28 AM, Xatari said:

I feel like I need a tutorial on Hake's. I can never seem to find items on their site.

So look at them on CAT, I find them for you .  https://comicarttracker.com/hakes-auctions

On 8/20/2023 at 8:12 PM, kmfbaloo said:

What does comic art tracker do?

ComicArtTracker is a website dedicated to helping collectors find and track comic art for sale from more than 360 dealers, auction houses, marketplaces and artists websites all over the world. Instead of having to check all these websites manually, you just have to check one. Plus you can define a list of keywords and receive daily notifications by email when new listings match one of these keywords.

Best place to (help you) find art for sale: my precious, definitely! https://comicarttracker.com/en 

One Site to rule them all, One Site to find them,
One Site to bring them all and in the Lightness bind them 

Best place to sell: really depends on what you have to sell (quality and quantity) and what your priority is (price, time, energy...)

I know you were asking more about US dealers, but many (most of) French and Belgian dealers have a physical gallery with openings, exhibitions, etc. I would say 12 of them in Paris + 3-4 more in other locations in France, and 3 in Brussels. Not comic book stores but galleries, as they are all dedicated to comic art (even if Daniel Maghen also has his own publishing house).

On 7/20/2023 at 2:34 AM, WillKrypton said:

Hello,

Long time lurker new poster.

On ComicArtTracker I noticed while looking for some Aaron Kuder Superman art that there are duplicates to Cadence site from Polish Comic Art site.

Struck me s something ComicArtTracker and forum should know about if not an old topic

Hi @WillKrypton,

You're right, that's weird and one of the two websites is probably not uptodate... but unfortunately ComicArtTracker can only repeat what the websites say!

https://cadencecomicart.com/art.php?page=19628

http://polishcomicart.pl/index.php?id_product=157&controller=product

On 6/28/2023 at 8:19 PM, oldwhy said:

Nico, is it possible that the heritage overviews are not working? Every link leads to the same three pieces. Might be my browser safari) though. 

Where are the links you're clicking on? Home page, calendar, notifications, search results, another page?

Edit 1: ok, I think I found it, links from the "auction schedule" block on the home page are broken, thanks for pointing this out. I'll fix it quickly, in the meantime you can access Heritage auctions through Heritage calendar: https://comicarttracker.com/heritage-auctions

Edit 2: links on homepage should be fixed - tell me if you find any other broken / non working link!