fsumavila

On 9/14/2023 at 1:54 PM, cstojano said:

So this was the first time I ever got approval for an extended payment plan with HA....and then I proceeded to forgot about the auction today and totally spaced the page I was after. If anyone has a Williamson ROTJ page...

To the winner, nice buy I think and in line with recent comps. I would have gone higher as I've been after one for awhile.

Took down the BR page yesterday though, nice provenance on both.

Sorry you missed out on the ROTJ page -- a beauty of a page that went for a solid price. But that Blade Runner page yesterday is a nice consolation prize!

That Star Wars #5 cover going for $108k was pretty impressive. Wonder if that's been in the same collection since the 70s? If so, what an ROI!

And how about the Shogun Warriors #1 cover going for $66k (including the vig)?!? Didn't think it would get anywhere close to that. 

The 2 pages from Dazzler #4 sold for very strong prices, $2700 & $2500. Those are the highest prices yet for any Dazz pages at auction, outside the splash from #3 and a 1/2 splash from #2. 
didn't really keep an eye on the rest of the auction, purposely, as I'm waiting on the heritage auction.

On 9/2/2023 at 3:14 PM, GreatEscape said:

Happy Labor Day weekend!  Proud to add this DC Super Heroes Poster Book Wraparound Cover (1978) by Neal Adams and D-ck Giordano.   Many of DC's most popular heroes plus a few villains drawn on oversized 26" x 19" board.  

Link

WOW, that is just beautiful!

On 9/1/2023 at 5:06 PM, Carl Elvis said:

I won a 5-page story by Bill Vigoda (attributed). I thought it was a great price for 5 pages.

 

wow, great story! Love that opening page in particular.

On 9/1/2023 at 1:13 PM, vodou said:

No. But I consider the Bob Montana complete story preliminary set from the 1950s for under $400 to have been absolutely stolen 😉

I saw that and even though I'm not that familiar with the Montana Archie art market, that seemed absurdly cheap. I saw a few other pieces go at low enough prices that I regretted not bidding

The Heritage Archie art auction (ended yesterday) had a ton of great pieces for fans of the Riverdale gang. I missed out on all 3 of the Hostess ads in the auction, but picked up a nice 'Archie at Riverdale High' cover from 1981 -- one that I remember buying off the stands, in fact -- for a pretty good price. I'm not sure it was the best thing to do a single auction on just Archie art, but I also don't follow the market too closely. 

Anyone else win anything at the auction?

BUMPING this as I added another page to the sale.

Hi folks,

Reduced some prices on some pieces I'm looking to sell. 

LINK to my CAF gallery is here:

They are:

ADDED:

BATMAN #335 by Irv Novick - Finale page to "The Lazarus Affair" featuring Talia al Ghul and Bruce Wayne - $900

Aquaman #461 page by Don Newton - great final panel page featuring Aquaman and Aqualad - $700

To Riverdale and Back Again - Great page 1 Archie splash featuring the whole Riverdale gang - $500

Tales of the Marvels: the Wonder Years - Wonder Man painted splash by Igor Kordey - $1000

Paper Girls #18, page 1 by Cliff Chiang - $700

Also, I have a killer Scooby Doo/Dynomutt & Captain Caveman publicity cel listed too - $400

Thanks for checking it out.

Mike

FS: Showcase #30 CGC 6.0 (cream to off-white pages). This is a key SA DC book, as it details the origin of Aquaman. Purchased from Heritage Auctions. Most recent sale I saw on eBay was $799 so I think this is a fair price.

Price: $725

Shipping is $15 in the U.S.

Details:

- Payment by Zelle, PayPal (add 3% for G&S), Venmo, check or money order. Book will ship after check clears  
- No returns on CGC books. 
- Please, no probies or HOSers. 
- Happy to receive PMs, but a good old-fashioned Claim in the threads takes priority. 
- Happy to share references (I've purchased books from other Boards, and have several friends on the OA boards who can vouch for me).

- can share phone # via DM to answer any questions.

I'll be listing a few other books in the upcoming days as I try to free up some cash to chase some art in the next Heritage auction.

Thanks,

Mike

There is a nice variety of OA in this auction -- lots of huge pieces for the big time collectors, and lots of quality Bronze/Modern Age art for us regular humans.

I'm following a couple pieces I'm really interested in that I'm almost certain to get outbid on

Definitely go to Heritage or CLink. That cover should do nicely on either site. Bigger pool of potential buyers on Heritage, so definitely inquire about a lower seller's fee

There are only 3-4 pages from the 1981 one-shot on CAF - along with the cover. 
im looking for a interior page or two, but they are hard to find. Who's got 'em?

Mike

On 7/5/2023 at 4:45 PM, fmaz said:

Was looking for a SA/BA Justice League page — took me a while but VERY happy with where I landed!! Just arrived this afternoon, off to the framer in the next day or so!

 

That's a fantastic page!

I picked up a nice Spidey newspaper strip Sunday from Floro Dery at a decent price. Wish I had remembered about the Byrne Wolverine page. That seemed to go for very cheap

Lost out on a couple of lots today - including the Power Pack page with Spidey and the Spidey Super Stories page, which went for way more than I expected.

did land that Paul Neary Spidey/Goblin Marvel UK cover, so happy about that.

didn't see many bargains to be had today - at least not in the areas that interest me.

Still kicking myself for not bidding stronger on the Jon B Power Pack cover from Day 1. An 80s-era Marvel cover with black costume Spidey and Hobgoblin for less than $10k is a damn good deal.

On 6/24/2023 at 11:07 AM, Carlo M said:

Lee Williams half splash from UXM with good characters for about 15k? The market is definitely cooling down. I think it is good news for the hobby , 2021 and 2022 levels were just crazy . But , I think we will see less prime materials coming through. 

Great UXM page. The buyer should be thrilled to get it at what is a relative bargain for Vintage Lee-Williams X art

Some spirited bidding on the Watchmen and TOS #39 pages. prices seem solid for the blue-chip stuff

Anyone have their sights set on any items in  Day 1 of the auction? 
I'm just observing today; tracking a couple smaller pieces that go up on Sunday.

particularly interested to see where that Kamandi Kirby splash ends up ...

On 6/12/2023 at 6:51 PM, universal soldier said:

Probably around 53 years ago, I began my love affair with comics. I'm pretty sure I posted at one point about being in the hospital for some surgery and meeting a slightly older patient who lost half his leg in an accident. I was 5 at the time and I can remember him sitting in his bed with a bunch of comics and I was fascinated. Shortly after that I would get my parents to buy me books, usually Casper, Archie, Sad Sack etc... When I was about 8 I finally convinced them to allow me to buy super hero books. My fixation with Spider-man began shortly after that.

I'm pretty sure that my first issue of ASM was #146 and I would continue to buy regularly until 1980 when I stopped collecting during high school. I was in and out of the hobby throughout the 80's until the mid 90's. Since that point, I've been working hard to have a complete run of ASM. I was lucky enough to have found this place which gave me a great venue to purchase some books at great prices, multiple LCS locations, cons, auctions etc...

This past week-end I have completed the run of ASM 1 to today (currently @ #920) including all annuals, king size, giant size etc...

I've also completed full runs of all major Spider-man titles (including annuals) with a few minor exceptions. I've excluded mini-series but do have a decent amount of them:

Completed:

The Amazing Spider-Man #1–441 
(vol. 2) #1–58, #500-700 (January 1999 – December 2012). Also includes issues numbered #654.1, 679.1, 699.1, 700.1–700.5
(vol. 3) #1–18 (April 2014 – August 2015). Also includes issues numbered #16.1–20.1
(vol. 4) #1–32, #789-801 (October 2015 – June 2018). Also includes issues numbered #1.1–1.6
(vol. 5) #1–93 (July 2018 – March 2022). Also includes issues numbered #16.HU, 18-20.HU, 50–54.LR, 78.BEY, 80.BEY, 88.BEY, 92.BEY
(vol. 6) #1–current (April 2022 – present)
Annuals #1–28, '96–2001, #35–42, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2018 (II), 2019, 2021 (1964 - 2021)
Giant-Size Spider-Man #1–6

Miles Morales: Spider-Man
#1–42 (December 2018 – September 2022), Annual #1 (2021)
(vol. 2) #1–current (December 2022 – present)
Spider-Man
#1–98 (August 1990 – November 1998). A series initially created in 1991 for artist Todd McFarlane. Renamed Peter Parker: Spider-Man with issue #75.
(vol. 2) #1-21, 234-240 (April 2016 - July 2018). Stars Miles Morales. Legacy numbering introduced from January 2018.
(vol. 3) #1–5 (September 2019 – November 2020). Out of continuity miniseries.
(vol. 4) #1-current (December 2022 - present)

Marvel Team-Up 
#1–150 (March 1972 – February 1985). 
Spider-Man Team-Up #1–7 (December 1995 – June 1997). 
Marvel Team-Up (vol. 2) #1–11 (September 1997 – March 1998). 
Marvel Team-Up (vol. 3) #1–25 (January 2005 – December 2006). 
Marvel Team-Up (vol. 4) #1–6 (June 2019 – September 2019). 
Annuals #1–7 (1976 – 1984)

Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #1–263 (December 1976 – November 1998). Re-named The Spectacular Spider-Man (vol. 2) with issue #134 in 1988.
Peter Parker: Spider-Man (vol. 2) #1–57 (January 1999 – August 2003)
The Spectacular Spider-Man (vol. 3) #1–27 (September 2003 – June 2005). Replaced Peter Parker: Spider-Man (vol. 2).
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (vol. 2) #1–6, 297–313 (July 2017 – December 2018)
Annuals #1–14 (1979 – 1994), (vol. 2) #1 (2018)

Web of Spider-Man #1–129 (April 1985 – September 1995). 
Web of Spider-Man (vol. 2) #1–12 (December 2009 – November 2010). 
Annuals #1–10 (1985 – 1994)

Spider-Man Unlimited #1–22 (May 1993 – November 1998). Quarterly series.

Untold Tales of Spider-Man #1–25 (September 1995 – September 1997). 

The Sensational Spider-Man #0–33 (January 1996 – November 1998). Replaced Web of Spider-Man.
The Sensational Spider-Man (vol. 2) #23–41 (April 2006 – November 2007), Annual #1 (2007)

Spider-Man's Tangled Web #1–22 (June 2001 – March 2003). 
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #1–22 (June 2004 – March 2006). 

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
#1–24 (October 2005 – October 2007)
(vol. 2) #1–14 (January – December 2019)
Annual #1 (2007)

Avenging Spider-Man #1–22 (November 2011 – June 2013), Annual #1 (2012). A team-up book similar to Marvel Team-Up. Replaced by Superior Spider-Man Team-Up.

Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #1–12 (July 2013 – April 2014).

The Superior Spider-Man #1–33 (January 2013 – August 2014), Annuals #1–2 (2014). 

The Superior Foes of Spider-Man #1–17 (July 2013 – November 2014).

Spider-Man 2099. 
(vol. 2) #1–12 (July 2014 – May 2015)
(vol. 3) #1–25 (December 2015 – July 2017)

 

Partial completion:
Spider-Man 2099 #1–46 (November 1992 – August 1996). 
Annual #1 (1994)

Marvel Tales #1–291 (July 1966 – November 1994)

Webspinners: Tales of Spider-Man #1–18 (January 1999 – June 2000). 

Spidey Super Stories #1-57

 

Won't bother:
Spider-Man Unlimited (vol. 3) #1–15 (March 2004 – July 2006). 

Spider-Man/Deadpool #1–50 (January 2016 – May 2019).
 

This is incredible. congrats on an incredible collecting feat. Good luck on acquiring an AF #15 at some point.

Hi folks,

The latest ComicConnect auction ends tonight (7pm ET) and I have a couple of cool pages available, including:

Giant Size Avengers #3 page by Dave Cockrum & Joe Giella - excellent battle page featuring Wonder Man, the Vision, Thor & Kang!

Dazzler #5 page by Frank Springer/Ricardo Villamonte - great early Dazz page featuring the title character in several panels, as well as Dr. Doom, the Enchantress, and Nightmare!

Marvel Team-Up #109 page by Herb Trimpe/Mike Esposito - nice little page with a great image of Dazzler on stage! 

Thanks for taking a look!

Mike

As a first-time seller, I enjoyed the event. Sold 3 pieces which were not expensive (highest priced one was $800), which was nice.

I saw one Dazzler page I really liked, but was a tad more than I cared to spend. Didn't think it was overpriced, just was being a bit gun shy. 

Regarding retreads, I saw lots of familiar art at even higher prices than the last CAF Live!

I don't understand that strategy at all for an event where a large part of the potential customer base is probably as well informed about prices and availability as anywhere in the hobby.

I saw one particular page featuring Spider-Man that I like but it's been priced absurdly over market for the last 3 CAF Lives. It was back this time around, at nearly 3x the last aspirational price!

Anyway, overall I liked the event. I'll probably set up shop again at the next one and will look to again post new pages that haven't been in circulation for awhile. I think that 'freshness' helps in this arena.

Mike 

On 5/20/2023 at 5:01 PM, Michael Browning said:

Congrats on the sale! I really do need to try selling in the next CAF Live so I could see how selling some of my art would do.

 

you absolutely should try it, especially since you certainly have a much larger and more diverse collection than I do. I imagine you'd find success, unless you get too "aspirational" in your pricing