Stan Singh

Bump. 19 responses. 

Bump. As we hit 20/40/60 responses I can share findings if ppl would like? So far... 11 responses. Good response-view rate. 

Since responses are coming via the survey monkey site, I'll bump this topic as needed. Or others can bump as as they respond (if they see value). So far 7 responses. 

So many threads on the question of where will art values be in years to come. Figured I'd throw out a survey to see where the majority is. 3 questions... 5/10/20 years from now where will the hobby (in general be)?

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2CV8J6P

Ps I'm no analytics person so apologies if the survey isn't 'scientific' or 'smart' or 'representative'.

Stan

Just now, jjonahjameson11 said:

Also just noticed all of the musicians in your example are either dead or well into their 70’s...was this intentional?

Yep. Was trying to emphasize that icon status is ageless and used aged rock stars as the metaphor.  

13 minutes ago, jjonahjameson11 said:

Young Elvis or fat Elvis?

Early Elvis=early kirby.

Fat Elvis=late Kirby.

Still obviously the king but slowed down a lot. 

5 hours ago, Rick2you2 said:

Make some guesses. Then maybe we can look back and see how you did.

My assertion was that, like some rock stars, some comic artists' impact will live on long after their generations because they have surpassed their mediums to become icons. So while the exercise below is ridiculous, and I'm neither an OA or music expert, here are my comparisons for comic artists who's popularity and impact will live long past when the medium they used falls out of the popular culture. I see these artists, like these musicians retaining popularity or even experiencing huge resurgences in popularity over many generations to come. 

Miller= J. Cash

McFarlane=Jagger

Adams= Clapton

Romita=McCartney

Ditko=Hendrix

Kirby=Elvis

Frazetta=Bowie

You may now

I think when an artist surpasses their craft and grows into popular culture icon/rock star status, they become somewhat impervious to aging out and we will always see (some) growth in value for their art. I cant think of many who fit this bill. But there are a few. They are the ones we recognize easily by face or who created iconic pieces that we equally recognize instantly. The Sinatra, Jagger, Elvis types....icons.  In time, none of us will have been around to see these icons in concert or will have bought an album of theirs hot off the billboards but their music and impact will never go away. So the big question is...who are these comic artists? 

22 minutes ago, Brian Peck said:

I buy art because I like it not thinking about value of selling it later. I like posting on CAF to share with others, in turn hope they share their collections. about 20 years ago when people where just strting to share art online we had the Comicart-L where we could only post 5 pieces at a time. When Bill Cox started Comicartfans it blew the doors open! Collectors could post so much more art from their collections plus many black hole collectors who had never shared art on-line started posting in CAF. I love CAF it has encouraged collectors to share their collection, many pieces I would never be able to afford but great to see the originals.

I hear ya. And I almost always post. But figured I'd see where folks are at on this topic. 

That is the question. I find myself having just acquired a grail level McSpidey cover (for me).  Its my second. I love the gratification of posting on CAF and getting comments but I also like the 'fresh to market' element if/when i sell (cant be buried with it afterall). 

Poll time: Post or Private? 

1 hour ago, Matches_Malone said:

Some great bargains right now.  

With lots of people waiting til the last  few minutes, ppl will have to be super aggressive in the final moments if they want a chance to win. Should be exciting! Good luck to anyone bidding!

Bump! Strangely quiet group on this and I am bored at work so... BUMP!

I take over. While you can get a McSpidey piece here and there, it's not often a prime piece hits the market. And this is a prime piece. Like with all other OA, image is key. The 311 that sold a year ago had a distorted spidey image. Excellent for its artistic merit and worth every penny and more but not a cover known for its 'spidey-ness'. This one however has that and could draw some serious interest. 

7 hours ago, delekkerste said:

4-5 years ago is still fairly recent in OA hobby terms. It takes a lot longer than that to freshen up a piece, IMO.  

I don't think McFarlane Spider-Man (ASM, McSpidey, Marvel Tales) covers are all that rare; we typically see at least one public sale a year (ComicLink has the McSpidey #4 up now and they had the ASM #311 last year, plus Heritage re-sold the ASM #300 in a private treaty sale last June) plus there are private sales that occur with some regularity (I know of McFarlane ASM covers that moved in both 2018 and 2017, while Heritage alone had 3 public sales in 2016, and a number of these covers have been recycled through dealers as well).  

If you have the cash to spend, it doesn't take much tree-shaking to find a McFarlane Spidey cover example that someone is willing to sell at any given time. Contrast that to, say, the Byrne X-Men cover market, where you might be lucky to hear about one private sale every few years, and where a public sale might be once in a decade or more, if that. 

I think anyone really looking for great McSpidey pieces knows how hard it is to find them. Yes they are around but you tend to have to pay a heavy premium to shake them loose.

As the previous poster requested... anybody attending today please take great high res pics so we unlucky folks who cant attend can see all the goodies and their prices. 

We thank you photographers in advance and await your pics with great anticipation.

Sweet! Thanks. 

Hey folks,

I am looking for the post with pics of OA dealer booths from late 2018. Specifically New Jersey and New York art cons.

If anyone can point me to that post I would be grateful!

Thanks! 

Hi folks. Taking cash/trade offers on this. Larsen ASM pre-fire art is very rare. The title is hand drawn. PM or email me.

Stanton.singh@hotmail.com

This is a really good Comiclink auction. I am excited to see where some of the pieces land. I have my eye on a few but expect bidding to fast and furious as hammer-time approaches. Especially since this thread has been quiet...too quiet.  

Topic closed. 

Hey Group!

I recently saw a piece of art again that I had seen just a couple weeks before. It looked yellower than I remember. It hadn't been in the sun, It had only been shipped from the US to Canada. The owner wasn't looking to sell it nor were they complaining but I hadn't heard of this before. Is this something that any of you have encountered?

PS. I cant share a pic of the art as its not mine. 

Thanks!

Just bought the attached and was offered a grail piece. So this and maybe other pieces on my CAF are expendable. I'd like to get what I paid for it at the last HA auction but I know I may need to take a bit of a loss. I'm negotiable at 6k.

And here's my CAF. 

https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=90970

Thanks. 

7 hours ago, jjonahjameson11 said:

When you say that it was yours, do you mean that you sold it to someone else who has now consigned it to Clink?

or, do you mean to say that you are the consignor?

Ya I'm the consignor. And I miss it very much. I might have made a mistake... Hopefully I can get it back one day.