Xatari

It’s not. I was just trying to understand if perhaps there was a better term with which I was unfamiliar. 

Very true. The overlap would be very small though and potentially not intersect. 😂 

I have shared this before on other threads, but this is how I go about my collecting these days and pass along the same feedback to a lot of my new friends entering the hobby. It helps eliminate accumulating too many pages that I’ll have trouble moving later on if my taste changes and also ensures my pages tend to be a bit more liquid if a nicer examples comes along as @Unstoppablejayd mentioned. Flexibility is key in this hobby as one never knows when a coveted piece becomes available. 
 

I guess I could add a third circle to indicate affordability as that is dependent on each prospective collector. 
 

On 6/1/2024 at 1:03 PM, jimbo_7071 said:

To me a splash a) has to be the first page of a story and b) has to take up the entire page. 

I have two pieces I refer to as Splash pages that aren’t first pages. I’m curious if there is a more appropriate term for them based on your parameters.  I’m open to adapting.

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1748965

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerydetailsearch.asp?aty=4&gcat=140502

Never forget… It’s Morbin Time

Aw bummer! We just left Paris yesterday, but I didn’t see this in time. Looks awesome!

On 5/30/2024 at 1:11 PM, Twanj said:

Congrats!

Dumb question, but is that her in the second panel? I thought she was a teenager?

Yes, that’s her. Marvel gave Scott Hepburn some loose guidelines from what I recall as Adrian Alphona had done the original design work which was to be featured in a later issue (All-New Marvel Now! Point One #1). 

Here is the link to Adrian’s work as well which is touring with the Marvel exhibit. 

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1703699

On 5/28/2024 at 3:14 PM, Michael Browning said:

I sold it all off to buy original art and I'm still selling off my silver age comics collection and my huge collection of graphic novels and buying art with that.

Same.  Pre-pandemic I was after the rarest and highest grade comics I could afford.  When I got into art four years ago, I saw a very small window of buying opportunity, so I literally sold everything I could around the house that I had collected throughout my life... sneakers, comics, video games, action figures, and even a 90s Acura NSX then rolled everything I could afford into first appearance art.  My friends (especially those who were into cars) thought I was absolutely nuts and tried to talk me out of it.  

 No NSX, but I do have a first appearance page of Yelena Belova on an NSX.  Good enough for me.

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1772420

Congrats man. Truly an incredible copy!

On 5/23/2024 at 4:38 PM, Dark Knight said:

Wow a sale with no pix posted for that price . I wish I can sell books without pix instantly. Congrats to both parties!

I deleted the pics once the buyer and I agreed to a deal to protect their privacy. 

Nice!  Looking forward to it!

On 5/12/2024 at 3:15 AM, Dr. Balls said:

It’s good to hear more people thinking like this.

I agree.  If true, it means, I can buy first appearance art for less.  Please send any first appearance art for sale my way.  Happy to take a look.  I am being 100% serious.

That said, I also believe the surge of first appearance collecting represents more of a shift in the collecting style of recent entrants to the hobby rather than a blip on the OA radar.  No need to yuck another's yum.

Oh man, I have definitely been tempted on a few pieces recently.  I bought and was immediately offered double on two particular pieces.  Each case was VERY tempting.  There was a third piece that was purchased and immediately traded as a friend collected that particular genre and had something that fit my wheelhouse.  In the end, it worked out for both parties.  

I was at work, but sounds like a fun popcorn flick.  I recently sold one of my last Tradd pages to a collector friend who is a big TM fan.  Amazing to see the following he has compared to his contemporaries.  Good for him!

On 5/4/2024 at 8:28 PM, Shaun Hill said:

I thought it was a good purchase.  Congratulations on bringing this one home. Regardless of who the inker was, in my mind, Cockrum was reason enough to grab.  As I am looking at pieces from him in comparison to his contemporaries, this seemed like a really nice example at a fair price.

Same.  Awesome grab @Sooners151.  I only own one page by Dave Cockrum, but it's one of my favorites I have picked up in the last several years.  

Man, that Hulk 181… I keep coming back. 😂

On 4/7/2024 at 8:19 PM, malvin said:

Thanks Jason, especially on doing all that comparison work. I don't think he is angling for resale, he just believes what the auction listing said. He doesn't even believe the Kevin Maguire note, he says too bad we won't have a chance to show Kevin Maguire both pieces at once

Malvin

@malvin knows the owner has not claimed his piece as the published version and has privately communicated this with him. Malvin also knows this piece is nostalgic for the owner who was happy to share his new acquisition as a badge of pride.  They communicated via private correspondence.  This idea of having to keep fighting an ongoing battle is a moot point.  Rather than stay silent about this, if Malvin just acknowledged this took place in his private conversation with the owner it would help deescalate this thread. Moreover, Malvin, if you really felt this was a burden you didn't want to carry, you could either have bought the other piece or sell your own as others have shared. 

Further, mentions of grooming, gambling, and suicide followed by insults of another piece in this collector's portfolio are beyond too far. Grow up.

Did you read his original post? Also, I don’t see this type of lengthy discussion around other pieces in this price range. It just feels it is time to move on. Malvin and the owner already communicated directly and worked this out. Not sure why it keeps being perpetuated. 

A new collector posted a piece he was excited about and several from the community jumped all over his post saying he was positioning it as something he wasn't.  He never claimed his was the published version and simply pasted what the auction description stated.  I know we all are quick to opine about art in the hobby, but we also tend to eat our young.

I reached out and suggested if he was unhappy with his purchase based on the description that he should contact Comic Link.  He likes the piece as it has nostalgia for him.  Friends, we are talking about a $1500 piece, not a Secret Wars 8 page at $3MM+.  I don't know many sub $2k pieces that warrant three pages of forum thread and continued replies on his FB thread (until he deleted it) or CAF (which continues to receive replies).  I can see why he would feel on the defensive.

Maybe time to move on.  

On 4/2/2024 at 12:57 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 just saw this at the Marvel Exhibit in Basel, Switzerland.  Pretty amazing piece.