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Are you referring to the market swing or the book in question?

I think the book prices actually showed signs of Stabilizing. Hulk 181 9.8 had an uptick. FF48 9.8 was on par. Ultimate Fallout 4 9.8 Djurdjevic had an uptick form a recent bloodbath ebay sale of $8500 ($15k on HA today).

Walls, vaults, and museum exhibits. The current Marvel exhibit by Semmel Exhibitions is in New Zealand. If you happen to be in New Zealand, it is 100% worth stopping by Wellington to see this as well as the New Zealand National Museum (Te Papa Tongarewa) as they are across the street from each other. Additionally WETA Workshop is only 15 minutes away. In a single day, one could hit all three, each an absolutely incredible experience! https://www.semmel-exhibitions.com/marvel-mightiest/ https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/ https://tours.wetaworkshop.com/wellington/

Good luck on the search! I gave up a while back.

There are some pieces I am willing to consign that I expect will be a loss, so it is a matter of whether I think a different piece is more desirable or if I personally value it more.

New Goal: attempt to avoid Mandel pieces on Heritage. Likelihood of success: highly unlikely

I just spent 5x+ my normal budget on a piece, but it was totally worth it. Every so often a piece comes along that is a total dream, and I make the decision to push my chips. I can maybe do this once a year if I'm REALLY lucky, but ultimately it requires selling other pieces I love on the back end. What I will say is I have not regretted doing this yet. Usually I find greater enjoyment in the bigger "premier" piece than I do in several smaller pieces. YMMV

I submitted. Here are my 2023 entries: https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerybestofyr.asp?yr=2023&gcat=140502

Haha! I remember when I got into the hobby a few years ago and first came across that site. It was a time warp, and I thought I may need to look for an AOL disc in my mailbox to get me another month of free internet.

For those that don’t know, DS is deadstock. It is a mint, unworn sneaker.

That’s a pretty impressive hammer price. Wowza!

I think it’s more of an ongoing joke. BWS is amazing. While Conan is a little before my time, I can get down with some Weapon X and Valiant era.

From what I researched a few years back, this was due to a flame retardant chemical being applied to certain safes quite a while back. It doesn't seem to be a current issue from what I've found.

Totally agree with this. When I’m trying to win multiple pieces at the same time, my mind simply isn’t built for it. I recall the last CC auction in which I participated, I was juggling between two items and completely missed the third item I wanted pop up and end low as I was focused on the others and missed it altogether. It was a turnoff for me personally, but I can also see why others enjoy that format.

Nope. Those will go big.

But I thought there are no cats in America... Congrats on some nice value pickups!

Yeah, I was born in 1980, so the NSX came out when I was first falling in love with cars. Such a dream for my friends and I. It was very fun to make it a reality, but in the end, I purchased pages from Marvel Spotlight #5 with the proceeds which easily increase in value at a much higher rate. I figure I can always sell a page or two and buy another NSX if I really missed it that much. My friends thought I was crazy at the time of selling the Acura though.

After several years of squeezing every dollar into comic art, this year I finally purchased a few other toys that brought joy to my everyday life in the form or two new guitars. During the pandemic I sold a lot of my guitar collection and even a 90s Acura NSX in order to move all funds into art. I don't regret it for a second, but I also decided to take a breath and recoup some of the things I gave up along the way.

Congratulations! Such a great example too!

Another reason I like the Marvel Snap card art another member suggested. I’m on that 🚂. Toot toot.

Thanks! I was totally playing. I work for a Bank so it’s a rather ridiculous joke thrown around. The epitome of cliche. 😂

If you don't mind. I simply ran out of fingers.

It’s pretty wild. It would be so interesting to have a record of all the alterations by various dealers over the years. When I first heard art had been modified, enhanced, or altered I was stunned. Fast forward a few years, and some of the horror stories that surface are mind blowing.

Yeah, I can’t wait to see where that ends.

Same.