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Good luck in your search. Movie was bad, but loved it anyway. The action figures looked great for the times - had to buy me all of them.

Thanks for posting pubisher history!

The dps is fantastic!

Looks awesome! Congrats.

Captain America origin DPS by Ron Garney and Bob Wiacek. Ron is one of those 'under-appreciated' artists in my opinion. Loved his hulk, silver surfer, captain america and daredevil. The man can draw action. As a side note - Got a notice from HA that someone wants to make an offer on this art. Has anyone used that feature? I would generally prefer to deal with the person directly. Ron Garney Cap Art on CAF

I think thats storm - in a snow storm. Or is that snowbird in a snowstorm , or wait..

You have a great collection Doc! My favorite villain from the electric company super stories was the wall. So stupid - and yet thats why I love it so much. Just fun stuff that you could enjoy as a kid and laugh at thanks to its campiness as a grown up. Video of the wall in action!

Feel free to share any current examples.

The recent comic aficionado article on ebay results - showed us you can find good stuff on ebay. This thread is not about that. Rather - I invite you to post ebay finds that are unusual or funny to you or interesting to you. This is not to sell stuff you post, etc.. Obviously this thread can be used over time as you come across curiousities worth sharing. To start things up consider this intersting pairing of wonder woman and game of thrones. Not sure what inspired this artist from the phillipines to draw it, but not bad..? Ebay link

Interesting, that while I agree new splashes should/could be less valuable than older ones - since new covers are also worth less- doesnt that put pressure on quality modern splashes to be worth more in a multiples way?

To upload image - reply to thread. At bottom is a paperclip symbol that says 'click to choose files'. Use that to upload from your computer or phone. Hope you post. Would love to see it. No doubt you will get a bunch of feedback.

Agreed. A formula is impossible. On the other hand having a rule of thumb can be helpful. Also one of the questions I was posing was how this ratio might differ between modern and older art? The more opinions - the better!

If we rename the thread - How many 'the one' is too much? -there would be no discussion. Would there? The answer is 42 by the way.

First off - good luck with the sale. 2nd - wondering about the logos. Did you add them as overlays? Or how were they done? I know the modern covers didnt come with them. Thanks

When you love comic art, you can't help but think about it and sometimes you think up questions that need feedback or affirmation. Appologies in advance for the rambling nature of this topic. The question is as follows - are the price multiples that a cover is worth relative to a splash page, different for modern art as compared with older vintage art? For sake of argument/calculation - looking at quality but not key books (not a first appearance or some such). so no 1st n Neal Adams Green Lantern/Green Arrow or 1st x23, etc.. Obviously there are other factors that I am not sure if you can control in the below calculation (like having an important artist on a book.) Preamble - vintage (bronze and older) covers are generally valued at many multiples of individual pages (for average pages). 1 cover = 10 to 20 regular pages? 1 cover = 5 splash pages? So those are my guesses above, and you can argue how off I am on those values. But then, I got to thinking more about it -and started wondering - do those #s work for modern books? if you have a bronze age page or older - those multiples above might make sense -but for modern art -where a cover is worth a lot less (say $1000-$3000) instead of $5000 -$5000, does the same multiples still hold up for quality (cover like) splash page? To define quality splash page - A page featuring the main characters of the book in a prominent way as might also appear on a cover. (so not a small figure in a big background, or some such thing .) So in my estimate for less expensive modern books 1 modern cover = 2-3 modern splash pages? To add another wrinkle into this - many modern comics have more covers (thanks to variants) than proper splash pages. While old time covers often showed a scene from inside the book - many of todays modern covers are more pin-up. So a quality splash may actually offer both a nice image of the characters but also tie in better to the actual comic as it depicts a scene from the comic. In conclusion - what do you guys think about all this?

Its impossible to answer -but as a collector if I was buying art and blank borders were trimmed it wouldnt affect my decision to purchase at all. Plain Cardboard doesnt add to my enjoyment. I have lots of older pages where corners were trimmed in production. Dont love it - but didn't stop me getting it. The artist simply used a canvas that was too big. As long as the art is not impacted or margin notes - who is going to miss blank paper? Ask yourself this - if you were to frame it instead of put it in a folder - would the matt cover up that section you considered trimming. If yes - than you might be ok trimming for portfolio purposes. If on the other hand you display the art with a big matt that shows off the border- than dont trim.

Yeah - love the space art!

After fees and shipping costs at HA.. etc, looks less like a money making situation than a change of heart.

Just added - Superman gets his head popped off! I couldnt stop laughing when I first saw this cover. Had to try for it. Actually World's Finest has a lot of fun covers and I am happy to have my first one. Caf link

Is it possible that the crumb buyer is looking at it as just art. The way you would look at a painting by a famous artist. Not looking at it like a comic collector. For example if they found an alternate Mona Lisa painting by Da Vinci - only she was standing and not sitting. Or it had a different background. Would it sell for cheap because it never hung at the Louvre? With fine art - the story behind the art is important. An unpublished cover tells an interesting story about what could have been. On the other hand, if we look at this like comic art collectors - does the 500k price just mean that the published piece would have gone for 1 mil?

I'll second that - regarding the roundtable discussions.

So far everyone is busy comparing uxm 266 and ff 77 - but my question to you all is- Will the reserve (feel free to guess what it is) impact the sale of 266 in a negative way?

seems like you are paying attention to new art - what art is tremendous that you see sitting there and not selling, but that is also a good price? maybe we are missing out- please point some out. I know Felix reps some great artists, but he sells out all the time. so which artists/series are you noticing as being ignored? Genuinely interested.

So I know all the excitement is for Kirby FF - but what do you guys think about X-men 266 1st gambit. It has a reserve and the owner was originally asking 150k on CAF. It's the first appearence of Gambit by Kubert. Clink posting

First off - thats a great andru page! 2nd - wondring about the uk reprints. I see art show up from time to time. Were the covers re-drawn images? New stuff? What about the sideways covers - inside were the pages the other way or also sideways? Never seen the inside of these.