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On 12/1/2021 at 1:14 AM, cloud cloddie said:

Annoying for sure. But were you outbid or forget to bid? Your first pic says you bid $25…

Reminder bid and then it went above what I wanted to pay in live bidding

Always annoying when a piece you were outbid on pops up back for sale so soon 

On 11/27/2021 at 5:34 PM, Will_K said:

Not referring to any particular dealer, piece or price... but I've been very wary to participate in any discussion regarding the $$$ for a certain piece whether before or after it sells.  I'm not following sales closely so my opinion would be worthless.

After all, the only price that really matters to me is what I've actually paid for a piece.  Or the price of something I've sold (it's been a while).  If I'm an underbidder or also-ran or non-buyer, well that was my state of mind and state of my finances.

For me to have an actual opinion on a price before or after a sale, it feels like I'm spending someoneelse's money.  If something sells for X, I might think "Wow, that's a lot of $$$".  But I highly doubt I would think "Yeah, that sounds right, it's worth the $$$".  This stuff is still a luxury.

Of course, I don't mind paying less.

If you're the underbidder on a piece that gets bid up to a dealer that then sits unsold on their website for years...

I have very high hopes for this as the old Boston show was always very good

They're also overseas so some of this could be lost in translation 

Was fortunate to pick up some nice pieces and I enjoyed looking at all the art but some of these prices are bonkos. If I can buy a commission from an artist for $150 who is buying a pre-done one for double or more that price? OA pages that go for $150-300 listed for $900 or more and then obviously not selling. 

I am looking forward to the next one where I can hopefully find a piece or two in my price range. 

My state was one of the first to enact these tax changes and I surprisingly received a large 1099 from PayPal for sales but there's a "yard sale exception" where if this isn't a frequent occurrence or your job you don't need to claim the money as income. Found this out after going through everything and organizing a spreadsheet with original prices and deductions for supplies and shipping. 

Rushed through everything again this morning and still waiting on replies from sellers. Why are you selling if you're not going to respond to buyers?

You can just create a gallery with a random username. Nothing requires you to use your real name 

Looking to buy the following pieces and willing to pay for a full Victor Santos commission in exchange for any or all of these pieces. Of course I can pay cash as well.

Day 22 Man-At Arms  

Day 14 Triclops  

Day 11 Two-Bad  

Day 6 - Zodak

On 11/4/2021 at 3:43 PM, MadGenius said:

Looking for Resurrection Man OA. Covers and interior art from RM #1 (1997) are top priority but will also consider any other nice looking Butch Guice pages.

PM if you have any for sale.

This seller has a ton of them;

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Resurrection-man-Original-comic-art-issue-26-pg-2-scenery-splash-/144277334858?&_trksid=p2056016.m2516.l5255

I've bought other pages from him in the past and it was a smooth transaction. 

Awakened from the dead! 

On 10/22/2021 at 6:59 PM, MAR1979 said:

Well then its good to know his Social media posting is not indicative of his writing - right?

 

 

it is

On 10/19/2021 at 2:27 PM, Shin-Kaiser said:

 

I've never seen monoprints being called 'original art'. Maybe they've been called 'Artists proofs' but the fact that it's a print of digital work is often clearly stated. I don't think any dealer would dare risk their reputation by making such a claim.

The reps give heavy sales pitches about them being original art since the artists don't work in a "traditional medium". They're never misrepresenting what it is but it's being pitched as the same

On 10/18/2021 at 8:46 PM, Sean- said:

Dauterman cover auction ended at $95, 79% loss from the original price tag.  Haven’t seen a lot of monoprints on the auction sites so could be an outlier, but much lower finish than I would have expected,

The mono prints being called original art always reminded me of the phrase, "don't pee on my head and tell me it's raining" 

On 10/7/2021 at 6:41 PM, RabidFerret said:

I've got a couple of the surrounding pages and would love to put the flashback scene back together. 

If anyone might part with this or know where it is, please ping me:)

Scott just posted a ton of new pages on his site. He's super responsive too if you send him an email. 

On 10/6/2021 at 10:47 AM, Buzzetta said:

The only 'good' thing is that with a reduced number of tickets this year and how late they were still available

There's also a fair number of people, myself included, who have tickets but are not attending 

On 9/16/2021 at 9:22 AM, cstojano said:

How is this not fraud on their part? They charge for this service. Fedex did this to me with a massive 23k Hildebrandt painting, just leaned against the front wall of my house, no knock, no signature. And note that places like collectinsure typically require the signature. Fortunately I was home that day in anticipation.

All of the shipping companies have been doing it under the guise of covid. Fedex and UPS offer the ability to have a package held for pickup if you have an account under their website. USPS has their informed delivery site that tells you what mail and packages are coming.

On 9/7/2021 at 6:41 PM, Rick2you2 said:

Nonsense. There is some very good, inexpensive work. Splitting inks from pencils works to your advantage, getting you in the game at half the price.
Hobbies are supposed to be fun; spending gobs of money on this stuff just isn’t fun to me.

Don't fight it, come join us! 

I'm trying to complete two books and have 14 pages of one and 18 of the other. Neither are particularly expensive, pages were $50-200 each depending upon if they came from the artist or rep/auction site. If I needed one last page and it was a bit more than that I wouldn't mind but if someone wanted $1,000 I'd just live with that hole for the time being. 

Maybe with some time passed there are new leads... 

At least comicconnect has the ability to watch an item. Makes it much easier to purchase at auction

1 hour ago, vodou said:

I disagree. That dude just lost $300, that's all. Everyone else sees it but him

The only crime in this case is that "for not wanting to go negative" nobody tells said newb how badly they got reamed and to never do business with "whoever" again

 

In a vacuum yes but when two or three new people are overpaying it sets a new benchmark that everyone else is now living with.