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I thought it went low given the Leia content - was expecting $25K-ish myself. I thought the Star Wars #5 cover was a shocker. Shockingly low, that is. One of the first 6 Star Wars covers and a pretty good one, to boot? I thought $150K would be the dead set absolute floor and I was bracing for a bidding war that would take it even higher, maybe even a 2-handle result. I mean, I am floored by this result given that Star Wars art has continually surprised to the upside for so long. Uncanny X-Men #200 for $102K was another shocker to me - I thought the owner might get in the ballpark of breakeven on this sale, but this result is not even in the same state as the ballpark. I have to believe that this would have done waaaaaaaaaay better amidst the FOMO frenzy of 12-18 months ago.

Barry Windsor-Smith Conan the Barbarian #5 Cover Sold for $60,000 at Heritage on August 3, 2018 Re-sold for $61,000 on March 2, 2021 Re-sold for $70,000 at ComicLink on September 6, 2023

I'm pretty sure that BWS' Weapon X art has surpassed his Conan work in terms of broad-based hobby appeal, at least among the under-55 collectors in the hobby. A friend of mine had the "Book of Samothrace" painting (not sure if he is the consignor or if he let it go at some point). For a certain generation (he is older), there's a real mystique to and nostalgia for The Studio-era BWS art (this one is in The Studio book). A lot of BWS' Studio-era material hit the market all at once 7 years ago and prices suffered as a result. That said, a lot of time has passed, and the prices of his other art (especially Weapon X) has skyrocketed in value, so, maybe it's not that surprising to see his Studio-era art finally get a bump as well (I say that as the owner of a great BWS piece from that era, the one that was used as the cover for his OPUS 2 book).

Philistines!

To me, Miller DD art is all desirable, but, to varying degrees. Of course, content is king, but, as a rule of thumb, I go by this hierarchy: 1. Daredevil #168-184, 191 - Miller with full creative control, both writing and penciling on the board. Also helps that the best story content is during this time 2. Daredevil #158-163, 165-167 - Miller with pencils on the board but not writing the book. Great that it's Miller pencils on the board, but, I feel like this is Miller Lite (tm) and not full-calorie Miller without him scripting 3. Daredevil #185-190 - Miller writing and detailed layouts on separate sheets but no pencils on the board. He didn't touch the boards, but, having seen the layouts and knowing they were blown up via lightbox, I feel like this is still very much Miller. To me, this is the hierarchy and there should be discounts for buckets #2 and #3 all other things being equal. That said, over the years, the discounts have definitely been narrowing, to the point where sometimes it doesn't seem like there's any discount at all. And that's very likely attributable to newer collectors either not knowing and/or not caring about the distinctions laid out above. "Cool Miller DD page, bro" seems to be enough for most people these days.

Still have my first piece, purchased around Oct/Nov. 2002 Mike Deodato - Elektra v. 2 #14, pp. 2-3 double-page splash

Yep. Most of it will never be displayed and will just sit around collecting dust in a dank basement in NYC or in storage across the river. I think it must be an ego thing to think that a prestigious university will hold your life's work and that many students and scholars will descend upon the archives to study it. But, let's face it - the fantasy is nicer than the reality as described above. I totally agree - donate a small portion if you must, but, otherwise, get it out into the hands of the people who care about your work the most - the fans. Your work will live on as it's displayed online and trades hands periodically in perpetuity.

Really nice, memorable page from the story - congratulations!

Looks like I need to get my sets graded!

Well, it is a strip from within the first 5 months of launch.

I think someone lost their reading glasses and thought it was Psylocke, Jean Grey and Beast on the page.

"Museum of the City of New York - CERTIFIED"!!! What in the AF...there is no reason for a piece like this to have gone around multiple museums and galleries who all decided to stamp the back of it. As for the OP's piece, I really don't know when the Whitney would have had an occasion to have a "Bob Kane" Batman piece in their possession, much less have cause to stamp the back of it for some unfathomable reason. And sometime 2015-present no less. More likely that a forger wanted to create the illusion that this piece was somehow displayed at the Whitney at some point back in the day and was too dumb to realize that the museum wasn't always at its new location. The whole museum stamp thing just smells of some forger's trademark.

Sorry to heap more doubt and bad news on this situation, but, the Whitney Museum has only been at its 99 Gansevoort Street location since 2015. Before then, it was located on the Upper East Side on Madison Ave., so, that stamp on the back is 8 years old at most. - Gene (Founding Member of the "new" Whitney Museum)

Tbh I have very little recollection of it at this point! That said, I'm sure it was awesome, just like everything else in the early-to-mid '80s.

Another early 80s D&D rarity re-discovered!!

Was at my storage unit in San Diego the other day and snapped this pic...some of my original RPGs that I played in the early-to-mid '80s!

The Flash Gordon piece is one of the best things I've ever seen and was all anyone could talk about at the show (and by anyone, I mean me ). It's from 1939, too late for Tim, too late for anyone here, trust me, none of you want this one, wait for the others that are coming down the pike from the same consignor! I would love to own it but I fear that the Lucas Museum will crush all challengers...I mean, does panel #3 remind anyone of a certain princess' hairstyle?!!

I set up some half-hearted proxy bids but was otherwise preoccupied at SDCC Preview Night. I was at the Donnellys booth and Rich was actively bidding on the auction while I was there, though.

No idea...this is the only comic I've submitted for grading in almost 20 years and the only metal variant cover I own so don't know how CGC treats them generally.

I bought all four A series modules in great shape in August 2020 for $130 including tax & shipping (so probably about $110 before t&s).

I underbid 10 lots and won one. After getting blanked on all the other stuff, I was hoping to get outbid on the last lot as well. But, no, so, $38 winning bid on the module below plus $20 shipping. Awesome.

It's a comic where the front and back covers are actually made of a folded sheet of thin, brushed metal. They're fairly heavy. IIRC, I came across the writer of this series at NYCC 2021 and he was telling me about a potential high-profile TV deal for the series and such, so, I decided to get one of the metal variant cover issue #1s, which he offered to sign in front of a CGC witness and get it subbed directly at the show for the CGC Signature Series. It's now in my collection. As of January 2023, the property was in development at BR Films.

I see foil variant covers, relic trading cards and a 1/1 NFT in the future!