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Tatis is a phenomenal young player...Pete is likely to see more walks, pitching around him. 50 is possible. He would have to fall apart completely not to be RoY.

My window was 1996-2004. I bought at prices i'm comfortable with. With very few exceptions I won't get caught buying over FMV today. I don't want the market to collapse. Accept a cooling period and some correction. Sure? There's enough for everybody to enjoy. Bronty you always make thoughtful points. There's tons of information out there and on the boards. It's up to us to make use of the correct information.

Thanks Twanj

Freaking love Pete Alonso. Still waiting for his home run to come down in Minnesota. Go Mets!!

I'm a huge Mets fans. Love Greg Jefferies. Wow look how many cards lol.

RickyBobby I truly understand why you are chapped. I saw this on Friday at $5000 and some have suggested seeing the same price on preview night. I liked it too however I thought for sure it was inked by someone other than Kirby. A rep said he believed it was all Kirby and I let it be. Glen Gold who I trust on Kirby and on original art in general says Alcala worked on the piece. I'm with you so sorry you had your heart set at that price. I truly believe it was an error. Did you pick up anything cool you want to share?

I think that's what took place and I feel sorry for Ricky. I hear it was 5k on preview night and I saw the page on Friday afternoon listed at 5k.

I took my pic at about 4:30 on Friday at SDCC. The 5k sticker was on the display.

What a beautiful way to look at this possibility.

Hey I hope didn't spoil the moment. Great piece of art. I swear I was trying to be unobtrusive and discreet. The "bodyguards" reaction made it chaos for 4 seconds. I'm glad you enjoyed the show.

Intelligent assessment of reality. In one way or another we members are saying the same thing. I think..... when I buy I want a great deal when I sell I don’t want to lose money. Inherently these are luxury items as you say and they come with the trappings of potential risk. —there are pieces bought to flip or saved for permanent NFS collection —we want the market to stay healthy •••the chat board is great ••¥ this is all good info with shared experiences good and bad. If an individual or dealer has what I want, I’m going to find a way to get it done. Even if I have to hold my nose. But it has to be for a grail. The best art that I have was obtained from 1996-2004. Folks can put any price they want. They can “take this one home” if not motivated to deal and sell. We collectors reserve the right to exercise our common sense to not chase. Better to search on and earn the next great thing.

Very good point. The issue of trade is something we haven’t factored in. Some of these bloated prices could be protection against being locked into a low trade value. Having a crazy valuation or undisclosed price gives you room to “come down” or neutralize valuation items being offered in trade to get a deal done.

Very solid point. I do agree this is an approach some collectors are using.

This had a $5000 sticker at the Con. They should honor that no? I took it as a fixed price item when I looked at it in person.

One of my favorite covers!

Some dealers are choking this market by hoarding and playing no listed price games. Best way to buy is to make a deal privately (but factor market data that is out there) or auction with a company that respects you. You have to push...make HA or any other auctioneer earn their commission when you're selling. When you buy don't spend F U money unless it's for your private collection. I saw mountains of art with no prices. Sad. Very few pieces deserve the inquire B S. Used to be that would be for something extraordinary like the ASM 299 cover mentioned in the thread. Now it's for interior pages with moderate content on the page? Let the market work please dealers. Mike B is one of the best because he always lists prices. Now there are times where Mike leaves meat on the bone for the buyer and there are times where he eats all the left overs. His model is sound however as collectors paying attention can gauge what Mike is doing price wise and over time can make a little bit if they want/have to sell. Mike influences the market but he also keeps art moving through the pipeline. It's good for market health. Then there are those that choke the market...I won't name the dealer but a splash page listed for 24k on his site a few years back never sold. I was surprised to see it at the Con because he had taken it down from the site. How much? I asked. 85k was the dead pan response. So there are a few who play a game: buy it now or get punished down the road. They simply have a crazed notion that the piece they have listed and unsold for years is "flying up in price." They continue to move the price up. I say let the market decide on some of this inventory so we can have a healthy collector market into the future. It's bottle necking the inventory. We're going to wind up with a ton of over priced material that will crash down on most collectors. Those that came in late will have to figure out how they were left holding the bag. It's like buying a $300k house in Southern California for $600k because that's what everybody is asking. Eventually it's a long way down and should you have to sell,,,,,ouch.

(1) Frank Miller (2) Bruce Timm (3) John Romita (4) Alex Ross (5) Alex Ross (6) Charles Schulz If anyone else has pics please post this has been a blast

Grotesque Immense discarded isolated disturbed...........hypnotic.....dark........lovely

It's true. Banks give out minimum ten page disclosures and you're not protected like you think you are. This was a part of my line of work. You'd be amazed how many people would toss the contract agreement aside. Natural disasters? Wrong box drilled? Now before you pull your art portfolio out of your large size SDB and put it under your mattress, take heart. Read your contract lease agreement from your bank. What's covered and how much? Do you have insurance if something goes wrong?

£7,026 of £10,000 goal

As you all may or may not be aware, our wonderful friend and artist Conny Valentina has recently gone through a horrendous house fire where she lost 2 of her beloved pet cats and $500,000 (her entire life's collection) worth of art, plus any commissions she was working on, which she has no way of refunding.

What happens in Vegas usually stays in Vegas, with the exception of that photo of the Blue Man group.

Kirby and Alacala! Thanks Glen Gold for the info.

Thanks for confirming G...I knew it wasn't all Kirby from the art. Thanks to you I know who else did some work.