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Tremendous. I wish I did own something from this talented great! Glad you thought to post this!!!

Can somebody tell a couple a dudes north of the I-5 freeway that mass quantities of dead stacks of 3-10x fmv silver age will not come alive with annual 10%+ price bumps.

Yes many old school dealers out of habit still handle original art work roughly. In their eyes you really can’t hurt the art. Now I’m not a condition freak. I believe one of a kind trumps most defects. I just believe now that art is collectible we owe it to history to preserve art to our best ability. I was going through Saul Zimmerman’s portfolio once and I pulled out a John Buscema Surfer page, handling it as if I was taking the Mona Lisa out of the frame. He kind of smirked at me like ‘what the hell are ya doing.’ His wife even commented that she never saw anyone handle the art so gently. I thought Saul was going to die. At San Diego twenty years ago an exhibitor had a page out of Strange Takes annual 2 with Spider-Man and it was kind of bent in half hanging over a wire. I guess it didn’t hurt it but perception, it looked untidy.I nearly had a stroke. But that’s old school thinking on stuff that was meant for the bin. Even when you watch the ‘dealer’ shows the boys are awful handsy with the goods. No soup spills yet!!!

It always matters who the inker is on a piece of art work. The inker can ruin a penciler’s work. An inker can also compliment a penciler’s work or even better take it to new heights. Below are some of the best. I won’t name the worst. • Joe Sinnott • Scott Williams • Jim Mooney • Steve Leialoha The pages may have cost less as the preferred inker did not work on the pages? Do you like the way the pages look? Do you feel you paid a fair price? That’s the most important thing I believe: * Penciled only work almost always sells for far less then a completed page (pencil + inks).

I’d like fractional ownership in Vodou’s X-Men art if somebody wants to get that cooking. Can we limit the initial offering to 100 suckers...err investors please Vodou. I want to dump my shares when we open ownership pool to tier level 2 1,000 limited investors 😂 We really are living in strange times.

Nadia and Joe really know their stuff. It’s remarkable the way HA has used a 🧲 to pull so much talent over to their company. Thank you for contributing the Wally Wood’s from your collection. They are splendid to look upon. Wally is a legend, a pioneer, you name it. I’m always stunned by his level of skill and attention to detail.

So for the love of Pete that fourth cover was a copy (all copies actually) because if ever there was a foreshadow of something bad happening with soup...... Even though I had a weird feeling of shenanigans I still jumped and felt ill for about five seconds when John spilled the soup on the art. 😂 Not 😎 cool guys I’m too old for those gags. Every con there is at least one insufficiently_thoughtful_person with a big gulp looking through a portfolio. I have to walk away... 🍇 🦍 ❌ 🥣 🖼

Those are some nice pages my friend. I still remember the day I saw a Bagley ASM on the shelf, then the trading cards in 1994. The guy has serious staying power and I personally love his work on anything related to Spidey. * The Checkmate page by Morrissette is no slouch either with the moody Russian agent. Good luck 🍀

Nobody wants to answer your question so I’ll take a stab. Lots of great action and the 1st appearance. $3500.00 That’s my gut I didn’t surf for comps. Very nice page. That’s what I would want in a first appearance page. Action. 🕷

Jim had been appearing with Toroedo. He was with them at this summer’s LA show. Must’ve built the rapport? Talked some numbers. I think Vodou has a point that the opportunity to see some offers and gauge take it or leave it without being on he record is advantage Jim Lee.

🍇 🦍 re: “Don’t go changing, to try and please me.... 🎵 sang the kid from Long Island. But change, rearrange, yeah I’ll go there. I wouldn’t feel comfortable glueing a word balloon back on let alone taking scissors and such to original art. IDK. Please whoever buys the freaking Jim Lee Cover(s) leave them in tact. I’m getting the cold sweats now. I don’t need this bad ju ju feeling. It was just a joke?

It was not. hell maybe your were. It’s hard keeping up with the true nature of this unruly band of mischief makers! I still can imagine a scenario in this greed is good investment banker approach to comic art acquisition where the ‘bad guy’ obtains them then does the unthinkable and breaks them up. Even if you were kidding.

Greed. it’s disturbing but I see a thought process where an ‘investor’ rationalizes separation of the boards as commodities. I hope I’m wrong. These belong with a deep pocket fan boy.

The new owner will ‘predictably’ separate these for 💰 in oh, IDK, ten years? Or they will be given the Michelangelo treatment and have a special house of worship built for them? I appreciate them for what they are. This does seem like the time to sell them. Still ten years from now should they come up again they no doubt will blow past whatever they sell for now. Remarkable times. September 15......

That makes me happy 😃

Thanks Carlo appreciate those pictures. Some really gorgeous stuff.

That piece of art would probably sell pretty nicely at auction.

I don’t have art West but I’ll never forget that day. Woke with the 📺 on and reports a small plane hit the tower. I’m a native New Yorker now living in sunny southern Cal. I had classes at the University before work. The entire day descended into madness. The Pentagon. Flight 93. Both towers coming down. I don’t know if the nation will ever completely heal. I know I saw a lot of courage in response to the evil that took place. Twenty years later the world has changed in so many ways. I would love to see more art reflecting 9-11. I hope all take time to memorialize this day in some small way. I love this country. I love the chat board. It’s a sad day but I think there are tales of real courage that can balance out some of the pain. 🇺🇸 II

Sorry you’re right to be accurate: I’m shooting the breeze in the heat of the auction. I’m with you ✅

Yes I keep confusing cover 1 $38k and splash 1 $20k 👍

I wonder if that’s the City of the Damned storyline? The dialogue mentions time travel. Steve Dillon? Ian Gibson? Pretty cool piece I’m not an expert.

$60,000 peanuts poured out from the piggy bank. I certainly will never get one of these.Congratulations to the trigger puller! $360,000 for the Sunday page!

That is probably an astute observation my friend.

I never cared for the John Buscema Surfer recreations. I did however think he put enormous detail into this larger size Surfer 1 and apparently that was enough for the bidders. $57,600 That's 3x what the owner of the actual original cover SS 1 paid twenty years ago. Very healthy bidding again today. In a frame that's going to be a very impressive display of art work at 19x28.