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Haha. Expect a Gene scowl soon

Wow this looks very promising. Grapeape needs to take a closer look. I see potential. Thanks for posting and of course 2 + 2 = 5 and don’t eat any fake plastic trees!!!! 🍇 🦍

Who’s going to stand up and protect the Frazetta investment position? I worry about so many reserves. The ASM pages are valued about 95 K each under this set reserve. That’s a bit higher than recent auction performances but not out of the realm of possibility. The challenge is these 2 pages finding the wallet to handle them both. 38 K BP is daunting. Add sales tax if you’re not a dealer.....Still, It’s not fair to hedge my bet so I will say someone will come through and meet that reserve. Probably with money taken out of this panicked stock market The Hulk is a great piece. I hope it triggers the reserve but I’m betting against it. Reserves can be auction enthusiasm killers. However the Wrightson Frankenstein art recently cleared a very high bar. An extraordinary example for sure. It is possible in these times a reserve wipes out thrill bidders and helps the eventual winner feel comfortable with their personal evaluation being in line with the consignors ask. The volatile stock market as a back drop to this upcoming auction makes for delicious drama.

Ha ha I’m sure you’re right

If D= 1 is Drusilla and DD 2500x2 Then D(DD) + BP = X 1(5000) + 20% = 5000 + 1000 X = $6000

The Wolverine by Todd is a no brainer. I’m going to say that I love both pieces. On sheer detail, the Hughes piece b l o w s me away. Whatever your approach for 2020 these are tremendous pieces. My mantra always is focus focus focus. I don’t want to impulse buy auction pages that aren’t must haves. I think your approach is working judging the examples you’ve shown. Keep it up buddy!!!

That’s a great cover and a heck of a price! I’m so glad you shared this. I’d love to see and or hear any other cool acquisition stories from you all. If shared with art pic all the better.

Impressive

That’s what I’m hearing from the comic speculators. I sold a WBN 7.0 for $1290 on Comiclink last summer. I had no idea the book was hot. Now I do.

I can’t believe these exist. How much will these go for? Grapeape is in awe! The artwork is of course world class.

Nice valuation I missed the October 2019 sale so if that’s the new normal.,,. Cue the cash register sounds !!!!!

Keep your fire away from my paper!!! I will admit that looks cool though. Like to hear more about the process.

Sell your 9.6 at auction and take the 3 K + + cash and buy some nice art. Cash will always speak louder than trade especially when you cross the streams with art for comics and vise versa. Trading art for art or books for books always challenging though not impossible. I suspect trading your good books for art you are looking for is setting you up to get fleeced. I wish you well in any case.

R I P Russ 😢

Usually it’s a page of art from a comic book I already own.

It’s one thing to debate the future value of comic art based on determinate factors: i .e 1) Collector demographics change 2) Tastes change 3) Do we have too much inventory vs. willing and able buyers? That comes with the territory. The main concern I have is dishonest and deceitful practices that burn collectors. There are rogues on eBay and other outlets and collectively this board has tried its best to warn others. It gets more uncomfortable when we have to call out our brand. That is auction houses and dealers that tower above what we do. If we can’t have 100% faith in the auction process or that dealers are on the up and up, we risk a crash caused by our own unforced errors. New collectors please take heart and stick with it. The art world in comics is not immune to bad actors and practices. However I submit to you that if you love comics and art the bad is far outweighed by the joy of getting a piece of art you love. Or....meeting the artist that created your favorite work. A very young Grapeape puts a few pics here to remember what this is really about. Celebrating creativity as a fan and lover of art. John Romita Sr. Gene Colan Marie Severin Harry Lampert Alex thank you for taking this on. It’s more productive your way to post FAQ and let people get educated. Those in the light should have nothing to fear. 🍇 🦍 grape ape.

No deletion For the sake of new collectors. Alex is right. It would be nice to stop talking about them but the deal with the altered art is very important info to highlight. Full disclosure is best. Alex is a thoughtful fellow and I appreciate his serious approach to the subject of Coollines.

Spot on

Best of luck! prepare to back up the Brinks truck. I think a NM 98 page without DP sold recently around 20 K. its a solid list

Well that’s the funny thing. In person I’ve had the same pleasant experience. I remember in the nineties they priced many of their items or could readily tell you a price. The web seems to have changed their model. Now we have: Inquire. Different price quotes on the same piece depending on who contacts them. The arts and crafts work on the art. let me gather my thoughts. Just what we need Alex thanks.

Ha ha!! I’m with you! You seriously are the man for the job. I love it. You are going to get a lot of material here and we’ll all learn a lot. There are times where I thought maybe I’ve been to hard on these guys but no!!

Let’s get to the bottom of why one brother always has to ask the other brother!!!! ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

That’s fair.