PhilipB2k17

Movie coming out starring Vin Diesel.

Damn. I should have bid in this auction. That Perez NTT page and the Grell Starslayer cover both hammered for way less than I expected.

I wish I had art in that category to sell.

Yeah. That's nuts. I estimated between $15K and $20K per page. That's how I got my $75K-$100K estimate range.

Welp. My pre-auction estimate for the Judge Dredd first published story was right: $75K-$100K. It hammered at $90K. https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/complete-story/mike-mcmahon-2000-ad-2-judge-dredd-first-appearance-complete-5-page-story-original-art-ipc-1977-/a/7212-91049.s?ic2=mytracked-lotspage-lotlinks-12202013&tab=MyTrackedLots-101116

Yeah. Its cray

That tank Girl piece is great.

Yes. But there are some incredible pieces that should be bucking the trend in this auction.

I cannot believe how the first published Judge Dredd story is still sitting there at $26,000. There's only 2 hours left in the auction, and I think this piece should go for between $75K-$100K. But, it may not even get to $50,000! https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/complete-story/mike-mcmahon-2000-ad-2-judge-dredd-first-appearance-complete-5-page-story-original-art-ipc-1977-/a/7212-91049.s?ic2=mytracked-lotspage-lotlinks-12202013&tab=MyTrackedLots-101116

One of the reasons I mostly buy art directly from an artist or his or her rep is to avoid this kind of thing.

Mitch was one of the old timers who jumped on me for mentioning the hinky way early Marvel art “reached the market.” Don’t know if he’s involved in the Varley stuff or not, though.

I got chastised by some of the old timers for pointing out the rather unsavory means by which a lot of early Marvel art reached the market. Was treated like I pee’d in the punch bowl. This hobby has a seedy underbelly.

Wait, what? Issue number 1 pages are back on the market?

I watched that doc. Then, a few months later, I watched Documentary Now’s mocking version of that style documentary, “Searching for Mr. Larsen,” and guffawed at how they nailed all the tropes of the genre. Documentary Now is brilliant, if you have seen any episodes.

John Buscema Surfer as well.

Hopefully someone is feeding these artist websites into the Comic Art Tracker database/search engine.

Not to me. I am not a fan of the BM #251 cover.

The 2000 AD 1st Dredd story is stuck on $15,500 w/o BP. No way it stays that low.

Ummmm...what? You aren’t an “unmotivated seller.” You’re not behaving any differently than someone with a NFS tag who receives offers for a piece. All you’re doing is playing games with potential buyers.

It seems like selling through CAF is not the best method for doing this anyway.

“Unmotivated sellers” don’t advertise that they are taking offers.

All I ask is that those who don’t want to sell, don’t put up a “taking offers” tag, and then get upset when people don’t read their minds. You can tell the difference between a hack lowball and a person just making an opening bid on a legit negotiation. if I make an offer, I plan on following through with it. Which is why I don’t shoot the moon right out of the gate. Yes, I may pay more than my initial offer. But I’d like to reach a deal that is mutually acceptable. If you agree to sell for a price that I am willing to pay, then we should both be fine with the transaction. And if you know the market, there’s really no excuse for putting up a “taking offers” tag on apiece when you could put a price tag on it. I’d rather someone just put a 3X price on a page over FMV than do the old “make an offer” routine. Same difference. But at least I won’t waste my time.

Let me add: If you put up a “taking offers” tag for your piece, that’s a neon sign saying: “I have no good idea what the FMV of this art is, and I am just fishing fishing for an offer that’s so high I can’t turn it down. What amount that is, I’ll know it when I see it.” If you truly want to sell a piece, put a price tag on it. If not, don’t play games.

I don’t even do that. I ask things like: “What did the missing stat say/show?” Or, “Do you still have it?” That gets the point across. That’s after I express interest in buying the art.

I am not a fan of this way of operating. Original art is hard enough to value without me trying to read the seller’s mind about what he thinks is a “lowball” offer. You handle that by saying: “Way too low. I’ll take ____$ for it.” Then the buyer can either respond with a much higher offer or move onto something else. I get blown off by a seller like this, I strike them off of my “buy art from them” list. All my art is NFS unless I put it up for sale. If someone makes me a offer out of the blue, I’ll consider it, and give them a fair response.