PhilipB2k17

https://www.cbr.com/garfield-jim-davis-selling-original-comic-strips/amp/

This thread summed up.

I'm guessing about 50% of the reason why people with valuable OA don't advertise it is so they can do private sales and cheat the Taxman out of his cut. And, this will make it harder (not impossible!) to get this kind of a deal in the future, because anytime this kind of thing happens, the deal will spread like wildfire in the dealer and the collector community and make all the dealers and sellers that much more cautious.

A) No one here should pretend they would not have bought it at $800. B) It would be very hard for any one of us NOT to tell someone about the deal of the decade. It would eventually get out. C) This story will only make it harder to find such deals in the future.

In this day and age, you’d have to wonder if it was a reproduction if it was priced that low.

When does the bubble pop, though?

New pick up from Ron Lim.

I wouldn't get that inked. I'd make a blue line scan, and then ask different inkers to interpret it.

That second one looks more legit. It still may be a fake, but it’s “light” years better than the original.

I agree with everyone else, but that left elbow gives the whole thing away. That's either a bad artist, or a bad trace job. That's not the hand of a seasoned, respected pro like JR.

https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/manga.aspx?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=smo&utm_campaign=manga&utm_term=1&utm_content=link_20/08/2019_mktg&hootPostID=793cb75e12798aadb4a574fe5317a01b Includes Astro Boy pages by Tezuka Osamu

Let me know when any of these come up for auction:

Yeah, but its a tiny batman in bondage. This cover is for Joker lovers, mostly.

Frankly, I'd rather have the cover to Marvel Feature #1 than Batman #251. Or the cover to Superman vs Muhammad Ali, for that matter.

I have a feeling it won’t do as well as people think.

That Joker movie is going to depress the Joker OA market.

I’m going to go under the $600K. Just a feeling.

Man. That art is so awesome. I’d have been distraught if I’d bought it and it disappeared. Congrats!

Latter stage Frank Miller is definitely an acquired taste. But his pseudo expressionistic style grew on me.

Yeah. I saw that and initially thought: “The original Kirby cover to FF #1?1?” And then 1 millisecond later came to my senses.

I explained the Sal Buscemasance a while ago. His 70’s to mid 80’s stuff was classic Marvel house style at the time. And he had some really nice runs on books like the Defenders, Hulk, Rom, Captain America and Spectacular Spider-Man. He also had the New Mutants for a while. He was the comic artist equivalent of the 32-year-old outfielder who regularly hits .275, 18 hone runs and 80 rbi - and plays a solid right field. The guy every team likes, but is constantly trying to replace with a hot young prospect. He just did the job at a solid professional level of quality, and did it on deadline. I think people just appreciate the classic look of a 70’s to mid-80’s Buscema page (not a fan of his Image style era 90’s stuff). It’s not esoteric, or transcendent. It’s just representative of a great era in Marvel comics that collectors look back upon with fondness.

Those are within the exceptions I outlined. A) They Are part of the MCU, or the DCCU. B) Those are generic price increases for the character across the board, not specific storylines. The one that maybe fits is Miles Morales pages. Im not really talking about Big Two stuff for the most part, except for maybe Thanos & Miles Morales. Even the Guardians still isn’t that valuable. And, as I pointed out, they get a short term bump. Which you acknowledged has ended for the properties you listed.

I think Ultimate Spider-Man, Miles Morales Art may start climbing (if it has not already), though.