PhilipB2k17

This thread is starting to go a bit off topic. The issue I was trying to get a discussion going on was whether or not we can even be sure that all the "fake" Schultz stuff out there is actually "fake?" I dare say that if some random person posted this drawing for sale on eBay, that a lot of us would declare it fake. Whether or not you would buy it if you knew it was genuine, is a separate issue.

No way that's pre-code. That's late 1960's (I'd say '67-'69 ish), based upon the mini skirt (albeit a dress, but a high hemline) on the woman, and the longer hair style and double breasted coat (with a turtle neck) of the man.

How many so-called "experts" would classify the drawing in this photo as a "fake" Schulz Snoopy drawing if it popped up on eBay without any provenance? Obviously, this is 100% genuine, but I am curious as to how people would regard this in the wild if they knew nothing else about it?

I am bringing my key comics to conventions to sell, and am using the money to offset my costs of attending, and any art purchases there. The secret is to price them out ahead of time and stick to a bottom line price. Once I sell off all my keys, I will sell the rest of my bulk collection to a dealer friend for $.50 a piece, or thereabouts.

$850 back in 2013 seems like a decent price for that page. UPDATE: Might've been a tad underpriced, but not terribly so, per Heritage auction results. Explains why it sold in two hours. (You should have run an auction rather than a BIN).

Not correct. http://www.comichron.com/faq/alltimebestsellingcomicbook.html "During the heat of the comics boom of the early 1990s, Marvel published the bestselling comic book of all time: X-Men Vol. 2, #1, with sales of 8,186,500 copies."

Oh my word. He has this too? I'm also happy to see an Underzo "Asterix" piece. And, it's interesting that he likes Matteo Scalara "Black Science" covers. There are a few up on e-Bay that I have been eyeing as well. Really excellent. And, finally, this thing of beauty from LXG. Wow.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/waynealanharold/p-craig-russells-the-selfish-giant-and-other-stori/description

Even Bob Kane faked “Bob Kane” Batman sketches.

Most likely a dealer bought it then. How much did it BIN for? And who was the seller? UPDATE: I found the listing. Yep. They sold it for dirt cheap. I’d have jumped all over it if I saw it.

Wait...WHAT?!? Why do I never see these things on eVay?!?

It depends on what you could have bought with that $1500 instead. There is some great modern art outside of the Felix nexus (and don’t get me wrong, I bought a lot of pages from him) that is really priced to sell. Like browsing through a lot of rep sites just to see what’s there, and amamazed at some of the stuff available.

It depends on what you could have bought with that $1500 instead. There is some great modern art outside of the Felix nexus (and don’t get me wrong, I bought a lot of pages from him) that is really priced to sell. Like browsing through a lot of rep sites just to see what’s there, and amamazed at some of the stuff available.

I think Preacher art is on a downward trend as well.

Here’s how you could maybe pull this off. Make a special “production print” of the page, send a hard copy (not a digital version) off to the publisher (who then stamps it, dates it and puts the issue number, etc on it), and the publisher then sends it back to the artist after creating the print run from it. That is then the “original” production page used to publish the art.

If Fiona Staples sold an “Exclusive 1/1 print” of the cover to Saga #1, would you pay the requisite $10K+ she’d probably ask for it? I can get a fabulous modern pencil & ink Batman cover for less than that.

I was literally just looking at the Janin art, and thinking the same thing. Absent an exclusivity contract, I’m not sure how you prevent him from selling more copies of it.

It’s more like Ash vs Evil Dead than Buffy, imho.

Not the same dynamic.

Gene is right. The overall Art market is going to stagnate and go down due to demographic and cultural changes. But, just like a typical stock market, there will be certain categories of art, from specific stories, artists, or characters, that will continue to go up. It's likely that MCU related art will get a nostalgia bump in 15-20 years, for example. Doesn't guarantee it will, just that it is more probable than not. But, something like Walking Dead art will crater. Was just at a comicon in Michigan where a few collectors came around to Mike Burkey's booth, and were talking about the Walking Dead. Mike had a few Charlie Adlard WD pages in his stack, and I pulled one out to show these teens/twenty somethings. They were like: "Wait? Is that from the comic? I don't even read the comic. I just like the TV show." Marvel, on the other hand, is doing a ton of cross promotion between the movies and the comics, especially to get the comic sales up, or to take advantage of the movie popularity. A lot of young MCU fans also buy the comics. There are also a lot of independent comic properties that are in the pipeline to be made into movies or TV shows. If any of these become hits, or resonate in pop culture, the art from them may becomes valuable. (Case in recent point, the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on Netflix - which actually incorporates art from the comic series into its opening credits scene - may stoke interest in art from that book). What you will see is that the folks who bought some of this art early, will benefit. Problem is, a lot of this speculation is being built into current art prices. But, I think that's always been the case. Watchmen Art was never cheap. Nor was TDK art. It was always premium priced well above the market even when it was new to the market. All that said, Mike Burkey participated in a panel discussion at this smaller con in Michigan, and only about 10 people (including myself) showed up for it. And I was hanging out at his art both for quite a while going through his stock and shooting the breeze. Not a lot of collectors came by. A few did (including Michael Golden, which was cool), but it was not a big draw, despite all the incredible pieces Mike had on display. It's really a niche market out here in the sticks. If you are not in NYC, LA, or Chicago (or maybe Dallas), it is not really in people's radar.

Yeah. Michael Golden came over to Mike’s booth when I was there and had some interesting stories, to be sure.

Yeah. I missed the boat on the Warehouse art liquidations!

Great to meet you mike!

I don't know, but it was probably by Rob Leifeld.

I will be there.