PhilipB2k17

I have a bit of inside info on one of those covers. So, I feel comfortable with it.

Yep. The aforementioned Amethyst #1 cover is one of theirs.

Theory: The Marquee Frazetta Piece attracted a huge number of additional people to this auction. Which, in turn, resulted in higher prices for a large percentage of the other items in the lot, Agree, or disagree?

"Behold the Underbidder!"

The (likely) overpriced cover I was referring to was the cover to Blackhawk #251 by Dave Cockrum. Due, primarily, to the Spielberg movie announcement.

There are two off the beaten track DC covers in this auction that I am eyeballing. One cover is going to end up a bit overpriced (IMHO) due to some news related to the property that recently was announced.

I have a Paul Ryan Avengers page inked by Palmer, that I don't think is Palmer's best work, let's just say.

Classic nostalgia buy. This piece will likely never sell at or above this price, again.

Of the blue lines abd inks are by the same artist, doesn’t bother me. Where it may become an issue down the road is if the blue li es get inked more than one time and re-sold multiple times that’s the potential downside.

I didn’t pay much attention to the NM 98 Page, as I was looking at the NM Cable Pages.

I’d love either one. And I totally get why people would want the MK Page, based on artistic merit alone. But it depends on what you’re looking for in comic book art.

Just compare them. I love both of them, but the Spider Woman cover has more of a classic comic book feel to it. It depends on what you are looking for.

Spiderwoman. That's a classic bronze age cover, as much as I like MK and BS.

The bid on Frazetta's Death Dealer 6 painting has hit $600,000. Any guesses on where it ends up? I say $1.2 mil. https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/paintings/frank-frazetta-death-dealer-6-painting-original-art-1990-/a/7187-91016.s?ic5=Home-FeaturedItems-071515

There’s about 2 dozen Infinity Gauntlet Pages as well. Some really nice ones. And a couple of covers I am tracking that are not hot sellers normally, but are interesting to me.

Guess it depends on why you’re buying the art.

Ummm, no. As I said, I’ll let what I previously wrote speak for itself. Your reading comprehension skills, notwithstanding.

Sigh. I’ll let my previous comments speak for themselves, since we are now going round in circles.

An "object of value" that may, or may not, retain its "value" over time.

http://bronzeageofblogs.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/barry-windsor-smiths-unpublished-thing.html Beautiful, beautiful stuff. Some examples.

If you only collect art with dialogue balloons, you are going to miss out on all the great modern art out there without them. Moreover, I thought that was what acetate overlays were for?

A) My point there is still valid. You may make money, break even, or lose money on monetizing your experiences. But, you generally paid the money for those experiences primarily for the experience, not to monetize your memories. B) I think virtually everyone in this hobby hopes their art appreciates in value. But, that's different from expectation of appreciation, and making money, being the primary motivation for buying the art. I'm not talking about dealers, here. Dealers buy inventory, and that includes art they don't personally like, or have a connection with, because they know there's a market for it and they can sell it to someone who does want it. Collectors rarely do that. This doesn't mean dealers don't also collect - many do. But, a dealer's mindset is completely different than your average collector. Do I have a statistical analysis or survey that shows this? Nope. I can only go by the sampling on this board, Felix's podcast, talking to other collectors at shows, etc. But, outside of dealers, I rarely hear any collector saying their primary motivator for buying art is to make money off of it. I think it is a fair, and reasonable, estimate to say that "most" do not.

Really, you're better off going to Kinkos and having them print a nice OA scan onto some quality poster stock and hand that on your wall. Its cheaper, and much cooler to look at.