First Upgrade

1 hour ago, spider9698 said:

I know a collector who was rejected with a $500,000 offer.

About 5 years ago, the current owner politely declined a CASH offer of $360k...imagine that...

1 hour ago, delekkerste said:

 

Is it yours

It is absolutely not mine. I am just a shared keeper of the original's history, nostalgia, and memory...

1 hour ago, BCarter27 said:

How large is the original?

While I do not have the exact dimensions, I guesstimate that it is approximately in line with the sister plates created around the same time...not as large as we would like, and certainly not as large as most of the 'modern' prints...

However, you may extrapolate a better idea of it's size from this invaluable relic...

...speaking of Wrightson's 'finest work'...ya'll wanna see something cool??...

I see this as a B-Level cover from an A-Level Artist on a C-Level title(A-Level Story & Property)...

...which has an eerily familiar 'score' as the Art Adams Classic X-Men cover from the last Featured auction...

The Byrne cover breaks $18k, but, stops short of $22k...

And, thee weeks after the auction, it reappears on your favorite professional art dealer's website...guess what the asking price will be...

57 minutes ago, delekkerste said:

The stuff that isn't necessarily lighting the auction block on fire is B-quality examples from A-quality runs.

I consigned this piece, which I believed to be exactly in the classification which Gene describes, and feel that the auction result supports this...$6k ($7.2k w/BP)...

1 hour ago, jjonahjameson11 said:

Prices starting to trickle upwards now.

any guesses as to how high the killing joke page will go?

The Killing Joke page will exceed $65k with BP, but, stops short of $75k...

As of now, I am 0 for 1 at this 'guess the final bid' show...for those of you keeping score at home...

All this talk about that page is inspiring...a bid perhaps...or two...

Did you know...

In this HA Sig. Auction, Jack Kirby's very first 'Superman' in costume, in story(exluding the cover scene), panel page is being offered for the first time in over 25 years...

Full disclosure...I am the consignor.

1 hour ago, delekkerste said:

Ditko ASM has supplanted Kirby FF as the new gold standard it seems. 

I have been envisioning a rapidly approaching (alternate reality) future where KIRBY prices, on more so-called 'weaker' pieces, stalls out & by default becomes more affordable, and, because of numerous previously well discussed hypothetical variables, demand for them significantly drops...resulting in more 'dead' inventory, and auction material...

On 7/19/2018 at 4:17 PM, First Upgrade said:

Speaking of 'previously stolen' pieces...word got back that this one is priced at $80k...

To clarify...the highest offer was $80k. The piece was not priced. 

Or...

"Discipline! Discipline was the thing!"

...fortunately, in this 'hobby', tomorrow brings another opportunity...and, nearly daily, another dealer update...and, shortly thereafter, another Sunday auction...and, once numerous days pass, another monthly Focused auction or Featured auction starts...and then some Signature auction opens for bidding...etc., etc., etc...

11 hours ago, Catwoman_Fan said:

Two pages I was eyeing up sold quickly ( Spidey 2099 and McDaniel DD )

The Leonardi & Williamson Spider-man 2099 also had me contemplating on Thursday morning...

Speaking of 'previously stolen' pieces...word got back that this one is priced at $80k...

5 hours ago, BCarter27 said:

Thursday-only SDCC exclusive... available from all participating OA dealers!

Use it early and use it often!

For the sake of clarity, should everyone here just pitch in for the deluxe bottle with 33% more 'juice'...??

The savings can then be 'applied' to the down payment for whichever 'previously stolen' piece you prefer...

Any chance 'we' can get price checks on 2 pages from Moy's rack of 'previously stolen' original art ??...

Is this the final published version of Mignola's work being offered?

Was this question ever satisfactorily answered in a previous thread?

Are the STATS original or are they DONNELLY BROS.?

Which of our FAVORITE original comic book art dealers had the 'unpublished' verison? Was it BURKEY??...

On 7/10/2018 at 9:51 PM, BCarter27 said:

But old masking tape is the WORST! And a pox on all artists who use it.

I wasn't present during their creation & can not say with certainty if Todd McFarlane put masking tape on any or all of his DPS pieces from the 'Spider-Man' run, however, I have seen one of those examples which did have old masking tape holding the two boards together...

Which, makes me curious as to whether or not the example being offered in the next CLink Featured Auction has the same old masking tape holding the two boards together...I get the impression that this condition detail may matter a great deal to specific original art collectors...

May I assume here, now, that no one else noticed the three identified pieces being offered in the HA Signature Auction are listed as 'stolen' with Albert Moy??...

You may proceed, Counselors...