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I'm planning for this to be a lighter year. The only thing I'm really wanting are a couple Skottie Young covers. He's not selling them at the moment, but if he starts up again I'll be ready.

I had three pieces in this auction. I broke even. I bid on a few lots, won one. Not the one I really wanted. On to the next auction.

There were a few pieces I was interested in, but ultimately passed. Ive just bought too much this year. I still get excited for CAL and enjoyed looking at all the art, though.

Does anyone know the price of the 300 piece at Albert's booth?

I don't have my 1st or 2nd, but I do have my 3rd and 4th. Two consecutive Jae Lee Inhumans pages. Sorry, don't have a scan.

On 6/17/2023 at 12:47 PM, John E. said:

Congratulations. That’s a nice surprise. This one must be going on the wall then. 

Absolutely. Mostly because it doesn't fit in any of my portfolios.

On 6/12/2023 at 10:42 AM, John E. said:

Thee angels! They heard me!

Congratulations!

Thanks! I won two lots out of the three I was really wanting, for what i feel were fantastic prices. The other being the Campbell Darth Vader cover. I think I'm done for the year, though.

I think we're seeing the same thing that happened with his first marvel knights reboot. They're going to kill him off and here in a couple three years he'll back to basics.

On 6/8/2023 at 7:17 AM, Dr. Balls said:

I wonder if they were trying for them, or just wanted the main signed cover. Do you know who won the signed cover?

I do not. I won the Vader cover. Which is the one i liked most, signatures or not. If the signatures on the others were on the empty space on the bottom, I would have gone after those and probably lost.

They didn't 

I won my first choice for a great price, IMO. Haven't decided if I'll try for anything else.

There are several pieces I'm interested in. Luckily they end in order of my interest.

I won the two Matteo Scalera pieces for what I thought were great prices. I really wanted to go harder on the Quesada pieces, but there's a piece coming up that I really want to go after.

On 2/10/2023 at 7:28 AM, KirbyCollector said:

Cmon.... this variant cover was barely a con sketch... and if you can explain what it is, than good luck 

 

I'm a huge Skottie fan and I actually really like this piece and I agree 100%. It's a great pickup if you're a die hard Skottie fan, I think the price might have been a little low, but not much. I passed on this one since I was going after something else.

My goal for this year is to not buy a single piece. I've had an amazing collecting year and I think I need to take a break. I have five pieces paid for that I won't receive until 2023, so I hope that keeps me satisfied. 

On 12/8/2022 at 8:23 AM, g-man said:

$36K for the Lim Thanos piece seemed pretty strong

$20K for the Tim Sale LH page with lots of bids....nice page command the big sweet $. 

$53K for the McFarlane Spidey page is nice...not my fave page but has spidey in all 3 panels. 

$34K for the Bagley Venom splash....is that good? 

 

Other results did not really stand out for me. Campbell pieces went around $6K. No idea if that is good but seems kinda low? 

I thought the Campbell Spiderman covers were a steal. In fact I won the blackcat/spidey cover and I'm over the moon. I'd be shocked if they didn't sell for at least twice as much originally. I've wanted a Campbell Spidey cover for years and really didn't think I'd ever get one. Especially for less than five figures.

19 hours ago, DeadpoolJr. said:

What do people have against comicconnect? Is it only for their OA side of business? I've never heard anything negative about them with the only issue involving comic art is their own collection and how when they get a nice feature worthy piece for an auction they might try to buy it for themselves which hampers them in their OA auction efforts.

I have a problem with their shipping price. I just recently bought from them for the first time in this last auction. I got a great deal on the piece, but at checkout the shipping ended up  being 40% of the final price. Still a pretty good deal,but man what a way to dampen a post win high

9 minutes ago, Unstoppablejayd said:

Wolverine 12 page 19  is showing a final price of 1700... nice piece it was in my watched

Yep I won. I couldn't resist that SNIKT.  

I think I won the wolverine 12 page, but the final bids aren't showing up. It says I'm the highest bidder on my list though

46 minutes ago, Rick2you2 said:

I thought the prices were too stiff, so I passed.

I agree they're pretty high. His covers are a better deal comparatively speaking. However, I had to get a Star Wars commission. Once that's in hand my Skottie collecting might be done for a bit.

So did anyone get on Skotties commission list? I was debating on it. Between Jim Lee's charity auctions, of which I've won zero but I'll keep trying and Heritage closing soon I wasn't sure. I decided to send a message when the list opened, one thing led to another and now I'm waiting on a new Skottie piece. I can't wait to see what he comes up with.

1 minute ago, Unstoppablejayd said:

They were moving fast.. I had it narrowed to three different ones and one disappeared, really caused me to make a move lol.

The x-men cover was the one I knew I wanted so as soon as I saw it I added it and checked out. I wasn't taking the chance of missing by looking at the other pieces. After it was successfully purchased I took a better look. 😁