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On 4/7/2024 at 10:48 PM, MyNameIsLegion said:

jesus christ, that went on forever,   they sold everything but the Kitch.....

oh wait...

Funny one!!! Agree with all - super long, I made it for ~ 8 hours on and off and then proxy bid - overall, I feel the market is holding up rather well!

On 4/2/2024 at 7:15 PM, Brer247i said:

Latest HA wins. Both are solid upgrades. 

 

I was the underbidder on the ASM135 - Nice copy!

I was the top bidder!

The GS X-Men 1 page sounds like a potential Platinum Winner!

I am lucky, I am in driving range of Gordon Christman!

On 2/9/2024 at 7:21 AM, PhilipB2k17 said:

I'm just expressing my preference. I see the merit in motivating people to unearth nice pieces from the black hole on CAF for others to enjoy. But, to me, if you've been holding onto a piece for 10 years, or five years, only to drop it on CAF in December so you can get a Thor's Hammer, I don't know if I agree with that. But, whatever. I don't have any way of policing it, or proving my point. 

I agree - look a lot of veterans could win this thing if they can pull from their secret pile from 20 years ago - heck, I might have a piece or two myself but that is just not cricket!

I'm on the 'you should have acquired it in the contest year' side but also, agree it can only be the honor system...easy enough to say should have been acquired in the year - if people want to cheat then I am sad but not shocked.

The lady in yellow pants is....Everett!

On 2/5/2024 at 9:26 AM, CGC Mike said:

Here's more from our Database Specialist.

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Hi all!

Similar to Wonder Woman, Joker, Catwoman, (Sensation #1, DC #40 and #122 respectively), and many other great characters, the below books should be given the designation “first cover appearance of _____” 

1.    Strange Tales #118 - Dr. Strange

Depicted in the bottom 1/4 of the book with his name displayed prominently. He is also holding the Eye of Agamotto, a key item in the character’s mythos. More than a floating head that is for sure!  

2.    New Gods #2 - Darkseid

Depicted with his name displayed prominently. He is at the forefront and drawn larger than any of the posse of characters behind him. Much more than a tiny floating head.>>

 

After consulting with the other graders, the wording we have now added to the Key Comments for these two books are: "1^st Dr. Strange on cover." and "1^st Darkseid on cover.", respectively.

 

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Conan 58 1st Belit

(You can remove 1st Belit from Conan GS 1 - it only mentions her name - the tiny woman is not Belit, it is Valeria - if you can't admit the error then go Belot cameo if you must)

Compare this to Hulk 180/181 if you doubt that Beloit's 1st App is Conan 58>>

 

Again, after consulting with the other graders and doing some research, we have changed Giant-Size Conan #1 to say "1^st appearance of Belit in cameo." and Conan #58 to state "1^st full appearance of Belit."

 

Cool to see changes made!

So much easier to enter than years ago!

My entries artists - Bolland, Edlund, Matania, McLusky (Bond), and Miller

Mark Levy's Comic Art Gallery - Submitted for Best Of 2023 (comicartfans.com)

I have this as a column in my Excel art catalog - and every once in a while,I  will go pick up some of the ones where I don't have the published art.

I remember being at a prominent collector's home, decades ago, and gently asking him if he had other significant wealth given he had ~$1M of art lying around - it seemed a little irresponsible/risky to have so much art without other wealth - but he had a lot of art and not much else - believe it worked out fine given price trends on his focus.

As others said, if you are fortunate enough to have your first $XM, I guess the rest can be art. In any case, I I am working to reduce my % art but it is tough as I love this stuff so much - but I have been selling at CAL to reduce my percentage. 

When interest rates are low on cash equivalents having a lot of art doesn't have such an obvious opportunity cost - but when you can get cash on your cash, it is a bit tougher to forego those earnings.

Still looking for 1971 Smith/Everett Astonishing Tales 6 page 6 - 1977 Rogers/Austin Detective - and 1977 Nova 11 pages!

Mark

Looks like most Mark Schultz Xenozoic Tales ever - and a lot of interesting stuff!

$16.8k - record for a Bolland Preliminary I imagine...this one went high in my mind...which Bolland WW cover is more marketable better - any from 63 - 100?

GCD :: Covers :: Wonder Woman (comics.org)

On 1/12/2024 at 1:13 PM, stinkininkin said:

Nice Wildcats art keeps doing well. I held all of mine for about 20 years and started selling it for amounts in the $100's, forgetting that it takes 30 years for fans to age into prime nostalgia buyers!  Now that stuff is going for tens of thousands, and I'm down to my last half dozen pages or so. You'd think my experience prematurely selling my Xmen art would have taught me something!

Yeah - and how do I feel, I acquired two from you in a 2009 trade and sold one in 2013 for $280 - argh - but happy to have kept the other!

Original art pedigree's interesting debate topic! 

i used to have a ~ dozen copies but trimmed the collection down a few times - still have 3 raw and 1 graded so could be worse

I still need Kazar Astonishing Tales 6 page 6 from 1971...also 1977 Nova 11 pages

I'd like to sell/curate more art than I buy - I thought I might achieve that in 2023 but I bought too much!

Merry Christmas!

On 12/12/2023 at 11:25 AM, Unca Ben said:

-a brief interlude.

Atticus Finch says hello!

... as does Scout!

 

Is Atticus full grown - how much does Atticus weigh - I have a smaller black cat as well...Nice pages!

On 12/7/2023 at 5:13 PM, Chip Cataldo said:

Why did people buy this stoopit predigree again? Every picture I've seen on the forum has been in a slab with a higher number than it should be.

Why didn't people put their money into something more stable as far as a CGC graded book? Surely if you knew about the Promise Collection to begin with you knew there were better avenues for your money.

Not sure if this unpopular but I agree - when I look at the scans of these books, the majority look overgraded - heck when numbers are 9.6 and 9.8 I am not expecting to see obvious defects...I noted this with Don and Maggie collection to a lesser extent.

On 12/5/2023 at 8:34 PM, ChiSoxFan said:

Thanks.   I've always wondered in any auction I've bid on if I was going up against someone I knew from here.   Hope you can snag a copy that you like soon. 

On a different note, this is likely my last purchase of the year, from anywhere.  Maybe.  Don't know about the price, but I never really see the book up for sale, and I've always wanted to own one, so this was another "Whatever" moment.

 

Congrats I think this is a super cool book as well!

I thought you did well!