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Inflation Drives Art to Record Prices
mtlevy1 replied to krazykat-migration's topic in Original Comic Art
They aren't even one of a kind -
Best of 2020.. The Polls are open for just two more days
mtlevy1 replied to Brian Peck's topic in Original Comic Art
I always thought it was art obtained in the year indicated - as you say, otherwise we could see no art in 2020 getting votes -
No Sorry required at all - I wasn't assuming this was your strategy, just commenting on those that may have the concern
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WTB Rick Leonardi X-Men 201 cover
mtlevy1 replied to Stefanomjr's topic in Original Comic Art Marketplace
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WTB Rick Leonardi X-Men 201 cover
mtlevy1 replied to Stefanomjr's topic in Original Comic Art Marketplace
Sold now - anyone catch the price? He had another one a few years ago as well. -
Interesting and for some this may be true...a bit sad that some people are so 'tit for tat', isn't it? I'd like to think our community is somehow above that behavior but I imagine that is a bit wishful. I published my votes in the other thread as I find reading others' selections fun so I did the same...isn't getting more enjoyment out of this esoteric hobby the point of the boards? So post away!
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Best of 2020.. The Polls are open for just two more days
mtlevy1 replied to Brian Peck's topic in Original Comic Art
Wow – what a great set of art! Agree the voting process is very well thought out but give an inch and they will take a mile so request for Bill - would be great, if after voting, there was a way to cut/paste our selection to share with the list I generally selected what I’d like to see most in my collection Published/Unpublished Comic Book Covers Monty B. – Don Rosa, Scrooge McDuck --> Rosa Rules Glynn Crain – BWS, Conan Saga --> BWS Amir Eyal – Bill S, Dune --> Great Combo Nick K. – Bucker, Iron Man 58 --> Nostalgia Rick W. – Sim, Cerebus 15 --> Classic Indy Published/Unpublished Comic Book Splashes, Title Pages Nick Barry – BWS, MCP 84 --> Great run Albert G. – Kirby, Cap 200 --> Splashy! Dino M. – Bill S, Elektra Assassin 6 --> Perfect West S. – Sal B,, MTU Ann 1 --> Nostalgia Oliver S. – Bisette / Totleben, ST 34 --> Great Art Published/Unpublished Interior Panel Pages Comicart B – Everett, Sub-mariner --> Outbid on this gem Lee B – Perez, FF 178 --> Impossible Man!! Sean C – Kirby/ Everett, TTA 78 --> Great art in this issue! Dino M. – Kirby FF Ann 2 --> It’s Clobberin’ Time West S. – Ditko, ASM 32 --> Splashy gem Published/Unpublished Comic Book Pin-Ups, Illustrations, Gaming Art Jason K – Stevens, Rocketeer --> Classy! Justin Porter – Jim Lee, Death --> Nicely done James B. – Moore, SIP --> Cool nod to Mucha Ingred N. – Hughes / Cho, Vampi --> Tough to beat this combo! Pat C. – Mignola, Hellboy 2013 --> Need me some Hellboy Published/Unpublished Strip Art Monty B. – Raymond, Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim topper --> Classy Felix Lu – Pastis, Pearls Before Swine --> Funny John S. – Frazetta, Johnny Comet --> Classic, I need one Greg S. – Schulz, Peanuts Sunday --> Sunday Baseball Wally H. – McClusky, James Bond --> Splash panel, 007 and Wally Provenance! Published/Unpublished Commissions/Recreations (A lot of choices here!) Octavio D. – Mignola, Dragon Man --> I was an underbidder! George H. – Guice, Mlle. Marie --> Love the character George H. – Bastian, Wizard of Oz --> Great Combination Javier S. - Pope, My History with Comics --> Pope and large too Jeff Singh – Dragon Lady by Manara --> umm... Unpublished Sketch Covers/Convention Sketches W Grief – Byrne Dark Phoenix --> Classic Byrne W Grief – Byrne Wolverine --> Classic Byrne Hans K. – Supergirl by Timm --> Timmy! Ray C. – Adams, Wrightson Bust --> Always cool when an artists draws an artist DJ – Art Adams, Hellboy --> Art Adams, why not Published/Unpublished Media artwork (Music, TV, Movie) Imran A. – Jung, Lord of the Rings --> Cool Soumya D. – Troya, Scooby Doo painting --> Nostalgia button Terry D. – Fratini, The Victors --> Now I need to see the movie Jason K. – Pope, Lone Wolf and Cub cover --> Pope party Brian S. – Mignola, Hellboy --> Mignola on his creation Published/Unpublished Non-Comic Cover, Pin-ups, Illustrations, Gaming Art Roger K. – Kaluta, Starstruck --> Studio Guy Jeff S. – Addams, Count --> Classic artist on his most famous creation Kopecki - Wrightson, Cycle of Werewolf --> King-related, Wrightson beauty Comicart B – Watterson, C&H --> Anything Watterson gets a vote! B J – Lily Jones, Scribe --> I like birds Published/Unpublished Other Ray C – Stevens, Jill the Bare Witch --> Stevens always gets a vote! Doug E. – Finlay, Skeleton Illustration --> I’m a big Finlay fan Miguel AD – Kojima, Daigoro --> Lone Wolf & Cub Steve N. – Frazetta, Came the Dawn --> I’ve got a panel so must vote for this one! Ingrid N. – Smith, Lady and Tiger --> Nice piece -
7.0 on a good day, 6.5 comfortable This book has some nice Everett art in it!
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I'm sure many of us would trade away our art to be 20 years younger!
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Wow - this was so easy to do - thanks!
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Part 2: A-Level Panel Page Valuations by Artist/Run
mtlevy1 replied to heartened's topic in Original Comic Art
Ahh...Byrne MTU pages inked By Austin = Issue 79 only right? so is it really Austin or that it is a super cool Red Sonja story...either way it feels like an A+ situation...this list is going to get nuts if Hari breaks out every exceptional issue...but I'll live either way without a MTU 79 page -
What are some themes in your OA collection?
mtlevy1 replied to Mike R V's topic in Original Comic Art
My gallery is pretty much all themes - although some of the unusual ones, the name actually starts with the word theme...once Bill added the by artist feature then organizing strictly by artist is largely redundant http://cafurl.com?i=23828 So not all of them but roughly organized by 1. Early Masters 2. Penciler / inker teams by scarcity (10 galleries) 3. Pure Everett/Pure Kirby/Studio Gallery (4 galleries) 4. British writers and artists (4 galleries) 5. 70s Nostalgic runs (6 galleries) 6. Themes - including baseball and music (8 galleries) 7. a bunch of misc galleries for the rest I actually do review these every once in a while to see if I can come up with a theme and ditch some of the generic categories Actually, when I get a new piece of art that fits in one of these galleries then it is likely to get posted but if it doesn't fit then it doesn't I recommend people use at least some themed galleries, it is a fun way to collect and have less expensive pages be even more attractive when they fit your collection best. Mark -
MPH1964 is super courteous I feel is fine to say this shouldn't be slabbed for resale...common books under 8.0 are essentially 'reading' copies with little value difference between 5.0 or 6.0 or 7.0 That said, if the back cover doesn't have moisture damage, FN looks accurate This is a fun story with great art!
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2.0 - 2.5
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BEST OF 2020: BUDGET EDITION - Results Posted!
mtlevy1 replied to BCarter27's topic in Original Comic Art
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Part 2: A-Level Panel Page Valuations by Artist/Run
mtlevy1 replied to heartened's topic in Original Comic Art
Great work on the list. I do feel this is a key table and could be posted with the page 1 list...so some feedback on the lower end of the spectrum. 1. I feel the B range is a bit high 2. I like the low end of C at 0.25 but 0.5 is too high So a refined proposal - someone could actually use public results to 'grade' a few pages and create these guidelines but I just took a few examples in my head (including Gene's favorite BWS Conan) B = 0.50 - 0.75 C = 0.25 - 0.40 Of course, I don't remember how we defined a B or C page... Since no "D", I assume a C is essentially a placeholder page that the collector is actively working to 'upgrade" one day while a B is a nice representative example? Also, this is a pretty great list already and I'd recommend we not try to call out specific issues, etc - it will be too difficult to maintain and less accurate. Even A+ versus A++ is a bit much and I fear it may dilute that an A page should be a special keeper page - perhaps we need to define an A page a bit more tightly...I feel it would be the top 2 - 3 pages in a typical book...it is not an A minus. That said, if we can define A+ vs. A++ I guess it is just one row in a table. Cool stuff Mark -
Looks pretty sharp to me - always needs to be reinforced that this is for A pages...would be cool to have some multiplier range for other tiers If we keep $3 - 5K, how about Giffen LOS Great Darkness Saga pages? 2X Kirby feels a bit high... A nit, I am not sure it makes sense to split out $125k vs. $100K...it is all you better do some serious thinking! Would be great to see the list alpha by artist - title Mark
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Show Us Your Atlas Books - Have A Cigar
mtlevy1 replied to Silver Surfer's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
Congrats - I still need this one! -
Let’ see…really more of the same…I’m sure I’ll forget something but this it already too long Pages from favorite rare or scarce art teams: - Any Smith / Everett – Astonishing Tales 6 Ka-Zar story - Any Kirby / Smith – Captain America Bicentennial Tales - Select Kirby / Everett - Select Colan / Everett - Select Rogers / Austin – Detective, issue 475 page 3 would be nice The right Everett Dr. Strange page…and select Sub-Mariner…any Everett welcome 1970s Nova – especially pages from 10 and 11 (see my CAF) – Anything with Sphinx https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=2061 A nice Finlay Femme stipple I also am missing a page from several nostalgic runs, including: - Paul Smith X-Men page (1st run) - Rogers Dr. Strange page - Byrne FF (2nd run) And Impossible Man is always on the list In terms of buying vs. selling, I want to offset my art spend by at least 50% - this year I exceeded 75%. This is pretty easy to drive, you just have to sacrifice really nice art or price decent art sharply…ComicArt Live has been a plus here as it motivates me to take a careful look at the collection
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Comiclink, Comic Connect, Heritage, etcetera... Wins...
mtlevy1 replied to Buzzetta's topic in Comics General
Leno-mariner? -
Comiclink, Comic Connect, Heritage, etcetera... Wins...
mtlevy1 replied to Buzzetta's topic in Comics General
All copies of SM 22 have this per the HA.com scan I see....if you mean the odd dark inking -
PGM Fantastic Four 52 (Grade is in)
mtlevy1 replied to Tim E's topic in Hey buddy, can you spare a grade?
Presents well in the photo but is that a sub crease running down the middle of the book? -
Bronze age comics that are heating up on eBay...
mtlevy1 replied to PeterPark's topic in Bronze Age Comic Books
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What are your 2021 collecting goals?
mtlevy1 replied to Gotham Kid's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
Not a one year goal but all Atlas with Everett cover and/or interiors!