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I was in VT too, but no one there was ever interested in meeting up...

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The A+ pieces will continue to escalate in price. Maybe not steadily, but over time, even as older collectors die off. The appeal of the A+ art is more then nostalgic. I will admit though, the prices of some comics (like 7.0-ish grade Amazing Fantasy 15's) and some art, like the crazy prices some C+/B material gets, scares me. Looking at those items purely from a investment standpoint, it's really got to be f-///--u money. I could think of at least a few places I would feel better and more secure parking my money at then in some of that type of material. I am still amazed with the advent and prevalence of pressing that a comic that was worth lets say 50k one day could sell for 150k the next. Just insane, if you ask me.

Rough crowd... Grace is not with them.

I took it down guys. A honest mistake, I thought I was posting in the GA sell section. Don't hang me. J.

Thanks.

Anyone know what a VF copy with the dust jacket of SOTI is valued at these days?

Reminds me of the martial arts philosophy, from white belt to black back to white again to eventually complete the circle.

Hard to say. I think the 19. I would not want to die either death...

Seems like extra work to me when you can just pencil in small guide / sight lines for top and bottom. Still, if it works for you and you like it, who am I to say? The frames and art do look great hung like like that.

For me it does not translate well with comics.

I like this page. This page is paced well to my tastes. Also a modern artist whose work I enjoy is Sean Phillips.

I have been looking at interior pages on Ebay for the last month or so, something I usually don't do. As most of you know, it is dominated by modern art, which was what I expected; no surprise there. Also, I know the trend now as opposed to when I was reading comics years ago is to slow down the story telling pace. I would guess that in contrast to comics I read as a kid and a young man it takes about 3 to 5 pages to say what the comics did in 1 page back in the day. I have to say it, the modern artwork is so uttering boring to me. I feel like I am looking at flash cards slowed down x20. i am not knocking anyone who collects modern art, and of course I am generalizing, but I think if someone offered to pay me to take some of this stuff I would decline. If the movies moved at the pacing of the modern art I think they would all lose money. In fact the modern art reminds me of movie story boards. Is that the goal? The pacing of the pages reminds me of a old saying about anal tendencies and micro managing. There are people who see the forest, people who see the trees, people who see the branches, people who see the leaves, and then there are the people who see the vein in the leaves. The pacing is so tortuously slow and leaves so little to the imagination that looking at most of the modern stuff puts me to sleep. No wonder sales are so low these days. Again, I am not implying lack of talent or creativity. Just that the current style of pacing is incredibly slow to me. It takes the fun out of collecting modern sequential art for me. Watching a cell divide is more exciting then most of these pages and the pace is easier on the eye. I like my sequences paced a little more then 4 seconds apart from the first to the last panel. I think some of these pages the time elapsed from the first to last panel is even less then 4 seconds sometimes. Have they run out of plots and are merely using this device as a way to stretch the stories? Its a great way to take a legitimate one issue story and make it 3 or 4 issues if that is there goal. Well anyway, I do own some modern pages, but I find about only 1 out of around 500, 600 pages even mildly interesting.

I actually like the piece because of the bridge and the after and before middle panels.

I remember that glass case in the front. If I recall correctly, it was a husband and wife that owned the store. The wife, I think her name was Dottie, was usually the one there when I went. I would love going into the back of the store where those old wooden shelving was. They had lower grade books from the around a year or two old to as far back as the early 60's in that area. I think it was something like 12 for a dollar. Lots of DC's, and less Marvels. I usually walked out with a stack of around at least 20 to 30 comics.

Not a Action 1, but in 1969 I asked my dad to buy me a Superman 1 at My Friends Book store on Flatbush Ave in Brooklyn. Paul Levitz later worked there as well as Roger Stern. They were known for their considerable comic inventory probably more then their books. They said they could get a Superman 1 for $100. My dad said no way would he pay $100 for a "used comic". The grade was never even discussed. So instead he got me a Act 37 and Batman 14, for $20 each. Both around vg+/fine. I recall seeing an Action 1 for sale at the 1971 NYC July 4th convention. I was only 12 at the time, so no way I could afford the $200 ask price. I do not remember the dealer or condition. Much later, around 1982 I was at a book store on 86th street on Brooklyn NY. The owner was known to deal in comics. Fischler often went there; I did not go there so much. Anyway, I was offered a Act 1 for $1800 at the time. I think it was around fine. I just did not have the money for it.

Thanks, i will check him out.

I want to have an artist do a commission of a Matt Baker romance cover. Anyone have any suggestions of what artists may be best suited and willing to do this type of thing. I would prefer an artist who has been in the business for a while, but if not I would still consider him or her.

The 59 cover sold for a bit over 300k recently, so I can see this going for around the same. I like the 59 cover a lot more...

Got the printer yesterday Gene. Thanks for the heads up.

It'll be there in 2028 too. The price will be about $1900 by that time.

Wow. You did not say anything, but it's pretty much clear what you may be implying. The aspect of their pricing while frustrating to collectors is within the boundaries of legally accepted business practices. It feels like rip off pricing, like we are being raked, but just don't buy it. I have purchased some stuff from them over the years and know I am paying above market. But it's the tip of the iceberg. If their pricing were more in line instead of purchasing a couple or 3 pieces, I would have obtained maybe 12 to 15. As far as the other stuff, well...even trying to give them the benefit of the doubt, it seems to occur to often. Only a limited number of conclusions one can draw, and none of them are flattering.

Old Fiat Spider 124. Man did I love that car.

In fact I am going to have a commission done on this cover soon mainly for this reason. Also, check out Chili #2 for double entendres - http://www.dcindexes.com/features/comic.php?comicid=56250 Last, Adventure #42o. Oksner admitted in print he drew the canon as a phallic symbol. http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Adventure_Comics_Vol_1_420