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That Kirby Cap is pretty cool BUT if I were to throw Crazy Cap Cash (Stan would be proud) this would be my target... be still my heart:

Dunno but man that is one memorable Bolland cover!!!

With the current state of the hobby, I find many of the old guard collectors winding down and they let the young enthusiastic pups fight it out at these price levels. Then there is the difficulty in trading, because who knows where values are?!? Finding two collectors that agree on valuations is becoming more and more difficult and as soon as you trade there is a new movie/tv show announced staring a character that you just traded. Feels like the hobby's landscape is constantly shifting and people don't want to be on the wrong side of the shift (i.e. 90's art was ho hum... now it's gold.) Yeah its a bit of a drag, but we are seeing more new pieces surface and at least they are fun to look at. "Learn to be happy with what you have" seems to be the new mantra of the hobby.

Very enjoyable listen. Thanks for including The Hyper Room interview… double sized episode, can’t beat that!

No doubt... got to luv HA's big scans of these beauties!

It's kinda like everyone is saying to the 3 Million Dollar Man "Over here! I have a page you'd love!" "Forget him look at my page." "I have a grail for you, gaze upon this beauty!" "Pick me! Pick Me! PICK MEEEE!"

GOOD DEAL, listening to it now as I type!

I really enjoyed the voting process, It was easy and lots of great artwork to choose from. Thanks to Brian and Bill for putting on this competition!

SO TRUE! There were a lot of talented artists making appearances at cons that I should have taken the time to meet and buy a small piece or sketch. Back then, I was younger and I didn’t place as much importance on those guys as I should have. I just had my blinders on for my key guys -Byrne, Perez, Miller and Golden. But we live and learn. How cool to live that close to those NYC comic cons! I’ve always been jealous of you east coast guys with all that access to artists and art.

Vodou- Here’s THE Zeck commission that I covet the most, from the collection of everyone’s friend the wonderful Jim Warden. Captain America Annual 8 cover recreation. https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1523711

Thanks Vodou! You know the commissions Zeck was creating back then were JAW DROPPING! Man why why why didn’t I get in that queue?!? Vodou teach me the art of not wearing out your welcome, I get so wrapped up in the moment I have a hard time marking the perfectly timed exit. If I remember correctly, that show had ALL of the Studio artists on the guest list!

I remember when seeing the guest list and thinking that would have been a heck of a show… care to share a few of your show memories?

YES! If I remember correctly, she was pretty insistent that art should not be framed surrounded by a black matte. It has an effect of visually punching a hole in your wall with such a stark contrast to off white painted walls. It was food for thought and coming from a very talented artist you had to consider her viewpoint.

- The Felix Podcast For me this was a comic art community milestone, it was the most direct form of entertainment created that was targeted to us. It helped connect comic art fans to others in our tribe. Felix expanded our horizons by introducing us to other collectors around the globe. He showed us there are even some collectors that are younger than 50 years old! What an exciting bunch of podcasts, we heard recollections from those lucky ones who caught the bug way before we did - Scott Dunbier, Albert Moy, Scott Williams, Dave Mandel and soooo many others sharing stories of being on the ground when all the pages we all covet were popping up and being acquired by regular Joes -passionate fans without the deep pockets but had a burning passion for the art form. Everyone should thank Felix for unearthing these stories, but more importantly for bringing the tribe together! Of his podcasts, the one I remember the fondest is his interview with Scott Free, Frank Miller’s art dealer who sold many of Frank’s Dark Knight pages. Man what a fun show that was! https://felixcomicart.libsyn.com/the-felix-comic-art-podcast-episode-18-scott-free Here’s Felix’s show description: The Felix Comic Art Podcast presents the ultimate episode for THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS original art fans with our special guest, Scott Free! Who is Scott Free? Scott was Frank Miller's art rep during THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, and it was through Scott that so much of the best DKR art was sold (including the DKR #2 cover). Then it all ended abruptly, and Scott's been off the radar for the past 30 years. DKR art fans have been looking for him ever since. What happened? Why did Frank Miller stop selling his art? Also, why did Frank take over inking from Klaus Janson? Listen and find out! Thanks Felix for bringing us all a bit closer!

With the odd state that our hobby is in nowadays, I thought it might be fun to look back and share some memories from the way back machine. I could list 5 or 6 memorable moments, but I will leave it open for y’all reminisce. To get the ball rolling, early on we communicated on Gary Land’s ComicartL on yahoo groups. Sometime around the year 2000 the artist Bob McLeod was making a plea that convention sketches should cost more than $25. It was a valid argument at the time, but it met some resistance. Kinda funny to think about that now (My memory is somewhat faulty so it may not be Bob who was stating his case but it I think it was). Those inexpensive prices made for a fun time with lots of sketch books being passed from artist to artist. It was an exciting time to hit the cons - Mid Ohio Con was my go to convention. Please feel free to add your own hobby flashbacks along with some details to bring those who weren’t around up to speed.

Is it official? Are Crypto millionaire kids replacing the Russian oligarchs? Are the Hollywood movie star collectors still a thing? Who are todays deep pocketed guys… what is it now? its not investors, it’s investor groups… give me an 1/8 of that page please. What is BSW’s contract going to look like when it involves an investor group reselling a his page to a larger investor group? Do they all have to pay BWS again? Does he take ripple coin… does he drink Ripple seems a bit low brow for BWS. Do the investor groups have to be odd numbers so that there can be no deadlocked decision to sell a page? Could someone email me 2022 Comic Art Collecting manual… I’m soooo lost!

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WOW! You must be over the moon with this one, it is really a strong example! No one could have guessed at that time the impact Byrne would have on the comic industry, but you could clearly see he was off to a GREAT start. Congrats on this great pickup!

Glen better update his prices constantly or he'll inadvertently have a half price sale during a volatile crypto day : )

What's the logic here, couldn't he take the money from selling art and just buy the crypto himself?

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Thank you Felix! Very interesting discussion, I like the pre/post auction aspect with Gene explaining his thought process. As a non spoiler, I’ll just say I think Gene made the right decision.

Let me be the first to say it... "I was the underbidder on that one." ; )