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On 7/10/2023 at 9:43 AM, grapeape said:

 but I can't decide on mashed potatoes and gravy, or macaroni and cheese with my biscuit.

Come on man, live a little… GET BOTH, but tell the Doc you had tofu and steamed vegetables.
 

Your doctor would be disappointed if you didn’t stretch the truth a bit ; )

Opps

On 7/5/2023 at 6:41 AM, grapeape said:

 

Grapeape replied: He went full clown, man. Never go full clown.

Kinda ok-

NOT COOL AT ALL -

That’s a heck of a cool door prize, nice pick up for sure…20 years ago, a time when wheeling and dealing was a lot more carefree. 

On 7/5/2023 at 7:10 PM, fsumavila said:

 Wish I had remembered about the Byrne Wolverine page. That seemed to go for very cheap

 

 

DOH! I would have also been on that Byrne Wolverine page, I always assume pieces will go too high so I stopped keeping an eye on auctions, maybe I need to start paying attention again.

Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!

For a hair under 4 million you could own Charles Schultz studio, looking at the pictures it seems like a great place to be creative.

Article- https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/cartoonist-charles-schulzs-sonoma-county-abode-lists

more cool photos on zillow (50) -

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/Sebastopol-CA-95472/15804859_zpid/

Opps

Man my heart goes out to you, must be sooo darn hard to deal with.
 

Hope they catch the thief and throw him/her under the jail.

Alex-  the thread is a great resource, thanks for all your hard work! 

Great episode Felix, you're killing it as always! It's always cool to hear from those who were there at the beginning of our hobby - outstanding stories and you were only scratching the surface!

Byrne wolverine v Sabertooth con sketch… er “speciality illustration”.. was strong as well!

On 6/25/2023 at 11:53 AM, Garf said:

... or simply point out all the big ticket items in this auction, then when you buy something for a fraction if the price it ain't so bad :P

Yeah- “Hey my Sal Buscema is a bargain compared to his brother John… look at how much this John Buscema Surfer commission cost. This Sal Hulk page is a real bargain! It’s the little bro discount I’m after hun.”

I wonder what the takeaway from day 3 of the auction will be.

The feature auction take away-

Molly Hatchet fans have LOTS OF MONEY!

Perhaps the buyer will add the trade dress to make it even more valuable for a future flip…

On 6/25/2023 at 10:23 AM, batman_fan said:

The one item I really wanted but two people wanted it more.  I am now thinking I should have made the winner pay more.

COME ON BATMAN…were you asleep at the batmobile wheel?!?
 

Gotta say that would look pretty awesome out on a display shelf!

Thanks to everyone for sharing their views when people get talking about money it can get a bit touchy, but it’s nice to hear everyone’s thoughts (a pretty wide and varied range of opinions).

We are definitely seeing a shift happening over the last couple of auctions and we all are trying to process what that means to the hobby in general and specifically to our personal collecting. 
 

I always enjoy the big auction week flurry of posts! 
 

TODAY IS THE DAY! To quote that famous Heritage auctioneer - “The more you bid the more it’s worth!”
 

BID BID BID! or do as I do WATCH WATCH WATCH!

I’m not cheering for anyone’s losses, however the silver lining might be, a downward trend for valuations will cause some of the investor types to look elsewhere for returns and we could end up in a place where comic art prices are more in line with where collectors (not investors) think they should be, probably wishful thinking.

For example, I think the results for the two Miller pages (Ronin and Daredevil) still seem to be way above where they should be.

On 6/16/2023 at 5:20 AM, Rick2you2 said:

I see a lot of cr*p in my line of work, including smooth talk, which results in actionable fraud. From my view, no, not at all (well, maybe a little).

I once wrote a version of this before, and I will expand it here. If someone makes a plea to you, demand that he sign an agreement (1 page should easily be enough), stating that he has not and will not sell or trade the piece for at least “x” years. If he does so, he is liable to pay you damages equal to whatever he recovered (including trade), minus what he paid you, together with your legal costs and attorneys fees, and he consents to jurisdiction where you live. Get it signed and demand notarization, of an actual hard copy, including his address and phone number (which you should check). Only then, consider sending it. If he is serious, he should sign it. If not, be suspicious. Even if you never go to court, that should scare the bs’ers enough to back off.

And yes, I would sign something like that if it something I wanted. 

I would sign that, in a heartbeat, make it 10-15 years no problem! I’m not trying to build a financial empire I just want more cool art from my favorite artists.

I had a collector contact me who was putting a book back together, of which I had a page. He said hey man let me know if you’re not open for a trade deal and I’ll have to scrap the idea of trying to the putting the book together (giving me a minor guilt trip).

I traded him the page. Fast forward just a few months, and a couple of his pages from that book were up for sale on a dealers site.

Not painful tho, because I preferred the page I that received in return. Obviously, he wasn’t as committed to putting the book back together as he claimed to be

Here’s an odd story- I bought a commission. Then a few years later I was browsing eBay and there it was up for sale - the exact same commission (a print out I presume). I sent the seller an extreme close up of mine showing the pencils and ink variations. He “didn’t know what happened”and he took the commission down. Yes, I did report the item to eBay as fraudulent. 
 

It’s a weird feeling to see a commission that you own being sold on eBay!

Thanks for the great photos!

On 5/5/2023 at 6:50 PM, drdroom said:

I post almost everything on CAF, but I do have a piece acquired in my first year of serious OA collecting (2009-2010) that I've always kept for myself. It's an unused pencil cover for a book that made an early impact on me, and when I saw it it provoked an ineffable sense of possibility, the forking paths of comics history--the dream books that might have been. The published cover was by Romita, & it's pretty solid, but I give the edge to Big John.

Dr Doom, of course it’d take an evil genius to land this stellar piece such as this! Pure Big John pencils WOW!

When the dust settles and the final bids are in on the next heritage auction. If you strip nostalgia away and look at art for its aesthetic value put their 12k 8k pieces up against Tradd’s 12k 8k art and I think you’ll find Tradd's work will stand up to those pieces at the same price points and may even surpass them. I think that the lovers of Tradd’s art really do feel that his work is superior to the other options at those price points. “They buy what they love.” The number one rule of comic art.

Of course if you don’t love Tradd artistic style, you’ll think the prices are way too high, which is fine we all have differing tastes. That’s what makes the hobby great.

Disclosure  - I’m a Tradd fan!
 

On 4/28/2023 at 2:58 AM, redrighthand said:

I'd love to see more editions of the podcast/YouTube series like this. Page by page interview before the drop. It doesn't have to be a big thunderous event like a Tradd drop, it can be for whoever's latest, I find them very interesting.

If you landed one of the coveted Dr Stange pages from the drop, how cool is it that you can scrub through the podcast and hear Tradd discussing his thoughts on your very page! 

Thanks Felix for another great podcast! It was incredible to watch Tradd talk about each page in this impressive issue, his stylistic evolution is fun to watch. He’s always exploring and pushing the envelope of his style, no wonder he has such a rabid following.

Also CONGRATS on a quick complete selliout of the issue on his art drop!!!