dirtymartini1

When getting your OA professionally framed, do you leave the art in its mylar and acid free board or take it out when framing? Please feel free to elaborate on either side why you do what you do. thanks for the input.

Tips for dealing with them. pour a full glass of scotch. bang you head against the table 3 times. email them about a page similar to the one you really want. they will then give you prices on many pages of that artist/comic title. While the specific item you asked about will be marked 100% over FMV, the others which include the page you really want will range from 40-70% over FMV. If its a must have piece then go back and forth to get 10% more off. Bite your tongue/hold your nose and pay. take a shower.

Dialogue and the story help give you the complete array of feelings and satisfaction of a piece. Eye candy has no substance or resonance once the ooh aww factor wears off. You want your art like you want a good woman. Pretty but something underneath to keep you interested and coming back for more.

Damn what an amazing find. You just gave all us kids of the 80s a guy shot. Thrilled to see it but sad it’s gobbled up. Enjoy. Wow

I would love to use Hakes but its user interface is stone age. I give up after about a dozen clicks sending me in circles. I should be able to locate ORIGINAL COMIC ART in less than 10 seconds. Not waste 10 minutes and still feel like a paulsey bc I'm on a page with bottle caps.

Good thing it wasn't a $15k commish for a Lake Como Jim Lee. They would of put a lien on your house and took a kidney.

I think what makes most owners of art keep their guard up is when they get messaged out of the blue by strangers showing interest in their art. There's a good chance its a straw buyer acting on someone else's behalf. Oh it happens just as much as shill bidding.

I am in Bergen Country. I cant wait to get out of here. Hopefully 3-5 years left of overpaying property tax. Then I can buy more art!

The CGC label says page 6 detached. I have heard that its actually an non attached insert that was added with the original comic way back when. Does anyone have any idea if this is true? If so I would think it way more valuable and even a better grade if that is the case. Page detached must knock off points. Any golden age Green Lantern experts out there to weigh in?

2 places you def need "friends" In prison and protecting your OA in auction. Ha!

ha while i love this thread the one sad part is the actions of these people sometimes make ones love a piece turn to hatred and it has nothing to do with the art but the circumstances surrounding it. i have had it happen. it stinks. the art is the same but you are instantly soured to it bc of outside influences.

77 is a 4 dinosaur heads w no turtles. This one is full on Leo in a down poor w lighting and an archangel above him. Forget apples an oranges you are talking anchoivies and pepperoni.

all the owners of related pages have shilled it up enough to protect their own pages and are content.

Def agree. and 2 pages to boot. The TMNT cover went under, the Harley Quinn cover under $1`k. There were a bunch that left tons of meat on the bone. If only uncle sam didnt want his money next month

oh man tell me about it. even though its the new volume and a variant its still an awesome cover by the 1 and only. a steal just under $1200. damn internet lag and CL set up!

The auctions are like the wild west. We have the shillers, We have people w specific collections who bid up items to protect their overall value and establish new floor prices. Best of all we have auctions that allow their own employees and owners to bid! How bout that? We are supposed to believe they are not looking at info only they are privy to? Anytime I see a piece actually about to go for a "good" price, there is a long pause, the hammer fails to drop and then there is a flurry of bidding. If the hammer does drop, 75% of the time they reopen the item bc of a last min delayed bid. What can you do? If its a must have piece, you give it your best shot.

In the words of Alice in Chains " Yeah here come the rooster, yeah"

I have to say this is by far the guilty pleasure thread of the boards. So bad its good. Love it! We must name names!

pull the trigger so then you can tell us about it.

Dem Beckett bucks will hold him over while he waits.

ive heard he is also a person who will verbally agree to a price on art items for sale then vanish for a week while he is trying to shop them. If he works out a deal he will pay, if he fails he will break his word and back out of the deal. That is not a flipper, that is a scumbag.

Ha. Thank you Glenn! Finally someone who can appreciate a little bit of stinging sarcasm masked under a howdy doody veneer of aww shucks 1st rodeo ignorance.

I'm confused. So is giving your 2 cents on a piece you used to own, wanted to own again, then negatively critiqued publicly more offensive, as offensive, less offensive or none of the above as shilling your own pieces at auction? There is so much OA etiquette to learn, I wish someone would write up a rule book.