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Some people here seem to swear by him. But my only experience with Spencer Beck was having to email and chase him half a dozen times for a period of seven months, just to inquire whether some pieces of art on his website were available, before I got an answer. I’d be extremely reluctant to try to buy anything from him again.

My early X-men key collection is slowly coming along. I think I missed the boat on an X-Men 1. I need to have #12 graded and #2 re-graded by CGC. But being in the UK, it’s a real hassle, with taxes to pay in top of the grading fees.

@delekkerste I’ve been following your collection chronicles on Instagram. I’m @rudra_untold I say this as someone who has zero interest in sports cards; I find your posts quite entertaining and educational. As was your brief analysis at the beginning of the podcast of the broader economic factors affecting the collectibles market. Many thanks.

I’m ready to do my part in conserving comic art by becoming an eccentric shepherd-farmer.

The bidders would likely say that there are only four MS #5 graded at 9.8 on the CGC census and given the black cover, more are unlikely to come out of the cracks in the future.

Got a few Alan Moore written first appearance issues recently.

My only experience with Bechara/Nostalgic Investments is from nearly 10 years ago when I was a still a student and hadn’t quite discovered collecting comic art yet. I saw his booth at a comic con in the UK and approached to ask how much something on his wall was. Without looking at me he replied “Too much”. I had never been spoken to in that condescending way before (or since then for that matter) and walked away with a bad taste in my mouth. After getting into comic art, I saw him again at a comic con few years so and realised it was the same guy. I decided that I’d never buy from him, irrespective of what art he has.

And what a top ten you have left !

He attended some comic cons in 80s and signed books there. He doesn’t attend comics cons any more but signed editions of his novels and more recent literary works, that he owns the right to, are available.

This is an awesome thread. Here are the top ten comics in my collection, which is focused on X-Men, Alan Moore and Jack Kirby. Swamp Thing 21 and Watchmen 5 are there, mainly because these are signed by Alan Moore. I got the ST21 at an eBay auction but wasn’t entirely sure if the signatures were legit. But a friend contacted Stephen Bissette to ask and Bissette said that he believed the signature were real. Watchmen #5 was bought at a comic con without realising it was signed. Only found out months later when I cracked it open for a re-read of Watchmen. This is the first time I’ve seen these books laid out together. Now I’m mesmerised and can’t stop staring.

Congratulations dude, this will go great in your collection.

This arrived today from Todd Klein. Best $20 ever spent

Thanks for the info. Just got one of this to add to my Alan Moore signed prints/comics/books collections

This is awesome!

Wondering what these are? Haven’t seen them before