Rick2you2

Apart from Alex’s excellent general advice, don’t forget to consider how badly you want to sell it, whether it will have limited fan interest, and which way is the market headed. Most things go up, but not everything, and picking a price also requires recognition of how different artists and combinations on particular books make a big difference. Ross Andru on Spider-man will do a lot better than Ross Andru on the Phantom Stranger, so when doing comparisons, be careful.

My personal favorite is when someone on eBay says something is “rare”. Maybe it’s rare because no one wanted one?

It is a very nice wall, too nice if it pulls my attention from the central theme of the picture. But the question remains: what the heck is this about? Is she supposedly looking in the mirror and realizing her hair has the frizzies?

What makes it “stunning” as compared to well-detailed and weird? Is there a theme to the piece I am missing?

In that case, something must have changed by 1980 when he got to Marvel. I met John at a convention in NYC, along with Joe Rubenstein and others, and asked John to do a Phantom Stranger drawing for me. He said that he did not do his own inking, and asked me if it was okay if Joe did it (I said yes). He also said, incidentally, this was the first time he was ever asked for a drawing of the Phantom Stranger.

I think you may be right. The inker seems overenthusiastic, adding needless lines. Burn’s work was always pretty clean, and back then, he did not do his own inking.

Lots of younger people don’t have a lot of spare cash. So, instead of buying “things”, they buy experiences. My oldest likes to travel, and has made it pretty clear he has no interest in collectibles. No surprise about stamps. Most people use email for personal transactions. To save the future of this hobby, people must be encouraged to read comics. I confess surprise why movie theaters aren’t required to offer comics for sale when they show comic-related movies.

When it comes to Phantom Stranger stories, hell yeh. Besides, it was even written on the top, Phantom Stranger. Secret Origins no. 10. I have page 3. He has p. 4. Of the other 3 stories, one has recently shown up as individual pages (Colon), one exists as a whole story (Garcia-Lopez), and one is still missing (Aparo). So is the cover, by Aparo, a hot item.

At the show yesterday, I saw an Alan Moore page from one of the Phantom Stranger’s origin stories, without the lead character, with Orlando’s art. for $3,700. I bought one with the character a few years ago for around $600.

Come and gone. Same old same old. But, it’s always good to see old friendly faces.

This almost sounds like a philosophy question. If a forger forges a page so well that no one can tell if it’s original or not, then apart from the difference in value, does it qualitatively matter? Or, does it mean the authentication was not done well enough for the typical person to notice? In either case, it ought to raise caution flags about how we value art.

Ahh…what the hell. I’m already over budget. Too late to change things now.

Maybe something a little different, like confirmation that the page is the way it was actually published, and that it was a published page. Although, that might cut into the Brothers line of business.

Nope. It elevates the non-artistic portion to a level of artistry. Like buying a print of Picasso where the image includes someone’s picture frame.

Not sure. I am over budget for the year.

It's nice to be wrong. Although, it would likely bring more now.

This is probably one of the only places that reference would still resonate. Buy More?

Not hard to fix the next time, assuming this withstands scrutiny by an appellate court. On the next application, make sure a human being controls the input parameters, and engages in a review, modification and editing of the final product so that only the “idea” of the plot is traceable to AI. Ideas are not subject to copyright.

To be honest, I think that for the most part, that end of the pool is over-valued and I don’t care for that end of the pool because of it. So, I wouldn’t think you are missing out, except maybe for bragging rights. Price is a function of demand, not “value”, and a lot of pricing has to do with nostalgia. Look at some pieces by the same artist, whoever that may be, on a less than popular run. Ross Andru comes to mind, but he is hardly the only one. And this isn’t a novel thought, it has been said by lots of others. I will go one step farther, however, and add that the price differentials for high priced art vs. art by other artists also doesn’t always make sense to me. So, enjoy without a care that you are missing out on “nice”.

Legitimately what?

A reverse-punishment bid.

I see it’s down to $315,259.14. Such a bargain. I just offered $3.27. I am not optimistic.

Maybe it’s time to have some fun with him. Anyone else want to make offers for under $50.00?

I was waiting for that one.

Let me add that if anyone sees PS pages which aren't on CA Tracker, feel free to let me know. Except Adams. I have that base covered, too.