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Thanks for posting it. I never expected to see John Constantine in hip waders.

The absolute worst costumes for Dr. 13, Phantom Stranger, Mr. E, and Hellblazer can be found in Books of Magic annual 3, page 21, sold at Heritage Auctions Lot 13712 on Aug. 25, 2019. For some reason, I cannot copy it onto my iPad for posting, but it is worth a look. If someone can post it, even better. They are imaginary costumes, thank God, but they are so bad, I let someone else buy the page, even with a unique PS on it, for only $89.00. Hellblazer is particularly wretched, while PS looks like Raven, fully cloaked. And no, Mr. E does not look like the Elongated Man. That was a deliberate gag, I am sure, by the artist.

I have been thinking of asking Sy Barry about doing a recreation of the cover of Phantom Stranger 4 or 6 from 1952-1953, but that is because he is the last surviving artist from that book, apparently (disputed) artist on them, and I have never heard of any of the OA from that series surviving. Infantino is credited with 1-3 (which you can tell from the work), Barry told me he did 4-6, so who knows? Not sure if I would ask for him to do the logo’s or just give him one to trace from.

Where do you find those garages?

BP I understand, but sales tax is purely happenstance based on location.

Nice to see he finished one.

You could offer them to the Brothers. They could sell the boxes as a unique form of production art.

That answer brought him down, not up.

I just look at the piece and see if I like it or not. Sometimes, pencils not yet inked are too incomplete. Sometimes, the shading on the pencil work is too good to treat lightly. Figure, each one is less than 100% and just buy it if you like it. The only ones who should care about pricing are buyers who plan to flip or sell soon, and that isn’t me.

I am leaning in the $500 range, if you can find a buyer.

They apparently bought a lot of stuff cheaply a long time ago, and don’t mind waiting until they get their price. Also, they don’t always have everything they list. I bought something about 4 years ago, and it is still listed for sale.

JN bid $100,000,000? Now that’s a bubble price.

You are right that it isn’t listed, but it is still the right thing to do. Still and all, I would never assume a contact is a fake or fraud; different motivations can produce very different results.

I don’t post in my gallery for several reasons, but I am a premium member as my way of supporting the hobby. There are two major reasons I don’t post in my gallery: I don’t want unsolicited inquiries, and I don’t want people to look up my preferences out of a concern that the price I may be asked to pay for an item effectively goes up or makes negotiation more difficult. Yes, it does reduce the likelihood that someone will make me an offer of something I may be interested in, but it is a judgment call I made. And no, I don’t scam or screw people.

If the bubble looks like it has another 10 years to expand, and that is a special piece, then yes. Look for it to be up for sale again in less than 10 years. Prices tend to go up, a lot, before a bubble bursts.

I doubt it was his position, too, but he may have really felt that way and it Freudian slipped out by accident.

So, in other words, he agrees the hobby is on a bubble, but it has room to grow bigger before it pops? Not reassuring for long term growth.

It’s Bill’s business whether it is worth doing or not. As to the other items of claimed blowback, what is so horrible about auto sending an email to an owner simply asking whether his page should still be considered active if there is no recorded activity on it for years? If he gets no reply in, say, 2 months, it is auto marked as inactive. If he gets a Reply later from the page owner, it goes active again. Why do you find the process so objectionable? You don’t have the burden of doing it, and if it is a real burden, then he shouldn’t. But I suspect that a lot more people would find this helpful than you think, but they have no place to post their opinion. I see galleries I haven’t looked at before, and it would be nice to know if they are dead in the water.

No, but why all the objections to such a simple thing?

I am a premium member. That doesn’t solve it. But more people should be.

What I don’t understand is why the objection to simply hitting something like a radio button every 3-5 years acknowledging this is an active page. That is a simple solution to a minor problem, easily remedied.

I guess I qualify as one of those people. Again, not a killer, but an annoyance.

I think it is a minor annoyance which, if easily and cheaply addressed, why not?

Not sure if you noticed, but there was some original art for sale recently in which tryouts for an S&S daily were being offered.

Understood, even as I was sending the email. But, he may change his mind later, and then, I may be remembered. Perhaps, on different day, I may have caught him in the right moment. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.