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1 hour ago, miraclemet said:

Ok so I've been hunting for years for the pages to Green Lantern 159 (Pollard art). As I find pages I buy them, or at least attempt to (I'll tell the story about the guy who has pages 2 & 3 later). 

So as Im doing random internet searches I stumble up on the google image of a page that I previously hadnt found, but it leads to a defunct page on CAF. 

Anyone know a way to dig up whose CAF page had the image? I'd love to see if they can pass along an email to the new owner...

The text search result for that CAF page has preview text saying "located in Zhamlau's's Items For sale"

They extended it by an hour. It ends at 7pm PST now.

2 hours ago, LDarkseid1 said:

God I hope you're not the standard buyer with that mindset haha. My Superman 1 is selling in the Comiclink auction in February and has a re-pro cover.

Based on what I see at auction for coverless books, I think there are plenty of buyers who aren't like me. I'm not looking for perfection, but the condition of a coverless copy is very important to me. If I'm buying coverless, it's my copy I plan on keeping long-term and reading from time to time. I want to know if the outer wrap looks good or is in tatters, if I can safely read it, if there's any moisture related damage, etcetera, and CGC notes are not comprehensive. I think to many other buyers coverless is a single grade with few, if any, significant differences between copies.

I'm not a buyer at this level, but I do buy coverless GA books on occasion and I can't imagine bidding anywhere near market price for a book with a photocopy hiding what I'm actually paying for.

On 9/23/2018 at 5:49 PM, Twanj said:

Heritage changed the way they ship comic art.

The art is in a mylar with a THICK backing board.

That's inside a folded over oversize manila envelope, taped to cardboard. There are 5 slices of cardboard inside the large cardboard box/enclosure.

I'm selling some of my OA for the first time and reused packaging from Heritage. In case anyone wants to know, it was a Uline S-12660, 20" x 16" with variable depth up to 6". Back when I ordered from them, Felix Art used something very similar to Uline's 20" x 16" x 1" box model S-3332, but that model is white while Felix's was regular cardboard brown. I already used mine so I can't check the brand and model.

3 hours ago, comix4fun said:

 Now I have to look, you've got me doubting myself. I've seen the same text on pages Kirby fully penciled and it included dialogue and plotting, which Stan's job. 

I've read before that it would go: Stan gives the general outline, Kirby draws things up and writes notes, then Stan takes that and writes the story. It would also make sense why some of the notes don't match the final dialogue very well, since Stan would be more likely to override someone else's notes than his own. The FF 66 page's notes are a little different than what's on the page, although you argue how meaningful it is. Other notes I've seen are near verbatim dialogue.

9 hours ago, Rick2you2 said:

There are also some other perfectly "good" pieces in that range, some a little higher or lower. But then, you see this crazy price from August for $16,800.I get the "cool factor" with Amazo, the old history, and a premium, but come on, really?

Can there be a rational explanation for the difference in price besides a fixed market or a at least two Buyers who really lost his sanity?

Just to be clear, the $16.8k is for 19 pages.

5 minutes ago, comix4fun said:

Heritage Live just cut out in the middle of the Sienkiewicz New Mutants splash.....Anyone else having issues with bidding or the video/audio? My connection otherwise to other windows/pages is fine. 

 

I had the video go out, but I refreshed the window and it came back.

I didn't read any of his books so I only care about the OA if it catches my eye, but I like the pages I've seen that are similar to Panelfan1's. Pretty much everything about that style and the inking works great as OA. I was watching the '77-'78 JLA panel pages that came up recently and hoping there'd be a bargain, but at current prices I'll wait for something extraordinary. 

I bought a piece HA sold as published in a certain issue when it's unpublished, but in that case I didn't care. What bothers me is clearly the auction sites don't spend even a single minute to verify each piece. It seems inevitable that there will be a scandal involving someone taking advantage of that.

Shane bought a Flash Comics #2 from me. He paid quickly, was easy to deal with, and left feedback right away (although I didn't see it for a few days.) Thanks!

I was very intrigued by the strong perspective at first, although I lost interest once I started reading the book. I can see why others wouldn't have, though.

3 hours ago, atomised said:

swept the Namora's.  Was a fair amount of the extended bidding but not furious.

Nicely done. I would've been bidding on them but my price limit on books without back scans meant I just had to watch.

7 hours ago, BCarter27 said:

Really? I thought we discuss price ALL THE TIME here. He can ask whatever he wants. The OP doesn't have to answer publicly or he can PM him a polite, "I'd rather not say." That's his call.

5-6 responses making fun of a (relatively) new poster on a perceived etiquette breach is not a great way to invite people into the hobby.

Agreed, especially given the subject of the thread.

"How high do you think these can go?"

"What did you pay?"

**Monocles drop**

9 hours ago, delekkerste said:

Bill Sienkiewicz - Moon Knight #15, p. 18 - sold for $2,280 at Heritage on July 29

Now listed at BillSienkiewiczArt.com for $7,000

 

I'd laugh at how bad their game is except I'm a fan of Bill S. and I'd have love to have gotten some pages before they started pumping the market. $9k for a mostly empty landscape from New Mutants? Sure, buddy.

This poor, Donnelly-butchered Daredevil drawing they claim is an unused cover for #370.

21 hours ago, Ricksneatstuff said:

I wanted this one BAD but just couldn't hit that last bid. Hope one of you guys got it. Maybe the best Feldstein page I have seen offered.

That was great but I didn't have the pockets to ever be in contention for it. I understand people like Feldstein for the women he draws, but I actually liked the Crime Patrol #10 splash almost as much so I ended up running that one up. I didn't want to pass $2k on it, though, since it was just a really fun one-off piece to me and not something I plan on collecting.

6 minutes ago, PhilipB2k17 said:

You know? This Garfield OA might actually be a nice cheap pickup. Can't imagine it exceeding $150-$200. Or am I way off? Not my area.

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/jim-davis-garfield-daily-comic-strip-original-art-dated-4-10-89-united-feature-syndicate-1989-/a/7189-93379.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515 

I've tracked Garfield OA a few times, including this auction, and so far it's never been a steal even if it looks like it heading into the session. It's always over $500, often closer to $1k.

1 hour ago, gadzukes said:

That's a huge difference too.  There's going to be outliers on both sides, but I think I've witnessed many more examples of Voldy's grading a little looser than CGC.  Maybe CGC decided to really tighten up their grading when Voldy started their business.  7 years ago my personal grading was tighter than CGC, but now it seems every time I send a comic in to CGC they grade it tighter than me.  I'm actually kind of frustrated by it.  But I still prefer CGC to Voldy.

I don't have a strong opinion on one versus the other, really. I try to buy the book, and have a much lower spending limit when I have to rely on the grade too much.

Anyway, I don't mean to derail too much from FF 1, I think I've just had that Tec 233 in the back of my mind since I saw it again. It's one that got away. I guess a very loose segue back to the thread is early FF is getting away from me, too. It never occurred to me I could actually afford a FF 1 or 5 until earlier this year when I decided to get a 5, and then I couldn't find a copy I liked for the grade range I wanted. Now prices appear to be where I don't think I'd be happy with what I could get even if it was good for the given grade.

On 7/3/2018 at 12:35 PM, gadzukes said:

It was in a CGC case graded at 3.5 and sold for $3100.  Now someone has now switched it to a Voldemort and now it's suddenly a 5.0 voldy on ebay being sold for $25,000.  Unbelievable!  Another reason to stay away from Voldemort.

 

Eh, the other direction happened with the last big (for me) book I was after for my permanent collection. A Tec 233 sold as a 5.0 voldy on CC a couple of months ago for $1984, then I saw it a couple of weeks ago as a 6.5 CGC. Per GPA it sold for $4100. Too bad I wasn't properly prepared for it on CC and had to decide at the last minute to let it go.

We tossed around a possible deal for a while but once we agreed, he paid quickly and let me know as soon as he got the book. Plus he's very nice to interact with. Thanks!

I suspect I won't be doing too many deals, but just in case: my kudos thread.

I was thinking it would grade higher, but I guess the top left of back cover hurts more than I can see it.

Notes were:

Crease left top of back cover

Small, very light crease left top of front cover

Wear all corners

I don't think the back is as toned in real life. There is rainbow effect from the case over the front cover. It definitely doesn't look pressed.