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No. I know what I would pay and that's my limit. However, I'm more certain that ever that I'm likely to overpay vs. the "real" market. Actually, it just depends on who your are dealing with. Ethics and "fair play" do matter to some people still. Keep advertising that James, it's definitely valued-added in comparison.

It's the Jean Grey fetish that really sets you apart

If I had a dollar for every time someone mistook me for you and called me "Felix"...I'd have enough to buy an Extra Value Meal at Mickey D's. :doh: Assuming you mean 'in person', I think it's pretty cool you guys don't get upset re: the whole "they all look the same" rap. It's all the rage these days to get offended (and yell racist at the top of your lungs) at the drop of a hat, but sometimes people are dorks or weren't really paying attention and it's simple confusion. Anyway, I bet all whites (you don't know well) look about the same to non-whites...pretty sure I've seen some brilliant stand-up on that very theme...cannot remember who though... That's only because all comedians sound alike. thanks James, I thought of that and left it to dangle...glad you nailed it Felix good story on fake ID...which sort of proves the concern cop/legal procedurals try to convey about eyewitness accounts...height, weight, 'look' within merely somewhat narrow range = HE DUNNIT OFFICER!!

If I had a dollar for every time someone mistook me for you and called me "Felix"...I'd have enough to buy an Extra Value Meal at Mickey D's. :doh: Assuming you mean 'in person', I think it's pretty cool you guys don't get upset re: the whole "they all look the same" rap. It's all the rage these days to get offended (and yell racist at the top of your lungs) at the drop of a hat, but sometimes people are dorks or weren't really paying attention and it's simple confusion. Anyway, I bet all whites (you don't know well) look about the same to non-whites...pretty sure I've seen some brilliant stand-up on that very theme...cannot remember who though...

No. But like most auctions I probably won't win anything or only one or two things out of many I'm interested in. I do not overpay against internal FMV. This is why I lose so many auctions, other do overpay, they do not have my ninja handicapping skills Mike and whoever else shilling is lousy but does not change my personal collecting/hoarding strategy. The exception to this being several pieces in my Lowry "Best of 2015", I told Bronty late 2014 or early 2015 that I was going to specifically hold my nose and take down a few trophies 'for myself' in 2015, something I haven't done in many years...and I did, paying top dollar in the process.

Me. As soon as you put anything up, even if it's not in my wheelhouse, I'm going to "tire kick" the heck out of it. Feel free: http://www.comicartfans.com/mylowry.asp?gsub=43 But you'd need to offer at least 3x what I paid to tempt me I said "tire kick" so how is $10 for the the Amazing Spider-Man 03/25/1985 page. Deal! Shipping is $1k, Express, fully insured, worldwide Lemme know when yo send PayPal over!

That FF page is nice and depending on how far back you acquired the page, a 3X multiplier on your cost might be one heck of a deal! Thanks. I love it too. But "Best of 2015" so...but seriously, that one is off the table for my lifespan. I'd turn away $50k, which would be ridiculous anyway and never be offered. (It's really just a number, just money, I have many other ways of raising that kind of money if I needed to). If you read my description, it explains why.

Thanks. Not calling you out, or not my intention (but I guess I did?), it's just that the backstory you were given and who the seller was...not what I heard through the grapevine. All good, what I heard is evidently hearsay (but I thought from source) and yours is from the source. That's why I was thinking maybe not the same piece (but the same artisan framer). It's really nice art (not a fan of the frame though) and the backstory is really cool. Congrats!

Me. As soon as you put anything up, even if it's not in my wheelhouse, I'm going to "tire kick" the heck out of it. Feel free: http://www.comicartfans.com/mylowry.asp?gsub=43 But you'd need to offer at least 3x what I paid to tempt me

Me.

Was this on eBay last year, went for around $15k? I certainly remember the frame.

This is odd. I posted my first piece on 12/18/2006 so I must have joined about then. But my number is 10225 . So: [font:Courier New] Eric__________Alex Summer 2007___Winter 2006 7723__________10225[/font] This indicates that the Gallery number is not always indicative of a linear growth. Thoughts? On your "About the Owner" Joined: January 2006

Sounds like those numbers and dates roughly correlate to delta in SP500. Moving up gradually 03-07, 08 -?, 09-12/13 up, up, and away, and 'lately'...not so much? Who knows? But then would anybody be surprised if new membership was driven by the 'wealth effect's' effectiveness? I wonder how many members stay 'very active' (using what criteria, dunno, maybe 50 new pieces per year?) after the first two years of membership? And there's other ways to big data quantify what's on CAF. We'll never know, all that, but I bet lots of interesting trends that could be observed.

It does to me, in the sense that I can't wrap my mind around there being 100k active collectors out there, in addition to those that aren't on CAF. But then again, there are a lot of non-North American collectors on CAF...so who knows?

You should post some artwork. I'll take it under advisement.

#23 and most of the earlier numbers were Bill, staff, test accounts. http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=23

One thing Ankur: Did you mention anything re: legal action/consequences (for Bill) on the subject? If so, it's standard practice of most businesses -if the subject comes up in any way, even hinting the business and/or ownership may bear legal risk- to immediately cease all unrelated activity with that individual. This is your basic CYA, not personal but just safe to limit liability. Not every business explains this though. Or maybe it's something else entirely!

I think you took my statement the wrong way. To me it sounds like Greg is like BWS, Miller, and McFarlane. I'm not saying he is as well off as all of them but it seems that they don't need the money. Thus, they aren't driven to put pages out there for the OA market place. That's exactly how I took it. And my remark wasn't the usual sarcastic "sure" but simple agreement.

Sure, he doesn't care. Or he postures that way. Who knows? None of us are in his head.

This. And referencing the Jim Lee market again, if we had not "seeded" some of our Hush art early on (for what seemed like aggressive prices at the time but relatively cheap now), we would not have cultivated a market price point progression. Valuations are not usually very meaningful when created in a vacuum. Scott The key is to curate your own work, holding the best back -for posterity -for IDW (not that anybody knew fifteen, twenty and more years ago) -for exhibition -for creating "context" for the (lower) prices you ask for 'lesser' pieces -for cashing out (ultimately). In the fine art world the role of figuring this out is often the dealer's, leaving the artist to create and grow, create and grow, etc. Unfortunately the self-employed DIY nature of comics (and illustration) work means the artist has to wear both hats, or pull a good friend or significant other in to help. If you have a sense you'll be making comics for a good long time (which used to be the case, not so much these days), then go in with open eyes and protect yourself and your market. Nobody else will. And railing for implementation of droit de suite won't do much for you as it will likely not be retroactive anyway. Capullo has it sort of right and sort of wrong. Yes hang onto Batman #1 (and the others too, if you want) but let 'some' pages go, let 'other' covers go...move the market up slowly (at primary) the same way a good dealer would (or gosh Greg GET a good dealer?!!) and reap the correct rewards (where demand meets supply, for a price) over time. $50k w/o context is just a number. And the kind that very few have to begin with. And even fewer (none) will spend in a vacuum.

Cuz some bands only want to 'work' a few nights or weekends? (And continue with their day jobs otherwise.) We've gone over this before, but in my experience you're the only one -member or not- that's vocal about these limitations being an issue. That's how you feel, I get it (just don't feel the same). Just a weird one, in that it just hasn't come up from anyone else. Anyway, any member can always share their words with a wider audience too -via self-publishing, blogs, or submission to other print periodicals. Some have and do. Over the years many writings that germinated in CFA-APA ended up as longer, more fleshed out articles and even books published elsewhere. So that is definitely there for those that want it. Not sure where membership stands today, but in the many years I've been around there's almost always at least one or two slots open, or a very short waiting list (months, not years). Nobody, that I know of, ever gave up for waiting or anything like that. However a lot of people have come and gone because the pressure of writing 400 words twice a year on comic/fantasy art was too much a burden? To take, with CFA-APA, you do have to give

The thing about the new pieces, even when they are really good like the one above, is that they've lost the depth and three dimensionality they had. I agree. Not sure (I'm not Biz!) but it may be that he's playing more with focal point, drawing your eye (attention) to a specific object and then flattening out the (meant to be) out of focus areas? Maybe this, maybe not so effective (or we're all used to "everything in focus" from the old days) or maybe it's something else? I dunno. Just a guess.

...or anybody can join the CFA-APA for the same, as you've pretty much named all the lifers now! I thought CFA-APA was a limited club? As is everything; nothing exists in perpetual abundance. I believe there are openings currently, there usually are, join up if you wish (anybody, not just Terry!)

...or anybody can join the CFA-APA for the same, as you've pretty much named all the lifers now!

Nearing the end. re: If you want to build a collection with key pieces... I think perhaps what some of us old-timers forget is that three or four pieces can be a collection too. And a Great Collection even. It doesn't have to be hundreds of key pieces. Those of us buying heavily in the nineties, "buying by the inch" (love that), naturally compare today to then and feel things have changed. But they haven't. Quality is quality. We just had it really good then where "our" quality (70s/80s) wasn't appreciated or valued fully, we got in early enough to make waves (in my case at least) with very modest means. Simply mathematically impossible (for me) at today's prices to recreate even 25% of my collection, even if spread over fifteen or twenty years of spending.