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It really does. Mona Lisa has nothing on this eye following you around! :-)

One more to add. One of my favorite pieces. I just stop and stare at it every time I pass by.

Just be careful with the float frames. The pages can stick to the glass. I had this issue a few years back. You might want to add a piece of mylar between the art and the glass

Well not sure about "good" but I did get a page recently from The Hunt (Fables & Recollections) for $700. No main characters.

If I have a comic that I had signed on the cover by the creator, how will the grader take this into account when grading the comic. I have no COA, since I got it directly from the artist years ago. How about if the signature is inside the comic book?

Maybe I can market an NFT holder ...

This was interesting. Great story about forgery.

Same age bracket as yours and recently just got back into art. I have been asking myself if spending the money on new acquisitions makes sense. I vacillate, but generally I come down on yes it makes sense. Why? 1) I can afford it as a luxury now without taking away from other things; 2) The majority of what is now my "expensive" art was acquired 20+ years ago ... if I have another 20 years owning something, I will enjoy it. I am starting to get rid of some things, comics, some art, but, generally, if you bought it because you liked it, don't get rid of it just to have the cash (unless you need it). Outside of survival and taking care of your family, money itself doesn't bring joy. Now if you no longer care about the art and your interests have moved on to other things, set it free.

It would be great if you could get stuff back on to spinners in stores. Build the audience

Showing my complete ignorance, I would be curious how NFT's are stored. It might be interesting if they could be incorporated into the physical art (like an RFID tag or a UPC code). This way you could not separate them and it would act like a certificate of authenticity.

In regards to the original topic of supply of material, there probably is a reduced supply of some stuff, but I keep coming back to how much stuff from the 80's and 90's I don't see. Let's take a non-esoteric example - Iron Man. The "original" Iron Man series ran from 1968-1996 in 332 issues. How many of those pages/covers (estimate ~7000) etc do you see in collections, auctions, or dealer sites. Even with loss to fire, shredder, etc, there are a lot of pages that are sitting in a stack somewhere.

I think what surprises me (other than the obvious) is the speed of ratcheting up the value of a first appearance. I think it has usually taken decades for a piece of art to be lifted to this level based on a character's appearance.

I am not an Aquaman collector but was turned on to Paul by a friend. I bought this pencils only cover because ... just ... wow. His site is well set up, service is great and timely, and the prices are incredibly reasonable given the quality of the art.

No it can't all go up constantly, but the market can remain strong. There will be stratification.

I've been a collector since the early 90's. I hope this is not wishful thinking, but I think the market will remain strong. Why? 1) There are still a lot of outlets for comic books, even if it isn't through the traditional comic book store. Trade paperbacks and resales on amazon and places like half price books continue to push product out. Also, school have actually added graphic novels and manga to their libraries. It might not be Conan, but the sequential art form is not discouraged or looked down on as it was before. 2) There is a lot of great story material in those books. The fact that Hollywood has been unable or unwilling to convert these to shows or movies over the years (because of special effects, cost, etc) does not mean that they won't on an increased basis now that Amazon, Hulu, and Netflix are funding their own productions ... you need content. The success of Disney/Marvel is spurring this on. Will this go back to the Golden Age War and Western stories, unknown, but new content is always needed. 3) Even though it already exists, there is the international market. Europe has a long and strong tradition of sequential art, even if it is different than the US tradition. Go outside the US, and everyone knows, Bugs Bunny, Scooby, Doo and Spider Man. That interest can only grow. 4) If you enjoy comic books or any of this "pop" media, OA is a one of a kind piece that you won't get from buying a movie poster or a comic book etc. It's a rush for most people to own a one of a kind item. Does that mean they will convert into a collector, maybe not, but the piece will be out of circulation. In terms of collecting, I have expanded way beyond nostalgia and get stuff that grabs my fancy ... new and old.

A Hempel Sandman page was at auction recently; there are Shelton pages out there for sale, including the whole "Fineous Gets an Abortion" story. I think the Golden Micronauts is pretty rare. There was an interview on CAF Live recently about the new Artists edition.

A little late to the game, but slowly building my walls of art in the office. This way I get to look up and enjoy while working.

Love the Spectre pages. Actually have the cover to Spectre 26 and have been thinking about framing it

Got it. Again, I don't care as much about the pricing. I have what I consider a key page from later in the run ... well it's key to me. :-) It was more about understanding the rubric. Thanks for indulging my question!

Fair point. Technically the Kirby Sandman series is the original one, but I meant the original Gaiman series that which has 75 issues and is commanding high prices. There were a number of Sandmanesq spinouts and followups that I am not including. I'm just looking at the pricing rubric and its 4X (or something), I'm trying to determine 4 times what ... what is the base price in these cases ... a non-key page from within those 75 issues? a non-key buy the same artist in those issues? etc. I don't really care about the prices, but I'm curious how a rubric like this can work on a collectible with so many variables.

OK, Stupid question, and I am sorry if I missed this in these posts somewhere, but how have you determined the base costs to begin with? Consensus? For example (looking at the Sandman pages), I recently got a regular story page from the original series with no main characters for $700, which I thought is was an ok price. So would that viewed as a base page that falls under the "C" level?

From Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction - Curtis/Marvel.

I think it depends on how you collect. Is it a character, or an artist, or a book, or a theme. Some collections lend themselves to broader purchase options ... so there are no real grails. I was lucky to get one of my grails early on. I actually wanted two consecutive pages from Sandman ... I got one. I have never seem the other and doubt I ever will. I think if you identify your grail as a "good" Kirby page from fill in the blank book or run on character, for example, it makes sense to save up, since you have more chances to find it. If you are looking for a specific page ... may not be worth waiting.

Magnecom put out a one shot back in 1993 Aesop's Desecrated Morals, done by Doug Wheeler and a bunch of different artists. I'm looking for pages.

More general than specific. What is the best way to find more "esoteric" pages? Covers and high $$ ones are obviously easier to track. I'm starting to find pages that I find interesting that are probably resting in budget piles. Thoughts?