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And a Justin McElroy!

On 10/16/2023 at 8:17 AM, MAR1979 said:

and unless the artist or the images on the artwork are in demand the artist will not sell much if overpriced. 

It was Aliens, so he sold them all.

On 10/15/2023 at 4:53 AM, tth2 said:

If a piece doesn't go for a strong price at an auction, then it was most likely won by a dealer and will be repriced much higher.  The chances these days of an even remotely desirable piece slipping through the cracks between both  collectors and dealers are slim. 

So the moral of the story is if that if a collector really wants a piece, then bid above what you think a dealer will bid, otherwise when it appears again it will be with a dealer and will have an even higher price tag stuck on it.

In this case, the artist took on an art rep who immediately told the artist to basically double all their prices. No art dealers or auctions involved. 

On 10/12/2023 at 11:50 PM, AnkurJ said:

Artist alley had lots of new talent, many from overseas. Anyone who now has a rep, Expect a big jump in prices. But some good art at reasonable prices if you look carefully.

We stopped by a new artist Thursday morning, flipped through his book, asked about a few pieces he'd sold and the prices. He was pausing all sales because his art rep was coming by. 

By 2pm, post art rep, all the prices were 2x. On the one hand, good for him! On the other.... 

Hi, is there a way to find out what items sold for best offer on eBay actually sold for? 

Thanks!

On 5/2/2023 at 6:35 PM, Subby1938 said:

Where do you find these and are they pricey ? I’d love something my vampire related for my miniatures collection 

Ian is still drawing! Just contact him through his website at https://www.ianmiller.studio

They are a bargain at just 25% of a Tradd Moore page.

I've never seen one sell before, but suspect if you threw it up with a BIN of $999 with "make an offer" you'd find out. 

On 4/27/2023 at 6:10 PM, Mighty Hal said:

All pages have sold.

They sold within a half hour, if not faster…

Is this the most that new comic pages have ever sold for? (as in, freshly sold when the book was published)

Jesse Lonergan Surfer commission!

On 2/16/2023 at 1:08 AM, lou_fine said:

Or is it possible that due to the much higher value for Primer 2, submittors are much more willing to submit them in for grading.  Especially since the book would still have solid value if it came back graded lower than you had expected?    

Definitely not so much the case for Primer 1 where you might not even be able to get back the cost of slabbing if it does not hit the grade. 

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Nope! I definitely recall it being a warehouse find. 

My list, just focusing on cultural impact

Action Comics/Superman - the first superhero, and still one of the most popular
Detective Comics/Batman - he's Batman!
ASM - the most popular super hero
Avengers - the most popular/famous/successful group of heroes
Watchmen - changed the nature of comic storytelling
Dark Knight Returns - see above
TMNT - massively popular for 40ish years now
Sandman - launched the Vertigo line and all that came with it
Bone - read by every kid growing up in school these day

On 2/15/2023 at 1:55 PM, Krydel4 said:

It did. But if you asked anyone whose not a Comics fan who Jesse Custer is you would get a lot of blank stares. You would have a lot better luck asking them if the knew who Rick Grimes was. 

Walking Dead for sure belongs on this list

On 2/15/2023 at 12:37 PM, Krydel4 said:

Some great responses. However, with some of them do ignore the last criteria of Cultural Impact. 

Question- the 5 books you initially listed: 

Adventure Comics
More Fun Comics
The Brave and the Bold
Showcase
Shonen Jump

I'm not familiar with Shonen Jump, but the others I am, and honestly couldn't put a finger on what cultural impact they have had. More Fun had 1st appearances of a few DC characters who have not had much exposure outside of comics, and Showcase has SA Flash, but I'm stumped on Adventure and B&B...

I could see putting Action, 'Tec, ASM and FF on the list before the ones above. Just curious as the the thinking. 

I disagree with the criteria of 100 issues/10 years. Almost none of the books listed above have the same creative team or ever writer over that period. Better off to think about specific runs or series with more consistency, e.g. creator-owned books with a definitive ending. 

If you want to stick with 100 issues/1 decade, I can think of only a few:
Cerebus (can we just pretend issues 200-300 didn't happen?)
Nexus
100 Bullets
Grendel

My current hoard of #1s...

And 2 more black covers in the same batch. The Cerebus looks like a 9.4/9.6 to me. Not sure what happened there.