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3 hours ago, Hekla said:

Won the Sanjulian Heavy Metal cover

 

https://fineart.ha.com/itm/mainstream-illustration/manuel-sanjulian-spanish-b-1941-under-the-sea-heavy-metal-magazine-cover-february-1983acrylic-on-canvas1675/a/5347-71170.s?ic2=mybidspage-lotlinks-12202013&tab=MyBids-101116

 

Most likely needs a cleaning, but the price was too good to pass up for a classic early Heavy Metal wrap cover

I sold this painting for Sanjulian back in the mid 80s.

7 hours ago, RICKYBOBBY said:

Gone - upgraded to a better splash from Big Fat Kill #2. One of my favourite issues.

Might have to reconsider selling you any other Sin City pages in the future.

MI

1 hour ago, hmendryk said:

What happened, did you flip it already?

 

That would suck, as I just sold it to him, and he's only had the art in his possession for a couple of days.

16 hours ago, romitaman said:

DAMN!!! i owned this WW cover for about a week in the 1990s as i gave it to my lawyer (who collected comic art) to pay him off for suing a guy who stole most of my comic book collection back in 1992. (too long of a story to explain here) ... I won the judgement and got ZERO money from the deal....i always wondered if he still owned this cover....guess he decided to part with it...LOL

Mike, the owner isn't who you think it is. I sold this WW cover for him over a year ago. The guy I sold it to traded it to another dealer who probably consigned it. This guy who consigned it to HA was asking $50K at the Comic Art Con in NJ last September. 

1 hour ago, RICKYBOBBY said:

This piece sold at comiclink at around a year ago. Wonder why the quick change of heart. It's a nice splash.

It's called greed.

I used to own that Hulk and Subby drawing.

Great piece of art.

MI

I've been selling comic art for over 40 years and I've never seen an Everett Daredevil sketch.

Which is not to say that one does not exist in someone's closet.

MI
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52 minutes ago, vodou said:

At least the first ten or so (from 11 to 20) are. I know yours isn't, but it's much later.

Never say never. Hey, even vintage Vampirella might be back in vogue again. Someday.

Yeah, but probably those Gil Cohen covers won't escalate in value much. He still has quite a few. The same with all 100+ Michael Herring Mack Bolan/Executioner paintings I have. I had to drop them to $100 each and even then nobody wants them. So off to Heritage they will go.

MI

1 hour ago, MarvelComicsArt said:

I still own that Kirby Master works book located in the shop window... the good ol' days!

I published this book.
I moved into NYC in June of 1976, and my apartment was a block from Supersnipe. Bought my comics every week from the store on 2nd Ave. About a year later, Ed opened the Gallery around the corner 84th St.. I spent a lot of time there hanging with Simon Deitch, son of Gene Deitch. I think it's also where I met Scott Dunbier.
Your picture is from late 1978 and it's the store on 2nd Ave. Not the Gallery on 84th St.

2 hours ago, jaybuck43 said:

Thanks, on my phone it didn't load the picture.  There were about 8 or so issues finished that never saw the light of day.  DC destroyed them, but several pages were rescued and some of the destroyed ones were reassembled.  Based on the tape stains I see under the first and third panel, I'm guessing it is one of them.  Further, based on the window designs in the story, I'm guessing it's from Flash Comics 112.    If I'm right (20/80 chance) than 3/4,000 is spot on.  Does anyone have a copy of Flash 214?  The story for Flash Comics 112 was used in there as a backup story called "A tale of three tokens!"

Not a great page, and pages of that calibre sell for in the $1800-2500. That page would never make anywhere near $4000.

1 hour ago, Bill C said:

Was there a variant for #1 back then at its release? I think there was a variant cover to #3 IIRC

! My memory is shot. Yes it was the variant to #3

4 hours ago, Nexus said:

Haven't seen it in person, but I heard the owner wasn't Andy Helfer. For whatever that's worth. Would love to see the cover pop up.

I think I sold either theMaguire cover to #1 or the Variant cover for #1, back in the day.

MI

3 hours ago, Nexus said:

I think you tell these stories just to torture Mitch.

Good stuff, you definitely played your cards right!

Doesn't bother me in the least.
That was what the art was worth in those days. To sit here and get upset is a major waste of time.

M

It's truly sad that you have these know-nothing appraisers, who build up the owners expectations with a high price. Once the owner tries to sell the art, the reality will set in.

It's an OK page, not much Flash. Value would be around $2000-2300.

MI

9 hours ago, Catwoman_Fan said:

I regret not going hard for this splash page from Detective Comics #457 , when it was auctioned on ebay a couple years ago. 

PRIME O'Neil and Giordano. 

At the time I couldn't rationalize spending that much on an interior page (non-cover) but now I wish I had stretched for it.

I remember selling that page for Giordano back in the day.

10 hours ago, hmendryk said:

I have some nice silver age Cap pages by Jack, but if I had to pick my favorite Kirby piece from my original art collection it would have to be this splash page from Young Romance #20 (cover date April 1950) penciled and inked by Kirby. I know romance art are not fan favorites but I like what I like.

I love this!

1 hour ago, stinkininkin said:

This prime Starlin Avengers Annual 7 page is on Heritage this Sunday in what I thought was always considered a lower priced weekly auction...

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/panel-pages/jim-starlin-and-joe-rubinstein-avengers-annual-7-story-page-28-thanos-adam-warlock-and-ca/a/121808-14149.s?type=bidnotice-tracked-dailystatus

Classic Starlin cosmic page that will end well into the five figure range.  Do these pop up more often that I thought on Sunday auctions (which I rarely look at)?  If I owned this page, I'd want as big a stage and as many eyes for it as possible, so the choice of timing/venue seems a little unusual.

Also, there is a detail noted in the description that caught my ettention...

"Jim Starlin turned in the layout for this page, so Joe Rubinstein could finish in ink and Zipatone over graphite on Bristol board with an image area of 10" x 15"." 

Does that description imply something unusual about the production of the page compared to other pages from this issue?

It shouldn't imply anything. Starlin was supposed to ink the book, but fell behind and that's why Joe inked it.  The detailed note is incorrect. Jim had already pencilled the whole issue.

I remember Joe showing me the pages as he lived a block from me in NYC.

3 hours ago, 1Toy2Many said:

Two things:

- Joe Certa art from House of Mystery of Martian Manhunter 

- Captain America #252

If my friend ever sells the Last Martian Manhunter story, I'll let you know. It won't be broken up, if it ever get sold. 

I remember those Batman stories were collaborative jobs. Pretty much anyone in Continuity who could draw worked on them. 

MI

6 hours ago, Flint Ironstag said:

Thanks, Catwoman_Fan! I purchased this story about twenty years ago from a famous artist/collector... I'm not sure if he purchased it from Bernie and Liz, though, or via another collector. The plot for the second and third issues (never drawn, as far as I know) involved Swampy resuming his time traveling to make right the unintended negative effects of his time traveling adventures in Book One. My guess is that no full --script exists, otherwise Bernie wouldn't have included the extensive margin notes in Book One clarifying each sequence and suggesting dialogue.

Now, I remember the story. I sold this for Bernie to Kevin Eastman back about 22 or so years ago. Bernie wasn't married to Liz at that time.
Bernie and I were living in the same town for several years and I became his art dealer for awhile, which is how I sold the Swamp Thing story
Kevin must have sold it to you.
It's no secret that Kevin sold most of his art about 20 or so years ago. In fact I sold quite a bit for him.

MI

24 minutes ago, Panelfan1 said:

I think Glenn is a collector (with great taste) - at least that's how it appears to me -and flipping doesn't seem to be the primary objective.

 

I can give you a number of examples where Glen bought art from me only to immediately (and I mean IMMEDIATELY) try to flip it.

True, old school collectors will not do that.

MI

6 hours ago, Catwoman_Fan said:

Do you respond to inquiries with a description of the art (book/page?)

I've never asked for them, but I do wish you'd leave them up as "sold/on hold" for at least 24 hours. 

It's so frustrating to see your "new art" posts in this forum, advertising art that is missing from the site. 

I'm sorry, but it just will never happen. My concern is to sell art.

45 minutes ago, Jay Olie Espy said:

I certainly have the inner desire to know what a piece sold for on a dealer's site, but isn't leaving the price up intrusive to the buyer's privacy (long after the fact). I just find it interesting that we all talk about how much other people's pieces went for but we never disclose how much we paid for ours.

I get asked quite a bit to supply scans and prices once I've sold a high end original. I will respond with a refusal to send the scan and price.

My web site is set up so once a page is sold, it automatically disappears from the site.

MI

26 minutes ago, heartened said:

So what's the story?  How does only half of a book get stolen?  And I'm wondering what's the point of bringing all this up 15 years later after a Graphitti Edition, no police report and silence from the Miller/Varley camp?  Seriously, these pages went quickly to true fans of the work - folks who would have more than likely gladly given it back to Frank if he asked.  Or is this more a statement aimed at Spencer?  Honestly, inquiring minds want to know.

Um, nothing aimed at anyone.
Just wanted to bring it up as I thought it was an interesting story that was told to me.