Good Evening!

Our Newspaper Strip Art sale ends tonight at midnight Eastern time.

Click HERE to be taken to the Newspaper Strip Art page on my site

Any questions? Please email me at mitkowitz@hvc.rr.com or call at 845-399-7312

Thanks for looking.

Best,
Mitch Itkowitz
Graphic Collectibles

On 5/21/2023 at 10:23 PM, Michael Browning said:

There sure were a LOT of retreads in this one. Probably means even more in the next. After awhile, does it all become new again if the price keeps going up? 😉

Only if you click you heels 3 times and repeat, “The art will be new again, the art will be new again, the art will……”’

I've just completed updating the website.

Click on the Artists names below to see what has been added

Jerry Robinson
Will Eisner
Pete Poplaski
Will Elder
Dan DeCarlo
Johnny Gruelle
Walt Kelly
Noel Sickles
Milton Caniff
Frank Robbins

Any questions? Please email me at mitkowitz@hvc.rr.com or call at 845-399-7312

Thanks for looking.

Best,
Mitch Itkowitz
Graphic Collectibles

On 5/15/2023 at 2:06 PM, Will_K said:

Aside from upfront travel costs and possibly current exchange, my biggest issue would be being in Italy and not being much of a drinker (especially wine).

I went in 2019. I don’t drink either, but ate quite well.

On 5/11/2023 at 2:34 PM, pemart1966 said:

Or vice versa?

No, Keif is in his own category. 

On 5/11/2023 at 1:00 PM, KirbyCollector said:

Why Keif's CAF gallery titled "CMJ" and the gallery rooms titled as "Bob Kane's?" Is he pretending to represent Bob Kane's estate?

He doesn’t want anyone to know it’s him.

On 5/11/2023 at 8:13 AM, pemart1966 said:

You've told yours but we still haven't heard Mitch's.  We need to hear his.

The stories are so reprehensible, I simply cannot bring myself to repeat them.

On 5/11/2023 at 2:31 AM, The Voord said:

Agreed,  Fixed it again for you, Mitch . . . 

 

Much better. Thanks.

On 5/10/2023 at 3:47 PM, comix4fun said:

It was no less satisfying. 

Thank you. 

On 5/10/2023 at 3:37 PM, pemart1966 said:

I was waiting for you to say something like that...

I’ve lost the element of surprise. 

On 5/10/2023 at 2:49 PM, The Voord said:

For non-Australians . . .

 

I enjoyed it more when he was hanging from his feet. 

On 3/31/2023 at 2:27 PM, Grant Turner said:

That Kirby/Stone FF 30 page went for 12.6 with BP

there are dealers selling Kirby/Stone pages for 2x that 

Not sure if the market is speaking or if the market is softening 

(and yes I understand that page to page comparisons would have some impact on price)

But of course, you’ll have same dealers exclaiming that those pieces “fell through the cracks”.

But….no. 

On 3/30/2023 at 2:24 PM, gumbydarnit said:

Agreed, although it should have a bit of a discount built in for being a page that wasn't inked by Austin... Byrne/Villamonte isn't the art dream team.

I remember having Byrne’s share of the Villamonte inked pages decades ago.  They were much harder to sell than Austin inked pages.

On 3/16/2023 at 2:03 PM, grapeape said:

If John or Terry did it..... I think it adds value. If some random guys chopped it in their workshop As it's all original art from the published comic, I think the bidders have already spoken on just how little it curtails their trigger finger.

100% sure Marvel cut it up and restructured the page. 
No collector would do something like that to art. 
Does not affect the price. 

On 3/12/2023 at 3:02 PM, Michael Browning said:

I was just being a bit of a smart aleck, because there are naysayers who don’t believe Miller’s post-DKR art is in demand due to his drastic style change.

Those are the same people who can’t afford to buy. 

On 3/12/2023 at 1:31 PM, Michael Browning said:

 

The Miller 300 DPS did very well at $62,500, showing there IS a very strong market for post-Dark Knight Miller art.

 

Well, duh! 
I could have told you that!

On 2/23/2023 at 2:43 PM, Will_K said:

Just because the sale price isn't displayed doesn't mean they don't know that number.  Bill used to report the top aggregate dealer sales number in dollars, (I think) number of pieces and (I think) specific high dollar pieces. 

My sales are not posted in the weekly sales on CAF. I prefer it that way. 
I just don’t see the purpose of displaying one’s sales. It’s not a contest. 
Besides, some of the sales data is incorrect in that dealers that might give a discount, or trade art is not reflected or noted in the weekly sales. Which to me is cheating. 
Nothing that anyone writes will make me think differently. 

Old school show with new school pricing. 

I've just added several Frank Miller originals to the website.
Some of these have never been offered before!

Click Here to see what's new.

This art will be available until Monday February 27 at noon Eastern time.



Any questions? Please email me at mitkowitz@hvc.rr.com or call at 845-399-7312

Thanks for looking.

Always looking for consignments!!

Best,
Mitch Itkowitz
Graphic Collectibles

So, just the other day, I was offered a trade, that was probably the most lopsided offer ever. 
This collector wanted to trade me his “debatable” (by his own admission) first appearance of Killer Croc from Detective Comics #524 pg 3 for the Golden Age Jerry Robinson Batman/Joker page from Detective Comics #76……even trade. Once I pulled myself off the floor from laughing, I told him no. 
Besides the fact I don’t trade, I told him nobody in their right mind would trade a “supposed” first appearance of a lower 2nd tier villain for a Golden Age page of the top villain drawn by his creator. 
Talk about a lofty trade expected!

I'm pleased to be able to bring you a true Golden Age rarity!

Jerry Robinson - Detective Comics #76 pg.4
This is a rare page featuring Batman and Robin fighting the Joker.
What makes this rare? It's the first Joker story Jerry Robinson pencilled and inked that featured the Joker!.
You almost never see Golden Age pages with Batman fighting the Joker.
Jerry went on to pencil and ink 2 other Batman/Joker stories in Batman #28 & 37, but highly doubtful you'll ever find any pages.

You have it all here! Batman and Robin fighting the Joker.

Art is in very good condition, with small amounts of white-out on the art.

From the Robinson Collection.




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Thanks for looking.

Best,
Mitch Itkowitz
Graphic Collectibles

On 2/14/2023 at 4:24 PM, The Voord said:

Is that because you liked the art enough to want to keep it, or because it's worth a lot more nowadays than what you're likely to have sold it for?

I honestly like that splash enough that I should have kept it.

But sometimes life gets in the way.

On 2/14/2023 at 12:01 PM, Ecclectica said:

Right.

An opinion, if it would have been the original one ?

I owned the original splash page back in the 70s. 
My opinion? Wish I never sold it.