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Michael Johnson - UK book and magazine illustrator.

Cover for UK paperback book cover,early 1960s

On 1/23/2023 at 9:03 PM, Rick2you2 said:

A dealer who shall go nameless (on second thought, Bechara) told me he never raises prices on art after he sets the initial price (which he used to justify why he wouldn’t bargain over lower pricing). For quite a while, he had an Aparo page listed at $1,800. He now has another Aparo page from the same series at $2,200. And guess what just went up to $1,950? Now, I have even less reason to buy it.

Him not raising prices is a load of bird poo.

I've just updated the website with a new selection of Frank Miller art!

Click HERE to see what's new!

All art is sold on a first come, first serve basis.
Art will be held for 24 hours pending payment.
Art will NOT be held while you decide if you want to buy or not.

I've also lowered the prices on the following....

Roy Crane - Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy 10/6/37 Daily

Milton Caniff - Terry and the Pirates 5/24/39 Daily

Alex Toth - All remaining sketches are 10% off

Any questions? Please email me at datartdealer@gmail.com or call at 845-399-7312

Thanks for looking.

Best,
Mitch Itkowitz
Graphic Collectibles

On 1/23/2023 at 7:11 AM, Hulk213 said:

All dealer websites should have art marked up. 

The question was asked what dealer prices art at reasonable values vs. ones that everything seems to be overpriced. 

The only reason I jumped in here was it hit home for me this month when I saw the Daredevil Yellow page go for one price, and then a week later, there was a significant markup on the same page on his site. I was trying to say my perception now is the prices on his site are not reasonable but overpriced because he lists art very soon after the purchase and then lists them with a considerable markup.

He might not even be aware of this possible perception people might have. It doesn't matter to me. I was giving my two cents.

 

Oh, I’m quite sure he is aware of the perception. But some dealers just don’t care  

On 1/22/2023 at 4:57 PM, Hulk213 said:

* Price new art at reasonable values vs. ones that everything seems to be overpriced.

The dealer site that comes to mind for me first is Panel Page Art. 

I don't know if Glen Brunswick realizes that all of the art he buys or consigns after it was recently purchased goes on his site with a huge markup, that makes me think that everything is overpriced.

Whether the art is genuinely overpriced or not, it's hard not to get that impression. 

I’m pretty sure Glen realizes the art on his site has a markup, since it’s his website  

On 1/22/2023 at 5:27 PM, Will_K said:

Panel Page Art is Glen Brunswick.

Graphic Collectibles is Mitch Itkowitz.

I doubt either one wants to be confused with the other.

I can see where someone could confuse Glen and I.

Finally! After several months, new art has arrived!

Included in this update.....

Jerry Robinson - A selection of pages of all genres from Atlas Comics titles from the early 1950s.
                             These pages are being offered for the first time!

Walt Kelly - Pogo Dailies

Chester Gould - MR. Tracy Dailies

Harvey Eisenberg - Early Yogi Bear Sunday from 1962

Roy Crane - Wash Tubbs and Captain Sawyer Daily from 1937

Milton Caniff - Terry and the Pirates Daily from 1939

Jim Fletcher - Huckleberry Hound - Rainmaker Tell-A-Tale Book Illustrations.

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

Thanks for looking.

Best,
Mitch Itkowitz
Graphic Collectibles

All I’m looking for is a nice Kirby page from the late 40s/ early 50s. 
 

I had to sell my collection to pay to pay for restoration of my back yard due to massive erosion. 
 

M

On 11/23/2022 at 11:53 PM, Michael Browning said:

It looks like someone dumped their entire Spectre/Dr. Fate collection on HA. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but it’s a very focused group of covers and pages, much more so than I’ve seen in the past.

I wonder whose collection this was. The estate of the late Jerry Bails?

Not Jerry Bails. 
I’m not at liberty to say whose collection it is. 
Suffice to say, I sold a lot of it to him back in the mid 70s to mid 80s

On 11/19/2022 at 2:15 PM, Sideshow Bob said:

As a Spectre fan, the cup overfloweth in this auction and it's requiring a strategy with so many quality lots. I'd argue that, if I'm having to strategize, then it's way too much all at once...

This really feels like one collector, big into Spectre and Dr. Fate and other DC, was able to negotiate a separate auction. It's too concentrated to be overflow...

On 11/19/2022 at 2:15 PM, Sideshow Bob said:

As a Spectre fan, the cup overfloweth in this auction and it's requiring a strategy with so many quality lots. I'd argue that, if I'm having to strategize, then it's way too much all at once...

This really feels like one collector, big into Spectre and Dr. Fate and other DC, was able to negotiate a separate auction. It's too concentrated to be overflow...

Yes, you’re pretty much correct.

I sold a lot of art to the consignor back in the 70s and early 80s.

I used to own the Showcase #64 cover. Bought it from the Steranko art catalog back in 77 for $50. Sold it to the consignor in 79.

On 11/13/2022 at 1:54 PM, Michael Browning said:

You are correct, Mitch.

Some dealers are having to pull art from their own collections to refresh their websites.

I do think auctions cause FOMO bidding, whereas dealer website art is thought of as “ah, it will still be there in a month, IF I still want it.”

The dealers that receive art on consignment from collectors are mostly told by those collectors what to price their art at.

Hence the extreme prices. When consigned art doesn’t sell, you’ll see posts offering the art at a discount. When it doesn’t sell then, it goes to auction.

On 11/13/2022 at 1:50 PM, Michael Browning said:

Hypothetical dollars.

But 0+0 still equals 0

It’s not like you can use the McFarlane as a comp, if it doesn’t sell 

On 11/12/2022 at 2:43 PM, Kryptic1 said:

Gene Colan and Joe Sinnott Captain America #117 Story Page 8 Red Skull and Cosmic Cube Original Art (Marvel, 1969).
 

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/gene-colan-and-joe-sinnott-captain-america-117-story-page-8-red-skull-and-cosmic-cube-original-art-marvel-1969-/a/7335-88017.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

 

https://www.comiclink.com/itemdetail.asp?back=%2Fsection.asp%3F_SORT%3DYES%26id%3D1398%26f1%3DListDate%26ODire1%3DDESC%26f2%3Di.Publisher%26ODire2%3DDESC%26f3%3Di.IssueNumber%2C%2Bi.Genre%26ODire3%3DASC&id=1637365

From $13,200 to $25,000 in less than 3 weeks.  Even copied & pasted the Heritage description.

You don’t want the art to get stale, do you? 😂

On 10/25/2022 at 2:17 PM, KirbyCollector said:

Doug put it this way to me, if you buy something on HA and try to sell it later you are always competing against the historical price, whereas CLink is always a clean slate for bidders and sellers.

Said no one, ever. 

I’ve had no problems with dealers I’ve bought from in Italy.