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59 is twice up, I believe. No its just at the start of the change over to standard size. Listed in auction as "The page is produced in ink over blue pencil on Bristol board with an image area of 10" x 15"" the last twice up INTERIOR asm issue is #53!

They all will end up on Burkeys site. actually i didnt get any of them... they all went too high...even for me!!! YIKES!!!

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Fantastic Four #123 cover by Sal Buscema and Joe Sinnott went for $44,215.00. Pretty good for a Sal cover Espcially since the cover has a LOT LOT LOT of art restoration not known to many people......

and the reserve is 18k on the daamged cracked...yikes....

check out all my pages at www.romitaman.com under POLLARD thanks mike

oh.... crisis is HUGE!!! those jla 21/22 issues are the "First Wolverine" issues of large art JLA!! just teasing there metaphorically. Mike

The list above...i know its all arbitrary..but i have to say... one should be lowered: "Sekowsky JLA 2up 5-10k" i've owned i'd guess over 70 twice up JLA pages in my time....and i have never even once sold a non splash for over 4k.... also....i've sold a fair amount of GOOD content ross andru ASM interior pages for 3k and i tihnk a few have sold for over 3k on ebay and a few at auctions. I think this list is pretty accurate overall.

i used to own flash 15 by perez..sold it a few years ago so its out there. www.romitaman.com

As a side note to the romita Sr asm market..... i cant quite remember the actual price but didnt an asm 43 page...which was promoted as being mary janes second appearance (after he appears in the ever classic asm 42 last page)..it's just a character page from asm 43 with pete mj, aunt may, and anna may watson all sitting at a table talking...... and it sold for around 33k on ebay? a year or 2 ago. i remembered at the time thinking id easily get it for in the 20k and i sure was wrong on that one...i didnt think a second appearance Mjv page would go so high...but obviousdly i was wrong. Now i'm not saying this is the market at all for mj romita pages......as its not.....but that to some people.... certain peices are gold...based on title and content.

i'm just curious..about the updated price list...as i look at it closer....how many "NON SURFER" Fantastic Four Jack Kirby pages have ever sold for over 40k? i cant think of even 1 myself. i havent really seen any non surfer interior ever sell for over 20k. Avengers pages from isues 1-3 have sold for much higher prices than large FF pages at auction to my recollection.. Mike

Romita only drew 15 large art asm issues in the run (39-53) so only 300 total pages exist...

I've just read this quite interesting discussion from pages 1-10. and whoever wrote this list did an excellent job..and then tuned it up nicely. I think people seem to forget that LARGE art and SMALL art pages by the same artist have extremely significant price differentials in our hobby! Yes i own a large portion of ASM art drawn by the great John Romita and yes i bought most of what i have 10-24 years ago when it was quite cheaper. Wwhen everyone was spending 1-2k for each ditko asm page..i was paying 40 bucks up to 300 bucks each for large art romita page from 1990-1995 or so. supply and demand is extremely significant in determining current prices in our hobby. pertaining to romita prices...i've sold some because i got offered very good prices that made me say...."YES ITS WORTH IT TO SELL" But 1 question i will ask guys like Hari who always seem to want to devalue romita artwork... How many large ROMITA ASM pages have been sold at auction in the past 15 or so years ..and how many Ditko asm pages have been auctioned off over ther same time. i bet there have been well over 100 ditko pages that have been offered for sale and less than 10 romita pages in the same period. and i totally agree that ditko asm battle pages are the tops in our hobby for panel pages...but i will say..andi know this for fact........ Romita non-spiderman CHARACTER pages are worth A LOT LOT MORE and would easily sell for A LOT LOT MORE than any Ditko asm character page ...whether its privately or in auction. and why is this?? because romita made the soap opera that as spiderman a very PERSONAL experience for the reader..(as ditko did also) Buit romita put alotmore GLAMOR into his pages...even character pages.....and in no other comicbook EVER drawn in the 1960s was this more apparent. i get asked by collectors for MJ and GWEN pages from ASM more than spiderman battle pages! Is there any other comic book ever that collectors covet the GIRL friend of the hero more than the actual character at times? I cant think of any. there may be 1 or 2 books out there which i dont know of where side characters or girlfriends of heroes are extremely sought after..... ...but i cant think any...other than...THE AMAZING SPIDR-MAN of the 1960s and 70s! on a side note.....i've sold 8 large art asm pages over the past year.... and every one sold for between 45-75k cash. (no trade) so Hari..... ( In fun here of course) give romita drawn ASM art it's fair due........ And you should have bought that complete asm 75 book I offered you a few years ago (to go with your fine fine #75 cover) .....you passed on it...... and in hindsight i'm glad you did!

OH..RON FRENZ was the penciler for this story! I'm searching for ANY pages from my all time favorite Amazing Spider-Man story... ASM 248.."THE KID WHO COLLECTS SPIDER-MAN" I will pay very high prices for any pages to this story! Mike

I'm searching for ANY pages from my all time favorite Amazing Spider-Man story... ASM 248.."THE KID WHO COLLECTS SPIDER-MAN" I will pay very high prices for any pages to this story! Mike

Funny Story..... A close friend of mine tellsme the story where he goes into Supersnipe Comicbook store in early 1980... he sees some comic art...tells Ed Summer he loves SPIDERMAN ART!! Ed tells my friend to come back in exactly 1 week........ My friend goes there 1 week later....... the guy has "6" LARGE ART John Romita Spider-man COVERS! 5 of the covers are 250 each....the Aazing Sider-man #50 cover is 300 dollars......... S he buys the ASM 50 cover for 300 dollars! Oh to have money back in 1980... Mike