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Is this different than that Christies/Sothebys lot of half-finished pages that were credited to George Roussos "and others"? IIRC they were from Batman 11 and 13 and most of them were from unknown hands. But maybe that's a diferent set of pages.

I think this guy goes to the front of the line.

I forgot the most likely possibility: 3) Actual whales.

Based on this, my money is on collectors of the future being: 1) AI 2) Dogs

I like Gene's numbers. It was a good way to see exactly where I fell off baller mountain.

Yeah, I totally get that. The #33 sequence is one of those things like the 1812 Overture or the Odessa Steps from POTEMKIN, but I was thinking in terms of single pages that stand alone. I just find it hard to frame one page alone. I think Annual 2 (where the heck did that thing go, anyway -- never seen a page to that story, and never even heard rumors about where it went) might just have the best ratio of money pages in it.

Not my page, but thank you anonymous folks for suspecting my moral compass bends to the left like that. My hunch is that the owner got it when the book broke up at a con in the mid-80s. I was looking for it for a while, and did that thing of putting post-its next to all the Ditko pages in the Omnibus that equalled it. That's how I came up with five. YMMV. I can also see the argument for it being in top ten instead, if certain character moments mean more to you.

That is one of the five best Ditko ASM fight pages.

I've been run down and I've been lied to. And I don't know why, I let that mean dealer make me a fool. He took all my money, flips my old Byrne. Now it's sold to one of my good time buddies, They're drinkin in some inky tavern. Sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel, Like I been tied to the flippin' post. Tied to the flippin' post, tied to the flippin' post. Good Lord, I feel like I'm dyin'.

The FF 77 cover is now at the top spot, 4 hours out -- 135K. Of course nothing counts until the end, but I'm going to guess I was a little conservative when I guessed 150K.

What is this word "logic" you keep using?

It's funny -- if you go back in the comicart-l archives to the very beginning, 20 or so years ago, you'll see people having the same argument. Just bid and walk away vs. last minute. I used to be the former until I realized that other people don't actually know how much to bid, just what other people value something at.

Just to add to the discussion of how well priced things are as of now: everything I want to buy is too high, and everything I've consigned is too low. Other data points welcome.

Cudos to c-link for giving at least one of the items a truly weird reserve. I have a feeling that just *might* have surprised a joy bidder earlier this week.

As I recall, there might be some issue with renting vs owning. As in: if you have homeowner's insurance it might be cheaper than if you're looking to add a rider to your renter's policy. Or vice versa.

I got a quote from USAA for comic art at one point (through one of their vendors, or whatever you call a company they have a deal with) and it came back at 4-5X other quotes. I love those guys for auto and home insurance, but this isn't their forte.

It's not from the 1970s. It's worth exactly what it would cost you to print a high rez (at least I hope it's high rez) scan on a piece of plastic.

Depends on how much price testing is going to effect the Brexit negotiations.

FF 77 now in the land of six figures.

In response, eBay will offer you thoughts and prayers.

Oh, MAN. This is the stuff. In fact, I just wrote an essay for DC about how much this issue meant to me. It was the first contemporary Kirby I ever saw (meaning I'd seen his old stuff in reprints, but not what he was currently doing) and it FREAKED ME OUT. WOW. Thanks for showing this off. 5 stars. http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2017/08/29/gone-gone-the-form-of-man

Is this the "eating hall" splash you were looking for, Twanj?

If you look at my Instagram, @glenqgold, I posted about 50 of my favorite Kirby images yesterday.

Isn't the eBay seller also Nate Sanders? So -- even though they're claiming someone bought it, it didn't actuallysell, unless I'm not reading that correctly.

I think this showed up about 10-12 years ago and it turned out to be all Sinnott. I don't quite understand the current credits (Kirby didn't do cover layouts, especially in the 1970s). Does it mean Jack did the FF 88 cover it's based on?