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On 9/19/2021 at 9:43 AM, Frisco Larson said:

There's more coming ... I don't think anything Wonder Woman related, but more Golden Age coming today. 

That was for the Timely sadly :-(

On 9/19/2021 at 12:46 AM, OdinsSecrets said:

Ill take it please

Damnit! I mean great take ;-)

On 9/18/2021 at 9:59 PM, GoldenAgeAddict said:

Take fight 29

You missed the Blue Beetle :-)

On 9/18/2021 at 5:11 PM, Straw-Man said:

silver???

Stay away! You have enough ;-)

Let the countdown commence!!! 33 minutes until launch….

You'll want to take the Wolverine down. It has to go in Modern. If you leave it, the mods will likely yank your thread...

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And one of us misread the post and kept waiting for the MMC...grumble...

Dang sorry I missed this! Congrats to the buyers and sellers.

Excellent buyer! Paid quickly, put up with my bad jokes and was very communicative. Would happily deal with again!

On 8/8/2021 at 3:27 AM, lou_fine said:

Well, this definitely doesn't look like much of a profit margin (if any at all) here if they had to pay $9,600 for the book (excluding shipping charges and any state taxes if applicable) and they are now hoping to sell it for only $10K.  

Makes me wonder if the buyer had a change of heart about keeping the book and simply trying to recoup as much of their money as possible?  

Not the seller so it would be pure speculation on my part. I suspect we shall see a more of this happening in the short term though. Some of those promise books were so inflated that I can't imagine some buyers remorse or just poor attempts at flipping.

On 8/7/2021 at 7:17 PM, lou_fine said:

Since I don't have a FaceBook or IG account, any idea how much more they are asking for this Promise copy of All Winners 7 since it looks like it sold for $9,600 at HA less tha a month ago:  

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/all-winners-comics-7-the-promise-collection-pedigree-timely-1942-cgc-fn-55-off-white-to-white-pages/a/122129-15045.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515#

Looks like a very nicely presenting copy to me, especially relative to the CGC assigned grade of only CGC 5.5 F-.     

Then again, maybe it's sacrilege to say something like that here, as certain board members here will view a statement like that to be as questioning CGC's grading.    

10k. 

Terrific find! I love that cover.

Promise book up for sale already. All Winners 7 over on Elite Comics on IG. Essentially asking what they paid. Curious to see how many more slip out in the next few months...

On 8/6/2021 at 2:14 AM, Cat-Man_America said:

I believe the lithographs measure approximately the same size as the paintings from which they were shot for the Buccaneer Graphics prints (23" X 29" overall, image size 21" X 26" according to HA).  The unsigned lithos shouldn't cost you the family farm, ...the Schomburg signed limited editions (there were 150 and 10 artists proofs) will probably run $500 each and up depending on the condition gauging from past sales and the current market.  The S/N print I owned before purchasing the original sold for quite a bit more than $500 about six years back, but it was professionally matted and framed. 

Thank you for the numbers! I found one (limited/signed) that may be for sale and we were just about to talk price so that's extremely useful (I very much want all 3 for my comic room). If I'm reading this right, did you say you purchased the original? Could we see a picture? That's such an amazing find! I'm just hoping to get his signature on one of the war books I love that I couldn't even imagine owning something like that or the cost (6-figures easily?).

On 8/5/2021 at 8:05 PM, jbpez said:

take. too cool!!

Damnit and great buy!

On 8/5/2021 at 3:06 PM, Cat-Man_America said:

He provided two different covers for the OSG, one for #10 and one for #21.  Off hand, I don't know if either of these were recreations or variations of original covers, but the second one from '91 appears to be the better of the two (IMO, ...OMMV).

I'd think his commissioned cover recreations are that much more valued by collectors, but it depends on the scene, accuracy, level of detail or overall quality (eye appeal) of the work.  Note: Most of Schomburg's cover recreations are excellent, but some are much better rendered than others as he varied his technique and occasionally veered away from exactness in recreating comic covers.  Some cover recreations are arguably superior in every way to the original covers for one reason or another, Alex adding detail or subtle changes to the work making the art that much stronger.  In rare cases, the original cover illustration appears better rendered than the recreated art, but those are the exception.

One change worth noting is how he depicted the Japanese in recreating the last war cover for Marvel Mystery (#66).  In the original the colorist ...who I'm presuming was someone else in the Timely bullpen of artists... went with the common "yellow peril" trope used throughout the war that has become synonymous with racial insensitivity.  While my personal views on this are that war propaganda is part of the culture and should be appreciated as a product of it's time and the dire circumstances of war, when recreating the work you'll note that the caricatured Japanese airmen are NOT depicted with that stereotypical color trope.  This was a perfect choice the artist made actually improving the illustration without loss of any impact from the original.

Here's the comic & recreated painting for comparison...

  

IMO, this is one of his greatest cover recreations, if not the greatest, but everyone has their personal faves.   

 

Thank you for the response. I learned a lot! As a newer folk, I'm also looking into the 3 lithograph set that was issued to see if I can find any. I hear they are huge but the pics I've seen have been amazing.

On 8/4/2021 at 8:37 PM, Cat-Man_America said:

Very impressive art, ...superb cover recreation with exceptional color pop.  The consigner's matte choice could've been a bit less flamboyant (the blue supported by red and white under-mattes is great, but the alternating red and white corner slits seem a bit much).  That said, in the right frame under plexiglass this piece would be killer.  

It'll be interesting to see what the final hammer price will look like on a Schomburg piece of that calibre given today's heated market. 

His last piece went for around 50k (the original or recreation of the Overstreet Cover he did). I guess I'd take the over on this piece but agree it will be interesting to see!

On 7/7/2021 at 12:27 AM, RICK STARR said:

Picked up this one couple months ago. Could never seem to find a decent copy until now.

 

I love that date stamp!

This thread is a god damn inspiration!

On 7/27/2021 at 12:48 PM, gunsmokin said:

I'm thinking maybe matching shirts with your "board names" on the back. Maybe this will be closer to Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

Congrats! If you need boys cloths let me know. 3 boys so will purge some baby stuff soon.

On 7/26/2021 at 5:44 PM, CCComics said:

Human Torch #16 CGC 6.0...$2500

there are some indentions on cover "1944", trying to get close ups

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