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    OA stream of consciousness thread

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    23 minutes ago, skrilla1212 said:

    “When a piece becomes available, you cannot hesitate and have to be ready to go all out because it will likely never be available again.”

    ”There is always another piece around the corner.”

    Both of these are true.

    Just something that’s been running through my mind recently.

    They are, and they can co-exist.

    If you are looking for something specific, then yes, if you miss it then it could be gone (e.g. one of 4 covers to a 4 issue limited series)

    Another piece that interest you could turn up, but likely a different title that scratches a different itch.

    Malvin

    On CLink - Michael Turner, Jim Cheung, Vintage Avengers, Batman, Hellblazer and more!

    in Original Comic Art Marketplace

    Posted

    Hi Folks,

    I have a bunch of items at the current comiclink auctions, ranging from the 60's to modern.  Take a look and bid! Help me afford these ever increasing art prices! :)

    The items and current prices are:

    1. Vintage 1968 Bob Brown Detective Comics page with Robin - $75

    2. Classic 1983 Rich Buckler Justice League of America Issue 211 page - $30

    3. Jim Cheung FF Thing vs. Dr. Doom half splash - $195

    4. Green Lantern Emerald Dawn Volume 1 Issue 2 Opening page by Giffen, Bright, and Tanghal - $55

    5. Vintage Bob Hall Avengers 220 Page with Captain America, Iron Man, Drax, and more - $220

    6. Superboy 2 page lot by John McCrea - $22

    7. Vintage Piers Rayner Hellblazer Issue 12 page - large art! - $145

    8. Michael Turner Lara Croft of Tomb Raider Sketch - $185

    9. Larry Storman Spider-Man Commission -$65

    Thanks for looking

    Malvin

    Collecting goals for 2021

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    37 minutes ago, Sideshow Bob said:

    Three years ago, I stretched and was able to pick up about 1/2 of the art for Detective #526, my favorite comic book issue. As the pages started showing up sequentially on Ebay, I called Felix and asked his advice, and he told me I'd regret it if I didn't. Perfect advice at the time, and I pushed my boundaries on OA spending to their limit. I was compelled to sell a substantial amount of OA to keep level, but it took a year to work off that spending binge.

    Today? Not a chance I could justify doing that today. This price move overall, but for top pages in particular, has me all torn up. I just can't justify these prices. I just can't. I know others can, but I just don't know where they are getting the confidence to pay this much per piece. Maybe I'm too disciplined in having OA be greater than a certain percentage of my overall net worth, and others are more comfortable with a higher percentage. Maybe others got in earlier so they have more paper gains on art they bought or acquired cheaply as compared to these levels; house money is a lot easier to play with than wage money. Or maybe this is becoming a (very) wealthy person's hobby and I'm getting tiered out. All assets are inflating, as Gene so rightly points out, but not every single boat is rising with the tide at the same rate.

    No doubt, I'd love a KJ page, but instead I have two A-level Camelot 3000 pages. I'd love a DKR page, but instead I have some great Aparo and Newton covers and interiors. There are tiers of collectors in this hobby, and there are tiers of pages, as seen by the effort to refresh the A-page price levels. I had a chance a few years ago to get a quality DKR page, and I could have stretched for it and I passed. In retrospect on the DKR page, I should have tried. But now? At these levels? No way. I'm not going to plunk +$100k on a piece. I just won't do it. That's it...there are some things you aren't going to have an example of. And that's OK. 

    So find what will make you happy. I'm looking at my wall with a framed Zeck recreation (1 of 1) of the Punisher mini-series #1 cover. It's not the original (a +$100k piece), but its an awesome piece of art. Still expensive on a relative basis, but it brings me joy. I'm OK with that. Rick2you2's advice is solid. Find that level that makes you happy. 

    Bob

    Well said Bob.

    Malvin

    Best of 2020..... less than a day left

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    Thanks again for Bill and Brian for organizing this, as well as all the participants.  Here are my selections and runner ups.  

    CAF Link to all here

    1. Covers - Frank Quitely All Star Superman Wizard Cover

    Even though I'm more of a Batman fan, I thought Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's All Star Superman was the best Superman story since Alan Moore's Supreme so I'm glad to get this cover

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    2. Splashes - John Cassaday Captain America Splash

    When I first saw Cassday's Captain America covers, it was so striking that it led me to read the storyline.  I had to flip the page upside down but I'm glad to finally get a page image from his run!

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    3. Panel Pages - Alan Moore and Klaus Janson Green Arrow and Black Canary page

    One of the rare Alan Moore big 2 superhero story.  I guess everyone was trying to look like Neal Adams back then.  And of course everyone loves fishnets!

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    4. Recreations - Gerry Talaco Hulk 340 (vs. Wolverine) Cover Recreation

    One of my few themes are recreations or reinterpretations of the iconic Hulk 340 cover by artists I associate with Hulk or Wolverine.  This is so striking! The colours just popped out at me

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    5. Other - Mike Grell Green Arrow Longbow Hunter Omnibus Cover Prelim

    I love how this cover encapsulates the Green Arrow Longbow Hunters series!

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    And here are runners ups:

    1st runner up - Ian Gibson Judge Anderson Page

    2nd runner up - JR JR Man without Fear Miniseries Elektra full splash

    3rd runner up - Walt Simonson X-Factor page

    Thanks for looking

    Malvin

    Can you guess why you probably shouldn't buy this "Jack Kirby" piece?

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    8 minutes ago, glendgold said:

    Yeah, I didn't like that Darkseid but by the time I saw it, it was sold. The screwiest thing about it is the reverse side - that circular stamp seems to be the hallmark of someone trying to pass off their work as Kirby.  Ernst S Raab?  Is that whose art we're looking at? 

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    I thought it was a Ernst & Raab was a paper or stationary company :)

    Malvin

    Can you guess why you probably shouldn't buy this "Jack Kirby" piece?

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    I'm not a Kirby expert, but this seller has both a Kirby, a Simonson and a Robinson Batman:

     

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Jack-Kirby-Darkseid-Portrait-Signed/254828504576?hash=item3b54f66600:g:-SYAAOSwAXhf975I

     

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Walt-Simonson-Thor-Sketch-Signed/254828506999?hash=item3b54f66f77:g:AxcAAOSwbYJf977j

    I managed to ask Simonson and this was his reply:

     

    I can't be sure, but I think this isn't by me. Some of it looks like lines I might draw. I'm inclined to think it's a copy of one of my sketches. The signature in particular does not look like mine, especially on the right side. So I'm not 100% certain, but it seems unlikely.

    Malvin

    Part 2: A-Level Panel Page Valuations by Artist/Run

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Carlo M said:

    Here is where I have a bit of a problem with the list.  I think the list refers to a quality level for interior pages that is very very rarely seen publicly.  Can someone give us an example of a mid '70s Kirby interior panel page fetching a mid teens number?  I really don't recall that.  Can we get a few examples of what an A page is? Because if people are referring strictly to four panels with the hero fighting his archenemy in each panel (so basically Spider Man vs Green Goblin or full X-Men vs Magneto with Phoenix or Wolverine claws out, or Avengers vs Ultron screaming "Avengers assemble" or FF vs Doom with the Thing shouting "its clobbering time"), then the prices make sense, but people need to be aware that we are talking about a very select number of pages (like 4/5 per run).  Such high quality pages are hardly comparable with anything else, and you can get huge variance in pricing (hence ranges are appropriate).  A few examples would be very very useful to keep the list within the right context.

    I think that's why it's the "A" page valuation.  Of course there is some subjectivity and everyone will think their page is the most special in the world, but you captured it, 4 panels, main hero fighting main villain would be an A page

    Malvin

    Old Batman "Rogue's Gallery" art?

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    I'm sure Golden age experts can chime in, but the first thing I wanted to check whether or not they were even called "DC" back then.

    Wikipedia says:

    Despite the official names "National Comics" and "National Periodical Publications", the company began branding itself as "Superman-DC" as early as 1940, and the company became known colloquially as DC Comics for years before the official adoption of that name in 1977

    So I am skeptical.

    Malvin