Watchmen Original Art -- more or less desirable now?

[Nexus]

Gotta admit, this was somewhat surprising to me:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220372689132

 

Whether or not collectors would pony up big for the movie costumes was the question of the day for me. At least three bidders were over $4600. That's pretty healthy for art that doesn't come from the comic nor depict the comic costumes.

 

Even more importantly, the winner was Albert. If there's a dealer with his finger on the pulse of the market, it's Albert. If he still sees upside on this piece, at this level, then it would indicate to me that there's still strong demand for WM.

[cheekyj2112]

 

Joseph

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=9492

[spider9698]

Felix

How do you know it was Albert?

S

[Nexus]

He's won at least one other of these recent WM auctions from Joe. The scrambled user ID and feedback number looked familiar, so I double-checked with a bidder search:

 

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidItems&userid=albertmoy&completed=1&all=1&rows=25&sort=3

 

Better Albert than the Donnellys. At least with Albert, if you decide you want it down the road, it's just a question of "how much".

[Eric Seffinga]

How come no Junk?

I figured based on the drawing that they'd add the black Fruit-o-the-looms, but nuh uh.

The shirt and lunchbox are both all blue. No Dr M junk. I guess you don't want that on your lunchbox, but why no undies then?

 

-e.

[Jesusjon]

Well, here's something interesting, a decent page offered at a buy it now price, which, prior to the movie's release, may not have been considered all that unreasonable.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/WATCHMEN-9-art-pg5-Dr-Manhattan-Silk-Spectre-on-Mars_W0QQitemZ250384681101QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item250384681101&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A4%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1307

 

But not yet bought?

 

Ended with no bids by the way...

[bocaratondefense]

Well, here's something interesting, a decent page offered at a buy it now price, which, prior to the movie's release, may not have been considered all that unreasonable.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/WATCHMEN-9-art-pg5-Dr-Manhattan-Silk-Spectre-on-Mars_W0QQitemZ250384681101QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item250384681101&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A4%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1307

 

I am surprised there was no bids as well. That is a pretty nice page.

 

 

[dem1138]

As was noted earlier, this page sold not that long ago for 6.5K. I would say that FMV for this page is 8K. Maybe it was a 10K page during "the hype" but that time has passed.

[comix4fun]

Well, here's something interesting, a decent page offered at a buy it now price, which, prior to the movie's release, may not have been considered all that unreasonable.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/WATCHMEN-9-art-pg5-Dr-Manhattan-Silk-Spectre-on-Mars_W0QQitemZ250384681101QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item250384681101&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A4%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1307

 

I am surprised there was no bids as well. That is a pretty nice page.

 

 

 

Three shots of Dr. M's Keister, some great images of the backs of people's heads, and not one of the more memorable pages from the book...It's not what I would stretch for financially by any means.

 

Double FMV starting bid to boot?

 

That and who the seller is might have something to do with it.

 

C

[Jesusjon]

Well, here's something interesting, a decent page offered at a buy it now price, which, prior to the movie's release, may not have been considered all that unreasonable.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/WATCHMEN-9-art-pg5-Dr-Manhattan-Silk-Spectre-on-Mars_W0QQitemZ250384681101QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item250384681101&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A4%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1307

 

I am surprised there was no bids as well. That is a pretty nice page.

 

 

I was not surprised it finished with no bids. You'd have to be Krazy to pay that price for that page.

[Simon R-migration]

What about this page and the winning bid?

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310127279231&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&viewitem=&salenotsupported

[spider9698]

Absolute steal!!

Congrats Felix!!

[heartened]

My sense is that the hype from the movie will die down and prices will stabilize, and even perhaps there may be some relative bargains (partly also due to the economy and less cash overall). However, my guess is that within a year the prices will start going up again, especially on the great pages. Over time, these pages are worth the investment. There are not many comics that make it mainstream as literature, and this is one of them. Go look at the other top 100 books of the past 100 years on the NY Times list and tell me which one you can get an original piece of? Maus would fall into this category as well, although those pages from what I can tell are not available.

 

[Jesusjon]

What about this page and the winning bid?

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310127279231&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&viewitem=&salenotsupported

 

Nice pickup! Glad to see good pages selling for sane prices. (thumbs u

[cheekyj2112]

My sense is that the hype from the movie will die down and prices will stabilize, and even perhaps there may be some relative bargains (partly also due to the economy and less cash overall). However, my guess is that within a year the prices will start going up again, especially on the great pages. Over time, these pages are worth the investment. There are not many comics that make it mainstream as literature, and this is one of them. Go look at the other top 100 books of the past 100 years on the NY Times list and tell me which one you can get an original piece of? Maus would fall into this category as well, although those pages from what I can tell are not available.

 

You think the economy will have bounced back within the year??

 

Joseph

 

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=9492

[delekkerste]

You think the economy will have bounced back within the year??

 

That's why he's a doctor.

 

(Just kidding, Hari. )

[Nexus]

Decent page, but whoever paid that much is a fool!

 

 

Thanks, Steve. I wouldn't say "steal", but a fair price, especially compared to where it would have been a few months ago. Now...could that be because it was listed on Ebay UK only and was somewhat under-the-radar (I wouldn't have noticed it at all if it hadn't shown up on CAF the day before)...or is this a correction? A regular Ebay auction with full exposure will tell us more.

 

Regardless, it was the nicest page that I can remember showing up for sale publicly in a long time. Hope we see more.

[comix4fun]

Decent page, but whoever paid that much is a fool!

 

 

Thanks, Steve. I wouldn't say "steal", but a fair price, especially compared to where it would have been a few months ago. Now...could that be because it was listed on Ebay UK only and was somewhat under-the-radar (I wouldn't have noticed it at all if it hadn't shown up on CAF the day before)...or is this a correction? A regular Ebay auction with full exposure will tell us more.

 

Regardless, it was the nicest page that I can remember showing up for sale publicly in a long time. Hope we see more.

 

 

If the exchange rate is still hovering around 1.4 to 1 then you could not have gotten this cheaper unless you used a gun.

 

 

Congrats.

 

C

[dem1138]

My sense is that the hype from the movie will die down and prices will stabilize, and even perhaps there may be some relative bargains (partly also due to the economy and less cash overall). However, my guess is that within a year the prices will start going up again, especially on the great pages. Over time, these pages are worth the investment. There are not many comics that make it mainstream as literature, and this is one of them. Go look at the other top 100 books of the past 100 years on the NY Times list and tell me which one you can get an original piece of? Maus would fall into this category as well, although those pages from what I can tell are not available.

 

My sense is that it's a bit like an echo chamber in here. Maybe I've been reading too many of Gene's posts but who else is buying these pages? I know of three sales of Watchmen pages (two public - Felix and Albert -- the other private buyer is a known name as well) and all of them to "us" basically. It feels like all of the potential buyers are on this message board. We're our own market and seemingly competing only with each other. I just find it ironic -- but not ironic enough to stop looking for the right page to buy!

 

 

[delekkerste]

Thanks, Steve. I wouldn't say "steal", but a fair price, especially compared to where it would have been a few months ago. Now...could that be because it was listed on Ebay UK only and was somewhat under-the-radar (I wouldn't have noticed it at all if it hadn't shown up on CAF the day before)...or is this a correction? A regular Ebay auction with full exposure will tell us more.

 

Put it up for sale here and let's find out.