Bernard Baily Spectre page on eBay

[*paull*]

It's not my page, and I don't know whose it is... but it is a beauty!

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160401430428

 

GA art gets little appreciation on the Boards, but in my opinion, for DC art, this is pretty much as good as it gets.

 

[artdealer]

That is a damn incredible page!!!!!

 

Mitch I.

 

[Tatterdamillion]

That is so amazing, I am shellshocked.

[xraysteve]

Beautiful splash! Good luck to all bidders.

[Bronty]

wow that's pretty sweet

[Weird Paper]

I was wondering if this was going to get some attention here. I see this as one of those mega-rare items that will bring out the heavy hitters.

So where does it end up? 10K? 12K? higher?

[Tatterdamillion]

higher!

[comicartcom]

that really is a top quality item and I have never seen it before.. It must have been buried for at least 30 years or more

[TheWatcher]

That's a spectacular page I wonder what else the seller has in his collection

[westform]

Hubba!

[comicartcom]

one of the interesting things is in that in all my time in teh hobby, I don't think I had ever seen an All Star page that was published (there are a number of unpublished pages). I think Mitch has to agree.

 

This is a super-rarity and I wouldn't be surprised to see it go for a very high price to any one of the top collectors of that material. It could easily go for $25-50k and if it becomes a bid war, who knows

 

I'm certain Heritage would probably get the best price, and if any dealer had it at SDCC, you'd probably see a $75k price tag or higher.. Some dealers would probably price it so high that the price itself would be "shock and awe"

 

It really is a major quality item and like everyone else.. I also wonder what else the owner has.

 

Rich

[artdealer]

Nope, I've seen published All-Star pages.

I've even owned a cover.

Mitch.

[fc]

pretty cool

 

the only thing i dislike is the estimated price.

 

what would have something like this sold for 10 years ago? If someone thinks the

number is around 3K.. I tend not to like collectible hobbies where the price

multiplies by a factor of 7 in just 10 years. Way too trendy for my tastes in that

case.

 

otherwise.. once again.. very cool piece of comic art.

[Weird Paper]

I believe a few published covers sold at auction (Heritage or Sotheby's) a few years ago. Perhaps from Roy Thomas' collection.

[comicartcom]

Nope, I've seen published All-Star pages.

I've even owned a cover.

Mitch.

 

yes I remember the Arthur Peddy cover Mitch.. #57 or something like that.. as a matter of fact, aren't there 2 or 3 of those very late covers??

[dem1138]

Awesome collector Steve Stein has another page from All-Star #9 - from the Hawkman story:

 

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=3187

 

He got it from the same seller on eBay a few years ago. Maybe the entire book is out there?

 

When this page first hit eBay, there was a lot of chatter from old school collectors. Consensus was that it would end in the 8K range but that FMV was in the 15K range.

 

Chances are that now that everyone knows about it that it winds up selling for closer to FMV as everyone that wants it will be trying to get it now before it costs them more later.

[Nexus]

When this page first hit eBay, there was a lot of chatter from old school collectors. Consensus was that it would end in the 8K range but that FMV was in the 15K range.

 

Chances are that now that everyone knows about it that it winds up selling for closer to FMV as everyone that wants it will be trying to get it now before it costs them more later.

 

Indeed, this page was brought up on the CFA-APA mailing list and a flurry of posts ensued. Some believed that whatever it sold for on Ebay, would be less than FMV-- and that we'd subsequently see it on a dealer's site or Heritage, perhaps a year or so from now.

 

Assuming that happens (and it's probably unlikely at this point), does it matter if it's a dealer who does the flipping or a collector? Just curious if folks see a distinction.

[westform]

This piece would not have sold for 3k 10 years ago. It would have sold for much, much more.

 

 

pretty cool

 

the only thing i dislike is the estimated price.

 

what would have something like this sold for 10 years ago? If someone thinks the

number is around 3K.. I tend not to like collectible hobbies where the price

multiplies by a factor of 7 in just 10 years. Way too trendy for my tastes in that

case.

 

otherwise.. once again.. very cool piece of comic art.

[*paull*]

How much work by Bernard Baily has survived? I'm a fan of both his hero and horror work, and it's great to see an example like this survive today.

[batman_fan]

At the current price, count me in (just over 7k). I have a max bid set and if I win, I would be shocked/excited. Just too cool. I suspect the real bidding wont happen until the last few minutes.