The Russ Cochran Comic Art Auctions - a 30 years Retrospective 2 2

[Terry Doyle]

[Terry Doyle]

[Terry Doyle]

[Terry Doyle]

 

From this auction I also bought item # 47, "A Platoon!" by the wonderful team of Severin and Elder, which I later sold to a collector friend.

[Terry Doyle]

[Terry Doyle]

[Terry Doyle]

[Terry Doyle]

[Terry Doyle]

[dem1138]

Wow, you really had to pick your battles with these later auctions. There was so much more material in each auction, it must have been really difficult to make a choice based on the wider variety of material.

[Terry Doyle]

[Terry Doyle]

[Terry Doyle]

[Terry Doyle]

[Terry Doyle]

[Pete Marino]

Not really Bronty, coins, fine art, antiques, and yes comic art sold prior to the internet--it was just a slower sales cycle.

 

We had niche newspapers in all collectible fields, comics had Comics Buyer's Guide and RBCC PACKED with classified ads...plus dealers and collectors sent out sales lists, etc. and of course Pioneers like Russ and Howard Lowery and others brought professionalism, knowledge, and auctions to our hobby.

 

Rob

 

 

Well perhaps I am being too dramatic for you but "slower sales cycle" is "hard to sell and hard to buy" in my book

 

Funny, I feel bad that I was not part of the hobby back then. I find half the fun of this is the hunt for new treasures. And the feeling you get when you finally score one. Back in the day it was like Indiana Jones, now it's more like the Matrix....

 

(that's the most stretched movie analogy I've ever used!)

[alxjhnsn]

Sigh

[Bronty]

 

BOING! Instant woody.

 

 

[mister_not_so_nice]

Terry, How do you know the auctions results? Would Russ send out a letter after the auction was over with details of the auctions?

 

Mike

 

[Terry Doyle]

Terry, How do you know the auctions results? Would Russ send out a letter after the auction was over with details of the auctions?

 

Mike

 

For a long time the auction results would be printed on page two of the next auction catalog.

 

Later on, Russ would mail a listing of items for direct sale (stuff that didn't sell), along with a listing of auction results.