2013 August 1 - 2 Heritage Comics Signature Auction

[adamstrange]

Looks like the Minsky's movie painting was withdrawn. Anybody know why?

 

I was told that the owner believes it's a $250K item. The rest is purely my conjecture - I am guessing that, based on the tepid pre-live auction bidding activity, the owner was afraid that it would either (a) sell for much less than he thought it was worth or (b) fail to even meet the $110K (plus BP) reserve and risk tainting the piece for a long time. Just my (educated) guesses.

 

So what happens in this instance with the consignor pulling a reserved item out of the auction?

 

Does he have to pay Heritage the commission based on the reserve price to get his artwork back? In this around $20K in this case, right?

 

 

Even paying the commission as a penalty, I didn't think it was an option to pull a consignment from an auction.

 

 

 

Everything is negotiable, it all depends on the circumstances.

[ashrael]

ah, I see escape on venus. what's the fourth?

"The Solar Invasion" (book cover)

 

http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7066&lotNo=93221

 

(all $100K sales I know about are in the link from my previous message)

[malvin]

It has begun! Even if I dont win anything, hopefully taking the day off pays for itself in terms of entertainment value!

 

Malvin

[Bronty]

ah, I see escape on venus. what's the fourth?

"The Solar Invasion" (book cover)

 

http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7066&lotNo=93221

 

(all $100K sales I know about are in the link from my previous message)

 

wow I totally missed that one and I'm surprised it went that high! Nice result.

 

I like today's auctioneer on heritage.... good vibe about her.

[Bronty]

rob liefeld wizard cover at 7k... the apocalypse is nigh

[t3quila]

JLA 14 went cheap at $44,812.50

[Bronty]

JLA 14 went cheap at $44,812.50

 

is that cheap? I don't know that I would have expected much more but this is not my area

[Bronty]

lovely magica despell barks drawing coming up but I don't want to pay for a small pencil drawing even if lovely

[t3quila]

JLA 14 went cheap at $44,812.50

 

is that cheap? I don't know that I would have expected much more but this is not my area

 

I would expect a dealer to put that on a website for $65K, after all it is a twice up silver age cover

[DJRome]

I thought the JLA cover would go for 50k. It went low, but not terribly low. Very little silver DC can command the same prices as Marvel stuff in this environment.

[Bronty]

pretty good price on the alex ross @ 38k

[Bronty]

kinda liked the mcfarlane wizard 1 at 31k or so

[malvin]

kinda liked the mcfarlane wizard 1 at 31k or so

 

without the Wizard hat its a no brainer, but all those covers with the Wizard hat (Ghost Rider, etc) really bugs me and I think it detracts from the piece.

 

Malvin

[Bronty]

Perhaps, but it also makes it more recognizable. I guess I am just thinking back to the day of seeing Wizard #1 on the stands.

[pinupcartoonguy]

Yeah, the hat kills it for me.

[J.Sid]

I love that cover.

 

Is the hat the reason the McFarlane Wizard cover (to issue #1 no less) sold for less than the Alex Ross cover?

 

 

[malvin]

I love that cover.

 

Is the hat the reason the McFarlane Wizard cover (to issue #1 no less) sold for less than the Alex Ross cover?

 

 

you have the ask the winner and underbidder of the McFarlane Wizard cover (and maybe of the Alex Ross cover) that question!

 

Malvin

[J.Sid]

$1,300 for the Travis.... has the Charest market gone the way of the Cho market?

[Dumur]

Has anything EVER been won with a Cut Bid?

 

Anything I am still in the running for is tomorrow, so today is just for entertainment.

[Dumur]

And something just got won with the cut bid... HA!