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ThothAmon

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On 2/23/2017 at 7:57 AM, cstojano said:

Have things changed this drastically since the last few pieces of his sold on HA (that I could find at least) or is this piece that top shelf. I see an interior page and a cover for 89 and 460 respectively (2004 and 2009 dates).

Sold for $19,700.  Price has almost nothing to do with artist.

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ThothAmon

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On 1/12/2017 at 11:51 AM, docdave said:

Sadly, longtime collector Ethan Roberts died at the very early age of 70. Most of the new items in Heritage, including both Flash Gordons,, come from his collection. He always said he would die with his collection...and he did. He lived very frugally. He was a good man and a very passionate lover of comic and strip art.

 

The 1936 Flash is notable because it contains the most egregious drawing mistake that Alex Raymond ever drew. In the bottom left panel, Zarkov's right leg is completely detached from his body. Yes, the page was printed that way...no paste-ups, no art editor corrections. Raymond was just too lazy to correct it. I was offered it many times and passed. My eye kept going to that mistake. I am very curious to see if the aesthetic sensibility of the newer generations of collectors will be bothered by this. I imagine it will go to a european collector for a substantial price. Most of the great Flash pages are in europe.

 

RIP ETHAN.

 

DocDave

How's hammer price of $115,000 grab you Doc Dave?

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Bronty

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I'm very interested to see how the GA captain america does.   I put my guess in at the beginning of the thread (I think I guess 65?  IIRC) but that's a tough one to handicap and a lovely piece.

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17 minutes ago, Bronty said:

The Tuska/Layton Iron Man splash was lovely... wonder if Darren got it

Crazy that the lot was re-opened not once, but two times after it closed. doh!

Wrightson Swampy cover hammers at just $49K...too much Wrightson supply I think over the past year. 

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Bronty

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6 minutes ago, ThothAmon said:

Wrightson Swamp Thing cover $58,500.  Strong price for this art to me.

I think I predicted 60k IIRC.   Time to pat myself on the back, this was no Ron Wilson prediction.

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8 minutes ago, delekkerste said:

Crazy that the lot was re-opened not once, but two times after it closed. :doh:

 

I can see how that would have been annoying to the bidders, for sure.

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Ironmandrd

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 I have never seen anything in an HA auction like what happened to that Tuska/Layton IM splash.  Reopened twice but with no new bidding (as far as I could tell).  That was ridiculous.  According to my HA guy on the phone, I won that auction three separate times. 

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