ComicLink Summer Featured Auction 2017 1 1

[Ryanfromottawa]

18 minutes ago, COMICLINK said:

Due to the short outage which our server manager is in the midst of diagnosing, we are going to relaunch the following items in a few minutes, which will start closing in 40 second increments at 11:58:40 (the final lot was scheduled for 11:58), so feel free to bid if interested.

 

 

NYX #3 PAGE 22 JOSH MIDDLETON 2004, From Historic Issue--Prelude to Reveal of Laura as X-23 No Reserve Auction

Auction Starts: 8/30/2017 8:00:00 PM ET     Current Bid: $502 Update Auction Ends: 9/19/2017 10:30:40 PM ET Starting Bid: $1 Bid Count: 28 Time Left:

HELLBOY: 10TH ANNIVERSARY SKETCHBOOK ILLUSTRATION MIKE MIGNOLA 2003, Stellar Illustration of Hellboy By His Creator No Reserve Auction

Auction Starts: 8/30/2017 8:00:00 PM ET     Current Bid: $1,116 Update Auction Ends: 9/19/2017 10:31:20 PM ET Starting Bid: $1 Bid Count: 38 Time Left:

HELLBOY: ALMOST COLOSSUS #2 PAGE 5 MIKE MIGNOLA 1997, Abe Sapien No Reserve Auction

Auction Starts: 8/30/2017 8:00:00 PM ET     Current Bid: $1,800 Update Auction Ends: 9/19/2017 10:32:00 PM ET Starting Bid: $1 Bid Count: 33 Time Left:

HELLBOY: BONES OF GIANTS ILLUSTRATION MIKE MIGNOLA 2001, Hellboy Drawn by His Creator No Reserve Auction

Auction Starts: 8/30/2017 8:00:00 PM ET     Current Bid: $750 Update Auction Ends: 9/19/2017 10:32:40 PM ET Starting Bid: $1 Bid Count: 22 Time Left:

HELLBOY: CONQUEROR WORM #4 PAGE 20 MIKE MIGNOLA 2001, Abe Sapien No Reserve Auction

Auction Starts: 8/30/2017 8:00:00 PM ET     Current Bid: $1,463 Update Auction Ends: 9/19/2017 10:33:20 PM ET Starting Bid: $1 Bid Count: 37 Time Left:

SIR EDWARD GREY, WITCHFINDER: IN SERVICE OF ANGELS #5 COVER MIKE MIGNOLA 2009, Stellar Cover Art by the Acclaimed Creator of Hellboy No Reserve Auction

Auction Starts: 8/30/2017 8:00:00 PM ET     Current Bid: $2,176 Update Auction Ends: 9/19/2017 10:34:00 PM ET Starting Bid: $1 Bid Count: 41 Time Left:

DAREDEVIL #184 PAGE 10 FRANK MILLER 1984, From the Historic Run, Matt (Daredevil) Murdock and His Doomed Love, Heather Glenn No Reserve Auction

Auction Starts: 8/30/2017 8:00:00 PM ET     Current Bid: $2,950 Update Auction Ends: 9/19/2017 10:34:40 PM ET Starting Bid: $1 Bid Count: 45 Time Left:

ELEKTRA ILLUSTRATION FRANK MILLER Erotic Depiction by the Legendary Creator of Elektra

Auction Starts: 8/30/2017 8:00:00 PM ET     Current Bid: * $4,900 Update Auction Ends: 9/19/2017 10:35:20 PM ET Starting Bid: $1 Bid Count: 38 Time Left:

WALKING DEAD #2 PAGE 5 TONY MOORE 2003, Very Early Page Featuring Rick Grimes No Reserve Auction

Auction Starts: 8/30/2017 8:00:00 PM ET     Current Bid: $3,400 Update Auction Ends: 9/19/2017 10:36:00 PM ET Starting Bid: $1 Bid Count: 45 Time Left:

VAMPIRE TALES #5 COMPLETE 2 PAGE STORY WIN MORTIMER 1974, Marvel Bronze Age Vampire Horror Art No Reserve Auction

Auction Starts: 8/30/2017 8:00:00 PM ET     Current Bid: $411 Update Auction Ends: 9/19/2017 10:36:40 PM ET Starting Bid: $1 Bid Count: 22 Time Left:

PRINCE VALIANT 1/21/1973 SUNDAY JOHN CULLEN MURPHY 1973, Arn, Son of Prince Valiant and Boltarson with Layouts by Hal Foster No Reserve Auction

Auction Starts: 8/30/2017 8:00:00 PM ET     Current Bid: $1,200 Update Auction Ends: 9/19/2017 10:37:20 PM ET Starting Bid: $1 Bid Count: 20 Time Left:

Good on you guys for making that right for the sellers !

[malvin]

and my consigments ended so my day is done

I must say I am pleased with how they did.  It still doesn't pay for all the big purchases I made this year but it helps!

Malvin

[Panelfan1]

12 hours ago, Panelfan1 said:

Actually its still cheap.  Last similar cover sold for 12.5 at clink. This one has more girls and is a published cover. 90s nostalgia is real and prices for top creators of that period are not likely to get cheaper any time soon.

 

Scratch the cheap part.

$21,361

http://comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fbids.asp&id=1189360

[Ryanfromottawa]

Hopefully the auctions worked out well for all buyers and sellers tonite, I came away with the guardians of the galaxy 18 cover at right around what I wanted to spend on it. Good times exchanging comments with you folks! 

[Panelfan1]

3 minutes ago, Ryanfromottawa said:

Hopefully the auctions worked out well for all buyers and sellers tonite, I came away with the guardians of the galaxy 18 cover at right around what I wanted to spend on it. Good times exchanging comments with you folks! 

congrats on that! great ed mcguinness cover.

[delekkerste]

I saw that someone tripped the $9,200 reserve on that JIM 83 cover recreation.  $9,200 happens to be the same price the piece sold for at Sotheby's in 1994. 

This is one of the pieces that Greg Theakston says was done by a ghost artist and not Kirby.

 

[buyatari]

1 hour ago, RabidFerret said:

The Walking Dead page ended at $3400 during the outage. Do they honor it? Or is there a super happy buyer and a super unhappy seller? 

They relisted it and it sold the second time for $3800. 

I don't follow Walking Dead art. Is this still considered a super low price?

 

[Twanj]

1 hour ago, RICKYBOBBY said:

Comic Link website just die?

Didn’t this happen last auction too?

[delekkerste]

2 minutes ago, buyatari said:

They relisted it and it sold the second time for $3800. 

I don't follow Walking Dead art. Is this still considered a super low price?

 

With James J out of the market, and the first part of his mega-collection of WD art on deck for the next Comic Connect sale, I'd say that put a big chill on this page more than the outage.  Don't think this one was ever going to fetch the kind of big bucks early pages had been fetching in light of this new reality. 

[Panelfan1]

7 minutes ago, buyatari said:

They relisted it and it sold the second time for $3800. 

I don't follow Walking Dead art. Is this still considered a super low price?

 

I wonder if the plethora of walking dead pages coming up at comicconnect had any affect on the result (more so than the outage.)?

[Claudio]

24 minutes ago, delekkerste said:

With James J out of the market, and the first part of his mega-collection of WD art on deck for the next Comic Connect sale, I'd say that put a big chill on this page more than the outage.  Don't think this one was ever going to fetch the kind of big bucks early pages had been fetching in light of this new reality. 

It certainly affected me...

[DeadpoolJr.]

Seller took a $700+ lost on the DD #226 page.

Page sold back in May in the Heritage auction for $4,302, and ended on Clink for $3600. Ouch...

For me I was looking at a few pieces, but wanted to stick to my goals, and was actually able to win a piece I've always liked, so am very happy.

 

 

[romitaman]

6 hours ago, comix4fun said:

Well that falls into my (admittedly broad) range of $150k-200k.  

I was underbidder on FF cover...as i was quite surprised it was "only" at 135k with a minute to go.

oh well..i felt it was worth 200k plus...... but congrats to the winner

[jjonahjameson11]

There are a few lots that haven't been discussed yet, and I'm hoping someone more knowledgeable with these artists and their works can shed some insight into the auction results on the following:

1.  George Evans EC complete 7 page story = $25.25K.  I'm assuming this is a strong result?

2.  Graham Ingels EC complete 7 page story = $25.25K...also a strong result?

3.  Wrightson Frankenstein plate = $46.55K.  Good result, bad result or generally in the ballpark?

[delekkerste]

57 minutes ago, jjonahjameson11 said:

Wrightson Frankenstein plate = $46.55K.  Good result, bad result or generally in the ballpark?

I suspect the consignor won't be happy considering it was priced at $65K on consignment at SDCC...

Was this one of the pieces that sold (or was bought in by the house) at Profiles last year?  If so, does anyone remember where it sold then? 

[NicoV]

27 minutes ago, delekkerste said:

I suspect the consignor won't be happy considering it was priced at $65K on consignment at SDCC...

Was this one of the pieces that sold (or was bought in by the house) at Profiles last year?  If so, does anyone remember where it sold then? 

No it was not. There were 3 plates for sale at Profils last year and they sold for $40k, $40k and $60k

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/bernie-wrightson-signed-original-frankenstein-pub-42-c-6724e7ba34

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/bernie-wrightson-signed-frankenstein-s-monster-44-c-60740a39f6

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/bernie-wrightson-signed-original-frankenstein-pub-43-c-9e74714b0d

[jjonahjameson11]

29 minutes ago, delekkerste said:

I suspect the consignor won't be happy considering it was priced at $65K on consignment at SDCC...

Was this one of the pieces that sold (or was bought in by the house) at Profiles last year?  If so, does anyone remember where it sold then? 

It sold on HA for $28K+ in 2006

[delekkerste]

10 minutes ago, NicoV said:

No it was not. There were 3 plates for sale at Profils last year and they sold for $40k, $40k and $60k

 

10 minutes ago, jjonahjameson11 said:

It sold on HA for $28K+ in 2006

Ah, right - thanks, gents.  I was thinking of the "Dr. Frankenstein in the rain" plate at Profiles last year.

In any case, the plate from last night was definitely on consignment with Mitch at SDCC this year (I think he confirmed as much earlier in the thread), priced at $65K.  Sounds like $46.6K was not a bad price for it.

 

 

[Andahaion]

Interesting time going through my first CLink auction as a potential buyer of OA (I've only bid before on OA over at Heritage, where I got my tail kicked in).  There were two pieces I was interested in: the Shane Davis/Sandra Hope Green Lantern #36 cover, and the Jim Lee/Tim Townsend Superman #215 half splash.  The Davis/Hope cover landed smack in the middle of my estimate, so I'm happy with my process there.

The Superman piece, however, is interesting for a few reasons.  I know it was listed on CLink before the auction with a BIN of $5K.  The site also showed a pending "offer" at that time of $4,020.  I use quotes here because I'm not exactly sure if that offer was real or not.  So going into the auction I had an initial belief that it would likely take about $4K to win it.  I had my doubts at that price, however.  As the auction was winding down last night I was thinking of putting in a bid, but then when it didn't hit reserve I started to have doubts even at $3K.  The page didn't sell and is now listed with a BIN of $3K.  That said, and someone more knowledgeable on Lee art is welcome to chime in here, it's my thought that the page should perhaps be valued somewhere in the $1,500-$2,000 range.  

I know folks here like to say that making mistakes is the "tuition" one pays into the hobby, but I'm really trying to balance getting art I love and not make a significant financial mistake.  I suppose we all are, yes?  At one point earlier in the auction, I literally wrote to a friend that I would be happy to pay $3K for the Superman page...but I suppose it's funny/interesting how things can change within a few short days.

Don't have much more to add, just wanted to post my experience for posterity.  Cheers.

[vodou]

1 hour ago, jjonahjameson11 said:

It sold on HA for $28K+ in 2006

 

1 hour ago, delekkerste said:

 

Ah, right - thanks, gents.  I was thinking of the "Dr. Frankenstein in the rain" plate at Profiles last year.

In any case, the plate from last night was definitely on consignment with Mitch at SDCC this year (I think he confirmed as much earlier in the thread), priced at $65K.  Sounds like $46.6K was not a bad price for it.

 

 

-10% to CLink assuming fees weren't negotiated away, makes it 41,940.

+13k on 28k in eleven years? Less than 50% ROI.

Better deal for the new owner than the consignor (imo).