High priced modern comic art
The Sean Murphy thread got me to this thread. He is not the only guy with high prices for new stuff. Alex Ross and J scott Campbell charge more than 20k for new covers. Feel free to add aditional names to this list.
A couple of nice ones from ross just showed up on CAF.
I saw Campbell had new pieces at 17-20k at SDCC.
So I looked up sales on HA. And none of the modern stuff goes for anywhere near these #s.
Wondering your opinions on the matter - especially if you picke
My problem with modern art is that the artists of today really feel like rock stars and price their originals accordingly. As for paintings, I find the market is very soft when trying to resell, so, in the case of Alex Ross, if I buy a painting for $20,000, then the best I would hope to get in return is $10,000 if I needed to sell (that may be an extreme markdown, but to sell quickly, I think that's how it'd have to go). As for the good girl art of Campbell, while I love it, I don't think it wou