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May Heritage Auction starting to look pretty interesting
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jjonahjameson11

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1 hour ago, Carlo M said:

This probably went below the radar as it was in one of HA ‘s weekly auctions, but it has to be an absolute record for P Smith ‘ s XM interiors .  I know that issue is quite coveted but …wow !

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/paul-smith-and-bob-wiacek-x-men-172-page-7-original-art-marvel-1983-/a/122124-13956.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

Prior to this auction, I was thinking an A-level page would be worth $20K…guess I’ll have to revise upwards 

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2 hours ago, Carlo M said:

This probably went below the radar as it was in one of HA ‘s weekly auctions, but it has to be an absolute record for P Smith ‘ s XM interiors .  I know that issue is quite coveted but …wow !

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/paul-smith-and-bob-wiacek-x-men-172-page-7-original-art-marvel-1983-/a/122124-13956.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

Isn’t this from Gene’s very first comic that got him reading and collecting? hm:whistle:
 

Paging @delekkerste :hi:

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4 hours ago, Carlo M said:

This probably went below the radar as it was in one of HA ‘s weekly auctions, but it has to be an absolute record for P Smith ‘ s XM interiors .  I know that issue is quite coveted but …wow !

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/paul-smith-and-bob-wiacek-x-men-172-page-7-original-art-marvel-1983-/a/122124-13956.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

saying this went below the radar is a misnomer... lol

But seriously I think this one is an outlier because of certain circumstances... but who really knows because as I have stated all over the boards there has been 0 PSM xmen pages at auction over the last couple years until this one. so who knows the correct market? 

 

 

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9 hours ago, jjonahjameson11 said:

Prior to this auction, I was thinking an A-level page would be worth $20K…guess I’ll have to revise upwards 

I'm sure many of us were eyeing that page wistfully as the price went up, up, up. There just aren't many of them. He did ten issues of Uncanny X-Men in his celebrated run, one of which had 40 pages and one of which he did 29 pages (and JRJr finished), so that's what, 235 pages? Plus 96 pages of X-Men/Alpha Flight. It's the triple whammy of being a popular run and a short one and work that looks really good even today.

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2 hours ago, RBerman said:

The more general problem is that we have no immediate way to know whether a given piece was “won” by its owner as a ploy to boost the perceived value of his other inventory.

Wouldn't the commission cost be like $2600?  Pretty steep cost for market manipulation. 

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17 hours ago, RBerman said:

I'm sure many of us were eyeing that page wistfully as the price went up, up, up. There just aren't many of them. He did ten issues of Uncanny X-Men in his celebrated run, one of which had 40 pages and one of which he did 29 pages (and JRJr finished), so that's what, 235 pages? Plus 96 pages of X-Men/Alpha Flight. It's the triple whammy of being a popular run and a short one and work that looks really good even today.

Didn’t 166 have more than the standard number of pages, similar to 175?

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55 minutes ago, jjonahjameson11 said:

Didn’t 166 have more than the standard number of pages, similar to 175?

Sigh.

You guys who don't know what's going on with this page are overthinking it and people in the know aren't telling you, so let me just say the situation is unique, and you can't extrapolate to other Smith X-Men pages. And I'm probably not supposed to spell this out for confidentialty reasons, but here are the facts: in the year 2300, it was finally calculated that the world's oceans boiled over and the atmosphere became unbreathable due to a chain of events that began when X-Men 172 p. 7 sold for only 37 bucks in the June 2021 HA weekly auction.  So two agents were sent back in time to bid the thing up to save humanity. It worked and the grain harvests will continue unabated.  I know you're all relieved. 

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Almost go time... Will the record prices continue? Which piece will be the bargain of the auction? Which C list artist will have a jaw dropping result for a mediocre piece of art? The answers to these and many other questions will be answered today at HA comic art auction. So buckle up and prepare to empty your wallets.. and always remember "The more you bid the more it's worth!" 

Good luck guys and gals!

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