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September HA Auction Looking interesting
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G.A.tor

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On 9/11/2021 at 1:08 PM, grapeape said:

Sorry you’re right to be accurate: I’m shooting the breeze in the heat of the auction. I’m with you ✅ 

I believe I was under bidder, only reason I know. I use that to remind myself that if I want something, long term better to just go after it. 

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On 9/11/2021 at 2:56 PM, G.A.tor said:

I believe I was under bidder, only reason I know. I use that to remind myself that if I want something, long term better to just go after it. 

Words to live by unless your wife will kill you if she finds out how much you spent.

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On 9/8/2021 at 11:36 AM, stinkininkin said:

Biggest surprise of today? Has to be the Golden What If cover, yes? (terrific piece by the way)

I just started reviewing the prices tonight.  I think I have a good handle on the Alex Ross prices but almost $100,000 per cover for his treasuries really caught me off guard.  I am pretty sure this blows away the top prices of his other works and these are the highest prices his art ever sold for.  

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On 9/11/2021 at 10:55 PM, Peter L said:

I just started reviewing the prices tonight.  I think I have a good handle on the Alex Ross prices but almost $100,000 per cover for his treasuries really caught me off guard.  I am pretty sure this blows away the top prices of his other works and these are the highest prices his art ever sold for.  

Yup, I’d like to think I follow the Alex Ross market pretty closely and I’m not aware of any public sales of Ross that even comes this close. The world’s most expensive head shots. 

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On 9/11/2021 at 10:47 PM, G.A.tor said:

That implies the wife has money to put n an account hm  

Sounds like a win eithe way? (shrug)

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On 9/10/2021 at 12:04 PM, stinkininkin said:

 A lot of love for Frank Miller in this auction. I'll have something to say about that DD 184 page with The Punisher selling for over 50k later today. :facepalm:

I had meant to relay my amazement and yes, even amusement at this result. I bought this DD 184 page at San Diego in about 1982 or 83 for $35-75 ( can't remember for sure). I loved Miller Janson DD, but I bought this page strictly to study Janson's inks in hopes of figuring out the mysteries of quality inking. Even then, I thought it was a nothing-burger of a page, but I was making an investment in my art education so to speak. Decades later, I had much better examples of Miller and Janson in my collection to study and enjoy, and this page seemed completely unnecessary to my collection, and while I don't remember the details, I sold it within the last 10 years for several hundreds of dollars. Not thousands. Hundreds. What's the point of this story? I got to enjoy this art for many years, sold it for what seemed like a nice profit, then watch in disbelief that this same page get's auctioned for an astronomical $50k plus. If you've been collecting art for as long as I have, this story will sound pretty familiar. No sour grapes here, just noting a little addendum in a larger chapter of the story of a life long art collector. Happy collecting!

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