Anyone else surprised at this $15,600 sale for the Ed Asner Center charity auction? 2 2

[BanjerD]

All of Wendy Pini's published art is donated and stored at Columbia University.  So even sketches tend to command decent prices compared to other artists... but $15,600?  There must have been two (or more) very motivated and aggressive bidders to bring out this result!  It is for charity, but WOW

[cstojano]

yes bonkers and a total outlier. I do think some of the art is on the market. HA had some of the comic covers. I assume the donated materials were for the original interiors and covers but not the Marvel reprint covers. 

[RBerman]

Makes sense to me. Beloved series, reclusive, non-prolific artist, core character from that artist.

[Rick2you2]

On 10/29/2021 at 2:50 AM, BanjerD said:

All of Wendy Pini's published art is donated and stored at Columbia University.  So even sketches tend to command decent prices compared to other artists... but $15,600?  There must have been two (or more) very motivated and aggressive bidders to bring out this result!  It is for charity, but WOW

Someone is only supposed to deduct the charitable portion of the purchase, that is, after deducting its FMV. And that would be? 

Edited October 29, 2021 by Rick2you2

[jjonahjameson11]

On 10/29/2021 at 12:01 PM, RBerman said:

Makes sense to me. Beloved series, reclusive, non-prolific artist, core character from that artist.

I’m not knocking Elfquest, but I’ve never known anyone who read or collected any of it.  So yes, extremely surprised by this result.

[zhamlau]

Ha, I turned down a Wendy pini finished drawing from the 80s for 500 bucks last year. Had no idea it was so popular. Live and learn I guess.

[cloud cloddie]

I’ve stopped being surprised by current prices, and doubly so with charity auctions. But there’s a lot of respect in the artist community for both Asner and Pini, so I’m inclined to think this is an outlier specific to the auction. 

[RBerman]

On 10/29/2021 at 11:39 AM, jjonahjameson11 said:

I’m not knocking Elfquest, but I’ve never known anyone who read or collected any of it.  So yes, extremely surprised by this result.

I know lots who have read it but never saw any pages available to collect.