Are you content with your collection? 2 2

[New School Fool]

I started collecting late so nowhere near done! I have noticed now though after 5 years, is that I have a 'type'. i.e. there's certain pages that I gravitate towards over others. I'm happy with what I have but what my collection's missing are good examples of these pages I like featuring certain characters or by certain artists. It's almost as if my collection is dictating what I should collect!

 

[vodou]

I was content two decades ago.

While I've never stopped collecting at a pace that leaves most breathless, it's no longer goal oriented, just pure fun.

[BCarter27]

Content?! CONTENT?!

[gumbydarnit]

Generally, I’m content with the state of my collection. However, I have myself a bit jammed up, in order to complete a couple of collection goals, I would have to part with some pieces that mean a lot to me so it’s has me stuck in neutral. I traded or sold art to upgrade the collection, but now all the easy choices have been moved. 

In an ideal world, I would have a bit move movement in my collection to keep it from getting stale. I’m starting to come with terms with me not adding more nostalgic based pieces (at least that’s what I tell myself) and settling for more modern pieces.

I’d say I’m 7 out of 10 on the contentment scale.

[Benedict Judas Hel]

Yes, I am content with my collection so far.  Since I have a strictly limited budget ($2500 or less), it helps to be hyper focused on my collecting goals and standards.  Hence, every piece I add has to be one I love because funds I use for one piece may come at the expense of another future piece.  So every piece has to be great (in my eyes).

[grapeape]

On 5/25/2022 at 4:34 PM, G.A.tor said:

I got a very late start to collecting art. I’m singularly focused on silver surfer. But so little quality material seems to be available that I’m no where near content 

Singular focus. Silver Surfer. So little quality material..... 

Galactus, is that you? 😱 Are you hungry 🌍?????

[igotnogame]

Am I content with my collection?  For the most part, yes.  I've become more focused on my wants, and have a long term goal / dream for specific pages that my never happen, but I do have my Sandman grail, so there's always hope.

Sure, there's a ton of things I would like to have, but the reality of being able to obtain them has been going by the wayside price wise for a long time.  Sure, there is still affordable pieces out there that do interest me, but I just haven't gone in on them yet.  I have been enjoying the occasional commission when I have been able to get them as well.

I'd probably be a 8.5 / 10 if we were grading.

[The Voord]

I was probably content with my collection about 20 years ago, (I've now just passed the 40 year mark in collecting OA), and then started selling off a lot of art to help fund big lifestyle changes . . . the last big sell-off allowing me to retire 7 years early from working life  - and I was VERY content with that one!   

I still retain a lot of OA important to me, but there are few comic-art items in today's market of spiraling prices that I will actively pursue.  Nowadays I'm more into collecting Movie Poster OA (generally, more affordable), though I did manage to buy a Ditko ASM splash and some more Demon With a Glass Hand pages in recent times.  

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Edited May 27, 2022 by The Voord

[G.A.tor]

On 5/26/2022 at 2:34 PM, grapeape said:

Singular focus. Silver Surfer. So little quality material..... 

Galactus, is that you? 😱 Are you hungry 🌍?????

[ThothAmon]

I have been priced out of much of the published art I’m seeking (J Buscema, Feldstein, Norem and Krenkel) so I purchase a lot of doodles and preliminaries, with an occasional splurge for some interior pages. 
 

Edited May 27, 2022 by ThothAmon

[Rick2you2]

Content? No. Frustrated? Yes. Since I focus on one character, who isn’t that commonly drawn, I have spent years looking for what should be relatively cheap pieces by different artists to fill holes in my collection. The big stuff, like Adams, are covered; they always get advertised. But little things, like a page from Shadowpact or early 1980’s Superboy, where are you hiding? And then there are the worst of the worst— where something has come up which I missed seeing (or felt was too pricey at auction), or wasn’t good enough to add and then never found another one. Skipped a few Perez’s to my regret for those reasons. That last lesson is one I have mostly learned, recently buying a mediocre page for Tanghal inks, but I hate the lesson. And then, there are the sweet victories, like a Sienk cover with both PS and the Spectre on it that I chased for 4 years, or a 4:00 AM find on CAT which I have never seen duplicated. Oh, and let’s not forget artists who don’t sell their stuff or do it electronically. Do I get a commission from them as a replacement? 

Do I feel content with what I bought? Well, I like what I have, but the thrill is the hunt.

[Mighty Hal]

On 5/27/2022 at 4:25 AM, Rick2you2 said:

I like what I have, but the thrill is the hunt.

Truer words were never said!

[GreatEscape]

Yes, I'm content with my collection and the fairly consistent approach/focus used to ensure a high level of personal enjoyment given changing budget and time constraints. Naturally, I have several regrets not buying more early on and/or letting go key pieces over time but thankfully put all proceeds to acquire pieces that fit better at the time. 

To quote the 'Stones. "You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, well, you might find, you get what you need."

[Nate Hartz]

I am happy with my collection. Are there pages I wished I picked up, sure, but that's life. I can always look up other's CAF pages when I want to browse art. I am grateful of all the friendships and meetups with artists and other collectors I have made over the years. I think I am at that point in my life where I can appreciate what I have been able to acquire and still buy new pieces when the desire comes along.

[batman_fan]

Short list of stuff I would like to add to my collection but if it doesn’t happen, I will be okay

Romita Spiderman - heck I will take a panel page

Ditko Spiderman - this is not happening I suspect

Jack Davis - EC or even some of his other stuff, kind of like his painted stuff

Johnny Hart - BC strip, but got to be the right one

Brant Parker - Wizard of Id

George Herriman - Krazy Kat

[Varanis]

Every year I say "Almost," and then I seem to find a way to move the goal posts further and further out.

[batman_fan]

On 5/27/2022 at 2:13 PM, Varanis said:

Every year I say "Almost," and then I seem to find a way to move the goal posts further and further out.

Spoken like a true collector !

[Bird]

although content I did buy a Sienkiewicz Hendrix page, then regretted it immediately thinking I should have gone bigger but you can only choose to buy or not buy what is available not what you wish it was instead

forget it! NOT CONTENT NOT CONTENT! I have been on two commission lists for a decade+ (no payment) and would really like to add those 2 pieces - Art Adams & JHW3. Why I don't say 3 and include Travis Charest I don't know because I was put on that list by SMorger as well but it seems a dream now, a wisp of fantasy mixed with reality mostly because I have never seen Travis or Steve again after that show while the other 2 know I am here and AAdams actually said he might be able to work it in soon.

And as a Doc guy I know I am supposed to want a Ditko, and I do, but I want an Everett even more. That would be groovy.

Edited May 27, 2022 by Bird

[Bird]

now y'all got me thinking...I do actually need something else. A Mark Chiarello painted commission...we communicated in the past and he did say perhaps some day so I would like that to happen. Maybe I'll get on it later in the summer when consignment cash is flowing

Mrs Corben told me not now but maybe once as well. Woulda been content after that I bet. Darn content.

[John E.]

On 5/27/2022 at 4:11 PM, Bird said:

 Why I don't say 3 and include Travis Charest I don't know because I was put on that list by SMorger as well but it seems a dream now,

Back in 2018 Steve told me doesn’t represent Travis anymore so I wouldn’t expect anything to come out of that “list.” Also, TC is notoriously known for his lack of output, but I’m sure you knew that already.