drdonaldblake1 Posted November 20, 2022 Author Share Posted November 20, 2022 On 11/20/2022 at 2:44 AM, jjonahjameson11 said: This auction is a strange one: 1. Its placement date is odd, sandwiched in between the usual Nov and Feb HA auction (which seems running a few weeks earlier this time, having a mid-Jan live bidding date) 2. The quantity of OA and comic book lots is significantly less than normal. Approx 210 OA lots, only 2 Bronze Age comic books and only 81 Silver Age comic books. Quite frankly, the grades on the majority of these books are sub-standard compared to the usual Signature auction. The Golden Age books in this offering are the exception, with some very nice GA keys included 3. The majority of the OA lots are DC, with some Brit OA, and misc Golden Age art from Fiction House 4. Aside from the Ditko ASM page, there's only 5 other pieces I'm tracking in this auction instead of the usual 100+ lots Don't get me wrong, there's wonderful art by Perez, Heath (incredible stuff) and others, but given the aforementioned, this auction seems like its an auction of overburden from the November auction. Possibly because HA didn't want to go over 1,000 OA lots by having these included therein? Is it just me or do others see the Dec auction the same? Agree......the comic offerings are what you'd expect in their weekly auction. Heritage should just do an auction for the OA IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdonaldblake1 Posted November 20, 2022 Author Share Posted November 20, 2022 I predict the Showcase 64 cover and Spidey 29 page will be record prices🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Browning Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 On 11/19/2022 at 7:37 PM, drdonaldblake1 said: I predict the Showcase 64 cover and Spidey 29 page will be record prices🤔 If the DKR 1 cover didn't bring a record price, Showcase 64 won't, either. The Showcase IS, after all, DC art. Sideshow Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdonaldblake1 Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 On 11/20/2022 at 1:06 PM, Michael Browning said: If the DKR 1 cover didn't bring a record price, Showcase 64 won't, either. The Showcase IS, after all, DC art. We shall see🙂 What is the record price for a silver age DC cover by Anderson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill C Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 open for business! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Browning Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 (edited) It looks like someone dumped their entire Spectre/Dr. Fate collection on HA. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but it’s a very focused group of covers and pages, much more so than I’ve seen in the past. I wonder whose collection this was. The estate of the late Jerry Bails? Edited November 24, 2022 by Michael Browning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdealer Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 On 11/23/2022 at 11:53 PM, Michael Browning said: It looks like someone dumped their entire Spectre/Dr. Fate collection on HA. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but it’s a very focused group of covers and pages, much more so than I’ve seen in the past. I wonder whose collection this was. The estate of the late Jerry Bails? Not Jerry Bails. I’m not at liberty to say whose collection it is. Suffice to say, I sold a lot of it to him back in the mid 70s to mid 80s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Browning Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 On 11/24/2022 at 12:12 AM, artdealer said: Not Jerry Bails. I’m not at liberty to say whose collection it is. Suffice to say, I sold a lot of it to him back in the mid 70s to mid 80s It’s a really nice, really focused collection. I’m surprised HA didn’t spread it out over a few auctions. alxjhnsn and fsumavila 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjonahjameson11 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 (edited) There’s some very nice DC stuff in this auction by very significant artists. however, I’m not a DC collector so the star of this auction for me is the Ditko ASM page. She’s an absolute beauty and I wouldn’t be surprised if it goes for $180K, possibly a bit more! thoughts? 🤔 Edited November 24, 2022 by jjonahjameson11 Michael Browning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBerman Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 On 10/28/2022 at 10:32 AM, batman_fan said: It certainly captures their sibling relationship, and of course the age is a plus. Storywise, it's a daily strip decompressed to Sunday length. The entire story is contained in the third, fourth, and final panels. Not a rare phenomenon perhaps, but also not the highest example of his art form. Unca Ben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick2you2 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 On 11/24/2022 at 8:01 AM, RBerman said: It certainly captures their sibling relationship, and of course the age is a plus. Storywise, it's a daily strip decompressed to Sunday length. The entire story is contained in the third, fourth, and final panels. Not a rare phenomenon perhaps, but also not the highest example of his art form. The omission of content can emphasize content. The seemingly dead panels of space add the elements of time and the effect of activity on a sad Linus and a smug Lucy. More poignant that way. Unca Ben, tth2, alxjhnsn and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 On 11/24/2022 at 7:35 AM, Rick2you2 said: The omission of content can emphasize content. The seemingly dead panels of space add the elements of time and the effect of activity on a sad Linus and a smug Lucy. More poignant that way. Some dealer is committing this to memory so they can sell an ink drop on a twice up page. "The less content the better!" alxjhnsn, cloud cloddie, tth2 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick2you2 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 On 11/24/2022 at 10:38 AM, buttock said: Some dealer is committing this to memory so they can sell an ink drop on a twice up page. "The less content the better!" Ever see the famous John Byrne blank page? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bronty Posted November 24, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 24, 2022 On 11/24/2022 at 8:01 AM, RBerman said: It certainly captures their sibling relationship, and of course the age is a plus. Storywise, it's a daily strip decompressed to Sunday length. The entire story is contained in the third, fourth, and final panels. Not a rare phenomenon perhaps, but also not the highest example of his art form. Well, I consider it better than my peanuts Sunday, which has zero story and zero panels tth2, alexgross.com, RBerman and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alxjhnsn Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 On 11/24/2022 at 12:20 PM, Bronty said: Well, I consider it better than my peanuts Sunday, which has zero story and zero panels One of us must have a forgery because mine looks like that, too! Bill C, Bronty, hmendryk and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdonaldblake1 Posted November 24, 2022 Author Share Posted November 24, 2022 On 11/24/2022 at 11:48 PM, jjonahjameson11 said: There’s some very nice DC stuff in this auction by very significant artists. however, I’m not a DC collector so the star of this auction for me is the Ditko ASM page. She’s an absolute beauty and I wouldn’t be surprised if it goes for $180K, possibly a bit more! thoughts? 🤔 The Spidey 29 page could bring $200k-225 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud cloddie Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 On 11/24/2022 at 7:38 AM, buttock said: Some dealer is committing this to memory so they can sell an ink drop on a twice up page. "The less content the better!" buttock, tth2, Sean- and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 On 11/24/2022 at 10:29 AM, Rick2you2 said: Ever see the famous John Byrne blank page? Or the whiteout alpha flight cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 For anyone who likes Heath OA, this is your auction. Unca Ben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyCollector Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 That escalated quickly... from below $8K to $25K just over Thanksgiving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
