g-man Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Wowsers! Is that the highest price realized for an Andru ASM panel page? It's a great battle page. A few years ago, covers did not go for much more than that!!!! ComicConnect - Andru, Ross - AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963-98; 2003-13) #158 Interior Page - VF: 8.0 Get Marwood & I and Unca Ben 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Great page but wowsers Spider-Variant and MAR1979 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Without Romita inks I'm surprised at the hammer price. Can't argue with the great action and imagery though. Spidey and Doc Ock all over this one. Spider-Variant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR1979 Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Love Andru's 1973-1980 output at Marvel and DC, glad to see it getting some respect but that is TOO much respect. Rick2you2, Spider-Variant, batman_fan and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 @Spider-Variant Spider-Variant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjonahjameson11 Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 (edited) Similar quality pages from 158 and 159 sold for around $4K back in 2016. that’s quite a spike! later Andru ASM pages from ASM 185 have sold for upwards of $23K recently, just to add more info to current sales Edited December 13, 2022 by jjonahjameson11 Spider-Variant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Variant Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 On 12/13/2022 at 6:07 AM, Get Marwood & I said: @Spider-Variant I saw that page and that result. I wish I had that kind of dough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 On 12/13/2022 at 4:59 PM, Spider-Variant said: I saw that page and that result. I wish I had that kind of dough. Indeed. But you have to stay positive, Reggie, and think of ways that you could make that dough. I've recently tried out after dinner speaking about my specialist subject of how to not make any money out of comics due to lousy timing. That page sold for $32,582.95. With the money I've made from my first speaking engagement alone, I now need only $32,582.95. It's possible I'm telling you, Reggie. It's possible. Rick2you2 and Spider-Variant 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post delekkerste Posted December 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2022 (edited) On 12/12/2022 at 10:05 PM, g-man said: Wowsers! Is that the highest price realized for an Andru ASM panel page? It's a great battle page. A few years ago, covers did not go for much more than that!!!! ComicConnect - Andru, Ross - AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963-98; 2003-13) #158 Interior Page - VF: 8.0 People priced out of Ditko and Romita ASM art ====> People paying up for Ross Andru ASM art People priced out of Byrne X-Men art ====> People paying up for Paul Smith and John Romita Jr. (did you see the CLink results last week??) X-Men art People priced out of McSpidey art ====> People paying up for Erik Larsen and Mark Bagley ASM art And if it's not people being priced out of the former, it's people feeling the latter is relatively attractive price-wise compared to the former. Edited December 13, 2022 by delekkerste romitaman, Unca Ben, J.Sid and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 On 12/13/2022 at 7:17 PM, delekkerste said: People priced out of Ditko and Romita ASM art ====> People paying up for Ross Andru ASM art People priced out of Byrne X-Men art ====> People paying up for Paul Smith and John Romita Jr. (did you see the CLink results last week??) X-Men art People priced out of McSpidey art ====> People paying up for Erik Larsen and Mark Bagley ASM art Who would you have to have been priced out of to consider paying up for Liefeld? The Voord, batman_fan and alexgross.com 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delekkerste Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 On 12/13/2022 at 2:21 PM, Get Marwood & I said: Who would you have to have been priced out of to consider paying up for Liefeld? More like people priced out of Liefeld are probably looking at alternatives at this point! Get Marwood & I 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 On 12/13/2022 at 7:23 PM, delekkerste said: More like people priced out of Liefeld are probably looking at alternatives at this point! What, like art, you mean? Phill the Governor and Sideshow Bob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will_K Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Aunt May should've broken a hip in that last panel. This is a great looking page. Except for the lack of backgrounds, which probably would take away from the action. I'm ignoring the price since I don't follow that market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolvergeek Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 People priced out of Erik Larsen and Mark Bagley ASM art ====> People paying up for Alex Saviuk art At least that is what I am hoping happens in a few years! delekkerste and MAR1979 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR1979 Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 (edited) On 12/13/2022 at 4:03 PM, wolvergeek said: People priced out of Erik Larsen and Mark Bagley ASM art ====> People paying up for Alex Saviuk art At least that is what I am hoping happens in a few years! me too. Would be great to be able to buy a car with 1 or 2 of my 290's pages but somehow I don't think it will happen. Edited December 13, 2022 by MAR1979 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfRulers Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 I think it's a great page. Would I pay $32.5k for this page? No. But I lose most auctions, so I'm unwilling to pay FMV for most pieces of interest to me in today's market. I'm constantly being surprised by what pieces are getting now. Funny enough, I see it as no surprise that Andru's Spider-Man work fetches this amount. He's one of the top Spider-Man illustrators. Ditko, Romita Sr., and McFarlane are certainly the top three Spider-Man artists. In my opinion, Andru is number four. I'm sure some would argue for any number of other creators such as: Bagley, Larsen, Ramos, Mooney, Kane, or Saviuk. For me, it's easily Andru. Being that among the top three Spider-Man creators, Romita Sr. is the most "affordable", with Spidey costume pieces starting around $20k, it makes sense that an excellent example from Andru would generate the amount that it did. taro90 and lhcomics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romitaman Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 (edited) On 12/14/2022 at 8:58 AM, KingOfRulers said: I think it's a great page. Would I pay $32.5k for this page? No. But I lose most auctions, so I'm unwilling to pay FMV for most pieces of interest to me in today's market. I'm constantly being surprised by what pieces are getting now. Funny enough, I see it as no surprise that Andru's Spider-Man work fetches this amount. He's one of the top Spider-Man illustrators. Ditko, Romita Sr., and McFarlane are certainly the top three Spider-Man artists. In my opinion, Andru is number four. I'm sure some would argue for any number of other creators such as: Bagley, Larsen, Ramos, Mooney, Kane, or Saviuk. For me, it's easily Andru. Being that among the top three Spider-Man creators, Romita Sr. is the most "affordable", with Spidey costume pieces starting around $20k, it makes sense that an excellent example from Andru would generate the amount that it did. I would put Gil Kane at #4 and Andru #5 (Kane drew so so so many key books from 89-105 and 120-124 and 150 (and about 30 asm covers including first Punisher in 129!!) Edited December 22, 2022 by romitaman Spider-Variant, Twanj, batman_fan and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimpehulk Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Gil Kane yes at 4 for many reasons and the ones Mike posted. Number 5 not taking anything away from Ross Andru or the page that sold. He will not crack my top 5 EVER. Pollard was so much better not to mention Romita Jr, Byrne small sample size and Ron Frenz, and Bagley. Andru 9 or 10 just my opinion. Pollard and his body of work often overlooked. Grant Turner, marktom, mtlevy1 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romitaman Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 On 12/27/2022 at 9:00 AM, trimpehulk said: Gil Kane yes at 4 for many reasons and the ones Mike posted. Number 5 not taking anything away from Ross Andru or the page that sold. He will not crack my top 5 EVER. Pollard was so much better not to mention Romita Jr, Byrne small sample size and Ron Frenz, and Bagley. Andru 9 or 10 just my opinion. Pollard and his body of work often overlooked. I love Pollard ASM art personally much more than Andru...I just felt his run on the title was not long enough to be considered in the top 5. but artistically i love his art and I feel he is one of the most under-rated artists from the late 70s / early 80s. (His FF and ASM art are spectacular to look at in person!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimpehulk Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 No Doubt the Pollard run was short but it was very impactful and reset Amazing Spider-Man at least to myself where he belong a must read book.The title lost something in the mid to late 150s that Pollard reset just my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
