HA Auction 7/5 0

[Dirtcheap31]

Seems like some solid deals being had today at least from stuff I track…maybe folks are on vacation 

[KirbyCollector]

Very happy to pick up the 2 Buscema/Villamonte pages... price was a nice surprise

[fsumavila]

I picked up a nice Spidey newspaper strip Sunday from Floro Dery at a decent price. Wish I had remembered about the Byrne Wolverine page. That seemed to go for very cheap

 

 

[Twanj]

I didn't get any text updates from HA this time.

[jjonahjameson11]

Yup, my consignments are going for a lot less than they should.

[gumbydarnit]

On 7/5/2023 at 7:10 PM, fsumavila said:

 Wish I had remembered about the Byrne Wolverine page. That seemed to go for very cheap

 

 

DOH! I would have also been on that Byrne Wolverine page, I always assume pieces will go too high so I stopped keeping an eye on auctions, maybe I need to start paying attention again.

Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!

[Aahz]

I was very tempted on the Spectre cover ... but just decided not to raid the bank account and face my wife again.  :-)

[Grant Turner]

I won the 2 page (one board) marvel spotlight 14 auction

Birth page of Katherine Reynolds (familiar with SOS fans only I suspect) so excited to claim it.

I was out of town without access to a phone or computer so I placed my highest bid and crossed my fingers.  
 

got to within $100 of my max, but I still won it!

Edited July 9, 2023 by Grant Turner

[Dr. Balls]

The 90's stuff is always good for odd bidding situations. I was watching this Morbid Angel art - which was billed by Heritage as a "cover", which it isn't (I'm not sure if it was unpublished or a pinup, couldn't find any reference to it anywhere). Previous sales for a Morbid Angel cover by Shelby Robertson was around $330 with BP. It's still a nice 90's era example, but I figured bidding would stay right around where it sat for most of the time: $250 with BP.

I was watching the live bidding on this piece as it happened, and it cranks up to $660 with BP. The percentage increase doesn't even make sense - 100% increase on an unpublished piece versus it's published counterpart with better balance and composition by the same artist?

Here's a published cover (acetate overlay trade dressing) that went for $336 with BP back in March 2023.

Auctions for this era of work are all over the place. I'm sure that signifies something - especially on the lower end of the art spectrum, but I'm not sure what.

[alxjhnsn]

Supply and demand

[Rick2you2]

On 7/14/2023 at 1:53 PM, alxjhnsn said:

Supply and demand

Also, a relatively small group of potential bidders, so the demand curve isn’t smooth.

[alxjhnsn]

Yep!

[alxjhnsn]

I'll expand on my "yep." My collection is broad - deliberately so. I like lots of artists/character combos and story lines, but once I get an example, I'm pretty well done and drop out of the bidding pool. I might "upgrade," but it doesn't happen often. I suspect I'm not the only one.

[Dr. Balls]

On 7/14/2023 at 4:00 PM, alxjhnsn said:

My collection is broad - deliberately so. I like lots of artists/character combos and story lines, but once I get an example, I'm pretty well done and drop out of the bidding pool.

This is where my problem is - my collection is very focused, so if I find a piece (there might be one per auction) that I think is going to land in my range and fits my collection, I have to make the choice of sticking it out guns blazing or back away. I'd say my collection breaks down to:

20% overpaid during a bidding war knife fight

40% paid average going rate

25% got a deal (bought for 20% under value)

15% stole it on a bargain (bought for 40%+ under value)

[alxjhnsn]

I suspect you are not alone in this approach.

[Rick2you2]

On 7/15/2023 at 3:11 PM, alxjhnsn said:

I suspect you are not alone in this approach.

A focused collection? No, indeed, he is not alone.
I generally ignore market prices if I want something. Hell, I will even buy things I don’t particularly like if they fill a perceived hole. Thankfully, all of my major artist slots, with one small exception, have been filled.