Sept Heritage Signature Auction 3 3

[jjonahjameson11]

On 9/17/2023 at 5:42 PM, batman_fan said:

This one shocked me

Nope,,.that’s right on par for what these splashes have been selling for, plus a modest bump for Dr Doom appearance

[batman_fan]

On 9/17/2023 at 4:12 PM, jjonahjameson11 said:

Nope,,.that’s right on par for what these splashes have been selling for, plus a modest bump for Dr Doom appearance

I remember when a splash was less than $100.  We live in crazy times.

[jjonahjameson11]

On 9/17/2023 at 6:17 PM, batman_fan said:

I remember when a splash was less than $100.  We live in crazy times.

Several Mortimer Spidey Super Stories panel pages have sold in excess of $2K, and I also recall a few of his splashes selling for over $4K.  If anything, this splash may have underperformed, given it’s content

[jjonahjameson11]

Surprised no one has mentioned the Starlin Captain Marvel cover hammering for $180K?

I like that cover a lot, but it’s out of reach for me 

[batman_fan]

I think the Mr Sprang pieces have come back on the market too fast.

 

[NinjaSealed]

The Novick pieces performed very well. Nice to see his early bronze Batman work getting some love.

[MAR1979]

On 9/17/2023 at 2:34 PM, batman_fan said:

A few interesting results

John Buscema Thor splash, over $10k, lots of love.

Sal Buscema Hulk panels, $3k+. Remember when these were ~1k or so.  I thought they would get a Sal bump but guess word hasn't reached everyone.

 

1970's Sal B Hulk has exploded. It's now approaching John B 1970's Thor level respect. Of course Hulk pages generally are in much higher demand than Thor from the era. 

Sal 1970's Hulk pages have been drying up for over a decade, uncommon for while to see anything decent.  Looks like someone got 3 nice above average 1977-1978 Hulk pages. I do shudder to think now what a Sale Hulk Battle page vs any name brand villain would now command....

Edited September 17, 2023 by MAR1979

[batman_fan]

On 9/17/2023 at 4:47 PM, Bill C said:

I think its beautiful, and maybe it popped back up too fast also, along with prices overall generally softening-- but I also figure the people that love golden age Batman are lessening.

I would have bid more aggressively but need to save my money to chase something coming up.  I love the Sprang reproductions, the colors are amazing but I have one already which I love.

[batman_fan]

On 9/17/2023 at 4:58 PM, MAR1979 said:

1970's Sal B Hulk has exploded. It's now approaching John B 1970's Thor level respect. Of course Hulk pages generally are in much higher demand than Thor from the era. 

Sal Hulk pages have been drying up for over a decade uncommon for while to see anything decent.  Looks like someone got 3 nice above average pages. I do shudder to think now what a Sale Hulk Battle page vs any name brand villain would now command....

When I bought my Sal splash back in the early 2000s I thought the price was a bit crazy but not anymore, especially given it has Tom Palmer inks

[fsumavila]

On 9/17/2023 at 6:20 PM, jjonahjameson11 said:

Several Mortimer Spidey Super Stories panel pages have sold in excess of $2K, and I also recall a few of his splashes selling for over $4K.  If anything, this splash may have underperformed, given it’s content

I agree. I stayed away because I thought it would end at over $5K

[All-Star Squadman]

On 9/17/2023 at 6:20 PM, jjonahjameson11 said:

Several Mortimer Spidey Super Stories panel pages have sold in excess of $2K, and I also recall a few of his splashes selling for over $4K.  If anything, this splash may have underperformed, given it’s content

100% correct.  I follow the Spidey Super Story stuff as I've quite a bit.  Based on the prices they have somewhat stabilized for the moment. This has occurred many times in the past right before they jump to the next level.   Do miss the good ol' days when I was able to pick up a Spidey Splash with Thanos for $50

Edited September 17, 2023 by All-Star Squadman

[All-Star Squadman]

On 9/17/2023 at 2:34 PM, batman_fan said:

A few interesting results

John Buscema Thor splash, over $10k, lots of love.

Sal Buscema Hulk panels, $3k+. Remember when these were ~1k or so.  I thought they would get a Sal bump but guess word hasn't reached everyone.

I recall when they were just barely over 100 at Heritage.  I paid 110 + vig for this one back in 2002    IMHO it's a superior page to the 3 sold today

Edited September 18, 2023 by All-Star Squadman

[All-Star Squadman]

On 9/17/2023 at 7:01 PM, batman_fan said:

When I bought my Sal splash back in the early 2000s I thought the price was a bit crazy but not anymore, especially given it has Tom Palmer inks

I've my Sal Hulk Splash Grail, Signed by Stan Lee. and yeah I thought it was a bit high at $900 in 2003    Thanks Eelco!

Edited September 17, 2023 by All-Star Squadman

[All-Star Squadman]

On 9/17/2023 at 6:58 PM, MAR1979 said:

1970's Sal B Hulk has exploded. It's now approaching John B 1970's Thor level respect. Of course Hulk pages generally are in much higher demand than Thor from the era. 

Sal 1970's Hulk pages have been drying up for over a decade, uncommon for while to see anything decent.  Looks like someone got 3 nice above average 1977-1978 Hulk pages. I do shudder to think now what a Sale Hulk Battle page vs any name brand villain would now command....

Sal was the Hulk artist for 2-3 generation of readers. Leaving when Byrne took over in 1985.  There are only 2 Hulk (1 annual) covers, both from the 1980's. This means Sal Hulk collectors fight for the splashes and the decent panels with more vigor than some might expect.  This is what I've witnessed in my own quarter century of Sal Hulk art collecting. 

anyone recall the "Hulk Art Collective" ?

[Brian Peck]

On 9/17/2023 at 3:47 PM, Bill C said:

I think its beautiful, and maybe it popped back up too fast also, along with prices overall generally softening-- but I also figure the people that love golden age Batman are lessening.

Most of the Spring recreations have been going between 4k-7k over the last few year. Not alot of change.

[Twanj]

This was surprising to me. It sold on HA in the last few years for about 4k(?) but was not properly described as being inked after publication. The buyer canceled the sale after he learned that.

[joefixit2]

On 9/17/2023 at 7:25 PM, All-Star Squadman said:

Sal was the Hulk artist for 2-3 generation of readers. Leaving when Byrne took over in 1985.  There are only 2 Hulk (1 annual) covers, both from the 1980's. This means Sal Hulk collectors fight for the splashes and the decent panels with more vigor than some might expect.  This is what I've witnessed in my own quarter century of Sal Hulk art collecting. 
 

The Hulk is my favorite character and Sal my fav artist by fr.  Been collecting his artwork for quite some time too and really painful to see how much even panel pages are going for in auctions.  The early Sal seems to be the most desirable, I was able to get a later Sal Hulk page a few days earlier on Heritage for a price I was surprised at. 

[Michael Browning]

On 9/17/2023 at 8:42 PM, Twanj said:

This was surprising to me. It sold on HA in the last few years for about 4k(?) but was not properly described as being inked after publication. The buyer canceled the sale after he learned that.

I watched that one just to see how it would perform and I was very surprised at the end result. I hope the buyer knew what he was getting.

[Verbow]

On 9/17/2023 at 5:45 PM, NinjaSealed said:

The Novick pieces performed very well. Nice to see his early bronze Batman work getting some love.

Agreed.

I won the Joker splash.  I was in love with that  series as a kid - my favorite bad guy has his own book? - and Novick’s version is one of my favorites.

I own about half the pages from the first issue, but quality pages have been hard to come by so I had to jump at this one  

 

[NinjaSealed]

On 9/17/2023 at 9:25 PM, Verbow said:

Agreed.

I won the Joker splash.  I was in love with that  series as a kid - my favorite bad guy has his own book? - and Novick’s version is one of my favorites.

I own about half the pages from the first issue, but quality pages have been hard to come by so I had to jump at this one  

 

Congrats it is fantastic, the splash was one of my targets in the auction but went for a lot more I thought(hoped) it would.