Advice re pricing art for sale ? 0

[Dr_Strange]

Considering selling a couple of items, not high end published stuff, but maybe items that don’t crop up often enough to have something to compare with. How do you come up with a target price ?

[SpineTic]

On 9/5/2023 at 10:33 AM, Dr_Strange said:

Considering selling a couple of items, not high end published stuff, but maybe items that don’t crop up often enough to have something to compare with. How do you come up with a target price ?

[alxjhnsn]

You will find everything I know on the thread called Pricing Comic Art - 2023 Edition. Read the Spoiler Text, i.e., click on Reveal hidden contents in the first post of the thread.

Edited September 6, 2023 by alxjhnsn

[alxjhnsn]

On 9/5/2023 at 9:48 AM, SpineTic said:

I disagree. Answering his question, "How do you come up with a target price?" does not require pictures of his art. For that, the responder would only need to describe how they approach the problem and the OP doesn't need to post art. His approach avoids PMs with lowball offers.

If he asked, "What is this worth?" and didn't include pictures, I'd agree with you. 

[Dr_Strange]

Yeah I wasn’t looking for a valuation, just an idea on how to do it 

[alxjhnsn]

On 9/5/2023 at 2:48 PM, Dr_Strange said:

Yeah I wasn’t looking for a valuation, just an idea on how to do it 

Was my link above of use?

[Rick2you2]

Apart from Alex’s excellent general advice, don’t forget to consider how badly you want to sell it, whether it will have limited fan interest, and which way is the market headed. Most things go up, but not everything, and picking a price also requires recognition of how different artists and combinations on particular books make a big difference. Ross Andru on Spider-man will do a lot better than Ross Andru on the Phantom Stranger, so when doing comparisons, be careful. 

[Will_K]

On 9/5/2023 at 5:03 PM, Rick2you2 said:

Ross Andru on Spider-man will do a lot better than Ross Andru on the Phantom Stranger

Doesn't it, always come back to Ross Andru with you ?? 

Edited September 5, 2023 by Will_K

[alxjhnsn]

On 9/5/2023 at 4:03 PM, Rick2you2 said:

Apart from Alex’s excellent general advice, don’t forget to consider how badly you want to sell it, whether it will have limited fan interest, and which way is the market headed. Most things go up, but not everything, and picking a price also requires recognition of how different artists and combinations on particular books make a big difference. Ross Andru on Spider-man will do a lot better than Ross Andru on the Phantom Stranger, so when doing comparisons, be careful. 

Rick is right. Something that I find valuable, e.g., my faux Sugar and Spike 100 covers, would be worth less than nothing to most people. The demand seems tied to published artist/character/story combinations for the high prices.

[Dr_Strange]

On 9/5/2023 at 9:27 PM, alxjhnsn said:

Was my link above of use?

Very much so thank you

[alxjhnsn]

I'm always looking for suggested improvements so feel free to make some.

[Rick2you2]

On 9/5/2023 at 5:11 PM, Will_K said:

Doesn't it, always come back to Ross Andru with you ?? 

He’s just so easy. I could also go with Aparo and Green Arrow vs. Aparo and Aquaman, or next level, Spectre. Or Byrne and X-men//FF v. Byrne and Next Men…you get it.

[PhilipB2k17]

On 9/6/2023 at 7:04 AM, Rick2you2 said:

He’s just so easy. I could also go with Aparo and Green Arrow vs. Aparo and Aquaman, or next level, Spectre. Or Byrne and X-men//FF v. Byrne and Next Men…you get it.

You could say that about virtually any artist on Aquaman. 

ADDING: I'll except Paul Norris (his co-creator) and Ramona Fradon (a fan favorite) on Aquaman. 

Edited September 20, 2023 by PhilipB2k17