Alex Ross Spider-man

[comicartfan]

I see that Serpi is the high bidder on this little piece and the Batman 204 cover.....sad day indeed when he decided to branch out from high grade DCs and into comic art..... ASM/MJ

[spider9698]

I'm stunned that it's that high. It was on ebay last year and don't believe it went that high the first time around.

[FIRE67]

It went for $22,000 last time I saw it on Ebay

[spider9698]

I stand corrected!

Thanks for the info!!

[comicartfan]

i hear this is a scam.... .anyone know for sure....

[action1kid]

I really loved that piece but i wont touch it unless he accepts paypal.

[otherworldsj33]

Then maybe I should be happy I did not win it...

[heartened]

It went for $22,000 last time I saw it on Ebay

 

Ended at 19,000, so either the owner was willing to lose 3K, or this was a scam. Anyone know the winner or the seller?

[otherworldsj33]

I don't know him. I looked at his feedback, he buys mostly coffes tins. I did not see any sign of him collecting comics or comic art.

[delekkerste]

Ended at 19,000, so either the owner was willing to lose 3K, or this was a scam. Anyone know the winner or the seller?

 

Well, the willingness to take a $3K loss on a $22K piece is not out of the realm of plausibility (especially since some of us, including myself, thought the price looked high at much lower levels), but I'm surprised that the seller would roll the dice on going with a no-reserve auction on a piece of this $ value, so that is a bit suspicious. Though, I don't recall anyone here or on Comicart-L definitively calling this auction a fraud...doesn't anyone have the name of the previous buyer in their records and does it match up with the seller?

[*paull*]

I'm stunned that someone paid $19K for that piece!

[heartened]

I'm stunned that someone paid $19K for that piece!

 

You and me both! Someone is obviously valuing it higher than his other work, due to the fact that it was used in the film. Personally, I think it's one of his weaker examples overall. Very rough.

 

Best,

[*paull*]

The thing with Ross is that a LOT of his work hits the market, both finals and prelims. There's demand, but plenty of supply, too. It's hard to say that he's a good investment.

[Timulty]

I would suspect that only certain pieces are going to be really "Investment" grade. Covers to well known books like Marvels, Kingdom Come etc. Then a few of his specialty pieces. I like his stuff too, but trying to get the 10K together to get the painting I want is a little much for me.

[otherworldsj33]

I liked the piece very much. I also thought it would be investment grade due to the large number of people who would instantly recognize it, and it's broader appeal to the general public. A lot more people saw the movie then read comics.

[FIRE67]

I only recall the price, It sold extremely high compared to the others that were offered at that time. I have seen it in someones CAF gallery at one time but it gone now.