Popular Post jick Posted February 16 Popular Post Share Posted February 16 I haven't been acquiring superhero comic art the past few years, and have even been disposing them to make room for personal expenses. I have been into the "cheap" humor genre (Groo/Archie) just to say I bought a piece of OA every year. But when I just checked the recent Heritage Auction results, I was shocked. I guess the market has really fallen on the regular pages? All prices are with buyers premiums, so the sellers may have probably netted well below their expectations. Jim Aparo, Brave & Bold (1979): From his peak period, featuring Batman is every panel .... $1,080! John Buscema, Conan (1980): It features the main character and incredible brushwork from Ernie Chan .... $516! Tony DeZuniga, (undated): It's DeZuniga - creator of Jonah Hex, it's a painting with watercolor, its huge at 12.75" x 15", and it's a beautiful sexy half-naked woman ....only $144! Carmine Infantino, Avengers (1981): It's two pages so the price per page should be divided by two, it's a major title in Avengers, it features heroes and action, and it's a bit of a rarity to see Infantino who is mostly associated with DC and creating Barry Allen to be doing a Marvel title, for two pages .... $690! Jock, Batman Who Laughs (2019): One of the most popular modern day British artists who is closely connected to Batman Who Laughs co-creator Scott Snyder, with a huge panel of the main character in the bottom, all for the grand total with BP of .... $336! Gil Kane, Warlord of Mars (1977): Prime period Kane, with leaping action, animals, shadows, dynamic poses, lots of dialogue, lush inking and sold for only... $240! Jim Lee, All Star Batman (2005): This is a semi-splash page, it's an origin scene of Grayson losing his parents, it's by the one of the hottest Batman artists in Lee from a story by Frank Miller, in a comic that is issue #1, and to top it all - it's inked by Scott Williams, and it's almost 20 years old ....and it's sold for the price of a Jim Lee blank sketch cover or ...$1680! Al Milgrom, Secret Wars II (1986): It features so many Marvel characters, including black costume Spidey (didn't he have a Secret Wars page sell in the millions?)... and this one went for only $840! George Perez, New Teen Titans (1989): One of comics most beloved artists, drawing his most popular comic in New Teen Titans - and the final panel is such a Perez-ism with the shadow flowing into outer space, sure there is no action or superhero in costume, but a 35 year old Perez Teen Titans page has no business selling for $432! Sal Buscema, Red Sonja (1979): 45-year old page, inked by Al Milgrom and features Red Sonja in a few panels, I'd say this would have sold for higher some years ago, not the final gavel price of ...$ 552! Well I don't really post here but I guess I can't help but comment on these final prices because is this a sign that the roof is falling? Is the OA market - at least for the budget pedestrian pages - crashing? Sean I, grapeape, jjonahjameson11 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaSealed Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 On 2/16/2024 at 12:24 AM, jick said: Well I don't really post here but I guess I can't help but comment on these final prices because is this a sign that the roof is falling? Is the OA market - at least for the budget pedestrian pages - crashing? Yeah, that corner of the market has crashed pretty hard, but this auction was hilariously low(not funny if you were a consignor though) I actually won 2 pieces last night, one easily at half what I thought it was worth. Don’t think I have won more than one piece from a single auction in 5 years or so. Was tempted to buy a few more pieces but I have my sights set on something in the next signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xatari Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Congrats to the winners. I think the upcoming auctions are going to be amazing but the weekly auctions have been a little tough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhamlau Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 I have a lot of things in this week’s auction. Tons of watchers, we shall see how Wednesday goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick2you2 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 On 2/20/2024 at 12:09 PM, zhamlau said: I have a lot of things in this week’s auction. Tons of watchers, we shall see how Wednesday goes. Good luck. I mean it. ShallowDan and grapeape 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 Some decent prices on pieces I was following on Day 1 of the International auction: Bolland Judge Dredd page -- $21,875 Phil Davis Mandrake the Magician Sunday -- $23,125 Raymond Flash Gordon/Jungle Jim Sunday -- $51,250 Don Rosa Anders And & Co. Splash -- $45,000 (this one really surprised me) grapeape, ThothAmon and mtlevy1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 On 3/9/2024 at 7:37 PM, tth2 said: Some decent prices on pieces I was following on Day 1 of the International auction: Bolland Judge Dredd page -- $21,875 Phil Davis Mandrake the Magician Sunday -- $23,125 Raymond Flash Gordon/Jungle Jim Sunday -- $51,250 Don Rosa Anders And & Co. Splash -- $45,000 (this one really surprised me) Terrific. That Bolland piece is jaw dropping in its detail. tth2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 On 3/9/2024 at 10:37 PM, tth2 said: Some decent prices on pieces I was following on Day 1 of the International auction: Don Rosa Anders And & Co. Splash -- $45,000 (this one really surprised me) its a perfect one and done Life & Times page. All 12 chapters represented in one shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheekyj2112 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 I was offered the Dredd page years ago and realised that there was significant fading. I think it had originally been framed and if eg you compare the rear crowd figures in the printed page you can see that they’ve almost faded away entirely on the drawn page. delekkerste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 On 3/11/2024 at 4:46 AM, Bronty said: On 3/10/2024 at 11:37 AM, tth2 said: Some decent prices on pieces I was following on Day 1 of the International auction: Don Rosa Anders And & Co. Splash -- $45,000 (this one really surprised me) its a perfect one and done Life & Times page. All 12 chapters represented in one shot. Yeah, but still--$45k! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F For Fake Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 On 3/10/2024 at 11:05 PM, tth2 said: Yeah, but still--$45k! I wonder if the winner lives in Europe? Don Rosa is a rock star over there, and there are tons of devoted Duck fans. I guess at least a few of them have deep pockets as well. alxjhnsn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 I was only watching this one piece. I am going to say not a crazy price. Great DD action in my opinion Andahaion, tth2 and Twanj 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 On 3/10/2024 at 11:05 PM, tth2 said: Yeah, but still--$45k! Sure. Don't get me wrong its more than I would have guessed too, but at the same time the kind of page where a big outlier price is less of a surprise after the fact because of the things the page has going for it. In other words, I wouldn't get in a 45k pizzing match over it, but if I really had to get in that kind of a pizzing match on a Rosa interior, its a pretty good choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 On 3/11/2024 at 9:37 AM, F For Fake said: I wonder if the winner lives in Europe? Don Rosa is a rock star over there, and there are tons of devoted Duck fans. I guess at least a few of them have deep pockets as well. I think there's interest on both sides of the Atlantic. But yeah my guess is that the winner lives in Germany. I could be very wrong.. F For Fake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delekkerste Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 (edited) On 3/9/2024 at 10:37 PM, tth2 said: Some decent prices on pieces I was following on Day 1 of the International auction: Overall, I saw very few results, a lot of stuff that was in-line, and a lot of stuff that felt a bit squishy. Me and some friends picked up some nice bargains on the lower end (the piece I bought I'm told was listed much higher on a European dealer's site previously) but there was a lot of stuff in the mid-range that seemed pretty to me price-wise as well. Maybe the most surprising was the Herge Tintin piece which sold for $15K against a posted estimate of $30,000-$60,000. But there were plenty of other results that favored buyers over sellers I thought - IMO those two FF #27 pages went cheap ($22.5K each) given the content (even accounting for the George Roussos inks); the catalog cover painting only fetched $8.1K and the Kent Williams DD/Elektra painting only brought $10K, which seems stupidly low for a well-known piece with two very popular characters from that time period. That said, I'm still expecting very strong results for the upcoming (U.S.) Signature Auction as I suspect it will draw far more buyers than this mixed bag of European and U.S. art (lacking in marquee pieces, it has to be said) did. Edited March 11 by delekkerste ThothAmon and tth2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 On 3/12/2024 at 4:19 AM, delekkerste said: IMO those two FF #27 pages went cheap ($22.5K each) given the content (even accounting for the George Roussos inks) Didn't surprise me, as the Roussos inks were horrible. batman_fan and Twanj 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR1979 Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 (edited) I've noticed 1970's Marvel and to lesser extent DC action and battle panel pages are hitting new highs. While I don't have any specific examples my bids which I thought were solid contenders are getting totally blown out of the water. Then again it could be "Protection Bidding" from the usual shady suspects... Edited March 13 by MAR1979 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grendel72 Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 On 3/11/2024 at 5:05 AM, cheekyj2112 said: I was offered the Dredd page years ago and realised that there was significant fading. I think it had originally been framed and if eg you compare the rear crowd figures in the printed page you can see that they’ve almost faded away entirely on the drawn page. Oh my I totally missed that. Now I can't unsee it. Still an above average Bolland Dredd page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
