malvin Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 Surprised there isn't a thread about this yet. How is the show for everyone so far? I haven't bought anything yet. Only 3 pieces mildly interested me (that were still for sale when I saw them). I made an offer on one of them but haven't heard back yet. I did make a few sales, and the relatively more expensive ones too so I am please. Malvin John E., Twanj and Bird 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Peck Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 Sold one piece, and made offer on another. No response yet. Twanj and Unstoppablejayd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud cloddie Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 Bought one piece. Around market, maybe slightly higher. But it wasn’t one of the many recycled pieces, so I’m happy. A few others I’m eyeing that I might make offers on tmrw if nothing new I like is added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBerman Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Got one piece directly from its artist. Liked some other things, but the prices were substantially higher than my interest, so I did not try to haggle. Just as well, since I got several things at ComicLink yesterday. John E. and Twanj 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Michael Browning Posted November 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2023 I took a look. Yikes. Extremely aspirational pricing for the most part, though I did see a few bargains. Too many retreads. Again. Discounts, in many cases, aren’t real because prices are so jacked-up. I really wanted to buy something, but there was no Crystar, Team America or U.S. 1. No Rom, either. I did see a lot of great art, but the pricing made it appear that the owners want to keep it in their collections. Don’t get me wrong — There were a few sellers who offered good art at very fair prices, but there were more who were trying to get rich by selling a single piece. The Voord, jjonahjameson11, comichut and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjonahjameson11 Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Agree with Michael. To call the pricing aspirational shows great restraint. I did see some nice commissions/sketches priced fairly under $1K, but a lot of them are already sold so congrats to the buyers/sellers on those items 👍🏻 Michael Browning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shemp Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 I bought a piece. The image was great and the price was fair (at least I felt it was). Saved 28 pieces of which 16 are above 1600 which I will not be buying (I just like to look). Of the remaining 12, tomorrow I'll make an offer on one or two, see if there are any takers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyflow33 Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Quite a few pieces that were posted in the spring show are back up with higher prices! I always appreciate the event but a lot of bonkers prices. Did see some good stuff under $300 though but nothing in my wheelhouse. Noob19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick2you2 Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Saw a Bruce Timm headshot for $400. No personal interest, and probably gone by now. Same with everything else. Nothing appealing. Michael Browning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaSealed Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Judging by the pieces sold, and the pieces available at pretty reasonable prices IMO seems like a very weak show so far. Not a lot of buying at all. Twanj and Michael Browning 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Grant Turner Posted November 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2023 I bought a page for 4.5k 3 years ago from Antony Snyder. Ended up selling it at heritage a year later for almost flat (I might have even taken a bit of a loss) someone is selling it now for 27k!!! that’s just crazy. The dealer AND auction market both spoke on this page… there’s aspirational, then there’s crazy Twanj, Noob19, Stefanomjr and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Browning Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 One guy has a page up that he bought from one of the dealers over the last year for $750 and he proclaimed that it was so great to finally own a page from this great storyline … but he has it up for sale for $5K on CAL (I do see that happen quite often from other collectors in my FB original art buy, sell, trade art group, so it should never surprise me at all). Twanj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick2you2 Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 I can’t help but wondering if we’re just a bunch of “old f*rts” when it comes to pricing, and this stuff is still selling but to newer collectors. jjonahjameson11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KirbyCollector Posted November 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2023 On 11/12/2023 at 6:56 AM, Michael Browning said: One guy has a page up that he bought from one of the dealers over the last year for $750 and he proclaimed that it was so great to finally own a page from this great storyline … but he has it up for sale for $5K on CAL (I do see that happen quite often from other collectors in my FB original art buy, sell, trade art group, so it should never surprise me at all). 566% increase in one year?!? Who does he think he is -- a dealer? The nerve Noob19, Hockeyflow33, Rick2you2 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean I Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 cloud cloddie, KirbyCollector, John E. and 2 others 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean I Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Many such cases Sideshow Bob, Andahaion, cloud cloddie and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timguerrero Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 I sold 1 piece yesterday. I've missed the last 2 CALive events and never sold anything DURING the events but putting pieces for sale there later rewarded me with the 2 highest sales I've ever made. Bought nothing as I am saving for OAX. John E. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Peck Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 I saw a few pieces I used to own were up in CAL. Including a triplicate X-Men cover by Stuart Immonen and X-Men Jim Lee page both prices surprised me. The Immonen which was listed for $21K sold, not sure what the final price was but that was over 3x what I sold it for years ago. The Jim Lee X-Men page I remember buying from Jim at Wonder Con in 1990 for $120 with a wolverine head sketch and asking price is $55K. Boy asking prices sure have gone up. jjonahjameson11 and Twanj 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lago32 Posted November 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2023 Why are dealers allowed to post inventory pieces that have in some cases been sitting on their website for years? I had thought there was a rule stating all dealer offerings had to be fresh material? If so, it obviously is not being enforced. Kudos to Albert for bringing out some fresh material at least. Twanj, Andahaion, BS Damutantman and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thethedew Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 On 11/11/2023 at 7:07 PM, Michael Browning said: No Rom, either A page from #26 up today. Andahaion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
