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christosgage

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On 12/4/2023 at 10:07 PM, KirbyCollector said:

2 Kirby Miracle Man pages on Comic Connect tonight, both results were anemic. Between this, all the new Forever People pages sitting unsold on Burkey's site, and a number of scattered auctions over the past year it looks like the air has really gone out of the Bronze Age Kirby market.

Can you give some examples of realized prices? I can't find them. I would love for Kamandi pages to drop in price. The fact is, Kirby was incredibly prolific, so it's always possible for a lot of his pages to be on the market at a given time. I wouldn't be surprised if it's just a supply and demand issue...more supply than there is current demand for a specific era/character.

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On 12/5/2023 at 10:28 AM, christosgage said:

Can you give some examples of realized prices? I can't find them. I would love for Kamandi pages to drop in price. The fact is, Kirby was incredibly prolific, so it's always possible for a lot of his pages to be on the market at a given time. I wouldn't be surprised if it's just a supply and demand issue...more supply than there is current demand for a specific era/character.

https://www.comicconnect.com/item/1019097?tzf=1

https://www.comicconnect.com/item/1019096

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On 12/5/2023 at 2:32 AM, Grant Turner said:

Seems like this is particularly Bronze Age DC

bronze age Kirby Marvel stuff (BP, Machine Man, Eternals, etc) still do well from my vantage point

but maybe I’m wrong?

To me the phrase "too expensive for its own good applies"

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Twanj

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On 12/4/2023 at 10:07 PM, KirbyCollector said:

2 Kirby Miracle Man pages on Comic Connect tonight, both results were anemic. Between this, all the new Forever People pages sitting unsold on Burkey's site, and a number of scattered auctions over the past year it looks like the air has really gone out of the Bronze Age Kirby market.

The pages were anemic and the location can be anemic.

And I like Royer inks. These look about spot on.

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Less facetiously, I'd say that Kirby prices in the last year (with some exceptions) have been static, or unsurprising, or soft - some combination of those things. When I got into the hobby in 1992, people who had been in far longer said there would be times when Kirby art literally didn't sell at all at conventions, but it always came back. In 2023, most stuff that shows up is B or B- stuff that has circulated around a bit, and Kirby was prolific enough that the supply feels unlimited.Those two Mister Miracle pages (it's okay - I call him Miracle Man sometimes too) are fine but not particularly exciting. Really nice examples like the Fin Fang Foom page that just sold at c-connect do go high. Same with a very nice SkyMasters example at HA recently. For the most part, though, Kirby doesn't tend to skyrocket overnight the way modern art does. Maybe an analogy is blue chip vs. tech stocks.

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On 12/5/2023 at 10:28 AM, christosgage said:

Can you give some examples of realized prices? I can't find them. I would love for Kamandi pages to drop in price. The fact is, Kirby was incredibly prolific, so it's always possible for a lot of his pages to be on the market at a given time. I wouldn't be surprised if it's just a supply and demand issue...more supply than there is current demand for a specific era/character.

A Kamandi page just sold for $3300 on eBay. 

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Seems to me that bronze age Kirby Marvel Art does fine if it has desirable Kirby characteristics, like Krakle, complex machinery, and character action. Some of the DC stuff is hot or miss, but New Gods related stuff seems to do a lot better. 

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