What are your 2024 OA Collecting Goals? 1 1

[fenip]

On 12/30/2023 at 2:31 PM, Rick2you2 said:

Median and mean? And while we are at it, what was the mode?

I would also want to see a boxplot.

[DougC]

My only OA goal is the same as every year a page from Adventure Comics #346; though I might have a better shot this year since I saved up some funds (naively not near enough) that I intended to use on the Death post card art that ends in a couple days. So I will have a shot over the summer at a page that I know someone has.

[Sideshow Bob]

On 1/2/2024 at 11:09 AM, DougC said:

My only OA goal is the same as every year a page from Adventure Comics #346; though I might have a better shot this year since I saved up some funds (naively not near enough) that I intended to use on the Death post card art that ends in a couple days. So I will have a shot over the summer at a page that I know someone has.

Was wondering why you used the words "post card art", so I went and looked on ebay and found the actual postcards. I had thought it was just a t-shirt and poster, but the postcards were a big component of this. The dimensions on HA are 6.25" x 10" so the image itself is a bit less in size than a regular sheet of US letter paper, but at least it's bigger than a Bolland sheet of tracing paper prelim... displayable, but smaller than a regular image on 11x17. But bigger than a postcard!

 

Edited January 2 by Sideshow Bob

[DougC]

On 1/2/2024 at 11:13 AM, Sideshow Bob said:

Was wondering why you used the words "post card art", so I went and looked at the dimensions on HA. It's  6.25" x 10" so the image itself is a bit less in size than a regular sheet of US letter paper, but at least it's bigger than a Bolland sheet of tracing paper prelim... displayable, but smaller than a regular image on 11x17. 

The art was used on promotional post cards, my LCS had stacks of them (both the white/black & purple/black checkered background). I used one as a bookmark for a decade so was hoping for a shot at the OA.

[furthur]

I'd like to show a little more discipline and have a lot more fun this year, though I had plenty of fun showing no discipline at all in 2023. I pushed hard into more modern territory and expanded the number of women and non US artists in my collection pretty signficantly. I think I'd like to step back now and hit a few of the more nostalgia oriented things I am still missing, including some underground artists and just a couple of older comic book and comic strip artists-and perhaps some small upgrades where they make sense. 

[Xatari]

New Goal: attempt to avoid Mandel pieces on Heritage.

Likelihood of success: highly unlikely

[G.A.tor]

I really wanted an original series (silver surfer 1-18) Surfer splash page...was so close in may of 23, but didn't materialize...so, that's my only goal for 2024...tall wish

[Doc McCoy]

Consolidate my collection, try to add a Silvestri Uncanny X-Men page, and try to get dealers/reps to actually ship purchases I made in 2023!

 

[Twanj]

On 1/4/2024 at 5:51 PM, Doc McCoy said:

and try to get dealers/reps to actually ship purchases I made in 2023!

I'm with you on this one. I'm at about 2 months with a rep...

[Doc McCoy]

On 1/4/2024 at 7:02 PM, Twanj said:

I'm with you on this one. I'm at about 2 months with a rep...

@Twanj does it start with a “C”?

[timguerrero]

On 1/4/2024 at 6:37 PM, Doc McCoy said:

@Twanj does it start with a “C”?

for me it does. they tell me the artist isn't answering emails so they don't know when they'll get my commission that is 100% fully paid for.

[Twanj]

On 1/4/2024 at 7:37 PM, Doc McCoy said:

@Twanj does it start with a “C”?

No, an S...seems like it's common for reps.