Dr. Balls Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Don't worry, not looking for specifics. But I am curious - where do the $100k and above pieces of art go? Up on the wall? In a vault? It's easy to say money is relative. If I buy a $1000 piece of art, it goes in a frame up on the wall. If I bought a $100,000 piece of art, even if my finances scaled to spend that much, would I still put it on the wall? Probably. The flipside to that argument is that there are a lot more $1k pieces than $100k pieces, so the historical significance of that $100k piece dwarfs my run-of-the-mill stuff. Does that mean the buyer looks/hangs/stores it differently? The sheer amount of people that collect comic art fascinates me, and not everyone shares their collection on places like CAF - I am always intrigued when a piece hits $200-$300k and disappears, never to be heard of again - or for a very long time. Twanj, Ecclectica and Will_K 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Balls Posted January 11 Author Share Posted January 11 Will_K, Legion of Goom, F For Fake and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varanis Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 I don't have any 6-digit pieces, but if I did, they'd surely go on the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC25427N Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 I assume the Cabal have a vault for those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xatari Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Walls, vaults, and museum exhibits. The current Marvel exhibit by Semmel Exhibitions is in New Zealand. If you happen to be in New Zealand, it is 100% worth stopping by Wellington to see this as well as the New Zealand National Museum (Te Papa Tongarewa) as they are across the street from each other. Additionally WETA Workshop is only 15 minutes away. In a single day, one could hit all three, each an absolutely incredible experience! https://www.semmel-exhibitions.com/marvel-mightiest/ https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/ https://tours.wetaworkshop.com/wellington/ BS Damutantman, Dr. Balls, Twanj and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.tor Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 (edited) Mine are in mylar and mattboard and I rotate them onto the mantle from time to time then back in the vault Edited January 15 by G.A.tor Dr. Balls 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 You’re overthinking it IMO. Not every significant piece is going on a wall. Some people have more 100k pieces than wall space they want to hang art on. Some pieces have value than wall power. Etc etc. there’s all sorts of reasons why something may or may not be on a wall, and using your reasoning or your situation (or any one person’s situation) and trying to apply it across the broad spectrum of collectors doesn’t really work IMO. tth2 and The Voord 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipB2k17 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Since I don't even have any 5 figure pieces, this is not a problem I have to deal with. Dr. Balls 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post comiconxion Posted January 17 Popular Post Share Posted January 17 On 1/15/2024 at 5:23 AM, Bronty said: You’re overthinking it IMO. Not every significant piece is going on a wall. Some people have more 100k pieces than wall space they want to hang art on. Some pieces have value than wall power. Etc etc. there’s all sorts of reasons why something may or may not be on a wall, and using your reasoning or your situation (or any one person’s situation) and trying to apply it across the broad spectrum of collectors doesn’t really work IMO. I agree with this statement for the most part. As my wife says... you may be "a decimal point away" from another collectors... meaning that what $1,000 is to you, might be what $10,000 is to another person, which is what $100,000 is the next person up the line, etc. So, some people may have a number of pieces in their collection that are six figures while others are lucky to have one. I have limited space in my house so I treat all the pieces in the collection somewhat equally and put them all in portfolios. Currently I only have two comic art pieces on the wall at home - because my wife doesn't enjoy seeing it every day. But, I do try and pull out and share the "significant" pieces that I have in my collection with the world and put them up for display where and when I can - whether it be at the Cartoon Art Museum, Marvel exhibits, or exhibits I've arranged with various universities. But, frankly, when I'm selecting the pieces to display, I don't primarily think about their value - I think more about how displaying them helps tell the story I want to share with the art. I've displayed six figure pieces along side $500 pieces. The fact that a piece isn't worth as much doesn't necessarily mean it shouldn't be displayed. And, likewise, just because a piece is of a certain value, you shouldn't be obligated to display it. From a pure monetary perspective, I know people that are afraid to put six figure pieces on the wall... whether because the pieces may get damaged by the sun or they may get stolen. I remember going to Conrad E.'s house and seeing that his best comic art pieces on the walls were actually giclees. He kept the originals in a vault because he was worried that someone could break in and take them. And, in today's world pretty much every Ditko Spidey page with Spidey in costume on it is a six figure page... I don't think it's reasonable to expect that every Ditko Spidey page is on someone's wall somewhere. Keep in mind that many long-time collectors would have paid $5-10k for those pages 20 years ago. So, in their minds, they probably don't always think of them as "six figure pieces". They're just cool pieces that they enjoy owning. Dr. Balls, ShallowDan, John E. and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aman619 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Don’t kid yourself. They definitely think of them as six figure pieces! But I think I know what you are saying… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voord Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 On 1/17/2024 at 4:50 AM, comiconxion said: Currently I only have two comic art pieces on the wall at home - because my wife doesn't enjoy seeing it every day. Yeah, I'm in the same boat, lol! My wife just doesn't like to see comic OA plastered on the walls of our home . . . though she doesn't mind me displaying movie poster OA! tth2, Dr. Balls, cloud cloddie and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hekla Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 On 1/11/2024 at 11:27 PM, Xatari said: Walls, vaults, and museum exhibits. The current Marvel exhibit by Semmel Exhibitions is in New Zealand. If you happen to be in New Zealand, it is 100% worth stopping by Wellington to see this as well as the New Zealand National Museum (Te Papa Tongarewa) as they are across the street from each other. Additionally WETA Workshop is only 15 minutes away. In a single day, one could hit all three, each an absolutely incredible experience! https://www.semmel-exhibitions.com/marvel-mightiest/ https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/ https://tours.wetaworkshop.com/wellington/ Recently returned from spending a year in NZ in the Wellington area (working-sabbatical) and left before the exhibit opened And yep, the Te Papa museum is a fantastic museum (and free!). NZ is an incredibly beautiful place, so spend time exploring nature if you go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Balls Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 On 1/16/2024 at 9:50 PM, comiconxion said: I do try and pull out and share the "significant" pieces that I have in my collection with the world and put them up for display where and when I can - whether it be at the Cartoon Art Museum, Marvel exhibits, or exhibits I've arranged with various universities. Thank you for that insight - I kinda wondered if this was the case for some people. I mean, I could have guessed - but I am far outside the realm of seeing these kinds of exhibits (the one and only exhibit I was to see was Alex Ross' Marvels exhibit in Bozeman, MT, which got cancelled the weekend we were going to go due to a massive state-wide snowstorm - and I was unavailable after that.) So I've never seen much of the collecting community or their collections - other than those who are active online. This is where CAF is a lot of fun for someone like myself that has few opportunities to see comic art exhibits or expos. Someday, maybe - but not in the present. alxjhnsn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
