Silver Surfer Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Wow, huge sale. Ecclectica 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gumbydarnit Posted June 6 Popular Post Share Posted June 6 (edited) On 6/5/2024 at 11:10 PM, Silver Surfer said: Wow, huge sale. Yet.. if you multiply the final bid by 5.69 you'd have the price paid for the Zeck black costume Spider-Man Secret Wars panel page...what kind of Bizarro world are we living in?!?! Edited June 6 by gumbydarnit John E., grapeape, Twanj and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bronty Posted June 6 Popular Post Share Posted June 6 On 6/6/2024 at 8:47 AM, gumbydarnit said: Yet.. if you multiply the final bid by 5.69 you'd have the price paid for the Zeck black costume Spider-Man Secret Wars panel page...what kind of Bizarro world are we living in?!?! We'll still be talking about that sale in 10 years. If a piece of art could breathe a sigh of relief, it would have been the cover to ASM 328. "Phew, no one is going to talk about me anymore!". jimjum12, tth2, grapeape and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 On 6/6/2024 at 5:47 AM, gumbydarnit said: Yet.. if you multiply the final bid by 5.69 you'd have the price paid for the Zeck black costume Spider-Man Secret Wars panel page...what kind of Bizarro world are we living in?!?! And didn’t the cover of ASM # 238 only sell for $100K? Wonder what that is worth today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 On 6/6/2024 at 10:58 AM, Silver Surfer said: And didn’t the cover of ASM # 238 only sell for $100K? Wonder what that is worth today. Sounds about right yes. That felt like a good buy even then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjonahjameson11 Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 On 6/6/2024 at 10:58 AM, Silver Surfer said: And didn’t the cover of ASM # 238 only sell for $100K? Wonder what that is worth today. It has sold a few times since then, for ever-increasing amounts jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Really. Maybe one of the greatest BA covers ever and a key issue to boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 I still remember that auction, and Josh making the disclosure as an interested party bidding the $100k. Seemed like $105k was the final but maybe I'm off target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodou Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 Gossiping about $100,000 is vastly more interesting to me than actually spending $100,000. Bronty, John E., Mighty Hal and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xatari Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 I don’t know. I imagine if I spent six figures, it would make for an interesting conversation when I got home. 😂 KirbyJack and alxjhnsn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BLUECHIPCOLLECTIBLES Posted June 7 Popular Post Share Posted June 7 (edited) On 6/5/2024 at 6:21 PM, grapeape said: $590 000 final bid. I like the pose on this one more than I like the final altered version. And I like that it sold well despite not being the final. As for calling it published, I feel pretty confident that if I had been the one to find that piece and show it around I would have been told in stern lower-your-expectations terms that it is not published, at best a prelim, and that those go for 5% of a published piece, so this would have to be judged based on 150K for a pin-up sold in 2003, so "it's worth about $7,500" (then after a beat) "Normally, I need to get a piece for half what I'll sell it for. But I like pin-ups, so I'll give you $4K" Edited June 7 by BLUECHIPCOLLECTIBLES KirbyJack, Twanj, fsumavila and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bronty Posted June 7 Popular Post Share Posted June 7 On 6/7/2024 at 3:32 PM, BLUECHIPCOLLECTIBLES said: I like the pose on this one more than I like the final altered version. And I like that it sold well despite not being the final. As for calling it published, I feel pretty confident that if I had been the one to find that piece and show it around I would have been told in stern lower-your-expectations terms that it is not published, at best a prelim, and that those go for 5% of a published piece, so this would have to be judged based on 150K for a pin-up sold in 2003, so "it's worth about $7,500" (then after a beat) "Normally, I need to get a piece for half what I'll sell it for. But I like pin-ups, so I'll give you $4K" Sounds like you're working through some issues... grapeape, John E., The Voord and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Hartz Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 That was such an interesting auction. It was great to see a piece of history like that go up for auction. I always enjoy seeing Ditko's Spider-Man art and to get the chance to see the pencils and inks is just icing on the cake. grapeape, Twanj and The Voord 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjonahjameson11 Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 On 6/6/2024 at 10:21 PM, grapeape said: I still remember that auction, and Josh making the disclosure as an interested party bidding the $100k. Seemed like $105k was the final but maybe I'm off target. Yup, $105K grapeape 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1184839 grapeape and Twanj 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1classics Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 (edited) On 6/6/2024 at 7:58 AM, Silver Surfer said: And didn’t the cover of ASM # 238 only sell for $100K? Wonder what that is worth today. On 6/6/2024 at 8:03 AM, Bronty said: Sounds about right yes. That felt like a good buy even then. Speaking of feeling like a good buy on Clink, check out this Spec Spidey 205 cover feat. Tombstone pounding Flash Thompson with Spidey to the rescue. Barely cracked $15k, sold on Heritage for nearly $23k 2 years ago and felt like a fairly good deal at that time too. When I think of Sal Spidey and villains I think of Tombstone, who I believe he co-created and this 3 parter was a memorable one if you were collecting at that time. It may not be a $100k cover, but still a good buy imo. Edited June 8 by 1classics Grammar Nate Hartz and grapeape 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Love Sal but I’m not really fond of that era of the SSM but that should prove to be a good investment over time. 1classics, batman_fan and chrisco37 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1classics Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 On 6/7/2024 at 6:32 PM, Silver Surfer said: Love Sal but I’m not really fond of that era of the SSM but that should prove to be a good investment over time. Yeah I’m a fan of Sal Spec Spidey throughout his tenure, but I thought he adapted a unique style during the post Mcfarlane era Spider-Man that was well received at the time. Maybe I’m just biased cuz I was a young teen at the time of this run, but the cover was a memorable one and just surprising it fell far short of expectations. Either way I think you’re right, as just about any Sal Spec Spidey cover of this era at a $15k purchase will be a wise investment over time. On a side note, doing some more research Bechara that same auction day in 2022 bought Sal Spec Spidey #145 (chained spidey) for less than this one at $20.4k vs $22.8k for the #205 and then resold it recently for $32k. I guess the moral of the story is for the current buyer to not re-auction over the next couple years and instead continue to hold or perhaps sell privately! Twanj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 That’s a cool cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1classics Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 (edited) On 6/7/2024 at 10:49 PM, Silver Surfer said: That’s a cool cover. It definitely is cool, but was slightly less desirable that same day against this cover (#205) 2 years ago. As much as this is cool, I too would certainly lean towards #205 for a number of reasons as someone else did too that day. But that wasn’t the case this week at clink. I just find it interesting that 145 went for roughly $20k in ‘22 and resold privately for $32k recently, which is roughly a 40% gain? Where the 205 went back to auction and took nearly a 40% loss in those 2 years. I think we can only attribute this to this cover being recycled at auction and not being held or sold private, which would obviously be a similar if not higher ask than 145. A tale of 2 covers… Edited June 8 by 1classics Twanj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
