Underground Comix

[EggsAckley]

Heritage has a bunch of underground OA coming up in their May auction. Not sure if this link will work.

 

http://comics.ha.com/common/auction/preview.php?Sale_No=828&Consignor_No=0&optGlobalSearch=&cboDenomination=All&txtSearch=underground&hdnSearch=True&SaleNo=828

[EggsAckley]

Interesting Rick Griffin page

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/RICK-GRIFFIN-ZAP-COMICS-ORIGINAL-ART-INKED-PRELIMINARY_W0QQitemZ250245853261QQihZ015QQcategoryZ972QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[50 Cent #II (1st)]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooo....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170220140989&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

[50 Cent #II (1st)]

And another amazing piece...

http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&sspagename=ADME%3AB%3ASS%3AUS%3A1123&viewitem=&item=170220140432

[EggsAckley]

Check out how much the Crumb & Griffin pieces went for!

[groovyedwin]

S Clay Wilson went for a lot compared to just last year.

 

Robert Williams Snatch went for a lot.

 

The original art for a Griffin poster was sold for under 6K just last week and now a one pager from Zap 2 goes for 30K.

 

Seems to be a trend with the late 60's to early 70's underground art with the Hup cover being an anomaly going for 50k+ with a significant amount of whiteout.

 

This might have something to do with the weak dollar.

 

Might be the time to unload underground art from that time frame.

 

Edwin

[EggsAckley]

I think that Hup cover is one of Crumb's best works. How much it went for was a surprise.

[groovyedwin]

I just took at look at the exchange rate between the US dollar and Euro from what it was just 1 year ago. The US dollar has lost 17.5% of its value in just the last year. This means that European collectors have gained 17.5% more buying power. One way to look at it is that if they waited the year to purchase a piece they would have saved 17.5%.

 

Edwin

[EggsAckley]

17.5% pays for the Heritage buyers premium.

[groovyedwin]

That is an excellent way to think about it.

[EggsAckley]

This Freak Brothers page is up for sale again.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/GILBERT-SHELTON-Fabulous-Furry-Freak-Brothers-ORIG-ART_W0QQitemZ140239088039QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item140239088039&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C65%3A3&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

[EggsAckley]

This seller has some underground original art for sale.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=190229998728&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=009

[EggsAckley]

Freak Brothers goodness

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/GILBERT-SHELTON-Fabulous-Furry-Freak-Brothers-ORIG-ART_W0QQitemZ140244710030QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item140244710030&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318

[EggsAckley]

Spain page from Zap #9

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/SPAIN-RODRIGUEZ-underground-legend-ZAP-9-art_W0QQitemZ360009878054QQihZ023QQcategoryZ14010QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247

[50 Cent #II (1st)]

Follow-up states it's actually from Zap Comix #7.

 

[EggsAckley]

Senior moment on my part.

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http://cgi.ebay.com/Underground-art-1972-splash-Compost-1-Tom-Gasparotti_W0QQitemZ150274238957QQihZ005QQcategoryZ972QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Underground-art-1972-Splash-enigma-1-Tom-Gasparotti_W0QQitemZ150274239229QQihZ005QQcategoryZ972QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[EggsAckley]

This Wonder Warthog page was reasonably priced.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180266286260&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=008

[groovyedwin]

phish, phish, phish, phish, phish, phish

 

don't support phishing

[50 Cent #II (1st)]

Looks like Heritage pulled the 3 Robert Williams pages...