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Thanks for the input guys - very much appreciated. While it’s irksome, the risk of losing the existing bidders - and yes, the appearance of a problem or markdown if relisting later - has me inclined to just stay the course.

Taking kind of an informal poll. I have an item listed with Heritage in the upcoming Signature auction and they botched the catalog listing. It’s a color Romita Sr prelim of the DF Spidey/Goblin poster - listed correctly on the website but with the wrong picture in the auction catalog (which has a Superman pencil page). Heritage has offered to either lower the seller percentage for the snafu or relist in the Summer Signature auction. I personally do page through the catalog but by and large depend on the website - but that’s me. How much traction does the catalog get? Is it worth losing the 10 bidders and 90+ trackers to pull the item? This is a Sunday automated auction listing so it’s a small pic in the catalog - not a major player piece. Pull and relist or stay the course?

Mike sent out an email that he was attending - booths 3804-3806

Thanks! Yup - it certainly exceeded my target as well - but what good is sensibility when emotions are at play

Agreed. I won the Joker splash. I was in love with that series as a kid - my favorite bad guy has his own book? - and Novick’s version is one of my favorites. I own about half the pages from the first issue, but quality pages have been hard to come by so I had to jump at this one

What JJ said - the examples you posted are what is considered large art. The $148k Heritage page was small art. I’m still pretty amazed by the price

Wow - I guess technically this is just short of a half-splash, but looks like the high end market is going full steam ahead - SVB default be damned is this the highest paid at auction for a Romita small-art panel page ever? With all the focus right now on the Signature auction this one almost passed right by me… John Romita Sr. and Jim Mooney Amazing Spider-Man #69 Story Page 11 Original Art (Marvel, 1969).... https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/story-page/john-romita-sr-and-jim-mooney-amazing-spider-man-69-story-page-11-original-art-marvel-1969-/a/7344-51102.s

The line gets further blurred because those same dealers are also on the auction sites - and if they overpay who cares? They’re establishing a new “baseline” they’ll profit from down the road

A lot of the DC style-guide images were heavily merchandised. Strong prices for sure - but lots of nostalgia there… I had a lunchbox with that Batman/Joker image

$90k after juice and seven Fair Warnings. Wow

They have the ASM 197 cover listed as Dave Cockrum pencils. But every other source I’ve seen - including previous Heritage auctions of the CGC book - lists Keith Pollard as the cover artist 🤔

Only one in continuity

Thanks! Yeah, the lack of continuity actually worked to my advantage - content and artists are king for me here - and the price would have been crazy had this been a Detective or Batman book.

I won the Adams/Giordano Batman-Joker cover. Considering the awesome splash from that “issue” recently went for 13k I wasn’t overly surprised with what I had to pay - despite the fact that the book isn’t part of true Batman continuity. 70s Joker is a huge focus of my “collecting wheelhouse” - I had won the Infantino Joker pin up a couple years ago that I remembered so fondly (ex Mego) - really my ultimate Joker “grail” - but had wanted an Adams Joker page for a long, long time. When the page appeared in the Heritage Platinum mailer card a couple months ago - an Adams Joker cover! - my eyes popped out of my head and I knew it was going to be a tough fight for anyone trying to keep it from me ;) I love everything about this cover - the black background, large Batman and Robin figures, the oversized Joker head - I’m absolutely thrilled. I honestly could care less about Batman continuity on this - it’s getting framed and placed on my Joker wall where it will remain forever. And at least I didn’t have to pay $1,700,000