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Showcase #22 in 6.5 

Find DC books right now, buy upper graded percentage of the total graded number, not low grade. Showcase #22 is a steal. Take the change and buy the highest graded tec 373 you can buy! How can it keep being overlooked ! It is the first real appearance using the name Mister freeze and technically a great 2nd appearance. 

I would Go with the better presenting copy.

I went into it thinking it was going to suck, it really was unique and refreshing. I hate the power change but they used one power in the first episode that marvel previously said was gone. I don't like the power coming from a bracelet but this does have a chance to be really cool. I get the feeling we are watching the future "comic books" as episodes.

Prices went crazy? Nice book, whats a 8.5 worth?

On 8/5/2019 at 1:54 PM, shadroch said:

Bob Storms has gotten me better prices than CL or Metropolis.

100 percent the way i would go. Heritage is definitely shilled, Heritage Auction times are goofy! they must miss 1000's of bids with their day time auction endings, Even with their notification system, people are working at those times!  All 3  hassle you instantly for payments and take their sweet time shipping books. Half the books you see set high prices, are back for sale within weeks. Heritage fees are also stupid.

On 1/15/2021 at 11:05 AM, www.alexgross.com said:

not neccessarily. heritage is allowed by texas law to shill bid its own stuff. final hammer only required one person to bid that amount. 

Agreed 100 percent. lots of shill bids on that site.

16 hours ago, alxjhnsn said:

Parsing the sentence yields the following:

1. A Marvel board was used.
2. A pencil drawing was placed on it (graphite)
3. The drawing was inked (rendered in ink)

Is it original art? Well, that sorta depends on your definition.

In general, we use the term "original art" to mean:

1. Published pages from a comic book (original comic [book] art)
2. Commissioned pages from published comic artists (commissions) featuring comic book characters
3. "Quick" sketches by published comic artists (sketches) featuring comic book characters

Art of comic related characters by unpublished artists is more correctly referred to as "fan art" or "original fan art."

Marvel boards are not rare and they can be manufactured so the presence or absence of a Marvel board doesn't mean much.

 

So, is what you are seeing original art? I'd say yes because recreations are art. Are they "original comic [book] art" as defined above? Nope. They are (usually) commissioned recreations though some may be done on speculation by an artist.

 

Does this help?

 

What are Blue lines? In this instance the art has blue lines, it is being called original but looks like a computer print out of the art that the artist goes over and finishes? if it is called original "published art" what stops them from going over blue lines again on another piece?

Hi,

Can someone please explain if "Rendered in ink over graphite on Marvel Bristol board" is original art? or art on blue lines? I see this more and more and it seems like they can recreate any piece this way? I don't know much about it and truly want some info, they are selling like original cover art?  thanks.

Was there a 9.8 #181(poison ivy) sold on here a while back by Roy? I cant remember if it was a 9.8 or a 9.6 and i think it was $12,000, anyone Know?

On 7/2/2020 at 10:47 AM, namisgr said:

AWESOME

On 7/28/2020 at 6:02 PM, batmiesta said:

Ghost Rider #10 9.8 $1100 with a day still to go on Clink ? WTF? 

finished at 2600. CRAZY!

Smart and fun !

On 5/13/2020 at 11:03 PM, Myowncollector said:

I sold off all xmen 1, giant size, ff 1 2 3 5 48 etc. I think there is going to be a surge alright but not the same direction you guys are talking about. 

Even if they would happen to go up I don't think it will be as much as other investment opportunities. Some of these I will pick up again in the future xmen 1, giant size ( even though story is a bore) ff5 and 49. FF 1 2 3 even 48. I like silver surfer but he's not on cover and find story boring. 49 is better for me. I have no interest in these as far as having in my collection. 

Low grade? Sold because you don't like them or think of them as an investment ?

DD #1 all day long , the cream will rise to the top. Avengers #1 is a great book, but team books with no firsts...

On 4/17/2020 at 2:41 PM, seanfingh said:

Isn't another way to look at this just simply that the movie hype money is gone for this book.  Most keys are inflated by speculator dollars and when the speculator money goes away it drops to where it finds an equilibrium with collectors.  It's not so much that it is cold or unloved or not a key or "being punished," it's just that the spec money is completely gone and never coming back - until there is a complete reboot (hopefully with J'onn J'onzz)

+100 on MMH

On 9/6/2019 at 3:02 PM, Point Five said:

Not directed to anyone in particular, but there was a great deal of recent unhappiness with CCS's work in this thread:

 

Matt does not press anymore? When he did the work was great!

,but why air this on the CGC site?

I finally watched season 2. I thought it was great! I hope they do something somewhere with him as castle. I loved it!

Watching some current auctions, there does seem to be a  slow down. Tons of inventory between all of the current sites.  Seems like Some old collectors are selling. Just an opinion but i would say inventory levels and asking prices have reached a saturation point. For now anyways. No market can go straight up and there is a lot of other worldly concern right now, I definitely would not be selling my books into the recent climate.

Yes, prices have gone nuts in last 5 years.

1 hour ago, comics4all said:

Well YOTVHA 3 is selling for about $40 to $50 so yeah make a quick profit & move on! 

whats the estimated orders of this book?

The book is really nice! congrats! looking close at the color breaks , tanning and the back cover i would not think it could get a 8.5.  I think a 7.5 could be possible looking at it quickly, not in hand. just an opinion. congrats again!

It was getting crazy, I think what we are seeing is very normal and healthy. Its nice to be able to buy again after a couple of crazy years of hype.

Patience and wait for an auction.

waiting on the silver pics?