Stefanomjr

My first time participating with a seller booth. Posted a bunch of "fresh" pieces and was surprised at how many examples I was willing to let go of, and surprised at how much fun I had creating my booth. Sold four pieces. Ghosted on one inquiry/offer. Overall had a good experience and look forward to next time. Thanks Bill.

Trick or treat smell my feet

Bloomberg article about soft art market and recent drop in auction results compared to 2022 highs. I'm surprised at how frequently the pieces in the article were being flipped. Don't think we have the same market dynamics on comic OA, however, we do seem to also be seeing a softening. A Softening Art Market Has Hit Last Year’s Auction Stars https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-20/soft-art-market-sends-collectors-on-search-for-the-next-big-trend-in-art

Did anyone that emailed about art successfully hear back and buy off the site? Ii got an auto reply about 6 weeks ago

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I've slowed down on both buying and posting. I suspect reasons for not posting fall into three buckets (for most) ONE No excuse not to post - I had a great X-Men #201 page that I sold via CLink last year - it was never on CAF. I can't speak to why I didn't post it. It represented a bunch of firsts for me: first Marvel page, first nostalgia page, first and only Leonardi page. I took plenty of photos but felt I never properly captured the image and so never felt the urge to share. On the other hand... TWO Posting the page only reinforces the already established theme on my CAF - I bought a glorious page last fall - the story behind the purchase is as epic as the page and I'll treasure the page forever...I've shared the page with a handful of collector friends, via email and text, so I could cut and paste a very long description that would accompany the page should I post it on CAF. But the page doesn't really offer any further insights into my collection. THREE First looks, wow factor - I've got art framed in the home office,I love my framed art but they've become commonplace artwork that I'm looking at every day. Conversely, art in my portfolio hits me harder when I pull the portfolios down from the closet shelves. Furthermore, the portfolio art that ISN'T on my CAF really stops me in my tracks. Maybe you can identify with one or all of the above. Let me know if there is a reason I missed.

I always assume the dealer bought outright at auction and is looking to flip but I guess, to your point, the dealer is just the "clearing house"?

Anyone there taking photos? Love to see

Remember seeing this piece and being so envious. Great Dani piece and the floating frame really works best. Great art and great framing choices

I'll be there.

Heeeey - I resemble that remark! (in the immortal words of the Three Stooges)

I've laid out what I'm after, year after year. The list hasn't changed but I've checked none of those boxes. So my plan is to keep adding to what I like.

So about $3500 per page (check my math) - which, lets face it, is basically what some modern art sells for!

Love his NF Wonder Woman

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