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Mighty Hal

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    Original Comic Art
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    Original Comic Art Collector & Novelist
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  1.    Mighty Hal reacted to a post in a topic: The OFFICIAL "This week in your ORIGINAL ART collection?"
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  14. Mighty Hal
    I'm not yet a nerdcrawler bidder, but I appreciate following the old links to see the winning bids. Thanks for leaving them up.
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  16. Mighty Hal
    Beautiful work. Your tenacity paid off!
  17. Mighty Hal
    Great images! Congratulations on adding them to your collection. For those OA collectors who hunt first appearances, how much importance is placed on ads or promotional material? Will a first appearance in a comic book be viewed as more or less desirable than an earlier advertisement or promo?
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  21. Mighty Hal
    All pages have sold.
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  23. Mighty Hal
    To keep others from having to look this stuff up: Art by Pat Broderick, six issue series published by DC in 1986.
  24.    Twanj reacted to a post in a topic: Does paying overvalue for a piece of art change the way you view that art
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  26. Mighty Hal
    I suppose it depends on whether you're buying the OA because of the art or as an investment. At that price, probably both? Let me share my view from the Morlock tunnels. I've never spent five figures on a piece of comic, but I've gone four figures a couple of times. One of those times, I bought a panel page from a smaller dealer; a Jaime Hernandez L&R page. A fellow collector emailed me a few weeks later, asking if I had anything new, and I was happy to share my prize. "I've been watching that," he replied. "I wondered who overpaid for it." His comments didn't diminish how I felt about the page, only how I felt about HIM. Years later, I still love the artwork, enjoy looking at it several times a month, and would be sad if someone else had overpaid for it before me.
  27. Mighty Hal
    Gone.
  28. Mighty Hal
    This summer, I inquired about this splash. $450,000. Free shipping.
  29. Mighty Hal
    Dave Williams is such a talented artist. Type "David Williams" into ComicArtTracker, and you'll find some $200 pages at MGA (moregreatart.com). ComicArtTracker is a resource I use daily. Thanks, Nico!
  30. Mighty Hal
    Well, a pre-auction estimate of $400k plus. On the Felix podcast, didn't Jim Halperin say they tended to lowball their estimates? Enjoyed seeing the photo. Thanks!
  31. Mighty Hal
    I wonder if this will become the norm in the future. A couple of days ago, I emailed an artist to see if he still had the OA to a cover I liked. He did, but said, when the time came to let it go, he'd be consigning it to auction.
  32. Mighty Hal
    I'm beginning to think all OA collectors are not created equal. For me, anything close to $10k is a high-end piece!
  33. Mighty Hal
    So far, there are over 800 lots being offered. Some true treasures, but also some underwhelming pieces, to my eyes, anyway, with artwork I would normally expect to see in a Wednesday auction. Is this usual for one of their Signature events?
  34. Mighty Hal
    Krenkel is an amazing talent, but I only remember seeing his ERB-related work. In a nostalgia-based hobby, an artist will command the highest prices if he's worked on popular characters that achieved wide distribution. I haven't followed Roy's career, so I don't know how many "Greatest Hits" he's had. I do know it's tough to be nostalgic for material I've never seen.
  35. Mighty Hal
    Some collectors believe that any character appearance during a "first appearance issue" also counts as a 1st appearance of the character even if he or she was seen on the previous 10 pages. They call this a "first", but not a "birth" appearance, which is when a reader first sees that character.