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I just added a great Ed McG Black Widow piece to my gallery! CAF Link Thanks for looking Malvin

Hi Folks, mid-auction bump. I have one item in the current Comiclink Featured Auction, A Will Eisner Connie Rodd Pinup from his time at Preventative Maintenance Magazine for the US army. It's currently at $400 Comiclink Link Thanks for looking Malvin

Sure, I'll tease. Mine will include: 1. A Chris Samnee Avengers Cover 2. A Zeck pinup from the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe 3. An Adam Hughes Convention Commission 4. A Bob Brown Dectective Comics page from the 60's 5. A Steve Dillon Punisher splash And other art by Todd McFarlane, Cliff Chiang, Ron Lim and Phil Jimenez And to offer a full range, art under $20! Malvin

It's basically a recreation then. If you want the published image, that's not it but it's still a hand drawn original from the artist Malvin

I didn't see any softening in the OA market here. I think some of the lower end stuff were a bit cheap, but ~$20 bucks here and there on sub $100 pages doesn't mean much. Malvin

Congrats, always great to hear someone get what they really wanted Malvin

ok, what's everyone's take, over or under the 2017 finish? mine is under. Then again I didn't think it would hit $72K then. Malvin

yup, once a collection gets to a certain breadth and size, there won't be a collector that will collect all of it. Any collector that does buy would only be interested in a sub set and sell the rest. You might as well do the same if you are looking to get out. Especially if you can wait. Malvin

Now that I read the ebay description its the same person and he is promoting the Clink auction. Malvin

Hi Folks, I have one item in the current Comiclink Featured Auction, A Will Eisner Connie Rodd Pinup from his time at Preventative Maintenance Magazine for the US army. It's currently at $210 Comiclink Link Thanks for looking Malvin

although now that I look at the ebay listing, Brazil is a red flag to me (Sorry any Brazillian boards) Maybe the ebay listing is a scam Malvin

Yeah, I think its the same owner. He likely didn't take down his ebay listing after consigning it to clink. Malvin

It's too vague to give any advice/estimates. At the end of the day OA valuation is primarily about nostalgia (artistry can play a part too). So it's how many people read it, loved it and would want the original. The "obscure" and the "historical significance" part counteract each other. I always want to say "obscure" counteracts the "historical significance". If it is an obscure character like "Pajama Man", would people really care if it's his historically significant origin story? Malvin

Yup, signatures are nice to have but doesn't impact art value. If the artist is really hard to get (e.g. Todd McFarlane) the art is already worth a lot so the signature doesn't impact the value much. Malvin

as others said, not paying. They can't make you pay. They can kick you off ebay (or an unpaid item strike) but they can't make you pay. Malvin