CollectingFool

I never got to meet the silver age greats who's art I admired growing up but I did have the good fortune to be able to connect with Alex Toth before he passed. At the time I was collecting Zatanna sketches and he did this one for me. I've gotten a lot of sketches and commissions over the years of varying quality but this one is special to me.

I am not defending these practices at all. Just here to say that if you think Rich and Steve are the only ones that have done this type of thing you are very naive.

Damn, you're too quick. I realized my mistake and went back to delete my comment but someone already responded.

Funny you would list Bolland Judge Dredd and not Bolland Wonder Woman. There are definitely WW covers that shatter the $20K barrier.

I love prelims, specifically cover prelims. Some are better than others though IMO: Early Marvel and DC cover prelims are really cool. The ones on the official Marvel paper that were used by a layout artist to show the penciler what they want or for the editor to approve Some more current artist have some great prelims out there: Brian Bolland Adam Hughes Frank Cho (Liberty Meadows in particular) If you're lucky you can find a one that's well finished and get a nice example. They are much harder to come by now but they are still out there.

I understood exactly what you meant. There are plenty of investors that follow Buffett's moves for the same reason. Although other than certain buyer's purchases, I'd like to know an example or two of "forces" in this hobby you're referring to.

I've met Gene and he seems like a nice enough guy. I think there's a bit of hero worship here just because he has the ability to spend money. "Gene is definitely a savvy buyer and I have seen the market move forward after he has made purchases - Elvgren and Herriman works to name two." I didn't know Gene was the Warren Buffett of illustration and comic art. Time to sell Berkshire-Hathaway and buy WD pages! It baffles me how people insist on treating funny pictures like they're blue chip investments. IMO the market rises and falls on the actions of maybe 15 - 20 people who control a lot of the supply. For the one-off super rare high-end stuff, every sale is unique and can't be predicted with certainty. That was true a few years ago and I think it's still true now.

Because he has no pages left? Or because by now anyone that bought one from him at "Miller" prices doesn't have it anymore or wouldn't care? Just guessing.

Five years. Maybe six.

That's a beautiful Krazy Kat.

Quality is something someone else thinks will go up in value.

The 10 points of advice given are perfect for those that view the hobby as a place to park their money and are looking for a good return in the future. It treats comic OA like a commodity and just slightly different from a stock certificate. I think it's exactly what most people entering the hobby today are looking for. To me, they are all alien concepts.

Does this line make anyone else feel incredibly old?

Funny thing is even with the current "network of comic-book experts" around today it was Bolland himself that discovered it. Scroll down to the entry of 5/18/2010 http://www.brianbolland.net/news.html

Paraphrase this a little and it could be said about a lot of comic art these days.