A bit OT, but man this is cool.....

[spider9698]

Just got the catalog in the mail this weekend. Any guesses as to final hammer and where it ends up?

 

Link

 

[CAP Freak]

my estimation lies around 5.4 bajillion dollars

[Tatterdamillion]

I cannot believe that isn't in a museum. Strange.

[vodou]

I cannot believe that isn't in a museum. Strange.

 

Well the other 16 versions already are. It would be too bad if this one ends up in one too, after all the common man needs to have "dreams"!

[spider9698]

Having read the catalog, Ross Perot purchased it in the early 1980s for a mere 1.5 million. Guess it was kicked around for a few years before he bought it. He loaned it to the National Archives in DC where it stood next to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

I would have to imagine that either England or the US would go after it pretty aggressively.

 

[chrisco37]

Pretty darn cool. I remember seeing it at the Archives. I wonder who will end up winning it.

[heartened]

Pretty darn cool. I remember seeing it at the Archives. I wonder who will end up winning it.

 

This is very cool, thanks for posting! I've always been interested in historical documents, and possibly collecting them. Obviously not on this scale, though!

 

[chrisco37]

Pretty darn cool. I remember seeing it at the Archives. I wonder who will end up winning it.

 

This is very cool, thanks for posting! I've always been interested in historical documents, and possibly collecting them. Obviously not on this scale, though!

 

Yeah, that's a whole 'nother level there. Makes OA prices look like pittance.

 

I'm surprised that this is the only copy not in a museum. I thought for sure that Bangzoom would have one lying around somewhere.

[spider9698]

I believe BZ owns the 1215 version of the Magna Carta.

Sotheby's has put an estimate of 20-30 million on the piece. Without sounding "KRAZY" I would say 100+M is not out of the question.

 

[spider9698]

Hari

I heard that Perot is collecting twice up Romita ASM covers and needs the cash to buy one or two.

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[dem1138]

I'm putting in a thrill bid. Owning this piece would be the ultimate display of private ownership excess...

 

Stephen - you heard Romita? I heard it was Dark Knight and Watchmen art.

[spider9698]

$21.3 million.

Seems cheap if you ask me.

 

[delekkerste]

$21.3 million.

Seems cheap if you ask me.

 

The pre-sale estimate was $20 to $30 million, explicitly stated as before commission, which means it did not even meet the low end of estimates as the $21.3 million included the juice.

 

I agree, it does seem cheap compared to where a lot of comic art is being priced these days.

[spider9698]

You're right Gene. I would have to think Sotheby's was a bit disappointed by the results. Considering that JK Rowling's little Harry Potter book went for something like 4million a few weeks earlier. Tells you something about society and the minds of collectors.

 

[Tatterdamillion]

It probably would have done better if the auction better coincided with the National Treasure II movie premier.