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A Simple Discussion on Walking Dead Original Art Prices
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delekkerste

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53 minutes ago, Nexus said:

https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/09/27/gallery-walking-dead-collection-art/

More than 500 pieces of WD art plus 750 WD comic books in the collection. :whatthe: 

Zero surprise that James is moving on to other life priorities and pursuits and not just cashing out to fund a bigger WD purchase.  

Good luck to him and the sale!  I'm sure I'll be bidding on a page or two at least.  ;)   

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Hope this all works out for him... I don't know the gentleman, but everyone here seems to be speaking well of him. I just don't get the point of dropping it all at once, I have to imagine some amount of value is lost... though I guess there may be a sweetheart deal with ComicConnect that might help close that gap.

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5 minutes ago, vodou said:

Roughly 13% of all to date?

yes, approximately. That's a significant slice of a popular long-running title like TWD. I know he publicly was looking for key moments of the story and most likely paid well for them, but I hope he at least got the bulk of his collection before the big run-up in prices (i.e. before 2012).

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41 minutes ago, Hekla said:

yes, approximately. That's a significant slice of a popular long-running title like TWD. I know he publicly was looking for key moments of the story and most likely paid well for them, but I hope he at least got the bulk of his collection before the big run-up in prices (i.e. before 2012).

After.

He was the 800 lb. gorilla for just about all WD art for a 2-3 year stretch. The exception being covers. He had some real competition there from a collecting tandem, who appeared to only go after covers. But for interiors, it was pretty much all James.

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1 hour ago, Hekla said:

yes, approximately. That's a significant slice of a popular long-running title like TWD. I know he publicly was looking for key moments of the story and most likely paid well for them, but I hope he at least got the bulk of his collection before the big run-up in prices (i.e. before 2012).

Most of it was bought after 2012. IIRC James was originally drawn in by the TV show not the comic. He's a really nice guy and I wish him the best of luck with the sale, just read the Bleeding Cool article and the reason for selling doesn't surprise me... I sometimes feel that this hobby requires me to be a bit selfish with my time & money when I think about who really gets all the enjoyment out of it and what else I could be doing instead.

It feels like things are coming full circle and it's due a correction. The big spikes in prices on the secondary market have eventually driven up prices at source to a point where a new / recent page with a character (first appeared in #98) putting in eyedrops chatting to a pretty insignificant support character (first appeared in #148) is being offered for $275 http://www.splashpageart.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=36248&ArtistId=84 . ...maybe that's still helps the pages that do sell (shrug) but there are almost 900 pages being offered now.

If I compare it to a non-superhero book to from when I was younger (and I could only think of one that I had stuck with for just as long... longer), if I am honest with myself there are only a handful of issues and moments out of that run way back when that I really remain interested in out of all of it. I have been watching TWD OA for a while and it's still delivering homework, it's going to be interesting to see what happens. I know that these ramblings aren't really that insightful or a revelation to a lot of people who have been in the hobby far too long... but those of us who haven't have to learn from somewhere :)

I think the better pages will do ok considering the amount of exposure this is getting... but I also expect it to be a lot better value than what we are currently seeing from source or on ebay O.o*looks*  *scrolls*. Certainly worth a pop if you have enjoyed or still enjoy the book, for me it just depends on what else in my wheelhouse appears from now until then.

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delekkerste

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2 hours ago, Hekla said:

500+ pages = ~ 23 issues  :whatthe:

A decent chunk of those are probably those production art pieces from the TV show that the article references, some of which I believe I saw up on the Comic Connect site.  But, yeah, still a ton of material that's going to hit the market over the next year or so's worth of CC auctions. 

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29 minutes ago, Garf said:

IIRC James was originally drawn in by the TV show not the comic.

Wow, finally I've found the unicorn that I've read so much about. The person pulled into high-priced comic-related collectibles thanks to an introduction to the property via another medium.

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52 minutes ago, Nexus said:

After.

He was the 800 lb. gorilla for just about all WD art for a 2-3 year stretch. The exception being covers. He had some real competition there from a collecting tandem, who appeared to only go after covers. But for interiors, it was pretty much all James.

Ouch.   Hard to imagine he doesn't take a serious bath but presumably he's pretty successful to have been able to buy it all in the first place.

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Nexus

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6 minutes ago, Bronty said:

Ouch.   Hard to imagine he doesn't take a serious bath but presumably he's pretty successful to have been able to buy it all in the first place.

I hope he doesn't, either. But unless every lot has a reserve, I have to imagine at least some of the art will be had for a "discount" (relative to what James originally paid).

An opportunity for those who just want the art, and aren't concerned the reigning king is vacating the throne.

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PhilipB2k17

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2 hours ago, Nexus said:

After.

He was the 800 lb. gorilla for just about all WD art for a 2-3 year stretch. The exception being covers. He had some real competition there from a collecting tandem, who appeared to only go after covers. But for interiors, it was pretty much all James.

In other words, he probably was the most responsible for driving WD OA prices. 

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