MrBedrock Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 49 minutes ago, Mmehdy said: If you have repetitive material such as 10 buster browns or a ton of Robert Crumb originals the spreading works and you will maximize price as Ha has done on Eric's underground art collection..here where the mistake was they was no overlap of material so throw it out on the market and the part of the reason must be that Jon himself feels the market as peaked is not gonna wait over time to see a decrease in market value, make no mistake Jon is smart and has been there and done that...he has seen prices go from 5 bucks to 5000. Where this back fires is its just too much material on the market at the same time and buyers are gonna be tapped out, the smarter way was for Jon to take his mid grade material and put it on Ha weekly auctions...amazing that last year they almost did 30 Mil which was more than the signature auctions total. Especially if he is not gonna grade 90% of the books, further, unless CC man's up Ha has the best catalog and website. so be it, its Jon's collection but the market can only take so much material before prices are impacted. I would of spread the material out and consigned BOTH CC and HA and put material where both can maximize the best return. The brilliance of Jon's and ComicConnect's method is that they knew putting all of the material in one auction would cause Mmehdy to return to pontificating on the CGC boards. Jon Berk and ComicConnect...true visionaries! porcupine48 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 5 hours ago, Pickie said: Wait. Do you think Jon Berk will read this eventually? 5 hours ago, Pickie said: Is this him on page 3 ? 5 hours ago, comicjack said: I don't think so Well, he shows up on several pages throughout this thread, like this one here below from Page 24: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 (edited) On 3/11/2017 at 7:43 PM, Sqeggs said: Edited March 14, 2017 by lou_fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SushiX Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 27 minutes ago, lou_fine said: Mr.berk looks so sad in this picture. ? it's very understandable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 27 minutes ago, SushiX said: Mr.berk looks so sad in this picture. ? it's very understandable. Sad did not occur to me when I saw that picture. I thought he was simply undertaking a deeper and thoughtful analysis of the artwork he was looking at and appreciating it for all it is. jbcomicbox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zolnerowich Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 31 minutes ago, lou_fine said: Sad did not occur to me when I saw that picture. I thought he was simply undertaking a deeper and thoughtful analysis of the artwork he was looking at and appreciating it for all it is. I concur. It was probably an intense experience for Jon, being put under the spotlight like that, but he seemed pretty happy, relaxed, and loving the chit-chat about his collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 (edited) I found this while searching for some photos. These are Jon's Church copies Edited March 14, 2017 by adamstrange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Inaflash 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I definitely plan to be at the ready as soon as this auction opens up so I can have the high bid on many of these items for a few minutes Ricksneatstuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 5 minutes ago, batman_fan said: I definitely plan to be at the ready as soon as this auction opens up so I can have the high bid on many of these items for a few minutes Instead of dancing away like a crazy banana, your other half might be being giving you the old smackdown if you still have any of the high bids left at the end of any of these auctions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 4 minutes ago, lou_fine said: Instead of dancing away like a crazy banana, your other half might be being giving you the old smackdown if you still have any of the high bids left at the end of any of these auctions. I actually put together a pretty nice war chest for this one Either I am walking away with at least one book or the person that wins it will be walking funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 22 minutes ago, batman_fan said: 28 minutes ago, lou_fine said: Instead of dancing away like a crazy banana, your other half might be being giving you the old smackdown if you still have any of the high bids left at the end of any of these auctions. I actually put together a pretty nice war chest for this one Well, in that case, the Fantastic 3 is definitely calling out your name then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 2 minutes ago, lou_fine said: Well, in that case, the Fantastic 3 is definitely calling out your name then. I said pretty nice, not amazing ! Although below a certain level I will be bidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 11 minutes ago, lou_fine said: 35 minutes ago, batman_fan said: I actually put together a pretty nice war chest for this one Well, in that case, the Fantastic 3 is definitely calling out your name then. 7 minutes ago, batman_fan said: I said pretty nice, not amazing ! Although below a certain level I will be bidding. Definitely not the right tone to be sending on a public message board. You gotta act and talk like a confident whale in order to bluff your way to the big win. Especially if you want to scarce away all of the Big Fishes from even daring to place a bid against you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 1 minute ago, lou_fine said: Definitely not the right tone to be sending on a public message board. You gotta act and talk like a confident whale in order to bluff your way to the big win. Especially if you want to scarce away all of the Big Fishes from even daring to place a bid against you. Sadly everyone already knows I am a poser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SushiX Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I'm a noob so I was wondering what is the average amount is considered "good" in cash for a auction like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 1 minute ago, SushiX said: I'm a noob so I was wondering what is the average amount is considered "good" in cash for a auction like this? It all depends on what you are seriously chasing. If I were seriously going after the Church Fantastic 3, I would want something in the $150k to $200k. If I was going after some of the pre hero More Funs, probably $5k to $10k would be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 5 minutes ago, SushiX said: I'm a noob so I was wondering what is the average amount is considered "good" in cash for a auction like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 1 minute ago, batman_fan said: It all depends on what you are seriously chasing. If I were seriously going after the Church Fantastic 3, I would want something in the $150k to $200k. If I was going after some of the pre hero More Funs, probably $5k to $10k would be good. Well outside my comfort zone, that's for sure. Where are the extensively restored books? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 3 minutes ago, piper said: Well outside my comfort zone, that's for sure. Where are the extensively restored books? On eBay but sadly they are priced at 2x to 3x the value ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
