Payal Yusaf Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Hello all, I just got this sketch by David Finch at New York Comic Con and submitted it there for signature series (it was approved as a signature series witness watched him draw it). Assuming that this book gets a 9.8, what do you guys think this is worth and why? Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites
John E. Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 You posted in the wrong forum, which might be why you're not getting replies. This forum is reserved for art that is actually for sale. Otherwise, there's a Bizarro head sketch on auction right now on eBay with a $100 bid. Follow that to give your a baseline. However well or poorly it does, give Superman one bid increment plus the cost of the CGC fees. That should give you a rough idea of the value. Otherwise, it's a nice sketch of a good looking guy--if the "S" was present it would likely have fetched you more of a premium. Just my -- the market wants what it wants and I don't care for Finch's art, however nice it may be. I've just sold enough sketch covers to know that 9 out of 10 times they yield disappointing results. Link to post Share on other sites
Payal Yusaf Posted October 28, 2017 Author Share Posted October 28, 2017 I got the book back and it received a 9.8 WHITE. If anyone is interested in purchasing it then please reply to this message. Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites
allthingskryptonite Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 If anybody is interested in the whereabouts of this book. This book recently popped on eBay auction. It seems the suggestion in the board was taken and the art was modified by another artist Ryan Kincaid, who added an "S" and also colored it. Sadly, I couldn't win the book on auction. It sold for slightly less than 150$ and a week later appeared on Amazon for a flat price of 999$!! John E. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Dwitkin82 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 19 hours ago, allthingskryptonite said: If anybody is interested in the whereabouts of this book. This book recently popped on eBay auction. It seems the suggestion in the board was taken and the art was modified by another artist Ryan Kincaid, who added an "S" and also colored it. Sadly, I couldn't win the book on auction. It sold for slightly less than 150$ and a week later appeared on Amazon for a flat price of 999$!! Yes I saw that as well....I also bid on it and was upset to see someone get it only to try and flip it within a week.....it was worth more than the $140 it should for but whoever got it is out of their mind... John E. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
John E. Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Wow...it was nicely colored and the “S” added and it still couldn’t break a $150 bid???? My guess wasn’t too far off then. Also looks like someone cracked the slab to get it colored and paid again to slab it...the slabbing alone is almost $100 Link to post Share on other sites
Dwitkin82 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Yea...I got busy at work when it was ending I think and didn't pay attention.....although I am a fan of Ryan Kincaid, I personally would have preferred it stay a Finch sketch only. From a value standpoint, I think his name alone carries more long-term clout. When you add in the colors/ink, although still a beautiful sketch some might say it de-valued the piece.. too each their own.....either way, I wanted it and I missed out...perhaps I'll offer him $145 Link to post Share on other sites
allthingskryptonite Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 David Finch nowadays charges 350$ per sketch art. If I had the power of omniscience and knew the max bid was in the ballpark of 150$, I would certainly bid higher!! :( That being said, I doubt anyone would meet the ask price of the current seller. Link to post Share on other sites
revat Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 I love me some Finch, but I love the super overdetailed styling of his covers. I'm not really too into this headsketch, and certainly not with a rando (I know not totally rando) coloring. I'd only get something colored if it was VERY commonly known that the artist and colorer and/or inker work together. Otherwise I don't see it boosting the value. But I will say this: I do kinda like it when people who care about nothing but quick profit ask random internet strangers for advice instead of putting in a bit of time and effort themselves, then they end up losing money because of their laziness. I don't like it enough to give disingenuous information (I don't think that's what happened here), but I do like it. Money isn't easy to make, and it isn't free, which you'd think would be common knowledge. People swing by the threads all the time looking for free quick financial advice, good luck with all that. John E. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Complex306 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) Don't mean to necro an old thread, but I came across this while doing some David Finch sketch research, and happened to ALSO come across the Superman sketch in question over at my local Ebay. As an Unsolved Mysteries update, the seller is asking $800, probably the same guy that was trying to hawk it on Amazon. Thought someone else might find that as amusing as I did. Additionally, my imagination ran wild with this for some reason and now I have this idea for a one-shot comic where someone gets a cursed commission piece, and sells it for less than he paid, right before inexplicably disappearing. Each subsequent owner also loses money on it, and also goes missing. The comic gets passed down through the ages from owner to owner, who all end up missing afterwards, until the mystery is finally unraveled. In the end the final owner manages to break the curse by making a profit after purchasing it for $6.50 at a flea market and flipping it for $8.75 on Craigslist. Edited October 27, 2020 by Complex306 Will_K, John E. and philsbackpack 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
