HA May Auction, lots of great art ! 3 3

[Bronty]

Seems like in the current market, Richard got a great deal with that "Spider-man" frazetta piece.

[Bronty]

1 minute ago, delekkerste said:

My comments via Instant Messenger to a friend before and during the Frazetta bidding (some comments redacted to make this less offensive than it already is):

- If Death Dealer gets any more bids, I'm going to break s***

- NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

- FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

- OH HELL NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

- HOW [censored] STUPID ARE PEOPLE

- OMFG

- FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF[censored]

- MOAR!!!

- HOLY HELL

- NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MAKE IT STOP

- MAKE IT STOP

I was in the middle of something when it went down, or I'm sure I would have let loose with the profanities myself.   Nuts.

Edited May 10, 2018 by Bronty

[Bronty]

113k for that FF splash isn't bad either considering the inks are wonky.    Battle ish though.

[Bronty]

I bet the doom half splash does great too

[ESeffinga]

I remember a conversation that went something along the lines of what will be the first piece to break 1 Mil, and the one piece people thought would do it would be DD1 if it ever came up. If this one is 1.5, what's 1 gonna hammer at if the family lets it go?

[Bronty]

Just now, ESeffinga said:

I remember a conversation that went something along the lines of what will be the first piece to break 1 Mil, and the one piece people thought would do it would be DD1 if it ever came up. If this one is 1.5, what's 1 gonna hammer at if the family lets it go?

This one was 1.8 (1.5 was before premium if you can believe that).    Who knows on #1.   more.

[BCarter27]

3 minutes ago, delekkerste said:

- If Death Dealer gets any more bids, I'm going to break s***

How much was DD1 at Metropolis? $1.0-1.5M? Maybe I am misremembering. Either way, it wasn't that long ago.

[Bronty]

Just now, Bronty said:

I bet the doom half splash does great too

65k.  

[delekkerste]

Just now, Bronty said:

113k for that FF splash isn't bad either considering the inks are wonky.    Battle ish though.

Very memorable splash from a very memorable issue (might have been the first Lee/Kirby FF issue I ever read).  Glad I didn't spend too much time thinking about bidding on it, though.

[Bronty]

Just now, delekkerste said:

Very memorable splash from a very memorable issue (might have been the first Lee/Kirby FF issue I ever read).  Glad I didn't spend too much time thinking about bidding on it, though.

I get it.   I just wish the Thing's eyes didn't make him look like a raccoon.

[ESeffinga]

Gah. I've gotta hit the road in a few. I'm going to miss all the fun of saying "WTF" over and over again during that NM98

[Bronty]

Just now, ESeffinga said:

Gah. I've gotta hit the road in a few. I'm going to miss all the fun of saying "WTF" over and over again during that NM98

 

I have to say I think this Platinum format is really working out for them.    

[delekkerste]

Just now, BCarter27 said:

How much was DD1 at Metropolis? $1.0-1.5M? Maybe I am misremembering. Either way, it wasn't that long ago.

I think DD 4 was around that price, and DD 2 a little more than that, but DD 1 I believe was at least $4 million, if not more. 

[Matches_Malone]

NM98 breaks $75K

[batman_fan]

I have already gone through a full box of depends watching the final hammer on some of these pieces 

[Matches_Malone]

Guess not 

[NinjaSealed]

These Jim Lee prices are wrong in relation to each other.

[Bronty]

Just now, batman_fan said:

I have already gone through a full box of depends watching the final hammer on some of these pieces 

Seriously!

[Bronty]

Just now, NinjaSealed said:

These Jim Lee prices are wrong in relation to each other.

It was strange to see the FF piece go for almost as much as the Xmen.

I am guessing there is a cap on what a Lee will really go for. 

[delekkerste]

$65,725 for the UXM #248 cover.  I think some people were looking for more, but, I think #248 is more significant as a comic book than it is a great piece of art (no Wolvie, Cyclops, Rogue, etc., no Williams inks, early-and-not-yet-mature-Lee style, etc.)