Recent Hake's Bargains? 2 2

[PhilipB2k17]

Damn! I am definitely gong to check out the next Hake's auction.

Anyone think the person who ended up with the Greg Hildebrandt painted Bettie Page cover got a deal?

https://hakes.com/Auction/ItemDetail/223321/BETTIE-PAGE-1-FRAMED-COMIC-BOOK-COVER-PAINTING-ORIGINAL-ART-BY-GREG-HILDEBRANDT

Someone also got a 70's Kirby Cap page (with Cap in costume) for under $4K.

https://hakes.com/Auction/ItemDetail/221868/JACK-KIRBY-CAPTAIN-AMERICA-ANNUAL-4-COMIC-BOOK-PAGE-ORIGINAL-ART

And, holy Hell, a really nice Aparo Batman title page (from the flagship "Batman," title, no less) for under $1400!

https://hakes.com/Auction/ItemDetail/221885/BATMAN-434-COMIC-BOOK-PAGE-ORIGINAL-ART-BY-JIM-APARO

 

[comix4fun]

1 hour ago, PhilipB2k17 said:

Damn! I am definitely gong to check out the next Hake's auction.

Anyone think the person who ended up with the Greg Hildebrandt painted Bettie Page cover got a deal?

https://hakes.com/Auction/ItemDetail/223321/BETTIE-PAGE-1-FRAMED-COMIC-BOOK-COVER-PAINTING-ORIGINAL-ART-BY-GREG-HILDEBRANDT

 

 

No....

[malvin]

I use to buy at Hakes more when it was more obscure, but I haven't noticed any bargains on stuff I know the past few auctions.  Plus with their bidding increments (10% more) it might be a bargain at the current price but the next bid would negate that.

Malvin

[GotSuperPowers?]

And it should also be showing to sellers it's not the place to offer your art...

[BCarter27]

3 hours ago, PhilipB2k17 said:

And, holy Hell, a really nice Aparo Batman title page (from the flagship "Batman," title, no less) for under $1400!

With only one Bat panel, I personally wouldn't pay more than $600. Seems like they rode the recent Aparo wave a bit.

[Rick2you2]

7 hours ago, BCarter27 said:

With only one Bat panel, I personally wouldn't pay more than $600. Seems like they rode the recent Aparo wave a bit.

And it's also pretty late for an Aparo piece. I think his earlier stuff was better.

[batman_fan]

I agree, I think the days of getting a "good" deal on Hakes Auctions are long over

[Dick O.]

The $3.5k Lim Silver Surfer #36 page went about as expected

 

[romitaman]

 I saw no great deals here...... cap page a decent buy. i sold this exact cap annual 4 page for 4k at the end of 2016.

[1Toy2Many]

Everything was pretty much right in line with what we expected, with the lone shocking exception (from my POV) being the Alex Ross page from Marvels.  I thought for sure that would go for 7-8k but that was my best guess and I feel bad for the seller's sake because I was off with my initial estimate to him.  I do my best and it pisses me off when I miss.  I try really hard not to steer anybody the wrong way. 

I also expected the Kirby Cap page to hit 4k and I was prepared to go $4500 on it personally, but another comparable 70s Kirby Cap page sold in May for $3600.  The Romita Jr/Sr ASM page was a wildcard, too, as I figured it was a $4500 page but could go for anywhere in the $3500-6500 range.  The Feldstein recreation surprised me the other way at 6k when I thought it would go around 4k.  I figured $200k on the Frazetta covers, though I expected $125k and $75k and they instead ended up with both in the same general range.  I do feel it was a solid auction with accurate FMV pricing and it gave us another step towards our long-term goals.      

[batman_fan]

6 hours ago, 1Toy2Many said:

Everything was pretty much right in line with what we expected, with the lone shocking exception (from my POV) being the Alex Ross page from Marvels.  I thought for sure that would go for 7-8k but that was my best guess and I feel bad for the seller's sake because I was off with my initial estimate to him.  I do my best and it pisses me off when I miss.  I try really hard not to steer anybody the wrong way. 

I also expected the Kirby Cap page to hit 4k and I was prepared to go $4500 on it personally, but another comparable 70s Kirby Cap page sold in May for $3600.  The Romita Jr/Sr ASM page was a wildcard, too, as I figured it was a $4500 page but could go for anywhere in the $3500-6500 range.  The Feldstein recreation surprised me the other way at 6k when I thought it would go around 4k.  I figured $200k on the Frazetta covers, though I expected $125k and $75k and they instead ended up with both in the same general range.  I do feel it was a solid auction with accurate FMV pricing and it gave us another step towards our long-term goals.      

Congrats on the results. I am looking forward to either Peanuts artwork or Aurora model kits in your upcoming auctions 

[1Toy2Many]

15 hours ago, batman_fan said:

Congrats on the results. I am looking forward to either Peanuts artwork or Aurora model kits in your upcoming auctions 

Thank you much!  Truly appreciate it.  I almost pulled the trigger on the Cap Aurora model earlier this year but hesitated because I always get distracted by the OA.  I'm probably going to regret it one day.  As for Schulz art, we have a line on a few pieces and I expect we'll have some in the near future.  Our plan is to limit our art selection to keep it inline with the other sections/genres in the catalog, but Schulz Peanuts art is almost always eligible for inclusion at any time. 

 

[batman_fan]

46 minutes ago, 1Toy2Many said:

Thank you much!  Truly appreciate it.  I almost pulled the trigger on the Cap Aurora model earlier this year but hesitated because I always get distracted by the OA.  I'm probably going to regret it one day.  As for Schulz art, we have a line on a few pieces and I expect we'll have some in the near future.  Our plan is to limit our art selection to keep it inline with the other sections/genres in the catalog, but Schulz Peanuts art is almost always eligible for inclusion at any time. 

 

I picked up these three from Hakes auctions