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The DC Collection Is COMPLETE.
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Ken Aldred

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On 3/8/2020 at 12:28 AM, FlyingDonut said:

If you like Northern Soul (and it is a very acquired taste) Ian puts out a extremely well done podcast.

There's a BBC documentary on Wigan Casino and Northern Soul during which he makes a brief appearance.

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16 hours ago, mrwoogieman said:

Best of luck to Ian on the sale of his complete DC collection through Sotheby's!

 

https://www.sothebys.com/en/series/dc-complete-the-ian-levine-collection

 

 

 

Didn't he sell the collection some years ago?  Is he the consignor or did the new owner just keep Ian's name on it for marketing value? 

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46 minutes ago, delekkerste said:

Is he the consignor or did the new owner just keep Ian's name on it for marketing value? 

According to a blurb in ArtNet News from Art Market Monitor, it looks like Ian is consignor:

Sotheby’s Sells Rare Comics Online – Looking for some reading material during your lockdown? A collection of some 40,000 DC comics featuring superheroes Wonder Woman, The Flash, Superman, and Batman is on offer in a private Sotheby’s sale. British music producer Ian Levine is the consignor of the comics, which date from the 1930s to 2014. They will be offered as a single lot. (Art Market Monitor)

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1 hour ago, DanCooper said:

According to a blurb in ArtNet News from Art Market Monitor, it looks like Ian is consignor:

Sotheby’s Sells Rare Comics Online – Looking for some reading material during your lockdown? A collection of some 40,000 DC comics featuring superheroes Wonder Woman, The Flash, Superman, and Batman is on offer in a private Sotheby’s sale. British music producer Ian Levine is the consignor of the comics, which date from the 1930s to 2014. They will be offered as a single lot. (Art Market Monitor)

Which makes no sense because on his twitter he said he sold them 12 years ago.

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11 minutes ago, Anfield Fox said:

Which makes no sense because on his twitter he said he sold them 12 years ago.

Here's the Tweet.

12 years ago?  Back in 2008??  So whoever bought them kept buying every DC comic until 2014???

I guess a lot of writers are just inferring that he's the consignor without basis in fact. 

EDIT:  All the details revealed on his FB page:

Facebook, Twitter, and the entire internet is buzzing about me selling my DC Comics Collection. But they all got it wrong. In 2008 I sold them to my dear friend, John Barton, for a tiny fraction of their value with the intention of being allowed to keep them in my house until I died. But when DC ended all their runs and reverted to restarting at number one for them all, I was so sickened that I gave him permission to sell them. They were all taken away around 2015 and every comic was examined and graded by Paul Sassiene, comic expert, for Sotherbys. I rather resent everybody assuming I'm the one who's selling them, having given up the ownership twelve years ago. Sotherby's have had them for five years now so I'm bemused that the story has suddenly become public. Fifty years hard, devoted, dedicated work, and all I ever got back was a mere fraction of what I paid for them, yet they will always be known as The Ian Levine Collection.

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2 hours ago, DanCooper said:

According to a blurb in ArtNet News from Art Market Monitor, it looks like Ian is consignor:

Sotheby’s Sells Rare Comics Online – Looking for some reading material during your lockdown? A collection of some 40,000 DC comics featuring superheroes Wonder Woman, The Flash, Superman, and Batman is on offer in a private Sotheby’s sale. British music producer Ian Levine is the consignor of the comics, which date from the 1930s to 2014. They will be offered as a single lot. (Art Market Monitor)

 

17 minutes ago, Anfield Fox said:

Which makes no sense because on his twitter he said he sold them 12 years ago.

 

9 minutes ago, delekkerste said:

Here's the Tweet.

12 years ago?  Back in 2008??  So whoever bought them kept buying every DC comic until 2014???

I guess a lot of writers are just inferring that he's the consignor without basis in fact. 

Over in Gold they say that he did indeed sell it years ago and that the buyer is currently decided to pass the collection off to someone else.   Levine had a stroke a number of years ago and that seems to be the time period in which he originally sold the collection.     EDIT:  The second thread is a bit more informative with the information you guys might be seeking. 

 

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14 hours ago, chrisco37 said:

The Double Action #2 was the most horribly over graded book I’ve ever seen.  :)

Isn't that book the one that started moving the wheels in motion?

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6 hours ago, mrc said:

.......auction of the collection story made the pages of The Times in the UK today.

It’s not an auction. It’s a private sale. Asking is 8mil pound or about 10mil US

 

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7 minutes ago, G.A.tor said:

It’s not an auction. It’s a private sale. Asking is 8mil pound or about 10mil US

 

You'll know more about this than I would, obviously.  But why all the mystery?  It's Levine's, it's not Levine's, it's Levine's, it's not Levine's.  Books have been replaced, they've not been replaced.  Also -- if it's a private sale... then why all the international publicity push?  If I sell a collection to a client, or am in negotiations for such a sale, I generally don't make a public announcement about it.

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G.A.tor

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1 hour ago, Bookery said:

You'll know more about this than I would, obviously.  But why all the mystery?  It's Levine's, it's not Levine's, it's Levine's, it's not Levine's.  Books have been replaced, they've not been replaced.  Also -- if it's a private sale... then why all the international publicity push?  If I sell a collection to a client, or am in negotiations for such a sale, I generally don't make a public announcement about it.

Ian has stated on Facebook and twitter he sold the collection 12 years  ago. 
richard Austin of Sotheby’s related to me he thought the action 1 and tec 27 might have been upgraded. That’s last I heard 

 

***edit*** just got list. Action 1 listed as vf- R

detective 27 as vf R

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1 hour ago, G.A.tor said:

Ian has stated on Facebook and twitter he sold the collection 12 years  ago. 
richard Austin of Sotheby’s related to me he thought the action 1 and tec 27 might have been upgraded. That’s last I heard 

 

***edit*** just got list. Action 1 listed as vf- R

detective 27 as vf R

any keys not restored?

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