Heritage May 16 - 18 Comic Art Signature Auction - Chicago 3 3

[Mr bla bla]

Just now, vodou said:

4.5m hammer...underwhelming begfest on the part of the auctioneer.

5,4 mill. With premiums.

[Brian Peck]

Who here thinks it will end up in the Lucas Museum? Or many Robert Rodriguez is the new owner.

[vodou]

1 minute ago, Mr bla bla said:

5,4 mill. With premiums.

900k gift to HA; my impression the family had a figure they wanted privately...couldn't get it...put it up at HA and...got it. Big drama (not).

[Nexus]

Just now, Brian Peck said:

Who here thinks it will end up in the Lucas Museum? Or many Robert Rodriguez is the new owner.

Not me.

[Mmehdy]

2 minutes ago, AnkurJ said:

So who bought it?

Jim Halpin is a big fan, could be George also...I would lean towards Jim

[vodou]

Just now, Mmehdy said:

...I would lean towards Jim

Then Jim broke his own rules by bidding LIVE unless it was a "friend" that called in (and somehow qualified for a $4.5 bid )

[Brian Peck]

900,000 BP...... WOW!!!!!!

Then add in 9.5% sales tax in Los Angeles $513,000

So the final could be almost $6M 

[Mmehdy]

6 minutes ago, vodou said:

Then Jim broke his own rules by bidding LIVE unless it was a "friend" that called in (and somehow qualified for a $4.5 bid )

I have not seen Jim in person in any LA Ha auction...I don't know if he is there, however he has a right to call in a bid...anybody can bid. It is most likely a museum....Georges...

Edited May 16, 2019 by Mmehdy

[The Cimmerians Purse]

Interesting that Egyptian queen only just hit reserve ... 

[The Cimmerians Purse]

14 minutes ago, Brian Peck said:

Who here thinks it will end up in the Lucas Museum? Or many Robert Rodriguez is the new owner.

I hope so.

[suspense39]

Kirby prices seemed weird 

[BCarter27]

EQ... $3.2M was the number I had in my head and I thought we'd all be wowing over that. But that was before this guarantee stuff was visible.

[BCarter27]

BWS coming up...

[Matches_Malone]

 

2 minutes ago, BCarter27 said:

BWS coming up...

Well.. that underperformed

[BCarter27]

Opus cover for $26K. Ouch. That's so low, I almost bid on it.

Conan 10 cover at $66K. Much stronger than I thought!

[BCarter27]

Assuming they would even take it... Does anyone think Sotheby's or Christie's would've yielded a stronger result on EQ?

[delekkerste]

6 minutes ago, BCarter27 said:

Opus cover for $26K. Ouch. That's so low, I almost bid on it.

Conan 10 cover at $66K. Much stronger than I thought!

Never liked the Opus 1 cover. The Opus 2 is like a thousand times nicer. But, I may be biased.  

The Conan 10 cover only sold for one bid increment more than the last two covers.  To me, that's just normal market fluctuation; the sad fact remains is that BWS Conan is flat on its Cimmerian azz. 

[Nexus]

3 minutes ago, BCarter27 said:

Assuming they would even take it... Does anyone think Sotheby's or Christie's would've yielded a stronger result on EQ?

No.

Unless they wanted to make a splash in this market.

Edited May 16, 2019 by Nexus

[BCarter27]

1 minute ago, delekkerste said:

The Opus 2 is like a thousand times nicer.

It's at least twice as nice.

[Mmehdy]

2 minutes ago, BCarter27 said:

Assuming they would even take it... Does anyone think Sotheby's or Christie's would've yielded a stronger result on EQ?

I think Ha when it comes market share on interested comic art collectors....cant be beat..EQ hit the top price anywhere or any place