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Heritage's Next Event Auction has started posting books !
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lou_fine

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2 hours ago, tth2 said:

This is the best explanation I've heard yet for how that ASM original art cover went for so much a few years ago.

Are you referring to this piece here:

Original Comic Art:Covers, Todd McFarlane The Amazing Spider-Man #328 Cover OriginalArt (Marvel, 1990)....

Well, this should be considered as a steal at only $657,250 since you are really getting a 2 for the price of 1 deal here, in terms of having both Spidey and the Hulk in the same cover image.  :takeit:  :screwy:

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tth2

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3 hours ago, Mr. Lady Luck said:
7 hours ago, tth2 said:

FTFY

At first I laughed...

But now I am crying at the reality of this,,,

:(

CGC are slowly but surely killing off the market that they created.

Look at a Heritage catalog these days.  10 years ago, it was all about comics and there was a small OA section.  Now, it's all about the OA and comics almost seem to be an after thought. 

I know so many long time and deep pocketed comic collectors who've abandoned graded comics for OA because they were tired of these shenanigans.

Not to say that OA is clean by any stretch of the imagination, but by and large there isn't this sense of cheating through manipulation of the collectible itself.

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sagii

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15 minutes ago, tth2 said:

CGC are slowly but surely killing off the market that they created.

Look at a Heritage catalog these days.  10 years ago, it was all about comics and there was a small OA section.  Now, it's all about the OA and comics almost seem to be an after thought. 

I know so many long time and deep pocketed comic collectors who've abandoned graded comics for OA because they were tired of these shenanigans.

Not to say that OA is clean by any stretch of the imagination, but by and large there isn't this sense of cheating through manipulation of the collectible itself.

This has crossed my mind. Again , I hate to keep harping on it, but it was puzzling that there wasn't a video featuring Barry promoting the SF Cap1. 

I have pondered will HA get out of the Comics market  (except for original comic art) and leave that to Comiclink and Comicconnect. 

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1 hour ago, tth2 said:

CGC are slowly but surely killing off the market that they created.

Look at a Heritage catalog these days.  10 years ago, it was all about comics and there was a small OA section.  Now, it's all about the OA and comics almost seem to be an after thought. 

I know so many long time and deep pocketed comic collectors who've abandoned graded comics for OA because they were tired of these shenanigans.

Not to say that OA is clean by any stretch of the imagination, but by and large there isn't this sense of cheating through manipulation of the collectible itself.

What?  Are you saying I won’t get more if I press my OA?  There goes my business model :sorry:

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3 hours ago, tth2 said:

Not to say that OA is clean by any stretch of the imagination, but by and large there isn't this sense of cheating through manipulation of the collectible itself.

The primary worry of the OA guys is manipulation of the market itself.

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8 hours ago, tth2 said:

CGC are slowly but surely killing off the market that they created.

Look at a Heritage catalog these days.  10 years ago, it was all about comics and there was a small OA section.  Now, it's all about the OA and comics almost seem to be an after thought. 

I know so many long time and deep pocketed comic collectors who've abandoned graded comics for OA because they were tired of these shenanigans.

Not to say that OA is clean by any stretch of the imagination, but by and large there isn't this sense of cheating through manipulation of the collectible itself.

Good thing the OA market is so transparent...

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7 hours ago, sagii said:

This has crossed my mind. Again , I hate to keep harping on it, but it was puzzling that there wasn't a video featuring Barry promoting the SF Cap1. 

I have pondered will HA get out of the Comics market  (except for original comic art) and leave that to Comiclink and Comicconnect. 

Whoa whoa whoa, don't forget Hake's!!! They deserve some love to lol

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45 minutes ago, LDarkseid1 said:

Whoa whoa whoa, don't forget Hake's!!! They deserve some love to lol

lol

I actually mention from time to time that Hakes has a  Comic auction going on (I think one is currently live) but it doesn't get much traction on the Boards.

I believe it was Sotheby's (or Christie's, I'm sure a more Informed Boardie can/will clarify) added comics to their roster of auctions a ways back , but got out because of undisclosed work on books being a problem after the hammer.

CGC 'changed' all that.

Are those houses back in the comic game, I don't know. But I made the comparison because Heritage is an auction house that does WAY more than just comics like those operations. With people now mentioning undisclosed non restoration deemed 'touch ups' on slabbed books how long before a big spender or two see's this as questionable and pulls their money out of the market.

Not sure where Comic results fall for them in comparison to Coins, High Art, Movie Posters and Historical Documents, but they may be 'ok' if things went that way. 

Not meant to be a the sky is falling post, just some musings of a looney comic book lover (:

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8 hours ago, batman_fan said:

What?  Are you saying I won’t get more if I press my OA?  There goes my business model :sorry:

lol You just need to wait for CGC to start grading OA on condition.  Then the flatter the art, the better, and you will be sitting on a gold mine!

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7 hours ago, sfcityduck said:
10 hours ago, tth2 said:

Not to say that OA is clean by any stretch of the imagination, but by and large there isn't this sense of cheating through manipulation of the collectible itself.

The primary worry of the OA guys is manipulation of the market itself.

Exactly.

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