No one mentioned the huge Jim Davis Garfield strip auction at Heritage? 2 2

[PhilipB2k17]

More background on the Garfield strip sale. FYI:

“‘The last strip I did on paper was in 2011,’ Davis, 73, said in a phone interview last week.” Also, too: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/08/arts/garfield-art-auction.html

So, pure Jim Davis = 1st year of the strip! 

Edited September 4, 2019 by PhilipB2k17

[alxjhnsn]

Re: Was the strip ever funny
I always liked this one.

[aokartman]

These 300 prelims went for $6000.  David

Edited September 4, 2019 by aokartman

[PhilipB2k17]

18 minutes ago, aokartman said:

These 300 prelims went for $6000.  David

Probably a fantastic deal at $20 a pop. Those may be some of the few authentic Jim Davis drawings in the whole lot.

[glendgold]

I'm a fan of Garfield Minus Garfield:

https://www.ranker.com/list/bleak-garfield-minus-garfield-moments/erik-barnes

 

[delekkerste]

11 hours ago, BCarter27 said:

I want one example at least, but it is all about the nostalgia for me. I grew up on those trade paperback collections. They got me through many a sick day.

 

2 hours ago, Bronty said:

The earlier the less ghosted I believe .  I grew up with them; I’ll certainly buy one one day

I have fond nostalgic memories of Garfield as well.  Plus, my wife is a fan. Davis has obviously been selling tons of strips through Heritage even before this announcement; I've somehow not managed to win one yet, as there's always a bunch of them in every auction and I've never felt the need to chase any particular example.  I'm sure that I will pick up a nice example from the early-to-mid '80s at some point. 

[delekkerste]

11 minutes ago, glendgold said:

I'm a fan of Garfield Minus Garfield:

https://www.ranker.com/list/bleak-garfield-minus-garfield-moments/erik-barnes

If only the strip had been called "Arbuckle" and he ran a year of these depressing strips and then quit.  The art would be priceless. 

[Bronty]

19 minutes ago, delekkerste said:

 

I have fond nostalgic memories of Garfield as well.  Plus, my wife is a fan. Davis has obviously been selling tons of strips through Heritage even before this announcement; I've somehow not managed to win one yet, as there's always a bunch of them in every auction and I've never felt the need to chase any particular example.  I'm sure that I will pick up a nice example from the early-to-mid '80s at some point. 

ditto.   There's been tons already.   Surprisingly the price has been going up not down per my last review but all this supply should change that 

[jaybuck43]

I bought this back in May.  Paid about $500.

[Bronty]

that's a nice one

[batman_fan]

11 hours ago, tth2 said:

I hate Garfield so much that someone would have to pay me $1000 to take a strip.

So how do you really feel 

[delekkerste]

15 minutes ago, batman_fan said:

So how do you really feel 

G-Nutz!!

[batman_fan]

Lots of good info in this thread.  I didn’t know he had someone else doing the artwork for him.  10,000 pieces is a huge number to come to market at one time.  A picky collector can wait for quite a while for the right strip to come up.  I was never a huge fan of the strip although unlike Tim, if you gave me one I would take it.

[vodou]

3 minutes ago, batman_fan said:

10,000 pieces is a huge number to come to market at one time.  A picky collector can wait for quite a while for the right strip to come up.

Also means there will never, ever be a flip on any of it on secondary unless they start bulking them up in lots of 20 or 50 at HA, and those start going really cheap.

[ESeffinga]

I remember a point where Garfield was briefly huge. I believe that time was before Calvin & Hobbes.

I was never into Garfield, though I remember the couple that lived next door to my parents were really big fans. 

[westform]

From 6-13-1979. I think during first 12 months of the run?

 

[tth2]

10 hours ago, batman_fan said:

unlike Tim, if you gave me one I would take it

Okay, so I was engaging in rhetorical hyperbole.  If someone gave me one, I would take it too.

 

 

In order to immediately sell it! 

[batman_fan]

6 hours ago, tth2 said:

Okay, so I was engaging in rhetorical hyperbole.  If someone gave me one, I would take it too.

 

 

In order to immediately sell it! 

But promptly sell? I probably would. 

[PhilipB2k17]

Signed Heathcliff single panel strip up at eBay. 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/153632437781

[Will_K]

5 hours ago, batman_fan said:

11 hours ago, tth2 said:

Okay, so I was engaging in rhetorical hyperbole.  If someone gave me one, I would take it too.

 

 

In order to immediately sell it! 

But promptly sell? I probably would. 

And @tth2 would also take that $1,000 !!

Garfield annoyed me.

Edited September 5, 2019 by Will_K