grapeape Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Time travel absolutely is possible. Come and join Grapeape on this journey back to October 1998. Lee B. and NC101 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 Byrne and Cockrum pages. taro90 and vodou 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aokartman Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Good post, those prices may seem silly today, but the market was still growing. There were fewer buyers then for classic pages than there are today. Fun to see if it all holds up. Fingers crossed. I am hoping for a gentle wave of transition to new collectors! Old Dave, David S. Albright grapeape 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmehdy Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 thanks for the look back grapeape 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee B. Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Fun stuff! And if you go here: http://www.comicartads.com/ and type "1998" into the "Search Terms" box, you can get over 300 ads like this from 1998. What really gets me are the $150 John Byrne pages from Iron Fist and MTU offered by Tom Horvitz that year. Cheers, Lee grapeape and NC101 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Lee B. said: Fun stuff! And if you go here: http://www.comicartads.com/ and type "1998" into the "Search Terms" box, you can get over 300 ads like this from 1998. What really gets me are the $150 John Byrne pages from Iron Fist and MTU offered by Tom Horvitz that year. Cheers, Lee Yeah I bought a few things from Tom back in the day. Thanks for the link. I think it’s important to show all the footprints to how we got where we are today. I know it’s easy to look at these prices today and go “you should have bought everything.” Lee I was a family man with two young kids at the time. I had very little disposable income. I always think of John Romita’s great attitude about art value. He never dreamed of values like today. Very few did. It’s really absurd in some ways. It’s also thrilling to see how far we’ve come. Really unbelievable a Brian Bolland Killing Joke page from a 1989 ad on the link you provided $550. Edited January 6, 2020 by grapeape Lee B. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodou Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Conrad had that $4500 Thor splash for YEARS. Just could not get a bite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delekkerste Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 3 hours ago, grapeape said: Time travel absolutely is possible. Come and join Grapeape on this journey back to October 1998. 1998 comic art prices make Hulk sad. Make Gene sad too. taro90 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pemart1966 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 45 minutes ago, vodou said: Conrad had that $4500 Thor splash for YEARS. Just could not get a bite. Yes he did. That was a HUGE amount of money back in the day for that - which probably explains why he had it for all of those years. Wonder what happened to that page? Those Ditko Spidey pages were not cheap either... grapeape 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhamlau Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 What’s odd is I remember seeing ditko art at shows in the 80s and it was over 1000. So little movement in the 10 years afterwards. taro90 and grapeape 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, vodou said: Conrad had that $4500 Thor splash for YEARS. Just could not get a bite. He tried unloading that on me. I hated that splash still do!!! It just felt like Hulk and Thor were decapitated and had their heads poked on picket signs. Creepy. Edited January 6, 2020 by grapeape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee B. Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 9 minutes ago, zhamlau said: What’s odd is I remember seeing ditko art at shows in the 80s and it was over 1000. So little movement in the 10 years afterwards. The only Ditko ASM ad I have in my collection from the 1980s is this ad from 1987, so perhaps this art was not universally over $1,000 in the 1980s: Twanj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, Lee B. said: The only Ditko ASM ad I have in my collection from the 1980s is this ad from 1987, so perhaps this art was not universally over $1,000 in the 1980s: Yep. It depended on who had them. Some sellers valued them more than others. Lee B. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) 41 minutes ago, delekkerste said: 1998 comic art prices make Hulk sad. Make Gene sad too. Makes me sad too buddy. I was looking through the 98 ads from Lee and found an ASM Romita cover for $5300. I remember seeing it back then. Fantasizing about buying then I’d look over at my wife and two young kids and come back to reality. Edited January 6, 2020 by grapeape Lee B. and delekkerste 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voord Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 7 hours ago, grapeape said: Time travel absolutely is possible. Come and join Grapeape on this journey back to October 1998. I bought the Ditko ASM # 37 page from Conrad Eschenberg for the $900 price listed here. Later sold it to Jim Young, who recently re-sold it in the PIH auction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeGiant Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 1998 was the year I got back into comics after taking off a few years from actively collecting. Started with comics and related merchandise but still had no clue about original art. I agree about the Thor page - never appealed to me in the comic ... but that Avengers 3 page ... wow, that is stunning. Great thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 43 minutes ago, The Voord said: I bought the Ditko ASM # 37 page from Conrad Eschenberg for the $900 price listed here. Later sold it to Jim Young, who recently re-sold it in the PIH auction. It occurred to me that might be your page after I posted it. I remember you used to have one from # 37. Bittersweet I’m sure but you’ll just have to try and suck it up with your ASM splash page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 19 minutes ago, JadeGiant said: 1998 was the year I got back into comics after taking off a few years from actively collecting. Started with comics and related merchandise but still had no clue about original art. I agree about the Thor page - never appealed to me in the comic ... but that Avengers 3 page ... wow, that is stunning. Great thread! I knew you would dig that groovy Avengers Kirby Hulk. JadeGiant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeGiant Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, grapeape said: I knew you would dig that groovy Avengers Kirby Hulk. ... and you were right! Still have a Kirby sized hole in my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 5 minutes ago, JadeGiant said: ... and you were right! Still have a Kirby sized hole in my collection. I wish we could send you back in time just long enough to get that one buddy. Kinda what I was thinking about when posting this thread. JadeGiant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
