JadeGiant Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 3 minutes ago, grapeape said: 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. Funny you say that ... a customer sent an email last week and wished me a Happy New Year 2010. I sent a reply ribbing him on the typo in good fun but also replied that it was sad (of all the things you could do with the ability to go back in time) if I could go to 2010 (or earlier in theory), my first thought was what art I could buy at 10-years-ago pricing ... grapeape 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hmendryk Posted January 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 7, 2020 8 hours ago, grapeape said: Time travel absolutely is possible. Come and join Grapeape on this journey back to October 1998. I bought the Avengers #6 page from Conrad about that time period. Payed much less than the price given by the ad. Still have it. batman_fan, J.Sid, JadeGiant and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeGiant Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 5 minutes ago, hmendryk said: I bought the Avengers #6 page from Conrad about that time period. Payed much less than the price given by the ad. Still have it. Congrats! It is a great page! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pemart1966 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 1 hour 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. Just for fun any idea of what it sold for in the PiH auction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voord Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 18 minutes ago, pemart1966 said: Just for fun any idea of what it sold for in the PiH auction? Off the top-of-my-head, I think it went around $25K? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pemart1966 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Just now, The Voord said: Off the top-of-my-head, I think it went around $25K? That's a crazy increase - CRAZY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 1 hour ago, hmendryk said: I bought the Avengers #6 page from Conrad about that time period. Payed much less than the price given by the ad. Still have it. That makes me happy. Andahaion and JadeGiant 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 On 1/6/2020 at 8:15 AM, aokartman said: 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 To your point, here’s a few more. What’s interesting is the art for sale with many dealers didn’t have pics. A serious buyer might get a photocopy or even a picture taken with a camera upon request. I did a deal that took 5 weeks with the back and forth. So you had to rely on a typed description. Then you had to go through comics to find the images. Anyone care for a Kirby FF 5 page 19 ? A no prize for the member that finds an image from FF 5 page 19 and posts it here so we can compare to Conrad’s description. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 On 1/6/2020 at 11:11 AM, 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. Think that’s odd? Look at these 1998 prices for Sal Buscema when he was a “nobody.” Now that he’s a Too 5 guy forget about it. Although many here on the boards will think these are fair 2020 prices. H8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post vodou Posted January 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2020 46 minutes ago, grapeape said: Think that’s odd? Look at these 1998 prices for Sal Buscema when he was a “nobody.” Now that he’s a Too 5 guy forget about it. Although many here on the boards will think these are fair 2020 prices. H8 A fair number of those ended up being bought by me then. Still have nearly all of 'em too NC101, Unca Ben, alxjhnsn and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted January 8, 2020 1 hour ago, vodou said: A fair number of those ended up being bought by me then. Still have nearly all of 'em too That’s great! You saw an excellent opportunity and pulled the trigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodou Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 6 minutes ago, grapeape said: That’s great! You saw an excellent opportunity and pulled the trigger. Not at first, I bought everything Captain America that was "under 150", that's all. No great, just pure fanboy. The "great" was: not selling for twenty years! NC101, The Voord and alxjhnsn 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipB2k17 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 All this does is show that early adopters got the benefit of the market. We are now in the later stages of the bubble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voord Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 57 minutes ago, PhilipB2k17 said: We are now in the later stages of the bubble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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grapeape Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 I was wondering do any of you guys have similar price advertising, catalogs, eBay snapshots etc? Lee and Mitch always have great source material. But I would appreciate if others would share anything they have from: Comic Buyers Guides Catalogs saved eBay auctions from the past Classified ads Not looking to keep this thread going beyond usefulness for everybody. But I truly was hoping to see if anyone here has similar material so we can appreciate the history of original comic art advertising and pricing. I appreciate you all 🍇 🦍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aokartman Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 (edited) 38 minutes ago, grapeape said: I was wondering do any of you guys have similar price advertising, catalogs, eBay snapshots etc? Lee and Mitch always have great source material. But I would appreciate if others would share anything they have from: Comic Buyers Guides Catalogs saved eBay auctions from the past Classified ads Not looking to keep this thread going beyond usefulness for everybody. But I truly was hoping to see if anyone here has similar material so we can appreciate the history of original comic art advertising and pricing. I appreciate you all 🍇 🦍 I wish it was that easy. I once created a cool illustrated mailer to send if anybody responded to my CBG classified ad. I'm sure it's in a box in the attic. David Edited January 9, 2020 by aokartman pic added grapeape 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 6 minutes ago, aokartman said: I wish it was that easy. I once created a cool illustrated mailer to send if anybody responded to my CBG classified ad. I'm sure it's in a box in the attic. David David thank you! That’s brilliant!! This would have been a neat item to get. Jim Mooney would always send a neat print and one time even sent extra original art. Thank you David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aokartman Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 8 minutes ago, grapeape said: David thank you! That’s brilliant!! This would have been a neat item to get. Jim Mooney would always send a neat print and one time even sent extra original art. Thank you David That image is from Scott Dunbier's CAF. David grapeape 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 Tri-State Original Art Items held for 7 days batman_fan and Unca Ben 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
