batman_fan Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 11 hours ago, tth2 said: Good grief, the Frazetta "Gods of Mars" B&W illustration is already at $21,600, with 12 days to go. I know it's Frazetta, and it's from his highly coveted early 1970s work on the ERB Mars/John Carter books, but damn! The image area is only 7.25" x 6"! https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/illustrations/frank-frazetta-the-gods-of-mars-frontispiece-illustration-original-art-nelson-doubleday-1971-/a/7231-94045.s?ic2=mybidspage-lotlinks-12202013&tab=MyBids-101116 we have truly jumped the shark tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Wow that does seem like a lot with 15 or so days left Twanj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodou Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Dude should wipe that wang thang after use...ugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 (edited) On 6/27/2020 at 8:33 PM, tth2 said: Good grief, the Frazetta "Gods of Mars" B&W illustration is already at $21,600, with 12 days to go. I know it's Frazetta, and it's from his highly coveted early 1970s work on the ERB Mars/John Carter books, but damn! The image area is only 7.25" x 6"! https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/illustrations/frank-frazetta-the-gods-of-mars-frontispiece-illustration-original-art-nelson-doubleday-1971-/a/7231-94045.s?ic2=mybidspage-lotlinks-12202013&tab=MyBids-101116 I appreciate the fact that the motivated bidder (s)has decided to get a Frazetta piece at all cost. I’ve looked at this piece over and over. I wouldn’t hide it in a portfolio if I owned it. But I am not excited for this piece. I have excepted that my opportunity to own a high quality Frazetta has come and gone. I’m not chasing something like this. To each his own. Edited June 29, 2020 by grapeape Accepted not Excepted Twanj and Bronty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick2you2 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 24 minutes ago, grapeape said: I appreciate the fact that the motivated bidder (s)has decided to get a Frazetta piece at all cost. I’ve looked at this piece over and over. I wouldn’t hide it in a portfolio if I owned it. But I am not excited for this piece. I have excepted that my opportunity to own a high quality Frazetta has come and gone. I’m not chasing something like this. To each his own. He could probably save a whole lot of money buying a commission from a Facebook artist, and maybe get something a bit better, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 4 hours ago, Rick2you2 said: 4 hours ago, grapeape said: I appreciate the fact that the motivated bidder (s)has decided to get a Frazetta piece at all cost. I’ve looked at this piece over and over. I wouldn’t hide it in a portfolio if I owned it. But I am not excited for this piece. I have excepted that my opportunity to own a high quality Frazetta has come and gone. I’m not chasing something like this. To each his own. He could probably save a whole lot of money buying a commission from a Facebook artist, and maybe get something a bit better, too Not really sure I follow your logic. If you want to own a Frazetta original, how does getting a commission from a Facebook artist help to achieve that goal? Twanj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick2you2 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 4 hours ago, tth2 said: Not really sure I follow your logic. If you want to own a Frazetta original, how does getting a commission from a Facebook artist help to achieve that goal? It doesn’t. I was expressing my agreement with grape ape in a less than clear manner. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideshow Bob Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 (edited) And the Batman #313 cover....Heritage says "This is possibly an alternate cover that was either reconfigured in production or rejected in order to maintain editorial consistency with the characters." OK, so does anyone know if this is a rejected cover that had to be redrawn completely and there a clean version of this in the wild? Or did the background get flipped in production with a very good Exacto + a new suit pattern was applied? I haven't taken the time yet to overlay them in Photoshop and see how the lines look in obverse. UPDATE FROM AN AMATUER: So I went through it on Photoshop, and it looks like they reassembled stats of the OA and did a little bit of cosmetic work to get them to work with a quick plaid treatment to one side of the suit. Would have been a bit of work to do, but the dimensions (with a little warping here and there) are so spot-on that the published version does not look to be light-boxed or re-done. While there might be a 97% stat out there, I think this is the real OA that leads to the corrected stat cover. That being said, you have a Two-Face image where the clean side of the room is on the scar-side of his face, and the dirty side is on the clean side of his face and editorial hated it so much they made a production guy bust out his master-class Exacto knife skills...can I get over that fact if I bid enough to win OR will it haunt me every time I look at it... uggh. Don't know. If someone has a different opinion, I'd love to know about it. Again...amateur examination knowing that some of you are much better at this kind of thing. Bob Edited June 29, 2020 by Sideshow Bob Twanj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick2you2 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 (edited) Out. Edited June 29, 2020 by Rick2you2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBerman Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Now the Alex Ross page from Justice got pulled. Bummer. John E. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E. Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 5 hours ago, RBerman said: Now the Alex Ross page from Justice got pulled. Bummer. I got that email too. Pretty disappointed too. I do wonder why. I can’t help to think that bids weren’t high enough but who really knows. I thought they were where they should be given recent comps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Peck Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) $48K for a Killing Joke page??? With no Joker, just a head shot of Two-Face and Batman either in silhouette or from the back. With less than a week to go. Edited July 3, 2020 by Brian Peck grapeape 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticNinja Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 I'm curious how high that NYX X-23 cover and concept lot will go. I remember getting the cover by luck because I was reading NYX. grapeape 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delekkerste Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, Brian Peck said: $48K for a Killing Joke page??? With no Joker, just a head shot of Two-Face and Batman either in silhouette or from the back. With less than a week to go. There would be a line wrapped around the block to buy that page at $48K in the current market. That's probably half (maybe even less than half) of where it will end up. In any case, it will go a lot higher than $48K. Edited July 3, 2020 by delekkerste GotSuperPowers? and Sideshow Bob 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 27 minutes ago, delekkerste said: There would be a line wrapped around the block to buy that page at $48K in the current market. That's probably half (maybe even less than half) of where it will end up. In any case, it will go a lot higher than $48K. Yeah, I think the minimum entry price for a KJ page now is $100k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delekkerste Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) 28 minutes ago, tth2 said: Yeah, I think the minimum entry price for a KJ page now is $100k. Any page with Batman in any capacity is going to be very high 5 figures, if not $100K+. Not sure if all of the non-Batman pages would be, though; some of the pre-Joker (before he was Joker) pages definitely would not be, like the infamous "Shrimp" pages. Kind of regret not buying one of those when it was offered to me at $25K a few years ago (it was subsequently flipped for $40K-something IIRC), but, my collecting M.O. has evolved to the point where I'd rather do without than add something I don't really love just to "have an example". Edited July 3, 2020 by delekkerste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheekyj2112 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Yeah that KJ page is definitely going a lot higher than $48k. Especially given how many people are actively looking for one. I’m curious to see how the blue line painting in the same auction does. Cheers Joseph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, Brian Peck said: $48K for a Killing Joke page??? With no Joker, just a head shot of Two-Face and Batman either in silhouette or from the back. With less than a week to go. It’s finally come to this Brian. Collectors want one (any) page from Killing Joke. Early 2000’s I was at a dinner party with Hari and others out in San Diego. There were two pages asking under 15K superior to this one at auction. I missed my chance. Like the Frazetta also going quite high I would pass on this KJ page at this point. There comes a certain point where the artist name sells a piece and the example doesn’t always live up to that money. Edited July 3, 2020 by grapeape Quality art but need Joker IMHO John E. and Catwoman_Fan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstojano Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Wonder if we'll ever see a Frazetta oil listed without a reserve again? Mario game up to 35k already as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Personally I think the KJ page is a very good one. I love the images of Batman storming through with Gordon trailing behind him. The image of Two Face is a bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
