grapeape Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) On 7/3/2020 at 8:48 PM, tth2 said: 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. Excellent art work I think the reaction is based on the bidding at this point. This one page could possibly hit 80-100 K. It doesn’t feature the Joker. Would you pay that if you had it? I feel I let better pages go in the past for far less $$$ and just couldn’t bring myself to pay this much for this KJ page. Anyone else remember Mike Burkey had that climactic KJ page earlier 2000’s with Batman and the Joker for $40,000 for + a year I think.I worked night and day trying to scrounge funds to make a serious offer to Mike. When that page went away I gave up hope. Edited July 5, 2020 by grapeape Error Mike sold Darknight 3 page and HA sold Bolland KJ page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheekyj2112 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 2 hours ago, grapeape said: Excellent art work I think the reaction is based on the bidding at this point. This one page could possibly hit 80-100 K. It doesn’t feature the Joker. Would you pay that if you had it? I feel I let better pages go in the past for far less $$$ and just couldn’t bring myself to pay this much for this KJ page. Anyone else remember Mike Burkey had that climactic KJ page earlier 2000’s with Batman and the Joker for $40,000 for + a year I think.I worked night and day trying to scrounge funds to make a serious offer to Mike. When that page went away I gave up hope. I'd never heard this or of Mike Burkey ever offering a Killing Joke page in the last 20 years. Which page was it? Cheers Joseph https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=9492 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) On 7/4/2020 at 1:34 AM, cheekyj2112 said: Edited July 5, 2020 by grapeape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstojano Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Did anyone happen to catch the livestream HA did of the July offerings? It was on 7.2, completely forgot about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exitmusicblue Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 On 7/3/2020 at 3:10 AM, GeneticNinja said: 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. Likewise curious. This was first auctioned at peak X-23 popularity. That said, she remains a collector darling and mainstay in new X-releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideshow Bob Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 On 6/29/2020 at 1:41 PM, Sideshow Bob said: 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 Heritage changed their description: "...while the published cover shows some differences, we believe this detailed piece was used, supplemented by stats created in production to create the printing plate. To elaborate about the changes in the original art being offered and the final version of the published comic book, comparing the images of Batman and Two-Face on the original art to the published cover, they line up perfectly. For the cover, the pattern on Two-Face's suit was probably changed for editorial consistency or to make it easier to draw on the interior pages. On the cover, background elements appear to have been switched/photoshopped in production, but again align perfectly when mirrored." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twanj Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Sideshow Bob said: Heritage changed their description: "...while the published cover shows some differences, we believe this detailed piece was used, supplemented by stats created in production to create the printing plate. To elaborate about the changes in the original art being offered and the final version of the published comic book, comparing the images of Batman and Two-Face on the original art to the published cover, they line up perfectly. For the cover, the pattern on Two-Face's suit was probably changed for editorial consistency or to make it easier to draw on the interior pages. On the cover, background elements appear to have been switched/photoshopped in production, but again align perfectly when mirrored." The ol' Photoshop 1979 edition First Upgrade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jjonahjameson11 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Just a few days to go before live bidding starts. Some points of interest: Sal Buscema Defenders 9 cover = 15K Frazetta Battlestar Galactica painting = 300K (reserve price) Keown Hulk 374 cover = 15.5K Kirby X-Men 4 splash = 120K Kirby FF 95 cover = 78K McKean Sandman 6 cover = 18K Middleton NYX cover = 26K Miller Dr. Starnge 46 cover = 6.3K Swan Action 315 cover = 9.3K Stevens Chelsea Girl illo = 9.9K Cockrum X-Men 100 page = 15K Colan Detective 510 cover (large image of Batman in electric chair) = 2.6K Cowan ASM 266 cover = 7K Garcia Lopez/Wrightson House of Mystery 251 unpublished cover = 2.1K Infantino Star Wars 23 cover = 25K Kane Dracula 16 cover = 6.5K McFarlane ASM 320 page = 14K Miller Wolverine page = 10.5K Pollard FF 210 cover = 30K Vess Web of Spidey 8 cover = 21.6K Cardy Witching Hour 27 cover = 2.5K Still lots of room to move upwards ThothAmon and Twanj 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtlevy1 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 So I got my Heritage catalogs from this week's auction - they left out the Platinum section one I guess I haven't been spending enough P.S. There was an ad for the auction in the LA Times a few days back - had the FF95 cover in B&W Twanj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aokartman Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 53 minutes ago, mtlevy1 said: So I got my Heritage catalogs from this week's auction - they left out the Platinum section one I guess I haven't been spending enough P.S. There was an ad for the auction in the LA Times a few days back - had the FF95 cover in B&W Funny! It's been years since I got a catalog. I still appreciate the comprehensive online catalog, though! I throw in bids here and there, and they do a nice job of curating your collection for you. Tracking, bids, wins, etc. Best, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjonahjameson11 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Some pieces finally starting to move upwards last nite and into this morning...bidding was fairly quiet for some time before today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstojano Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 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 Now at 37k. The Fire and Ice piece, which has passed around several times, already at 16k. Nude woman sketch at 25k. Insane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheekyj2112 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 1 hour ago, jjonahjameson11 said: Some pieces finally starting to move upwards last nite and into this morning...bidding was fairly quiet for some time before today When I looked last night there were quite a few lots that seemed much lower across the board than I might've expected. Obviously it's not over yet but I did wonder if this was a sign of wider economy. Or just a reflection of the quality of the art on offer and frequency of auctions this year. Joseph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjonahjameson11 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 (edited) 30 minutes ago, cheekyj2112 said: When I looked last night there were quite a few lots that seemed much lower across the board than I might've expected. Obviously it's not over yet but I did wonder if this was a sign of wider economy. Or just a reflection of the quality of the art on offer and frequency of auctions this year. Joseph Difficult to say for this auction. however, last auction saw many lots double, triple and in a few instances, quadruple in value during the live bidding event so I’ll err to the side of optimism...for now 😏 Edited July 9, 2020 by jjonahjameson11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malvin Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 I would have expected some comments on this thread by now. People are either still glued to bidding or not online at all! Any thoughts on the Frazetta BSG not selling? Any other thoughts? Malvin Twanj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unstoppablejayd Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 The Xmen 4 page went for less then I thought and the Killing joke page is insane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delekkerste Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 5 minutes ago, malvin said: Any thoughts on the Frazetta BSG not selling? It was consigned by a known collector and not the Frazetta family. You do the math. cloud cloddie, mtlevy1 and Twanj 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Peck Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 $78K Hammer NYX #3 cover with X-23 I thought it was crazy price last time it was in Heritage. Unstoppablejayd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjonahjameson11 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Adams Batman cvr = 53K Bolland Killing joke = 156K (WTF!!!) Brunner HTD 2 cvr = 31K S Buscema Defenders 6 cvr = 43K (WTF!!!) Kane GR 2 cvr = 28K Kane Adv into Fear cvr = 29K Keown Hulk 374 cvr = 23K batman_fan, zhamlau and Twanj 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...