grapeape Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 14 hours ago, sfilosa said: Maybe. Also, both a lot of Kaluta and Murphy Anderson work has been released lately. This auction has 27 pieces that Anderson worked on, and off course none are Marvel. Nor are the 7 Kaluta pieces. Those artist have also been filling up a lot of their weekly auctions. I think the supply of quality material is drying up a bit. And this is based on a conversation with Joe Mannarino (who I think called a lot of people including myself in May to discuss selling art), a lot of the art over the past few years was his collection. I have to believe there isn't much left (but that I don't know). But two points that really matter: * Doesn't really matter how much artwork they have in an auction. Matters do they have something you want. If I win one piece it's still a successful auction and if they had twenty pieces I wanted, I still at best would get 3-4 at the most. The only difference is that you feel (and this might be a mistake), the more pieces, the better chance that the piece you want sells for a little less (more supply keeps the prices down). * They do seem to have more "complete stories" for sale than usual. They could in theory have broken those up and sold them over several auctions and therefore had more individual pieces. Good luck to everyone! That’s quality intel. A lot of complete stories changed hands and came to auction pre 2000. Also a lot of pre hero art like Kirby Monsters, etc. We’ll be seeing more of that lot come to market after 20 + years. I’m happy with the offerings. If you’re a seller it’s probably nice to feel the focus is perhaps trained a bit more on your consignment. I agree with sfilosa Heritage (and C-Link) still offering enough art to keep us excited. Comic Connect had some nice stuff up there on today’s new thread. Cheers and go win something. Or sell something. 🍇 + 🦍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick2you2 Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 19 hours ago, sfilosa said: Two different statements. My bad. * Lots of Kaluta and Anderson art has been released. In Kaluta's case by him, and in Anderson by his estate? (or whoever bought a lot of it, not sure). * Mannarino came on board awhile ago, and has been selling a lot of his collection in the auctions (that's what he told me). Speculation on this, but that is probably why he works for Heritage now (instead of All-Star Auctions his own previous company). From what I have seen, much of the Kaluta is not of high interest, and some of that has been reflected in the sales price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glendgold Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 And bidding is open a little early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjonahjameson11 Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Yup, bidding is up and running on only 399 lots this auction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 At least the sessions will be quick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShallowDan Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 On 7/29/2020 at 11:20 PM, IngelsFan said: On 7/27/2020 at 2:49 PM, ShallowDan said: Thanks for the thread - the July one was getting past it's expiration date. There was quite a bit of talk there concerning the Chamber of Chills #19 cover. I'm very curious to see where that one ends up. Does anyone know what the current record is for a non-EC pre-code horror cover? Offhand I’d say the cover to Weird Mysteries 4, hammering at $33,460 in 2013. As of this morning, with three weeks still to go, the Chamber of Chills cover is already at $55K ($66K all-in). Anyone up for a guess on the final hammer? exitmusicblue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bounty_coder Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 11 hours ago, ShallowDan said: As of this morning, with three weeks still to go, the Chamber of Chills cover is already at $55K ($66K all-in). Anyone up for a guess on the final hammer? Tree-Fiddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 (edited) Such a tough one to guess. I want to say 180 but who knows. Double wouldn’t shock me either. Edited August 22, 2020 by Bronty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjonahjameson11 Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Bronty said: Such a tough one to guess. I want to say 180 but who knows. Double wouldn’t shock me either. Quite a few lots have taken substantial jumps over the past few days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjonahjameson11 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Wow, some noteworthy bumps, including: J Buscema Avengers 58 splash = 37K Elias Chamber of Chills 19 cvr = 93K Frazetta painting = 252K Kirby JIM 112p9 = 28K Layton ASM 220 cvr = 34K S. Buscema Defenders 5 cvr = 16K Grampa DKR cvr = 12K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodou Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 1 hour ago, jjonahjameson11 said: Elias Chamber of Chills 19 cvr = 93K That's serious. I was pegging this at around 65k when it first popped up a while back. Way off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, vodou said: That's serious. I was pegging this at around 65k when it first popped up a while back. Way off! I know that in comic art its the final or nothing, but these prelims look to have been really well bought. The color piece is terrific. https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/warren-kremer-chamber-of-chills-19-cover-preliminary-concept-sketch-original-art-group-harvey-1-total-/a/7027-92299.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515 Edited August 26, 2020 by Bronty szav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodou Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 9 minutes ago, Bronty said: I know that in comic art its the final or nothing, Not to me! 10 minutes ago, Bronty said: these prelims look to have been really well bought. $2100 in 2010 was still a lot of 'hobby' money...the opportunity cost there, quite high. 11 minutes ago, Bronty said: The color piece is terrific. Yes. All those Warren Kremer color prelims were great. I kept getting outbid, over and over, never got a one. I remain... exitmusicblue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exitmusicblue Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 In my head I completely underestimated the Elias... despite having collected PCH books myself. ShallowDan and grapeape 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exitmusicblue Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Frazetta "unofficial" painting now at 444k. Pencil at 28.8k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 19 minutes ago, exitmusicblue said: Frazetta "unofficial" painting now at 444k. Pencil at 28.8k. spicy exitmusicblue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfilosa Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Just to add that while this auction doesn't have as many pieces, less then a month later they have the European Comic Art auction with more pieces in it than this one. And many of the pieces aren't European at all. Not sure of the rationale behind this auction being called "European". Does anyone know? Did they do the live auction over in Europe the other times, but can't because of COVID this time? Or is it just because they have a lot of European art (but by no means all). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick2you2 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 I hadn’t realized that a Neal Adams’ “Son-o-God” comic story from National Lampoon was for sale. THAT is a time capsule, I can’t imagine someone would publish it today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfilosa Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Time to bump. I have my eye on three or four things I would really like to own for my collection. Probably another 10 items that at the right price, I could be interested in (and yes, they are still in that "right price range" which means nothing at this time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glendgold Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share Posted September 6, 2020 In the Kirby world, I see the JIM 112 2-panel page and the Thor cover are at roughly the same price. I'd bet one entire dollar in highly-leveraged American currency that the 112 page finishes higher. Twanj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
