The Official November Heritage Auction Thread 2 2

[vodou]

20 minutes ago, zhamlau said:

I would be shocked if this wasn’t at least 300k.

X-Men 268, right? I can see that. My 250k was actually paddle, not inclusive, so that's really 300k though I'll admit to not really thinking of it that way till now. (So easy to forget that, when it's not your money being spent anyway!) Sales tax, for those subject, that has to come into play for many of our coastal brethren too and could cause earlier bidder drop off. Dealers shucking sales tax...meh...spend 300k on this...where's the exit and how far out...? Dunno. Happy it's not what I really, really, want in life

[batman_fan]

4 hours ago, Bronty said:

Looking at it again, I think its the contradictions and unanswered questions I don't like.   WHy are they standing there?   What are the standing on?    Who are they looking at?     Why is Wolverine claws out ready to rumble like the foe is just off camera while Captain America is striking a relaxed pose like the villain is a mile down the road?    WTF is even going on besides three characters trying to look cool for no apparent reason for a showdown that may happen in two seconds or five minutes?    And what was Black Widow thinking with that haircut?   

I will get burned at the stake for this but I am not a fan of the cover. Some of the anatomy looks off in my opinion. Couple that with the fact that there is a 1950 Peanuts daily in this auction and I just can’t muster any excitement for this X-men cover. 

[buttock]

5 hours ago, Bronty said:

Looking at it again, I think its the contradictions and unanswered questions I don't like.   WHy are they standing there?   What are the standing on?    Who are they looking at?     Why is Wolverine claws out ready to rumble like the foe is just off camera while Captain America is striking a relaxed pose like the villain is a mile down the road?    WTF is even going on besides three characters trying to look cool for no apparent reason for a showdown that may happen in two seconds or five minutes?    And what was Black Widow thinking with that haircut?   

Because 1990s. 

[Bronty]

2 minutes ago, buttock said:

Because 1990s. 

Best answer so far

[jjonahjameson11]

Added: Romita Sr Namor the Sub-Mariner #67.  This issue introduced Namor’s new,  short-lived costume.  The pic of the OA isn’t available yet, but here’s an image of the published cover.  I liked the new costume.

[Bronty]

Nice pants, fish boy!

[jjonahjameson11]

8 minutes ago, Bronty said:

Nice pants, fish boy!

Yeah, I wonder if Romita was asked to make Namor look more Superheroe-y

[jjonahjameson11]

Regarding the 268 cover, I was certainly aware of it following its publication.  It was a wall book at every comic shop and dealers booth at conventions for years, and although I had stopped reading Xmen long before (Xmen 180 or thereabouts), I know this issue carries a substantial nostalgia factor.  I'm not going to guess what this cover will sell for, but having taken a recent look at Jim's covers, there are several I would personally want to own over the 268 cover:

 

Edited September 22, 2020 by jjonahjameson11

[GreatEscape]

That X-Men Ann 1 (1992) cover image was used again for a 1993 X-Men Universe poster...I remember having this poster back in the day, it was huge and (I think) all Jim Lee!  

[stinkininkin]

2 hours ago, jjonahjameson11 said:

Regarding the 268 cover, I was certainly aware of it following its publication.  It was a wall book at every comic shop and dealers booth at conventions for years, and although I had stopped reading Xmen long before (Xmen 180 or thereabouts), I know this issue carries a substantial nostalgia factor.  I'm not going to guess what this cover will sell for, but having taken a recent look at Jim's covers, there are several I would personally want to own over the 268 cover:

 

Of your 4, here is the one I kept... 

[Bronty]

great looking cover Scott, congrats.    Definitely my favorite of the 4.

Edited September 22, 2020 by Bronty

[comix4fun]

2 hours ago, jjonahjameson11 said:

 

 

This one isn't inked by Scott Williams (as someone reminded me).....takes it out of the running for me. 

Lee/Williams X-men:  Accept No Substitutes™

Edited September 22, 2020 by comix4fun

[jjonahjameson11]

9 minutes ago, stinkininkin said:

Of your 4, here is the one I kept... 

Just a wicked, wicked cover.  love the rage and intensity of the characters savageness (is that even a word?) brought forth

[stinkininkin]

3 minutes ago, comix4fun said:

 

This one isn't inked by Scott Williams (as someone reminded me).....takes it out of the running for me. 

Lee/Williams X-men:  Accept No Substitutes™

Appreciate the sentiment. Truly. But this is such a standout cover, much better than a bunch of the ones I inked in the series. I'd take this one over all of those, and I bet most of the serious Lee/Williams Xmen collectors/buyers would too.

[comix4fun]

1 minute ago, stinkininkin said:

Appreciate the sentiment. Truly. But this is such a standout cover, much better than a bunch of the ones I inked in the series. I'd take this one over all of those, and I bet most of the serious Lee/Williams Xmen collectors/buyers would too.

The X-men annual? Naw.  Great image, but there are a lot of reasons I think collectors stacking these next to each other (who've spent time in the Lee X-men OA pool) might not go in that direction.

Not to get into the " nostalgia = desire " rabbit hole, but everyone who read the series has a strong bond to the main X-men run and the first year of issues on the X-men spin off title, but the annual story didn't really work to get ingrained the same way. Nice cover, but doesn't give me the same feeling those other covers do. 

But, really, given their valuation making multiple examples daunting to acquire and if I had to choose a single Lee X-men cover example, I don't think I could take an all Lee or a Lee/Someone else over Lee/Williams....that's not me blowing smoke either. 

[zhamlau]

34 minutes ago, stinkininkin said:

Appreciate the sentiment. Truly. But this is such a standout cover, much better than a bunch of the ones I inked in the series. I'd take this one over all of those, and I bet most of the serious Lee/Williams Xmen collectors/buyers would too.

Eh...not so sure about that. But it is a nice effort by Jim inking and it would look great on my wall.

[vodou]

3 hours ago, jjonahjameson11 said:

...but having taken a recent look at Jim's covers, there are several I would personally want to own over the 268 cover:

 

Thank you for reminding me why I stopped reading comics for 25 years

[grapeape]

44 minutes ago, zhamlau said:

Eh...not so sure about that. But it is a nice effort by Jim inking and it would look great on my wall.

Did Sal Buscema ink any of the Jim Lee X-Men covers? That would be a million dollar cover! 

Signed The Our Pal Sal Fan Club

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[exitmusicblue]

51 minutes ago, zhamlau said:

Eh...not so sure about that. But it is a nice effort by Jim inking and it would look great on my wall.

My wall says nay, gimme.

Edited September 22, 2020 by exitmusicblue

[NelsonAI]

1 hour ago, stinkininkin said:

Of your 4, here is the one I kept... 

 

Scott

This cover is almost as bad as the #268.  No one would blame you if you sold it.  I will take this drek off your hands.  How about $650 plus whatever it costs for shipping?

Cheers !

N.