Will_K Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) It doesn't look like anyone has posted this so here you go (from HA): Due to technical difficulties we are extending our April 4-5 Sunday & Monday Comics, Animation & Art Weekly Online Auction #122114 by a day for each session. With Comics taking place 6:00 PM CT tomorrow, Monday, April 5, and Comic Art, Animation Art and Memorabilia taking place 6:00 PM CT, Tuesday, April 6. Also, it looks like the auction scheduled for Monday, April 5 has been bumped to April 6. Edited April 5, 2021 by Will_K Twanj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodou Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 I've mused privately, and now publicly, how long before games are broken out from comics? I think maybe a year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) 30 minutes ago, vodou said: I've mused privately, and now publicly, how long before games are broken out from comics? I think maybe a year? Its already happened on the weeklies and been a successful transition, so I expect it will happen very shortly on the signatures too. I wouldn't be surprised if the next signature is the last one that's bundled with comics. Just a guess, but the winds are blowing strongly in that direction I think. That being said I'm sure they have some things to work out internally in creating a new segment such as moving the historical data, etc. I expect it will be bundled with trading cards. Your games, pokemon, MTG etc. Same slightly younger crowd. Edited April 5, 2021 by Bronty vodou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhamlau Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Why split them? It grants exposure to new and old collectors of fields they might not see a lot of yet are still related. Maybe you generate cross interest and bids/sales you might not normally have had? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) 23 minutes ago, zhamlau said: Why split them? It grants exposure to new and old collectors of fields they might not see a lot of yet are still related. Maybe you generate cross interest and bids/sales you might not normally have had? To make Tim happy, mostly. I suppose a minor additional consideration would be making the categories more manageable and making comic people with no interest in games not have to sit through those auctions, and making games people with no interest in comics not have to sit through that. I agree that its fun and beneficial at the start but eventually it probably makes more sense to separate them, I should think. Besides, they've been planning it for a while, clearly. The listings on the game stuff have, from day one, corresponded to a game category that didn't exist yet. Plus, you can see the slow movement in that direction. Initially directly comingled with comics (same sessions, same catalog). Then separate sessions with separate standalone catalogs. Now separate weeklies. Separate category and separate signatures seems like the next step. Edited April 5, 2021 by Bronty vodou and tth2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 7 hours ago, Bronty said: 7 hours ago, zhamlau said: Why split them? It grants exposure to new and old collectors of fields they might not see a lot of yet are still related. Maybe you generate cross interest and bids/sales you might not normally have had? To make Tim happy, mostly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstojano Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Anything comic related from 1999 sell for 408K like the Pokemon box set did? Serious question... grapeape 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, cstojano said: Anything comic related from 1999 sell for 408K like the Pokemon box set did? Serious question... I can't imagine paying even five figures for almost anything comic related post 1985 or so. I imagine many people are in the same boat. Edited April 6, 2021 by Bronty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodou Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 46 minutes ago, Bronty said: I imagine many people are in the same boat. Broadly yes, but on this board - five figures is a regular occurrence. Less than $10k gets you very little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 (edited) 18 minutes ago, vodou said: Broadly yes, but on this board - five figures is a regular occurrence. Less than $10k gets you very little. Post 1985 Michael? There aren't many books post 85 worth 10k...... Point being, comics past a certain date... I'm not sure they were read widely enough to "matter"... so I wouldn't expect 1999 anything in comics to ever hit the kind of numbers discussed re pokemon above. Edited April 6, 2021 by Bronty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varanis Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 12 hours ago, cstojano said: Anything comic related from 1999 sell for 408K like the Pokemon box set did? Serious question... 18 minutes ago, Bronty said: Post 1985 Michael? There aren't many books post 85 worth 10k...... Point being, comics past a certain date... I'm not sure they were read widely enough to "matter"... so I wouldn't expect 1999 anything in comics to ever hit the kind of numbers discussed re pokemon above. Ultimate Fallout #4 cover sold for $225k. That might be the peak piece from 1999+. Seems wild to me that a box of Pokemon cards sold for almost double. I often wonder if the WATA VG and Pokemon sales are a sign of shifting tastes or an indicator that OA still has room to grow. Or maybe a little of both. Legion of Goom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Varanis said: Ultimate Fallout #4 cover sold for $225k. That might be the peak piece from 1999+. Seems wild to me that a box of Pokemon cards sold for almost double. I often wonder if the WATA VG and Pokemon sales are a sign of shifting tastes or an indicator that OA still has room to grow. Or maybe a little of both. I meant retail items, but sure. I'm not sure if its shifting tastes so much as the kids that grew up with the illegible 90s garbage comics - books so bad you couldn't read them... guess what, they didn't read them. Edited April 6, 2021 by Bronty delekkerste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBerman Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Bronty said: I'm not sure if its shifting tastes so much as the kids that grew up with the illegible 90s garbage comics - books so bad you couldn't read them... guess what, they didn't read them. Indeed the kids never even saw the comics, since the comics were at LCS and not the gas stations, supermarkets, drug stores, toy stores, and arcades frequented by kids. But Pokemon cards were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodou Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 2 hours ago, Bronty said: books ? Oh who cares about those! We're in COMIC ART Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 2 hours ago, vodou said: ? Oh who cares about those! We're in COMIC ART true. I guess you saw my post in isolation without the context. I agree... who cares about the newer books! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 3 hours ago, RBerman said: Indeed the kids never even saw the comics, since the comics were at LCS and not the gas stations, supermarkets, drug stores, toy stores, and arcades frequented by kids. But Pokemon cards were. yeah exactly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodou Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 19 minutes ago, Bronty said: true. I guess you saw my post in isolation without the context. I agree... who cares about the newer books! Ha ha...actually I saw the context that you ignored - related being the key word, thus inclusive of comic art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 5 minutes ago, vodou said: Ha ha...actually I saw the context that you ignored - related being the key word, thus inclusive of comic art. Yeah, but then that's not apples v apples. Comic related item sold at retail. Better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodou Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, Bronty said: Comic related item sold at retail. Better? Does the penciled $15 on the back of one of my early Zecks count as "retail"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 5 minutes ago, vodou said: Does the penciled $15 on the back of one of my early Zecks count as "retail"? humblebrag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...