All of these mighty Marvel pieces of original cover art sold in the same auction. The Heritage Auctions sale took place in mid-November of this year. I’ve indicated the primary artist and…
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Classics Illustrated A Christmas Carol – Ancient Variant Comics
“You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you…
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Heritage Signature Auction Highlights: Sale Prices to Numb
I love Heritage Auctions. My books would be void of data without them. So, this is no indictment on Heritage Auctions or any other sales outlets for original comic book art. But…
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On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me Two Dogs in Love And a Sunday Comic Dick Tracy The love story begins on Christmas morning when Jim Dear…
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On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me A Sunday Comic Dick Tracy. We’ll take a stroll down Christmas Memory Lane in a series of articles on nostalgic…
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Tracking Original Art Sales Trends: CAT Silver Age Index
If someone asked you how the market for original comic book art is, you would probably say it’s great! You may be right. But, is it just anecdotal evidence based on a…
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Recollecting the golden days of youth, I grow fonder of Bill Everett and Sub-Mariner. Everett guided Namor’s emergence in Marvel Comics 1.
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I got excited when I saw that someone else was talking about “the definitive artist“. I can’t take credit for that since my blog was written but not published when I saw…
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Legendary War Artists Joe Kubert and Dick Ayers make you rethink the old song lyric, “War, What’s It Good For?” While no one should glamorize the horrors of war, Joe Kubert and…
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The Definitive Artist: Remember When “Insert Name Here”
Remember when Ryan Sook was the definitive artist for Spectre? Someone slightly older chimes in. “Excuse me, the definitive 3rd Series came out in 1992 featuring the artistry of Tom Mandrake.” A…
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She’s Smart, She’s Strong, She’s She-Hulk. And…She’s selling, just not seashells on the seashore. It’s well documented that She-Hulk’s place in the Marvel Media Universe is expanding. Even here at GoCollect, bloggers…
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Black Lightning’s character profile lit up like like lightning in the night sky when the CW gave the character his own series. Before… Jefferson Pierce could have been mistaken for a president…
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Media hubbub is always a good thing for a fictional character. A quick study of auction prices reveals art featuring Thanos and Captain Marvel fetched interstellar prices since the announcement and success…
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Amazing Spider-Man 129 Cover Art: $2,000,000 in Hype?
I’m not saying it couldn’t happen, but let’s say I am cautiously skeptical. You have probably heard by now that the original cover art for Amazing Spider-Man #129 will be auctioned off…
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In the last 21st Century Da Vinci, I focused on Greg Capullo. Today, I spotlight Identity Crisis artist Rags Morales. Just as Leonardo Da Vinci shaped the future with his scientific thinking…
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Is grading original comic book art as simple as looking for clean, white paper? Are good grades assigned for smooth, shiny pages with minimal smudges, free of food stains…overall nice appearance? Well,…
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Buy Wrong Lose Big: Fantastic Four vs. the Frightful Fore
When one tees off in golf, proper etiquette requires yelling ‘fore’ to alert other golfers that something is coming. Here you are, puttering along on the course, oblivious to the imminent danger…
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As kids who play video games mature into…well, adults who play video games, many long for reminders of a simpler past. Of course, the simpler past involves primitive graphics, basic gameplay, and…