Many years ago on eBay I bought this comic-themed “First day of issue” stamped envelope on which someone had collected several signatures from old-time comic artists. Over time I have collected several more signatures, adding to the back of the envelope after the front was covered.
When I bought this, it had [...]
Sunday, January 17th, 2010
Well, my big eBay sell-off is done. I haven’t updated the for sale/not for sale/sold status of the comics in my gallery here yet, but I will soon. I’m keeping around 20 or so of my favorites, but I raised enough money to satisfy my immediate need for prescriptions, rent, and miscellaneous bills. A big [...]
Monday, January 4th, 2010
I recently discovered some work by comic book artist Rudy Palais in a 1950s science fiction pulp digest. Palais has two illustrations in the June 1954 issue of If - Worlds of Science Fiction. You can click either image below for a larger view. The artwork is interesting as it does not look like Palais’ [...]
Here’s that price guide I mentioned a couple posts back, which contains the market report that I wrote. It’s actually a pretty cool guide, with hundreds of pictures all in full color.
Back when I worked at Heritage Comics Auctions, one day my superior Ed Jaster told me to write a market report for some kind of new price guide. I dutifully did as I was told, and turned in 250 words (or so) on the state of the market. When I asked Ed Jaster where it [...]
