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The incredible jaw-dropping auction results thread
darkmark (RIP):
Miller can be great and he can be revolting. It's all in whether or not he crosses the line. All too often, it's the latter.
misappear:
Funny thing (to me). Miller's "piece of art" was not designed to even be consumed as such. It's production art; a piece of a larger effort which included coloring, reduction, duplication, printing......
I used to own Marvel Team-up #50. All interior story pages and a cover by Gil Kane. I bought it complete for $65.00 in 1979. I got bored with it and sold it in 1980 for $85.00. 31% profit. Am I not a financial whiz?
Fooey. That's my "one that got away." What's yours?
OtherEric:
I could almost understand some of Miller's DD covers from that era going for 6 figures. 158, 168, 179, 182, and 181 in particular are all fairly famous images. But #188? Yep, that's a cover, all right. Just not a particularly impressive one, in my opinion.
Yoc:
Funny, that was my first thought as well.
I can think of many others that were better done. *shrug*
Drusilla lives!:
--- Quote from: OtherEric on June 03, 2010, 05:57:25 PM ---I could almost understand some of Miller's DD covers from that era going for 6 figures. ...
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See, that's the thing... I can't. I can't see why any cover art from Marvel or DC from that era (late 70s, early 80s) should sell in the 6 figures at this time. Once you break into that kind of price range you could just as easily buy a piece of fine art. Perhaps even a lesser work from one of the better known impressionist painters of the last century... which would certainly hold more of its value in my opinion. My guess is it must be some middle-aged fan of Miller's who hit it big (money wise) somehow over the years who wasn't satisfied with just owning the comic, but wanted the original art as well. :)
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