Bowen Prices on the rise

[Mister H]

25 Bowen
1 Kotobukiya
1 Dynamic Forces
1 Iron Studios

....for Marvel

[mmk123]

30 Bowen FS (though some are up for sale)
3 Bowen Busts
1 Koto Bust
7 DC Direct (5 statues, 2 busts)
2 Tweeterhead FS

[FJC]

Geez, doing a breakdown of my whole collection just reminds me of how much money I've actually dumped into this hobby.

These are all displayed together:
38 Bowen FS statues
2 Koto
2 Sideshow (smaller scaled HULK vs SS dio and Ultron COM)
1 Art Asylum
1 Neca
The Sideshow EX Planet HULK vs Silver Savage dio is a bit smaller than BD scale but doesn't stick out too badly. I have the Ultron Comiquette sitting between 2 of Bowen's larger statues ( the first Juggy and the Infinity Gauntlet Thanos). Since Ultron is seated and on the smaller side of 1/5 scale, he blends in fairly well.

On to my busts and DC Direct pieces:
1 Bowen bust (SDCC Punisher)
6 Astonishing X-MEN busts (diamond select)
1 Art Asylum Apocalypse bust
18 DC Direct statues (mostly Batman B&W)

Lastly, my larger scale statues (Sideshow, XM, and P1):
36 Sideshow PFs and Coms
3 XM (Magneto, Phoenix, and Thanos)
1 Prime 1 (Arkham Origins Deathstroke)

That's it! A grand total of 110 pieces and quite a few thousands spent that I try not to think of. And what I have is nothing compared to some other people's collection. That said, I'm pretty happy with my collection. It's obviously tailored to the characters I like and I still get a thrill looking at my pieces and marvel at the talent of the artists who make them.

[Al Simmons]

Bowen - 58
Kotobukiya - 8
Sideshow - 8
Marvel milestones - 4
Prototypez - 2
Pcs - 2
Customs - 2

[Primus]

This thread is quickly turning in to a collection list, not that I don’t like seeing so many people that support Bowen Statues but I’d like to here more comments of Bowen statue prices from different parts of the country. What are your local comic book stores charging, is there still an abundance of Statues floating around out there or is it mostly private sales at this point.

[Philintheblank]

I'd pull out the measuring tape, but I might embarrass you guys.

I think it's mostly private sales at this point. There are some online stores and I was lucky enough to have a lcs with a bunch of Bowens and got some for good prices, but I think that's pretty rare these days. I think most are in collector's hands.

[Mister H]

There’s a comic shop near Smoky Mountain National Park that had lots of Bowen busts for sale two years ago. Just checked it out yesterday and they’re cleaned out. Wonder if that’s the case with other shops?

[Primus]

Here in Massachusetts there isint much in the way of Bowen statues. there is one shop that carries a few from collectors selling to them but there asking prices are worse than EBay.

[mmk123]

My LCBS does not buy new statues but will buy used ones from customers. They probably have about 15 to 20 Bowen Busts which range from $30 to maybe $60. I believe that they only have two Bowen statues right now - The Invisible Woman (1st Bowen version) for less than $100 and the 2nd Human Torch statue which they have retailed for $380. It just is not selling. In spring (around end of March-beginning of April) they have their annual sale and that statue was marked 40% off of the $380 price and it still did not sell. There do have other statue that are more reasonably priced but for some reason that one is priced high.

[Subby1938]

All shops in my area rarely have Bowen stuff anymore. Whatever was around has long been bought up