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12-11-2013, 08:11 PM
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Borrow money from a pessimist, they don't expect it back.
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: QLD, Australia
Posts: 702
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When I was looking to buy my first piece of original art I was looking at two great covers by one of my favourite artists Carlos Pacheco.
Due to dragging my feet and being unsure, I missed out on the covers to Uncanny X-Men #534.1 & Uncanny X-Men #20. Two great team covers that had my favourite Magneto as a focal point.
But... this did end up with me buying the cover to Magneto: Not a Hero #2 by Clay & Seth Mann 
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12-11-2013, 11:08 PM
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Hercules
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: By a Lake in NC
Posts: 14,926
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I wouldn't call these regrets, but . . . .
I have a top 5 covers I want to own - covers that are obtainable. 2 I own. 1 I have never seen. 2 I passed on because of price and likely will never get. I do not regret because 1 sold by the Donnelys for over $10k (I pegged it at maybe a $5k cover) and the other sold through Romitaman for over $13k (I offered $8k). No regrets because that was crazy money and would lead to shifts in my collecting ability.
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12-11-2013, 11:18 PM
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Modzilla
Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 22,183
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Back in 2005 I was negotiating with Tony Moore's girlfriend (I believe wife now) to buy a bunch of interior pages from Walking Dead. Lots of pages were available from issue 1 and most were around $100.00 dollars a page. I ended up not buying anything because a Silver Surfer cover popped up on ebay that I really wanted. I still kick myself to this day for not getting anything.
I also had the opportunity to buy Tony Moore's Walking Dead #7 cover for $2000 a few years ago.
I just made some really bad decisions when it came to Walking Dead art.
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12-11-2013, 11:25 PM
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Baron Zemo
Join Date: May 2006
Location: we know each other, he's a friend from work
Posts: 16,341
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I remember looking at awesome early Buscema Hulk pages on eBay for dirt cheap years ago before I started collecting artwork and was just focusing on toys. What the hell was I thinking?!?!
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12-11-2013, 11:28 PM
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Hercules
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: By a Lake in NC
Posts: 14,926
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MONSTER
Back in 2005 I was negotiating with Tony Moore's girlfriend (I believe wife now) to buy a bunch of interior pages from Walking Dead. Lots of pages were available from issue 1 and most were around $100.00 dollars a page. I ended up not buying anything because a Silver Surfer cover popped up on ebay that I really wanted. I still kick myself to this day for not getting anything.
I also had the opportunity to buy Tony Moore's Walking Dead #7 cover for $2000 a few years ago.
I just made some really bad decisions when it came to Walking Dead art.
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Those pages probably would only fetch 8-12 grand each. 
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12-11-2013, 11:57 PM
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Spider-Woman #1 Fan
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Los Angeles, Ca
Posts: 13,739
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Ebay 1998 you could get Uncanny X-men 147 and 150 Cockrum Covers for under 1k...
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12-12-2013, 01:50 AM
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U talkin' to me?
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 594
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I haven't been around long enough to truly regret missing a purchase in the same way. That being said I did almost buy an Invincible page back when I was still reading the series that was the introduction of I think it was 16 evil alternate universe Invincible's with just their faces as the 16 panels of the page. I do love me alternate universe version's of characters.
Just really loved the look of it. But I didn't have a lot of spending money at the time and I considered getting it, almost would've for sure but decided against it last minute.
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12-12-2013, 02:19 AM
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3 kinds of people: those who can count & those who can't.
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Arizona
Posts: 5,392
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Originally Posted by Pyrotwilight
I haven't been around long enough to truly regret missing a purchase in the same way. That being said I did almost buy an Invincible page back when I was still reading the series that was the introduction of I think it was 16 evil alternate universe Invincible's with just their faces as the 16 panels of the page. I do love me alternate universe version's of characters.
Just really loved the look of it. But I didn't have a lot of spending money at the time and I considered getting it, almost would've for sure but decided against it last minute.
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Don't hate me. Just the pencils, I think the inks are with a collector in Hawaii, last I heard.
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12-12-2013, 05:55 PM
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Modzilla
Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 22,183
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Underdog07
Those pages probably would only fetch 8-12 grand each. |
I was only going to buy 10 to 15 pages. 
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12-12-2013, 10:28 PM
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Hellboy
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 824
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I dont know that I regret passing on much anything, I know I missed a few SA Infantino Flash pieces when I was just starting out and learning the game. I didn't know enough about the hobby to move too aggressively.
I did miss out on a favorite cover on HA a year or so back (underbidder) but I'm at peace with it, as I bid about twice what it should have normally gone for (it was every penny I had). I was very confident it was going to be mine. I went out on my shield with that one. IIRC that cover was the largest public sale for a cover from that series (could be wrong on that, but unlikely)
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