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| From HeroesCon: IIRC, Howard Chaykin is $20 per signature, $25 for Star Wars, $30 for witnessed. Adam Hughes was doing 5 minute head sketches for $100, $120 if you had them witnessed. Georges Jeanty wasn't charging for signatures. Rico Renzi wasn't charging. And that's all I remember. I do know several creators weren't charging, but asking for donations to the Heroes Initiative. |
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| Was just at Niagara Falls Comic Con (Canada) earlier this month... Greg Capullo was $15 (Canadian) per signature Brian Azzarello was $15 (Canadian) per signature - Batman Damned #1 was $35 Canadian James O'Barr (5 Free as always...) Stephanie Phillips was $7 (Canadian) including Grim #1...I believe she used to charge more for that one. Ken Lashley was $10 (Canadian) |
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Quote:Originally Posted by James42 I met Chaykin a few years back, he wasn't charging for signatures then. He just said, why would I charge for people that want to meet me? Mind you, it was a smaller con that he definitely wasn't seeing much foot traffic, chatted with me wife, kids and I for a solid half hour. Paid him $80 (Canadian) for a Nick Fury cover sketch. I told him I was a CBCS Authorized Witness....he said "Why do you have to tell me that? Why do I care that you're going to get this book graded?" Told him it was part of the deal. I guess time changes everything... |
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 I blame the forum gremlins.
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| Back in the day prices... Stan Lee $0 Moebius $0 John Byrne $0 Steranko $0 Marshall Rogers $0 Roger Zelazny $0 Martin Wagner $0 Sam Hurt $0 Dave Sim $0 If there's a trend here I'm not quite seeing it. My how times have changed! |
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James42 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @Paulbg2000 I think the flippers are to "blame." Every creator out there can look on eBay and see people selling their work and signatures; why shouldn't they get a cut? It sucks for those of us who collect for ourselves, but it's what the market is now. | ||
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 I don't want to brag, but cashiers are always checking me out.
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power_struggle55 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| great idea for a thread. if someone wants to know, they just need to check this. Others I remember Skottie Young- I believe $10 each Michael Golden- $20 (last I checked...was at least for posters but charged per) Allison Sealy-Smith (voice of Storm) $50 ($40 for selfie) Catherine Disher (original Jean grey voice actress) $50 ($40 for selfie) Bill Morrison $10 Kyle Starks- free Laura Martin- free |
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| @power_struggle55 Michael Golden charged me $50 per autograph, $75 if it was witnessed for grading Six months ago. | ||
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| @James42 Georges Jeanty charged me $20 with a witness. Even after he dropped my book. It didn't appear damaged but he wasn't free at HeroesCon for me. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by multi007 My price was based on 2 years ago when I bought a poster and got signed |
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 Suck it up, buttercup!!
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Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatson that's what I was just thinking! I figure time for $ yes - like what is there actual working rate and then how much time are they putting into a head sketch or full body sketch My days of getting convention sketches may be done! Pretty sure you can pickup sketches at HA etc for much less for much better artists! |
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KatKomics private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by figment I don't blame them charging a fee though - back in the day the resale market was nil - now people get autographs just to re-sell Those sketch prices though..geeze!!! |
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Forgot to take pics due to fanboying  Walt Simonson 1st free and $10 after |
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 I'm waiting.... (tapping fingers).Splotches is gettin old! |
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| It's becoming where, literally, lower tier celebrities are charging less for their autograph than these guys are for witnessed. Like everything, I suppose, people will realize it's not financially sound anymore with what they're charging and demand will dwindle and thus prices for sigs. |
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| With a lot of the artists prices, it not economical to pay for the witnessed signature. Say I want Scott Snyders signature on a book. I pay him $30 for the sig and CBCS $8.00 for the witness. The cost is $38.00 If I pay the $10 for the unwitnessed, I then pay $30 for the authentication. It costs $40. Unless there's a sale like the current 20% off. Then it's $34.00. Any witnessed price over $30.00 isn't worth paying the witness price. Especially when there are sales all the time for VSP. |
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| @Belarak that's an interesting point. Is there a price difference for let's say Batman #6 Verified snyder sig vs Batmam #6 Witness snyder sig? I would think there is but any data to back or debunk this would be awesome. | ||
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I'm waiting.... (tapping fingers). Splotches is gettin old! |
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| Great points with real $$$ numbers. If I can sell a Universal CBCS/CGC $100 FMV graded comic for around $100 But then I get Scott Snyder for the $38/$40 I have to ask myself can I now get $138/140 for the book with Snyder's auto just to break even? Can I get $150/160 for the book now and make a paltry $15? Is that even worth it? It's not for me as a seller. I can just skip the Starbucks instead for the day. And what about the work of dragging the damn book with me, standing on a line, waiting on the line, going to CBCS booth with paperwork, etc... etc... This is time. And it is alot of time. It is my time and I put serious value on my time. I will not condemn artists/writers for their prices, but I will be making a decision as to whether it is financially sound decision to do so. And in today's Con world, it's seriously beginning not to be worth it anymore. |
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 Ima gonna steal this and look for some occasion to use it!
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Quote:Originally Posted by TheShocker It is popular on comic forums for collectors to say "buy the book, not the label". But the reason that saying exists is BECAUSE most collectors are just buying the label. It will be near impossible to gather conclusive data that proves or disproves that actual witnessed brings more $$ than verified. One would need the same book(s) in the same condition at the same auction just minutes apart. And enough of such auctions to establish a trend. My own observation is that for the vast majority of collectors, yellow label is yellow label. |
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 If I could, I would. I swear.
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Quote:Originally Posted by IronMan And in the end, especially with the current cgc grading standards, that's all they have. A high grade label with a book that doesn't reflect the grade. |
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| @TheShocker I would also be curious if there is a difference in value. To me a yellow label is a yellow label. I don't consider a witnessed book any better than a verified book. The signature is authentic either way. I went to HeroesCon this year. I spent a lot of money on signatures. The worst was Roy Thomas. He asked for donations to The Heroes Initiative or $50 for each witnessed signature. I played the game and gave him $100 and CBCS $16 for witnessing the following books:   Did the signatures add any value? On the Justice Society the $58 for the signature was probably more that the book is worth. On the Captain Marvel the Starlin and Thomas signatures could have added value. The fact that the signatures add any value is nice, but I get the books signed so I can have legendary artist signatures on books I own. My heirs can deal with what value they added after I'm gone. |
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| @Belarak those are awesome and present beautifully. Same here I just like to meet creators and get sigs on my fav books. would like to meet roy thomas at some point. $50 is steep but the steepest I've seen is Jim Lee $90. I'm the same yellow is yellow but I'm not everyone lol. I would like to see what you guys thought about a creator who sells exclusives at $30 for trade and $50 for virgin but still asks if you want it signed which is an extra $10. |
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| @Belarak @TheShocker @Nuffsaid111 Now imagine the anger of getting a book signed in front of you, sending it in for authentication, and then it coming back as not able to authenticate. It’s happened to me once. |
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TheShocker private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @multi007 I knew I read that somewhere I just couldn't remember. That sucks man but if this mistake can be done then who is to say authenticating a good fake as authentic hasn't or would never happen?. Maybe that's a counter point to doing a witness sig and buying a witnessed sig over verified? | ||
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multi007 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @TheShocker Yes that’s a whole other argument. Authentications are subjective with a little bit of science thrown in. It’s not perfect. But it’s what we have. | ||
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 Mike Hawthorne First 3 for free. Everything after is $3 per |
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