Marvel Cards are going crazy.

[One more set]

Originally Posted by DynaEtch

Yea, in a nutshell….2013 and 2015 are very rare, then a pretty big jump to 2017 FUSM and 2018 FUXM

I don’t know if it hurts or helps that they aren’t numbered.

[Wombat]

Originally Posted by glorbgorb

I can just see the new wave of investor and sports collectors: Boris? Julie? Palumbo? Are these characters?

Awesome!


#stayinyourownlane

[Kobefan]

Anybody here wants to come out and admit their losses due to the recent corrections? I'll start with mine: I spend around $400 in PSA grading fees in the early 2020 to grade the following 4 cards (no cost on acquiring the cards cause I bought and opened 2 boxes in 2016 or 2017 and made back the cost through trades on other cards.) and was hoping to trade them away for a few thousand dollars in value, but now, I'll be lucky if the combined value is more than $1.5k.

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[DynaEtch]

Originally Posted by Kobefan

Anybody here wants to come out and admit their losses due to the recent corrections? I'll start with mine: I spend around $400 in PSA grading fees in the early 2020 to grade the following 4 cards (no cost on acquiring the cards cause I bought and opened 2 boxes in 2016 or 2017 and made back the cost through trades on other cards.) and was hoping to trade them away for a few thousand dollars in value, but now, I'll be lucky if the combined value is more than $1.5k.

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Honestly this could have been worse, I was expecting a story about buying the PMGs at the top of the peak early this year, only for them to lose 50-80% of value. I imagine several people did this in the craze. At the least, you acquired the cards themselves earlier before the boom.

I don’t really collect PMGs and mostly stayed away from the craze since it was too rich for my blood. There had to be lots of people (probably not Marvel collectors) shelling out 10’s of k’s in all these monster purchases though…makes you wonder what the game plan will be with those.

The main way I lost was having some ‘high end’ PMGs such as Retro Thanos green etc, and selling it all off way before the craze. So missed an opportunity to make a lot if I just held them (even at current prices, which are way higher than before the skyrocket).

[finfangfan]

How long has eBay been offering price guidance? I accidentally clicked on it this morning and I’m not sure how accurate it is. Still kind of cool tho to the extent it works.

[Wombat]

They should make a graph like that to track their fee increases.

[Browns1981]

It felt like it took forever, but I finally finished the 94 Masterpieces gold foil signature subset. I probably should have just bought a full set all at once and saved a few bucks, but it was pretty fun piecing it together through bulk lot buys (and not fun paying above rate for the few missing cards). I value these about $1-2 each but some sellers have a very different opinion of their worth.

[DynaEtch]

Originally Posted by Browns1981

It felt like it took forever, but I finally finished the 94 Masterpieces gold foil signature subset. I probably should have just bought a full set all at once and saved a few bucks, but it was pretty fun piecing it together through bulk lot buys (and not fun paying above rate for the few missing cards). I value these about $1-2 each but some sellers have a very different opinion of their worth.

Congrats, that’s a great set.

At least you bought bulk lots and singles, that’s still cheaper than piecing together by opening packs, with boxes going for ~$300 and only 36 in a box.

Edit: apparently boxes are getting up there again, even more than 300. Like ~400-500. That’s incredible

[DynaEtch]

Original painting of 1996 Marvel Masterpieces Thanos by Vallejo shows a sale pending of 69k on ComicLink this month. That’s a heck of a sale.

Super rare for any 1996 MM paintings to come to market. Seems like marvel card art is getting some major attention that wasn’t there like 10-15 years ago. (Im not really a player in any of it, too rich for me- just observing). I imagine almost any 1992 MM Jusko painting is at least 20k at this point, 1996 MM in the tens of k’s.

[Mephisto]

Originally Posted by DynaEtch

Original painting of 1996 Marvel Masterpieces Thanos by Vallejo shows a sale pending of 69k on ComicLink this month. That’s a heck of a sale.

Super rare for any 1996 MM paintings to come to market. Seems like marvel card art is getting some major attention that wasn’t there like 10-15 years ago. (Im not really a player in any of it, too rich for me- just observing). I imagine almost any 1992 MM Jusko painting is at least 20k at this point, 1996 MM in the tens of k’s.

I can confirm the Thanos sale went through. As for the 1992 paintings, I sold a few this summer with the most recent one being for your guess of 20K.

[DynaEtch]

Originally Posted by Mephisto

I can confirm the Thanos sale went through. As for the 1992 paintings, I sold a few this summer with the most recent one being for your guess of 20K.

Congrats on the incredible sales. So that Electro was yours, huh Up there on my list of fav cards in 1992 MM. If only I had the extra spending money, some awesome pieces made their way to market this summer. I’m mostly priced out of the original painting market, just have one of the 1994 MM’s by the Hildebrandts.

[fabiani12333]

Originally Posted by DynaEtch

Original painting of 1996 Marvel Masterpieces Thanos by Vallejo shows a sale pending of 69k on ComicLink this month. That’s a heck of a sale.

Super rare for any 1996 MM paintings to come to market. Seems like marvel card art is getting some major attention that wasn’t there like 10-15 years ago. (Im not really a player in any of it, too rich for me- just observing). I imagine almost any 1992 MM Jusko painting is at least 20k at this point, 1996 MM in the tens of k’s.

Wow -- $69k is big bucks for trading card artwork. Was the painting done on large canvas? I know the 1992 Jusko artwork was done on small medium.

The Thanos isn't my favorite artwork from the set -- it's basically a portrait with a basic red colored background. But Thanos is a popular character who should command higher prices.

[DynaEtch]

Originally Posted by fabiani12333

Wow -- $69k is big bucks for trading card artwork. Was the painting done on large canvas? I know the 1992 Jusko artwork was done on small medium.

The Thanos isn't my favorite artwork from the set -- it's basically a portrait with a basic red colored background. But Thanos is a popular character who should command higher prices.

Yes good point, some of these originals are done on a small canvas. The listing for the Thanos

https://www.comiclink.com/itemdetail...ASC&id=1611476

Doesnt say what the dimensions are, which is surprising for this magnitude of an item, but from the pic in relation to the frame, Im guessing that's a pretty good size canvas.

I actually like this Thanos a lot. Not top 5 for me, but maybe top 15 of the set for me. But art is subjective of course

[fabiani12333]

Originally Posted by DynaEtch

Yes good point, some of these originals are done on a small canvas. The listing for the Thanos

https://www.comiclink.com/itemdetail...ASC&id=1611476

Doesnt say what the dimensions are, which is surprising for this magnitude of an item, but from the pic in relation to the frame, Im guessing that's a pretty good size canvas.

I actually like this Thanos a lot. Not top 5 for me, but maybe top 15 of the set for me. But art is subjective of course

I think conceptually it's trying to portray Thanos as arrogant, with his chest stuck out and head tilted back. But that pose was actually similar to how Apocalypse was depicted -- it reflected his sense of superiority:

[DynaEtch]

He does look a lot like Apocalypse there!

That’s the same impression I get. Arms crossed, basically scornfully looking down on us peons. His accentuated physique also screams power and might. Also the choice of red background is a good one- red an intimidating color usually representing battle/war a la the planet/god Mars. This is the portrait of a conqueror. I think it fits Thanos well. (Boris knew what he was doing here!)

[fabiani12333]

Originally Posted by DynaEtch

He does look a lot like Apocalypse there!

That’s the same impression I get. Arms crossed, basically scornfully looking down on us peons. His accentuated physique also screams power and might. Also the choice of red background is a good one- red an intimidating color usually representing battle/war a la the planet/god Mars. This is the portrait of a conqueror. I think it fits Thanos well. (Boris knew what he was doing here!)

Haha -- yes. I even think the influence might be Napolean, who modeled himself on Alexander the Great. Thanos was power hungry in the early 90s, so showing him as a conqueror made a lot of sense.

There are several similarities between Thanos and Apocalypse, and I guess it makes sense that they would be depicted similarly as well.

[Mephisto]

Originally Posted by DynaEtch

Yes good point, some of these originals are done on a small canvas. The listing for the Thanos

https://www.comiclink.com/itemdetail...ASC&id=1611476

Doesnt say what the dimensions are, which is surprising for this magnitude of an item, but from the pic in relation to the frame, Im guessing that's a pretty good size canvas.

I actually like this Thanos a lot. Not top 5 for me, but maybe top 15 of the set for me. But art is subjective of course

Thanos is 10"x13.5" on a 15"x20" artist’s board. 1992 MM are around 6x8 inches.

[fabiani12333]

Originally Posted by Mephisto

Thanos is 10"x13.5" on a 15"x20" artist’s board. 1992 MM are around 6x8 inches.

Ahh -- so the 96 MM Thanos painting was done on a medium-sized canvass. The 92 paintings were on small-sized canvases:
https://acrylgiessen.com/en/what-are...-canvas-sizes/

[Mephisto]

For scale

[MMguy]

Hmm. Maybe it's a good idea that I held onto my doubles from the '92, '93, '94 and '95 Marvel Masterpieces boxes that I kept opening 10 years ago to complete my collection.

[DynaEtch]

Originally Posted by MMguy

Hmm. Maybe it's a good idea that I held onto my doubles from the '92, '93, '94 and '95 Marvel Masterpieces boxes that I kept opening 10 years ago to complete my collection.

I like the focus of your collection

(also a collector of MM).

While the 92-95 sets wont ever see the 'crazy' prices due to sheer production number, I do notice they bumped up a bit- base sets maybe going for about double what they used to- after all the craziness of the last couple years has somewhat settled. Unopened boxes are still surprisingly high.

[jdandns]

Todd McFarlane is doing an organized CCG signing soon with the emphasis on Marvel comic books and trading cards.
If you've got extra cards with McFarlane art on them, it might be a good time to sell them.

[MMguy]

Originally Posted by DynaEtch

I like the focus of your collection

(also a collector of MM).

While the 92-95 sets wont ever see the 'crazy' prices due to sheer production number, I do notice they bumped up a bit- base sets maybe going for about double what they used to- after all the craziness of the last couple years has somewhat settled. Unopened boxes are still surprisingly high.

Thanks

Yeah I wanted to buy an unsealed box just for the 'fun' of opening one but the prices are crazy!

[DynaEtch]

Originally Posted by MMguy

Thanks

Yeah I wanted to buy an unsealed box just for the 'fun' of opening one but the prices are crazy!

Yep, and not to mention you run the risk of opening bricked cards even if you do shell out the high prices

I do open boxes of 92-94 MM from time to time in search of elusive error cards, but that's become too expensive of an endeavor lately.

Edit: I see 2007-2008 MM is missing in your sig, did you choose to just not go for them? Those sets do seem to have a bit of a bad rap among collectors.

[DynaEtch]

1996 Masterpieces Weapon X original art by Boris showing a sale pending of 70k on comiclink.