The good old days (from 1989 catalog)

Artist: Brian Bolland (Penciller)

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Title:	The good old days (from 1989 catalog)
Artist:	Brian Bolland (Penciller)
Media Type:	Photograph
Art Type:	Other
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	633
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Favorited on CAF:	1
Comments:	10
Added to Site:	10/17/2020
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First, let me apologize in advance for the pain I am about to inflict on all of you. Especially if you are the current or former owner of any of these pieces. I figured since I have a near complete set of Mitch’s old mail order catalogs, it might be “fun” (if not masochistic) to take a stroll down memory lane. But take heart. For even though most (if not all) of these posts will be almost unbearable and cringe worthy to many of you, just remember that 20-30 years from now, these will be the “good old days” to some new collector just starting out.

I’ve gotten many wonderful compliments from the fine people of CAF about my collection/gallery. All giving me credit for being smart enough to buy all the pieces I bought way back when. Well, now I’m about to show you all what an absolute idiot I was. Keep in mind that many of the pieces that currently reside in my collection came from these very same catalogs. So the next time you want to call me a genius for all the pieces I did buy back then, just take a look at some of the rubbish I DIDN’T buy! In other words, this is the collection I COULD‘VE had. (Somebody shoot me now! LOL)

What is very interesting to note here is that during this 9-year span of catalogs (1984-1993), there is nothing here that is priced over (or anywhere near) $1000. Actually (with the exception of the Killing Joke page), nothing even breaks the $500 range. Absolutely incredible for pieces that could all easily be five figures (or more) today!

By the way, I’ve got dozens and dozens of these. So I’ll be posting them in chunks from time to time (to prolong the torture).

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Mitch Itkowitz
Member Since 2006

Posted on 10/17/2020

I just don't remember ever selling this.

E DLS
Member Since 2005

Posted on 10/17/2020

Mitch Itkowitz wrote:

I just don't remember ever selling this.

You've probably had literally THOUSANDS of pieces pass through your hands. Not surprising that some of it is a blur.

Thomas V
Member Since 2008

Posted on 11/24/2020

Mitch Itkowitz wrote:

I just don't remember ever selling this.

check the vault

Rick W
Member Since 2017

Posted on 10/18/2020

You're killin' me, Smalls ;)

Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006

Posted on 10/20/2020

As the only person ( apparently) who thought this story sucked, I still would not pay the original price for it.

E DLS
Member Since 2005

Posted on 10/20/2020

Peter Sullivan wrote:

As the only person ( apparently) who thought this story sucked, I still would not pay the original price for it.

I don't hate the story as much as you seem to, but I am definitely in the camp that thinks it's more than a tad over rated. And don't get me started on those art prices. I still laugh whenever I see people pay over 100k for a page. While you may not have wanted to pay this old $550 price, I am just sitting here imagining all the amazing trades I could pull off with 100k in trade leverage.

Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006

Posted on 10/20/2020

E DLS wrote:

Well, thats exactly what I would do if I got one of them. I did, years ago, not buy two, which were fairly cheap at the time because they did not have Batman punching the Joker or the Joker acting crazy in them. Only Joking but still a better joke than the lousy one which finishes the story. Alan Moore must have written this on the toilet as he thought of old christmas cracker jokes he had read. I always think its crazy that people pay so much for action pages and have not as much interest in 'talking' pages, despite the fact they are drawn by the same artist.

Thomas V
Member Since 2008

Posted on 11/24/2020

bolland art on this book is some of my all time favorites. i regret not buying a couple pages at 1500 each

E DLS
Member Since 2005

Posted on 11/25/2020

Thomas V wrote:

bolland art on this book is some of my all time favorites. i regret not buying a couple pages at 1500 each

Love Bolland and love this book. But I'll be honest, I'm in that small camp of people who feel that it's just a bit over rated. For those first few years when the prices kept going up and up (and up), I just thought, hmm, interesting. But then it just didn't stop. Now that prices bottom out at 100k minimum, I always think to myself that I could probably add a half dozen or so personal grail type pieces to my collection for that kind of money. So if I had 100k to blow free and clear, would I spend it on a KJ page? I know I'm in the minority, but it's a no for me. LOL

Thomas V
Member Since 2008

Posted on 5/5/2023

E DLS wrote:

Alan Moore feels the same so you're in good company 😉. When the clerk at my lcs told this 12 yr old he wouldn't sell me the book he sprinkled fairly dust on it 😂

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