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The good old days (from 1990 catalog)

Artist: Rob Liefeld (Penciller)

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Title:	The good old days (from 1990 catalog)
Artist:	Rob Liefeld (Penciller)
Media Type:	Photograph
Art Type:	Other
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	500
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	9
Added to Site:	10/30/2020
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Currently in Mark Warunek's gallery.

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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Last Login:	September 2025
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Ben Bressel
Member Since 2003

Posted on 11/4/2020

Damn you Eric! Lol

E DLS
Member Since 2005

Posted on 11/4/2020

Ben Bressel wrote:

Damn you Eric! Lol

Ha! No doubt that as soon as I post the very last image (months from now), I'm going straight to hell for this. Hope you are doing well and staying safe my friend.

Ben Bressel
Member Since 2003

Posted on 11/4/2020

E DLS wrote:

Ha! No doubt that as soon as I post the very last image (months from now), I'm going straight to hell for this. Hope you are doing well and staying safe my friend.

I look back at that I paid for my pieces when I started and I throw up a little. And I regret having sold anything!! Lol

E DLS
Member Since 2005

Posted on 11/4/2020

Ben Bressel wrote:

I look back at that I paid for my pieces when I started and I throw up a little. And I regret having sold anything!! Lol

I don't think those regrets ever end. I have dozens of those stories. Right off the top of my head, my JR jr Uncanny X-Men cover that I bought for a couple of hundred bucks, sold for about five hundred, and then it eventually sold on ComicLink for almost 40k. Even worse, I actually had TWO Romita Jr Uncanny covers! Both gone. Sigh!

Ben Bressel
Member Since 2003

Posted on 11/4/2020

E DLS wrote:

I had a silvestri xmen cover and wolverine splash and many Longshot pages lol

E DLS
Member Since 2005

Posted on 11/4/2020

Ben Bressel wrote:

I had a silvestri xmen cover and wolverine splash and many Longshot pages lol

I wouldn't have minded so much if I was the one who made the 40k. But it was the guy who got it from me who made out like a bandit. LOL! And back in the day, those Art Adams pages (along with his X annual pages) were all over the place for $125-$175 each. I didn't pay much attention to them because I didn't collect panel pages. Now those things are STARTING at 2k each. I wasn't even paying 2k for Art Adams COVERS back then! Crazy man!

Ben Bressel
Member Since 2003

Posted on 11/4/2020

E DLS wrote:

Totes!

Mark Warunek
Member Since 2004

Posted on 11/25/2020

Damn, I paid much more then $250 for this piece. 😉

E DLS
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 11/25/2020

Mark Warunek wrote:

Damn, I paid much more then $250 for this piece. 😉

HEY! Thanks for letting me know this was in your gallery. Will have to update my description. Hopefully you didn't have to pay too much more for it. If you did, I would advise that you stop looking at this post. LOL! Be well and stay safe my friend.

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