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The good old days (from 1990 catalog)

Artists: Jack Kirby (Penciller) , Bill Everett (Inker)

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Title:	The good old days (from 1990 catalog)
Artist:	Jack Kirby (Penciller)
Artist:	Bill Everett (Inker)
Media Type:	Photograph
Art Type:	Other
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	750
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	11/6/2020
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Currently in Mark Levy's gallery.

May just be the beautiful Everett inks, but I'll be darned if this isn't one of the best non-superhero Kirby covers (or ANY Kirby cover for that matter) that I've ever seen.

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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glen gold
Member Since 2004

Posted on 11/7/2020

Always loved this late silver-age cover. Jack never phoned it in.The first Kirby cover I got was in 1993, and it was $700 (Sandman 3).

E DLS
Member Since 2005

Posted on 11/7/2020

glen gold wrote:

Always loved this late silver-age cover. Jack never phoned it in.The first Kirby cover I got was in 1993, and it was $700 (Sandman 3).

I think it was probably around 1991 that I made the conscious decision to add a Kirby to my collection. At the time, it didn't impact me financially because I ended up trading for it (approx. $500 trade value I think). And the fact that I didn't have to spend any money probably had to do with with why I felt no sense of urgency about Kirby's escalating art market. By the time I figured it out, the prices were already out of reach.

Mark Levy
Member Since 2004

Posted on 11/7/2020

Cool to see - I hope you don't mind me adding this as an additional image to the original in my CAF...I wish I had bought it in 1990!

E DLS
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 11/7/2020

Mark Levy wrote:

Cool to see - I hope you don't mind me adding this as an additional image to the original in my CAF...I wish I had bought it in 1990!

Not at all, not at all. By all means, please do. I had no idea you owned this one. I'm so jealous. Just an absolutely great Kirby cover. And while I'm sure you would have preferred to pay the 1990 price, at least you have it. That really is the only thing that truly matters. Congratulations sir!

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