The good old days (from 1990 catalog)

Artist: jim Lee (Penciller)

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Title:	The good old days (from 1990 catalog)
Artist:	jim Lee (Penciller)
Media Type:	Photograph
Art Type:	Other
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	739
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	9
Added to Site:	11/10/2020
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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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Jerry C.
Member Since 2009

Posted on 11/10/2020

Jim Lee (and McFarlane) higher than Buscema's Thor cover...

E DLS
Member Since 2005

Posted on 11/10/2020

Jerry C. wrote:

Jim Lee (and McFarlane) higher than Buscema's Thor cover...

Yeah, that was one of the first things I noticed when I began to compile this material. It was just insane to me how the "modern" pieces were valued so much more than Silver and Bronze age pieces by industry legends. Of course I'm as guilty as the next guy for making poor decisions and contributing to the lack of demand for those pieces back then. I didn't buy Lee and McFarlane, but I was still too busy buying Art Adams and Mike Mignola to pay attention to these grossly undervalued (at the time) Silver and Bronze gems.. While I love and value the collection I have today, it could have been a completely different collection if I had made better or smarter choices. Who knew?

Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006

Posted on 11/10/2020

I would have been holding out for the cover of 268!

E DLS
Member Since 2005

Posted on 11/10/2020

Peter Sullivan wrote:

I would have been holding out for the cover of 268!

Hey, lucky for you it's on Heritage right now. Got a 100k or so lying around?

Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006

Posted on 11/10/2020

E DLS wrote:

Hey, lucky for you it's on Heritage right now. Got a 100k or so lying around?

Let me check my empty pockets and empty bank account...Nope!

E DLS
Member Since 2005

Posted on 11/10/2020

Peter Sullivan wrote:

Let me check my empty pockets and empty bank account...Nope!

Let me email Heritage and see if they are willing to let me make time payments for life. LOL

Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006

Posted on 11/10/2020

E DLS wrote:

Let me email Heritage and see if they are willing to let me make time payments for life. LOL

We can go fifty fity on the payments for life deal. You can have it for half the year and I will have it for the other half.

Carlo M
Member Since 2006

Posted on 11/11/2020

So much better than the published version. I don't recall Wolverine being on the cover, and of course the Mojo box was lost

Thomas V
Member Since 2008

Posted on 5/5/2023

While the price may be three figures higher today I'm still in the same boat. Couldn't afford this back then anyway 😂

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