The Most Outrageous Autograph Dealer Pricing

You cannot help but laugh when you see something like the below. Now think about this . This is NOT even the often seen Chester Gould (Dick Tracy creator) original "Dick Tracy" sketch. BUT, simply a note signed by him. Now if you know comic art you know a sketch is worth maybe 3-5 times that of just a plain signature. Then the next level is the original “daily” art. That is the original artwork used for the daily newspaper strip. Worth, usually several times that of an original sketch Two days ago a 1945Daily WITH Tracy in the strip sold for $455 on eBay.

But not of that means anything to these "characters" in Las Vegas. Take a look below:

http://cgi.ebay.com/CHESTER-GOULD-AUTOGRAPH-NOTE-SIGNED-03-28-1978-...

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Permalink Reply by Mike Miller on August 14, 2011 at 7:02pm

Re: "It's also set item by item in cases like this where the item is rarer than others." ,... in THIS case?

What is so rare about a "printed" card signed by Chester Gould, that can be had on eBay or other auction on any given day for $50 ????

We're not talking about traditional capitalism, we are talking about outrageous USURY. I don’t expect anyone to admit it, but I am SURE if your mother /father/wife/sister knew you liked for example "Dick Tracy" and fell prey to a $50 piece, that she thought was worth $3500 because that was the selling price, the "God Bless America!" mentality would take on a whole different twist. It’s just a very "Stinky" element in the industry. Some folks have a conscience, and others, well you know the rest of the story....

I have NO problem with “I don't see anyone else agreeing with you!” .. Here is one case where NOT following the pack will be VERY easy to sleep on. nuff said........

Permalink Reply by DB on August 14, 2011 at 3:12pm