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Prove your Carnac prediction skills here.  

Pieces listed or hinted so far:

Marc Ericksen, Evasive Action box artwork

Fabian Rypert, Super Mario World puzzles (three separate pieces/lots)

Greg Winters, Willy Beamish ad

Greg Winters, Bill Laimbeer snes ad

SMB3 apple jacks art (resell from previous auction - curious to see how it compares to previous sale)

Mick McGinty, College Slam snes box artwork

Mick McGinty, Die Hard Arcade, sega saturn (?) box artwork

Frank Cirocco, Bionic Commando NES box artwork

 

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On 12/3/2022 at 5:04 AM, Ibrahim_UK said:

It seems Heritage did a big update yesterday, many artworks added.

Bionic Commando will surely take the No.1 spot for this auction.

 

 

this link will narrow the auction listings to the art only

https://www.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?Ne=1058&N=6717+792+4294939353+1067&ic4=Refine-ComicCategory-102615

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Oooh, I really like the Daphne pieces from Dragon’s Lair. Very curious to see how that goes. Might have to put a bid in. 
 

I do wonder if the art is related to the production of the game? I’ll have to look into it, but the pieces are really nice. 

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I'm loving how the auction is shaping up. Some I knew about, others are total surprises. And then even when I knew so-and-so might send something in, seeing the reveal of what was actually consigned is its own little treat.

I don't know about price predictions, but I think Mick McGinty's College Slam will surprise. Its a fun image and 20x15 is a really nice board size. Not too big and not too small. Plus, for 1996 it got a release on everything: DOS, Game Boy, Genesis, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, SNES. Actually, screw it, I'll attach a preliminary prediction. I'd say $15k and that would be very fair.

The recent run up in game prices brought some new love to sports games, things like Madden and Tecmo Bowl. I'll be curious to see how far that extends to sports titles and whether celebrity gives anything a boost! Maybe in a different bucket, but the Jack Nicholson portrayal for the Joker mag cover is spot on.

 

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15 hours ago, crunchabunga said:

The Prince Of Persia cover will be really cool to see as well.

Looks like a description is up!

https://comics.ha.com/itm/video-games/video-game-art/robert-florczak-prince-of-persia-original-video-game-cover-art-broderbund-1989-/p/7348-100001.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Preview-ThisAuction-120115

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On 12/8/2022 at 4:16 PM, crunchabunga said:

Is it safe to assume bionic will be on the top-12 public sales list?

I expect so

On 12/9/2022 at 2:26 PM, KingofGames said:

Oooh, I really like the Daphne pieces from Dragon’s Lair. Very curious to see how that goes. Might have to put a bid in. 
 

I do wonder if the art is related to the production of the game? I’ll have to look into it, but the pieces are really nice. 

I believe so.  Good luck

On 12/10/2022 at 8:44 AM, Sanford_US said:

Looks like a description is up!

https://comics.ha.com/itm/video-games/video-game-art/robert-florczak-prince-of-persia-original-video-game-cover-art-broderbund-1989-/p/7348-100001.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Preview-ThisAuction-120115

Huh.    No mention of the condition issues that I understand exist.

And its smaller than I expected, by quite a bit.   Great looking piece though.

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On 12/9/2022 at 8:19 PM, Sanford_US said:

I'm loving how the auction is shaping up. Some I knew about, others are total surprises. And then even when I knew so-and-so might send something in, seeing the reveal of what was actually consigned is its own little treat.

I don't know about price predictions, but I think Mick McGinty's College Slam will surprise. Its a fun image and 20x15 is a really nice board size. Not too big and not too small. Plus, for 1996 it got a release on everything: DOS, Game Boy, Genesis, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, SNES. Actually, screw it, I'll attach a preliminary prediction. I'd say $15k and that would be very fair.

The recent run up in game prices brought some new love to sports games, things like Madden and Tecmo Bowl. I'll be curious to see how far that extends to sports titles and whether celebrity gives anything a boost! Maybe in a different bucket, but the Jack Nicholson portrayal for the Joker mag cover is spot on.

 

Nice prediction for College Slam.  I was thinking around 7k. It wasn’t a well received game but as you said is recognizable art.  The game was virtually the same as NBA JAM.  I always wished NBA JAM had painted artwork. Now that would bring some serious cash!  However, I do recall a collector telling me he knew the owner of the ball that’s on the Tournament Edition cover.  It’s not original artwork but would still be great to own.  

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The art auction has gotten pretty enticing.  It’s going to be fun to watch.  Prince of Persia already has close to 500 views, which is more than anything else.  
 

Bionic Commando will be my favorite to track but overall there are some really cool pieces for a first major auction.  

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On 12/12/2022 at 4:54 PM, Bronty said:

Huh.    No mention of the condition issues that I understand exist.

And its smaller than I expected, by quite a bit.   Great looking piece though.

I must say PoP's condition is rather deceiving. Foxing sounded tolerable as per the description, but the hi-res picture can not hide that it affects the artwork's visual appearance quite badly.

What's also concerning is that it appears to be difficult to restore, if at all.  I understand the artist himself is involved with the sale in some form, so one would expect he would have put his hands at the original painting to restore it and maximize profit. That obviously didn't happen (or with limited success), so one has to worry how much more the painting will suffer with further aging.

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7 hours ago, Eric Metalic said:

I must say PoP's condition is rather deceiving. Foxing sounded tolerable as per the description, but the hi-res picture can not hide that it affects the artwork's visual appearance quite badly.

What's also concerning is that it appears to be difficult to restore, if at all.  I understand the artist himself is involved with the sale in some form, so one would expect he would have put his hands at the original painting to restore it and maximize profit. That obviously didn't happen (or with limited success), so one has to worry how much more the painting will suffer with further aging.

In fairness to the artist, the art hasn't been with him for 30 years now, he was never in a position to inspect it.     

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14 hours ago, Eric Metalic said:

I must say PoP's condition is rather deceiving. Foxing sounded tolerable as per the description, but the hi-res picture can not hide that it affects the artwork's visual appearance quite badly.

What's also concerning is that it appears to be difficult to restore, if at all.  I understand the artist himself is involved with the sale in some form, so one would expect he would have put his hands at the original painting to restore it and maximize profit. That obviously didn't happen (or with limited success), so one has to worry how much more the painting will suffer with further aging.

Luckily the painting had a Varnish applied to it, making it relatively easy to restore.

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The ones I have less of an idea on how to price are things like that Paul Mann Contra III: Alien Wars art. I have no idea if that's a $1500 piece or $3k or $5k. I guess it will all depend on who the bidders are for this auction. I go for box art, but someone else might prioritize the IP and its a killer image. I'd guess between $1500 and $3k, with a buyer being happy anywhere along that spectrum.

Here is a list of all of the final box art in the auction:

  1. Alien Syndrome
  2. Bionic Commando 
  3. Evasive Action
  4. The Scroll
  5. Prince of Persia
  6. Carl Lewis Go for the Gold
  7. FOFT: Federation of Free Traders
  8. The Kristal
  9. The Irem Skins Game
  10. College Slam
  11. Die Hard Arcade
  12. Mass Destruction
  13. Sidewize
  14. Auto Duel / Action Fighter
  15. X-Zone

 

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On 12/18/2022 at 5:12 AM, Bronty said:

How so?   If varnish how or why could or would the foxing/mold start in the first place?   I’m fuzzy on the details

From what I can tell, this is not Foxing, as that would be dark brown spots.
The Varnish layer looks to be breaking down, probably due to improper storage.
A clearer picture will be great, but my amateur eyes think this is something other than Foxing.

I had a varnished oil painting that was stored in a damp environment, and the artwork was covered with Tracing Paper/ Vellum.
The tracing paper got stuck to the varnish layer and left similar white spots, which I was able to remove with ease.

But without a clearer picture, this is a guessing game.

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On 12/18/2022 at 9:11 AM, Ibrahim_UK said:

From what I can tell, this is not Foxing, as that would be dark brown spots.
The Varnish layer looks to be breaking down, probably due to improper storage.
A clearer picture will be great, but my amateur eyes think this is something other than Foxing.

I had a varnished oil painting that was stored in a damp environment, and the artwork was covered with Tracing Paper/ Vellum.
The tracing paper got stuck to the varnish layer and left similar white spots, which I was able to remove with ease.

But with a clearer picture, this is a guessing game.

Gotcha.

A lot of these paintings that spent 30 years in a frame like this one was weren't framed with great materials.   Maybe there was a microclimate issue from less than ideal framing (leading to dampness inside the frame).   Archival materials wasn't much of a thing yet.

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Things should be just about set for January's game art auction.  All of the pieces are in their own session (session 2) and there are 87 total game art lots.  The below link is a filter for just session 2, with the results sorted by Lot No.: Lowest First.

https://www.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?Ns=Lot+No|0&Ne=1595&N=6717+792+4294937837+2703&ic4=SortBy-071515

As the catalogs have been sent off to the printers, I don't expect the order to change, but you will note an oddity here or there (such as the Lawrence Fletcher Chaos Overlords piece appearing between "Cabral" and "Cirocco" since the art was originally listed as "Chaos Overlords" without the artist name, which was added later.

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