If it looks good on your wall maybe it is worth the $50 to you. If you are getting it signed for your personal collection and the book has sentimental value for you (purchased when you were young, gift from a loved one, etc) maybe you pay the $50 even if the sale of the book would not recoup your investment. On the other hand a 2.0 copy of Green Lantern 89 with Neal's signature is not worth getting signed as the signature might only add $10-15 to the value of the book. If you have a 9.8 copy of Batman 200 getting Neal and Joe Giella to sign it is a no brainer. Neal Adams is a great example as he now charges $50 per book. Of course, the good part is that I guess it keeps some level of scarcity to the signature if they're charging enough. So with that perspective, it doesn't make complete sense for me to pay that for multiple signatures if my intention is to sell some, keep some.

Which kind of makes it seem like they might be taking too big of 'a piece of the pie' as NuffSaid111 put it. It seems sometimes that creators are charging $20 for a witnessed signature, while it might only be adding $0-25 in value to a book. Then there is a 9.8 VSP Red label Quesada for $100, and still not sold.Īgain, who are the signers, when were they signed, what is the placement, witnessed, vsp, or not. Granted, it is a green label, but the Ivory error Variant brings the value up somewhat. I have also seen that there is a Green Label Joe Quesada/Palmiotti signed X-O Manowar 0 9.8 Ivory error variant on ebay for a year at $80.Unsold still. One might extrapolate that these signatures added at least $800 to the value. Recent sales, over the past two months, of the same comic without a signature have been from $500 - $1,200 most being in the $750 - $1,100 range. Just a quick example, on the Wolverine # 1 above, I had recently been $1,800 and 1,900 for it. But depending on the signature and the comic, it may only add $25 but could add upwards of $500 or even higher depending on how prevalent/rare and how desired that signer is. Getting back to - Does a signature add value, yes. Now since it is in gold ink and signed by both Lee and Miller at SDCC on the same day, adds some uniqueness to it, but again if it were in black ink, I would have dumped as I agree with your 'defaced' sentiment.Ĭonversely, this Stan Lee signature on my Star Wars #1, in black, is very well place and otherwise melded in well with the artwork. I would never have bought this Wolverine #1 if the signatures (especially Miller's) was in blank ink. If i do have any of my comics personally signed in the future, it will either be like my first signed comic Marvel Fanfare #1 which Michael Golden signed on the inside back in 1992, or i will have the back cover signed, or perhaps have the back/label aree of CBCS encasement signed as it would likely be for my own personal (Force Ghost) collection. I really do not, as a general rule, like my covers signed. I only say that as I am actually more on your side of the track. Since he signed anything that was put in front of him, I should have had him sign my home loan - Cringe away, my man.

But, yes, they do go for a premium for the collectors that are into that type of stuff.

It makes me cringe when I see high grade copies of legit SA keys with Stan's signature on it.

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