Marvel Fleer Retro Question:

[JR]

Hi guys, don't really go on to many forums besides this one cause I mostly collect Hockey. Anywho I picked up a couple boxes of Marvel Fleer Retro today and it was an awesome break. Just wondering which the most sought after Autos will be. I pulled a nice Deadpool Card With a Medina Auto. I think it might be good lol. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[frankiefives]

If you check eBay, the autos are being listed for peanuts. These autos are only of artists so I highly doubt there will be any that will fetch much coin. The big hits are the sketches and Precious Metal Gems

 

[frankiefives]

My main question is trying to figure out the artists on these sketches

 

[JR]

It says on the back who signed them.

 

[JR]

It says on the back who signed them.

Only a couple of my sketches say, now that I look again. It's actually an auto. This stuff I like.

 

[frankiefives]

It doesn't tell you who the artist is on the sketches. It only says the artist's name on the regular autos

 

[quincy]

Sketches are not big hits any longer. Look at sale prices the last six months.

 

[Ferrian1]

Sketches are not big hits any longer. Look at sale prices the last six months.

Don't remind me - I have a crapload that I either never got around to selling, or actually collected and have now decided that they aren't important to me :crazy:

Frank - for your specific question, I'm more than a little out of touch with the market, but there were some non-sport sites with pretty good volume where you could post your scans and you'd usually get an artist name from someone within the day.

And lastly - if anyone has any Hawkeye (or maybe Deadpool) I'm interested. I think I'll need a trip to the LCS to get some of this - I loved the original Impel sets, think I have a few (dozen) in the closet behind me.

 

[quincy]

...you really didn't just ask me to mutilate your wallet again, did you?

 

[Ferrian1]

1 - I said if you have some - not please go out and find some
2 - I said I'm interested - not I'll sell my first born for one

3 - Who do you think you're talking to, you know I'm a collector with self control issues

 

[BravesFan4Life]

The autos done for all these non sports sets go for nothing sadly, they are artists that most people will not know. sketches definitely have taken a HUGEEEEEEE dive. I bought quite a bit and had to dump some at a massive loss unfortunately :/

 

[elpereles]

frankiefives go to the Non-Sport Magazine forum or Nonsportscardforum.com and post a topic. In both forums there a lot of people collecting sketches. They are very helpful.

 

[Jeffries79]

Depends on the card. Emma frost is selling 200 plus as well as professor x and a few others.

 

[Orvy]

Not into non-hockey or non-football, but my son is into Marvel... so I've been peaking from a distance. One Christmas I got him a discounted box of Cap'n America and got a sketch card... kinda cool. Now, it may be worth as much as a common insert, but don't you think it's better to hold on to something unique instead of dumping it for $2? Twenty years from now, maybe that artist is more famous and it is a unique hand-drawn item. No? He also got a couple cool Red Skull cards (piece of coat, manufactured patch of the red skull logo). He had fun opening it anyway.

(JR... oh, what are you doing here ...us hockey guys)

 

[quincy]

Not really. Sketches have been oversupplied to the point of being much like jersey cards. It's a rare artist that still commands top dollar all the time.

 

[will-411]

Not really. Sketches have been oversupplied to the point of being much like jersey cards. It's a rare artist that still commands top dollar all the time.

I think the sketch scene also suffers from the fact that the artists are producing sketch cards themselves and selling them direct to the public, sometimes commissioned to specifically what the buyer wants. There's nothing wrong with that of course, but the potential 'rarity' or licensing factor doesn't seem to be that important. People want to buy sketches they like. They don't care if you had to open 8 boxes of product to find 4 sketches.

Cory

 

[quincy]

And that's One to Grow On.

 

[weasel-king]

I would say the average collector is chasing sketch cards from official releases, not directly from artists who use their own cardstock. Maybe they don't want to deal with artists, or just like knowing what they are getting.

I commissioned roughly 500 cards from artists worldwide back when I was collecting, and most want payment upfront (at least partial payment). Prices ranged from $5 to $250. They generally do not offer refunds, so if you are not satisfied with what is produced, that's too bad. I was never rude about it, but there are some cards I did not like but completed the purchase nonetheless, as artistic vision has to factor in there somewhere.

Point being, on the secondary market you already know what you are purchasing.

But the bottom line is pretty much as Q stated--there is a huge amount of cards floating around on the secondary market. Companies cramming them into so many non-sports sets (and sports sets for that matter) don't help much, either.

And for anyone looking for another great resource for sketchcards, try:
http://www.scoundrelpublishing.com/spart2/

A lot of collectors and--more importantly--the artists producing the cards are there. Tell 'em weasel-king sent you.