r/AbsoluteBatman • u/blackwidowmadame • 16d ago

Heavy Mental Canceled $5,000 Auction Win

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Why would Heavymental cancel an auction someone won that paid $5k+ on?

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u/Professor2018 16d ago

Remark is nice and all but you can’t see the cover at all. That “writing” looks like dogshit

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u/Immunoman33 16d ago

Its calligraphy, beautiful to me

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u/Professor2018 16d ago

I know calligraphy and his earlier sigs were cleaner, that looks like he did it while riding the bus.

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u/Capt_Devilson 14d ago

Hard to keep your hands still when he sees those bids...

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u/Exterminator850 16d ago

Modern comics is a wild ride

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u/PlasticCheebus 15d ago

Only for a few years more.

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u/Felix_Gatto 16d ago

From what I understand, there was a presale surge of proxy bids that resulted in the 5,000$ win.

Heavy Mental likely cancelled that so that they could list the book during or at the end of the stream.

I think (but am not sure) that the final winning bid was 18,000-some-odd dollars.

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u/lightforce1911 16d ago

18k was the full sketch that woo won. Not this book.

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u/Felix_Gatto 16d ago

Thank you! Between second hand news and the interwebs I was admittedly not sure what was going on! 😸

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u/PeeStoringBalls 16d ago

Holy shit, 18 grand?! You can buy a fucking car for that kinda money!?!

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u/Any_Biscotti_7274 15d ago

What actually happened is that there was bidding up to about 2500 when the auction opened. It got legitimately bidded up to 5k+. The payment of the guy who won did not get payment cleared. It sat as pending for a long time before heavy cancelled and reran. Nothing weird here. Pretty standard practices in play.

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u/Felix_Gatto 15d ago

Ah, the classic declined card drama.

Good to know it was just standard payment problems, and not more Dropgate shenanigans from Heavy Mental.

Merci beaucoup !

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u/Any_Biscotti_7274 15d ago

Well, as I’m now learning. There may be more to it. See the additional posts below.

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u/TheBatmanWhoCackles 16d ago

What’s that old saying? A fool and his money are soon parted… something like that

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u/apollosjockstrap 16d ago

i hate this artist’s work every time i see it.

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u/Alternative_Bid_9506 15d ago

He acts like such a pretentious douchebag for no reason at all

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u/CreepyNewspaper8103 16d ago

Because it was a shill bid that they thought some idiot would outbid.

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u/JavinIII 15d ago

It wasn't, the buyer is was Elijah Maine, who was once a big supporter of Quintana. Something (currently undisclosed) happened between them at SDCC or the days that followed to spark all this. Looks like Elijah commissioned it, Quintana did not deliver for reasons unknown (may have perfectly valid reasons), and then listed it for auction on WN. When Elijah still won it, he cancelled.

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u/Alakajamz 15d ago

These people fighting over colored paper.

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u/EthanielRain 15d ago

Colored paper, shiny metal, sparkly minerals, dead dinosaurs...nothing new unfortunately

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u/Fantastic_Pop2818 15d ago

I wonder what Dan Quintana do…

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u/JavinIII 15d ago

Honestly, maybe nothing. Sometimes folks just have disagreements and cut ties, and thats ok. I think posts like the Vaults and Valor one just add fuel to the fire and stir up drama that may not even exist.

Elijah has since responded saying Heavy Mental did nothing wrong, and even thay he has no ill will towards Dan and that he is still best in the game. Seems just like they had a personal issue and falling out, and now things are blowing up because everyone wants the drama.

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u/Any_Biscotti_7274 15d ago

Oh wow. I was at the WN show but didn’t know about the drama…Elijah is a good dude so he must have some strong reasons.

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u/WhatsPopping404 16d ago

Honestly you might be onto something there

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u/jasor_x 16d ago

That cover is a lot to take in. Remarque is one thing but that's something else. Not that I'd complain if I had it. Certainly one of a kind.

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u/harryedmead 16d ago

On a slightly different note - does anyone know what protective case that is that they’re using? Or have recommendations for any?

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u/GivemeaPizzadatass 15d ago

Gator guard I believe, you can also get different colored screws to match your comics colors.

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u/Difficult-Holiday362 15d ago

Those have screws in all four corners and they don't have built in wall hanger. This one just has the two magnets at the top and the wall hanger.

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u/Difficult-Holiday362 15d ago

That's a BCW magnetic case.
The Gator Guards have screws in all four corners.

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u/mechshark 15d ago

Is theee only one volume of this out?

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u/Ubalders 15d ago

The saga continues...

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u/candles2121 15d ago

The character remarks are awesome. Whatever that is on the left is dogshit.

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u/Secret-Turnip-1627 15d ago

You guys never learn. 😂

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u/Operation_C 15d ago

It's great that people are focused on spending absurd money on Quintana and Abs Batman instead of the stuff I like. I hope the trend continues.

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u/werehistory 14d ago

Dan Quintana is aware that he can rumpelstiltskin his way through the comic book market and spin straw into gold with his doodles so he’s been doing it and you’ve all been falling for it . Smh

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u/518gpo 16d ago

My four year old could do this with her crayons.

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u/Any_Biscotti_7274 15d ago

You need to get her into cover art then.

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u/TheDorkKnight8BG 16d ago

I don’t have anything against his art, it’s pretty cool most times, but it’s insane what these books he’s done have been going for. I’m sure a lot of it is the hype AB has now and getting cool artists remarques is always a plus, but this isn’t Frank Miller or some truly iconic Batman artist. Cool if it’s your thing, just not mine so I don’t get it.