1 Case of Batman Archives

[Incarnadine]

Finally finished opening, sorting and scanning my case. Odds were spot on, every box had a sketch, a lenticular, 2 dark victory and 4 retro gum cards, nothing short and no extras. Made 1 complete lenticular set, 2 Dark Victory sets and 5 gum sets.

1 Jorge Correa- Batman (300)
2 Sict- Batman (299)
3 Uko Smith- Mr. Freeze (?)
4 Renato Guedes- Batman (201)






5 Eddy Barrows- Batman (290)
6 Jack Jadson- Robin (298)
7 Al Bigley- Joker (200)
8 James Cordeiro- Bat Girl (296)






9 Eddy Barrows- Robin (290)
10 Eddy Barrows- Poison Ivy (290)
11 Chris Bolson- Catwoman (100)
12 Andy Price- Batman & Robin (300)

[Incarnadine]

Case loader and insert sets

[rudyjustinfarrell]

That Andy Price one is pretty nice.

[Incarnadine]

Originally Posted by rudyjustinfarrell

That Andy Price one is pretty nice.

Thanks. I really like his work and will probably be keeping the Price and Bolson for my collection. I actually have 2 Price sketches from DC Legacy.

[Bigblue]

Geee!...why would any guy like that card

Uhhh, I don't remember Archie or Richie Rich's girlfriend looking like that!!

[mightbe]

I've been wanting to do some non-sports stuff. All of the sketch cards look very nice. I've noticed on Ebay that even ones that look great don't go for too much. Is that just due to the numbers made by each artist? Are there particular artists that sell better? Also, from looking at pics, why do some sketches come in a holder with a seal while others don't?

[Incarnadine]

Originally Posted by mightbe

I've been wanting to do some non-sports stuff. All of the sketch cards look very nice. I've noticed on Ebay that even ones that look great don't go for too much. Is that just due to the numbers made by each artist? Are there particular artists that sell better? Also, from looking at pics, why do some sketches come in a holder with a seal while others don't?

After a long dry spell for Marvel and DC sets with sketches there have been a lot of releases close together that have pushed prices down, especially for the most recent releases. By my count there have been 6 major releases since 2006:

Complete Avengers (8000 boxes)
DC Legacy (10000 boxes)
Women of Marvel (8000 boxes)
Batman Archives (7500 boxes)
Marvel Masterpieces 1 (13000 boxes)
Marvel Masterpieces 2 (18000 boxes)

There have also been minor releases or other sets that had sketch cards but they weren't the primary insert (Like Iron Man the movie or Spider-Man 3).

As for the sketches with the gold seal, those aren't pack inserted sketches, they are incentive cards for ordering multiple cases. The number of cases can vary for different sets. For Iron Man the Bob Layton sketches were 1 for every 4 cases ordered, for Batman Archives the Mark McHaley sketches were 1 for every 3 cases ordered and the Dick Giordano sketches were 1 for every 9 cases odered. In the upcoming Fantastic 4 Archives set the only multi Case incentive is a NAR sketch for every 10 cases ordered (sadly I can only afford 2 cases of this, I would love a NAR sketch)