2023 Upper Deck Marvel Masterpieces - Dan dos Santos

[kakarot12]

I'm gonna have me some fun tonight, I'm gonna have me some fun.

[exotechktx]

Originally Posted by kakarot12

I'm gonna have me some fun tonight, I'm gonna have me some fun.

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Quick, shoot me the address so I can hop on by!

Good luck!!!

[armyml]

Originally Posted by kakarot12

I'm gonna have me some fun tonight, I'm gonna have me some fun.

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I read that in the voice of the dude from Predator. If that was intentional you're the man. Good look on the boxes!!

[exotechktx]

Originally Posted by kakarot12

I'm gonna have me some fun tonight, I'm gonna have me some fun.

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How'd it go???

[FatButcher]

Originally Posted by armyml

I read that in the voice of the dude from Predator. If that was intentional you're the man. Good look on the boxes!!

I did the same. I hope it turned out better for him than Bill Duke!

[kakarot12]

Originally Posted by armyml

I read that in the voice of the dude from Predator. If that was intentional you're the man. Good look on the boxes!!

That’s exactly what I was doing. Thank you for getting the reference

[armyml]

Originally Posted by kakarot12

That’s exactly what I was doing. Thank you for getting the reference

My man!! I hope the boxes were bangers.

Side note: I wasn't around during the 2020 release. What happened with singles prices once the set was dropped on Epack? I'd really like a Cap Artist Auto /10 and the base /99 and want to see what the market does when this set goes live on epack.

[DynaEtch]

Originally Posted by armyml

My man!! I hope the boxes were bangers.

Side note: I wasn't around during the 2020 release. What happened with singles prices once the set was dropped on Epack? I'd really like a Cap Artist Auto /10 and the base /99 and want to see what the market does when this set goes live on epack.

2020 might be an unusual data point since that was during some of the pandemic hype, and it dropped on epack in Feb 2021, right during the run-up on certain marvel cards like 1990MU.

Generally, I think people expect singles prices to come down with epack since it floods the product onto COMC. A Cap artist auto /10 (or /20 if it doesnt matter whether variant or not) might be that rare/expensive that it doesnt really matter as much. It's expensive now, and it'll be expensive later. Something like the true base /99 I do think could fall in price a bit once more of them start hitting the market. Other things to expect deflating in price are cards like red and blue canvas gallery, mirage, speckle holofoil, higher number BSGs. I think in general there will be a come down in price (but prices at this moment are down a good chunk, being so far out from release, interest waning a bit, and in a lull right now, not to mention market as a whole is down...so maybe the come down wont be as drastic as has been with some other releases).

[kyle1707]

I was a pmg and jambalaya collector last 5 years

But I have got into masterpieces the last 2 releases. And have now bought singles to older releases

I think the 2022 masterpieces is the best by far. I believe value will hold and eventually rise because how amazing the art is

Market is down on everything. Which I think is nice.

Lots of amazing art and deals imo

[kakarot12]

For the people wondering what my hits were. Here’s a rundown of some of the bigger hits from my six boxes.

Wolverine epic purple
Venom legendary orange
Captain America sketch
Wasp preserved in amber /50
Cyclops preserved in amber /50
Dagger preserved in amber /50
Black Cat metallurgy
Bishop metallurgy
Uncanny X-Men mirage
Jean Grey sketch
Silver Surfer holo kaleidoscope /25
Colossus gallery variant red
Wasp tier 4 base /99
Spider-Man tier 4 gold signature series
Oh and a Wolverine gallery variant pink /25

[kyle1707]

Great stuff

[DynaEtch]

Originally Posted by kakarot12

For the people wondering what my hits were. Here’s a rundown of some of the bigger hits from my six boxes.

Wolverine epic purple
Venom legendary orange
Captain America sketch
Wasp preserved in amber /50
Cyclops preserved in amber /50
Dagger preserved in amber /50
Black Cat metallurgy
Bishop metallurgy
Uncanny X-Men mirage
Jean Grey sketch
Silver Surfer holo kaleidoscope /25
Colossus gallery variant red
Wasp tier 4 base /99
Spider-Man tier 4 gold signature series
Oh and a Wolverine gallery variant pink /25

Very nice hit in the Wolverine pink gallery. I think that Silver Surfer kaleidoscope /25 will be highly sought after as well!

[fabiani12333]

Has this been the longest wait time for an ePack release of a Marvel Masterpieces product? Seems kind of strange. There must be a strategic reason for why UD is waiting so long -- maybe they're waiting for physical boxes to sell out first?

[DynaEtch]

Originally Posted by fabiani12333

Has this been the longest wait time for an ePack release of a Marvel Masterpieces product? Seems kind of strange. There must be a strategic reason for why UD is waiting so long -- maybe they're waiting for physical boxes to sell out first?

I thought it was gonna hit this month in Feb. That was the timeline with 2020MM, which also came out physically Aug-Sept the year before if I recall. That’s looking more unlikely now.

I’d be curious if anyone has a better idea when this will finally drop. It really is taking a long time compared to some other marvel sets like metal universe.

[1992UDFootball]

UD probably wants people to buy some of the other crap first.

[Marvel Card]

Originally Posted by DynaEtch

I thought it was gonna hit this month in Feb. That was the timeline with 2020MM, which also came out physically Aug-Sept the year before if I recall. That’s looking more unlikely now.

I’d be curious if anyone has a better idea when this will finally drop. It really is taking a long time compared to some other marvel sets like metal universe.

I should qualify this with its not confirmed, but an educated guess.

The product manager of UD marvel was on a podcast and said preliminarily it would be around February. He mentioned other releases needed to drop on epack first. What if was the last marvel release before masterpieces I believe. So next month, March, makes the most sense to me. I would imagine they’re trying their best not to flood an oversaturated niche market but at this point, they’ve shot themselves in the foot. Masterpieces is going to sell, premier is going to sell. It’s all the other crap, I bet, they’re trying to figure out how will sell after those 2 releases.

[MMguy]

Finally completed by base "frankenstein" set with Tier 4 Epic Purples (my OCD is killing me: the last card is ###/199, usually I get Tier 4 Epic Purples numbered at ##/199).

[DynaEtch]

Originally Posted by MMguy

Finally completed by base "frankenstein" set with Tier 4 Epic Purples (my OCD is killing me: the last card is ###/199, usually I get Tier 4 Epic Purples numbered at ##/199).

Congrats! What an awesome set to put together. I have been patiently waiting for epack, so I can finally complete a set. Sure is taking a long time.

[kyle1707]

Did not want to start a new thread.

But there is a lot of masterpieces in this

Million dollar marvel room

https://youtu.be/YtPeFVB2Sg0?si=xe_Nvwap0OTa2g8L

[fabiani12333]

Originally Posted by kyle1707

Did not want to start a new thread.

But there is a lot of masterpieces in this

Million dollar marvel room

https://youtu.be/YtPeFVB2Sg0?si=xe_Nvwap0OTa2g8L

Absolutely insane collection.

[kyle1707]

Originally Posted by fabiani12333

Absolutely insane collection.

I have seen this guy on cgc YouTube getting his black Lotus and power 9 cards graded and now you his marvel stuff it’s insane

collection is worth millions ?

And that house. There is rich then there is incredibly rich

His family must own something crazy .. house has to be 10 million maybe more depending if ocean is right there

Regardless seems very down to earth. Fun video

[Xazark]

Originally Posted by kyle1707

Did not want to start a new thread.

But there is a lot of masterpieces in this

Million dollar marvel room

https://youtu.be/YtPeFVB2Sg0?si=xe_Nvwap0OTa2g8L

Wow, this is my dream if I was rich, so much amazing original art is unreal

[bub838]

All that money and the room looks like it was decorated by a 14 year old boy.

[DynaEtch]

Pheww...that's an astounding collection, easily most marvel card OA's I've seen in one place. It's like a museum. I recognize many that came up for sale on ComicLink, guess thats where they go. Not only would that take a lot of money, but also probably have to be in inner circles with some of these artists I imagine...like that MM22 original art expo DDS did for a few collectors. Just look at all those MM22 paintings.

I have a grand total of one OA, a 94MM Hildebrandt, and only because I bought it before the market took off. Im not a player in the OA scene because prices are prohibitive...but I gotta say OA is basically the top of the top of anything in the hobby. To me it beats red spectrums, green PMGs, gold PMGs, seismic cosmic orange wave refractors (or whatever they call things in new sets), or the highest end sketches. Nothing beats the iconic artwork itself for a published card in a classic set. Interestingly the market, at least during the pandemic, largely disagrees with my stance on that, as green PMG spidermans were far outselling any marvel card painting in price.

But yea what a collection. Paintings are basically the '1/1 superfractors' of the super-mass produced 90s era that had no limited numbered parallels.

[fabiani12333]

Originally Posted by kyle1707

I have seen this guy on cgc YouTube getting his black Lotus and power 9 cards graded and now you his marvel stuff it’s insane

collection is worth millions ?

And that house. There is rich then there is incredibly rich

His family must own something crazy .. house has to be 10 million maybe more depending if ocean is right there

Regardless seems very down to earth. Fun video

Here's an article I found when I searched his name:

The co-founder of Miami-based blockchain security startup Halborn bought a non-waterfront home in Miami Beach’s Lakeview for $8.6 million, setting a price record for dry properties in the neighborhood.

Steve Walbroehl is the co-founder and chief information security officer of Halborn, a crypto security startup. Halborn raised $90 million in Series A financing in July, Bloomberg reported.

https://therealdeal.com/miami/2022/1...h-home-for-9m/

You can see a framed copy of the Bloomberg article in the video.