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I prefer not to on my commissions. Oddly, I'm quite willing to have it personalized on my hardback books. What's up with that?

5 hours ago, The Voord said:

My views on this one, which I've mentioned numerous times in the past (whenever these same type threads re-appear), is that some artists are better than others at re-creating past glories.  A lot of these fail badly when the artist tries to hand-letter the art and the end-results are very often clumsily performed, lettering being a real skill in itself.  A re-created cover by the original artist (or inker) is painful for me to look at if the lettering is badly done.

Good point. If the artist is uncomfortable with the lettering part, skip it. You can have it done by a pro later if you wish.

5 hours ago, The Cimmerians Purse said:

LOVE IT! looks like you guys had a lot of fun!

It was quite nice. Richard is a good host.

I think it's quite nice. It would be even nicer if when I hold my cursor over a thumbnail a larger image would appear. Saves the time of clicking and waiting for a new page.

6 minutes ago, The Cimmerians Purse said:

I think that Ditko Creeper page is achievable. Especially if you're looking for an interior page. It would be a cool pickup  

Yes, you are probably right and I'd be very happy with an interior with the Creeper on it.

Being in the NYC area back in the day was a big advantage.

I guess I don't feel too left out because there is so much new stuff that I enjoy.

That said, I'd love to acquire some of these older pages, but I don't see it happening for the majority of them.

• Swan/Klein Superman or LSH page
• Shuster Superman
• Kirby Thor or New Gods page
• Marshall Rogers Detective (Batman) page from his wonderful run with Steve Englehart and Terry Austin
• Sprang Batman
• Everett Sub-Mariner page
• Mayer Scribbly page (if there are any)
• Steve Ditko Creeper

On the possible horizon are:

• Swanderson Superman page
• Aparo B&B page (art and letters by Jim)

Interesting idea. I'll suggest it.

I started in 2005 as the hockey stick curve of prices started to turn upwards. Too slow off the starting line.

OTOH, I still read comics and there are lots and lots of artists whose work I enjoy. Their art isn't as cheap as art was in the 70s and 80s, but it's generally reasonably affordable. So, I buy a lot of newish work and not much old stuff.

My point is that a recreation can have value long after the sale, but it does depend on the artist and the book. SS #4 is among the best covers ever and the Adventure covers feature large numbers of Legionnaires by perhaps the most popular Legion artist.

It takes a special combination to retain or increase in value.

2 hours ago, Will_K said:

It looks like there are 4 sales but "only" 3 different pieces.  One is signed on the back.  One is signed on the art in the bottom right.  Another is signed in the margin in the bottom right, it looks like that was auctioned twice.

I agree. 

3 hours ago, PhilipB2k17 said:

In all honesty, it depends on a lot of variables. I've seen about half a dozen, or more, Silver Surfer 4 cover re-creations by John Buscema floating round the internets. It's pretty obvious he light boxes most of it, and only varies the cosmic starfield background a bit. How valuable is a lightboxed re-creation, even by the original artist? It all depends on supply and demand. 

FWIW, there are four sales of a SS #4 recreation by John Buscema in Heritage's archive. 

If it was a popular character that he originated or substantively changed, I'd say yes.

In this case, I'd say no since he didn't (re)define/create Conan.

14 hours ago, NicoV said:

I only have 3 covers (but I really like them ^^)... respectively from Hellboy (Mignola), Uncle Scrooge (Don Rosa) and Tarzan (Mark Schultz)

 

 

 

 

 

Awesome. IIRC, there's some hidden text in the art as a tribute to Barks. Is that right?

Curt Swan, a favorite of mine, did a number of cover recreations that have been resold on Heritage. They all went for four figures and some are much higher than Curt would have charged at the time.

 
Adventure 333 - $3883.75 (I was the underbidder, Gary Land won it and you can see it in his CAF)

Adventure 360 - $2760 in 2018, $2390 in 2012

Adventure 312 - $1495 in 2002

There are other recreations "out there" by Richard () Sprang that have sold for a lot of money over the years.

1 hour ago, bluechip said:

Hawkeye prototype?

Pooh!

Everyone knows that Green Arrow predates Hawkeye and that GA learned to shoot by making a bow to use to hunt when stranded on a deserted island.

Clearly, GA from the "Stone Age" of comics.

On 9/21/2019 at 2:00 PM, Rick2you2 said:

Alex, 

Before I go on, I think you got a bargain on your piece. You have almost 30 characters, plus background/foreground objects, plus a color version, all pulled together into a unified image that is cleverly done by a good artist. I think that is easily worth $3,700.

 

Bottom line, Alex, you did well and your money was well spent, IMO

 

But no, I don't see a justification for spending $15,000 for a commission by Lee (even though his work is excellent).

I should have pointed out that I got a friends and family discount. Asking was $5K. My main point is that commissions often lose a significant portion of their purchase price as soon as they are complete.

As to “justification for ... Jim Lee,” you provided it when you wrote “when a person really wants something, there is no such thing as overpaying.” That’s reality. It’s seldom about the image itself. It’s the total experience.

All of my covers can be seen here. The Descriptions are generally worth reading.

I don't own the art, but I think these two are interesting. Click to get a bigger image.

Legion of Super-Heroes #1 (4 issue reprint series between the end of their Adventure Comics run and the start of their backup in Action Comics)
Original: Swan
Layout: Infantino
Pen & Ink: Cardy
Final Cover

Skull the Slayer #8
Layout: Marie Severin
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Frank Giacoia
Final Cover

1 hour ago, Panelfan1 said:

What kind of security issues?

Click the link attached to "security issues" in my response above. The details are there.

1 minute ago, Panelfan1 said:

What's the advantage of this over camscanner?

Well, CamScanner for Android has had some security issues. I haven't used the MS Lens product yet though I did download it to try it.

26 minutes ago, Mycroft said:

I now use Office Lens instead of CamScanner :

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.officelens&hl=fr

In English, for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.officelens&hl=en
In English, for iphone: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-office-lens-pdf-scan/id975925059

Superman by Curt Swan, blue line inks by Joe Rubinstein, colors on blue line inks by Laura Martin.

At least, Ma comes by her breasts honestly.