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    The OFFICIAL "This week in your ORIGINAL ART collection?"

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    New Art Day - Castle Waiting, Volume 2, Chapter 8 (last three pages) by Linda Medley.

    Linda Medley created Castle Waiting as a way to explore her interest in what happened to the background characters while the protagonists lived "happily ever after."

    Recently, she decided to sell the two books by the chapter. A friend of mine and I decided to buy one and divy it up between ourselves and a few friends.

    I chose the last three pages in the book. At this point of the story, Lady Jain is looking for a quiet place within the castle to make her own. With some help, she actually discovers an entirely new section.

    Several things attracted me to these pages - chief among them is the expressions shown. Jain is thrilled to explore the new area knowing that her child will be safe with her friends. Linda captures the joy of this very young woman freed temporarily of the responsibility of caring for her child. I can "grok" that. 1f642.png

    Click the image to see the CAF entry.

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    Keeping your collection private

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    I post it all and share it on comicart-l, here, and a few Facebook pages.

    I enjoy the sharing and explaining why I bought the piece. I also enjoy the feedback - not there's much.

    Offers: I've had maybe 2 since I started my CAF. I guess that my tastes aren't popular. :)

    Selling:

    • I've sold two pieces total (a Carol Day strip and a Giordano GA headshot) in 13 years.
    • Most of my collection is commissions/sketch and though I have a detailed list of what I've paid, I've told my family they'd be lucky to get 30% on most of it.

    Privacy: My names on my CAF and it's not too hard to determine from my handle here. To date, it hasn't been a problem; I hope it stays that way.

    The OFFICIAL "This week in your ORIGINAL ART collection?"

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted · Edited by alxjhnsn

    New Art Day - Wallace the Brave by Will Henry
     
    Wallace the Brave is a new (2015) strip that now appears in my local paper - Houston Chronicle - and a 100 or more others. I've read it on-line for awhile, but never thought to get a strip until I did.
     
    This strip is a clear descendant from Skippy (Percy Crosby), Tippie (Edwina Dumm), Peanuts (Charles Schulz), Calvin and Hobbes (Bill Watterson), and Cul de Sac (Richard Thompson).
     
    That's a mighty high standard for any strip, but WtB feels that way.
     
    Anyway, write your paper, buy the book, or read GoComics (all the links are in the Description on my CAF post). Click the image to go to the CAF page.
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    I need clarity on "stolen art"

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted · Edited by alxjhnsn

    Quote
    10 hours ago, Michaeld said:

    Was the art that was under "work for higher law" (legally own by the company) ordered to go back to the artists?

     

    There's room to debate George's statement though I'm sure he knows more than I. 

    The arguments against company ownership are:

    1. If the companies bought the actual artwork, they should have paid sales tax on the art. They didn't. So, ...
    2. A contract was seldom signed from what I understand so the rules of who owned what were a little vague.

    Alex Ross Kingdom Come Cover - "Revelations"

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    Personally, I think it's great. I don't know that it would hit five figures, but $5K+ is a lock.

    BTW, I have a standard answer to this question that might be of use. I put it in spoiler tags because it's long and many have seen it too often.

    Spoiler

    You might want to explore the following resources

    • The website Comic Art Tracker can help you find art and look at current asking prices for similar pieces.
    • The OA auction archive at Heritage Auctions – This archive presents the results from all of their OA auctions.. Once you sign-up and get an id, you can search for pieces by your artist and see what they have sold for.
    • The CAF Market Data - More auction results (more than 1,000,000) are available if you join the Comic Art Fans site, pay for Market Data access, and access eBay and other auction sites as well as Heritage.
    • The Comic Art Database. It contains transaction records entered by the owners of Comic OA.
    • Dealer sites. Dealers, generally, post their art with fixed prices though there are exceptions. There is a list of dealers on CGC OA board and the Dragonberry site has a list as well. The CAF site will search the inventories of several dealers for you. [Of course, Comic Art Tracker is better.]
    • Blouin Art Info which tracks sales at major art auctions. It can turn up some Comic OA as well. Look for the “Art Prices” item on the top right of the screen
    • Jerry Weist's Comic Art Price Guide - Heritage published a third edition of it. In my opinion, it's a good history book and might be useful for comparison work, but it was out of date a year before it was printed.
    • A topic  on the CGC OA boards, A-level panel page valuations by artist/run - thoughts/additions/changes?, holds a discussion that relates to your question. It provides some "generally agreed upon" ranges for popular runs by popular artists on popular characters.
    • The Biggest OA Prices thread tracked some of the largest sales in the OA space. While that particular thread has stopped; it's probably worth reading for the discussions. Meanwhile , the information is still being updated - just with a different mechanism.

    New buyers and sellers often find that OA is too hard to price. I agree that it is difficult. However, I think that there is a valid reason. Each piece is unique. Uniqueness make art sales generally and OA specifically non-linear.

     

    Examples of how piece can differ in ways that impact pricing include:

    • Content: Consecutive pages could and do sell for radically different amounts based on their content. 
    • Page Layout: In general, you might say:
      • Covers > 1st Page Splash > Other Splash > 1/2 splash > panel page
      • However, that's not always true either. The right panel page can be much more compelling than a bland splash.
    • Penciler vs. character: There are "A-list" artists, but not all of their books/characters have the same value. Kirby FF pages generally go for more than JIM/Thor pages which go for more than Cap pages (2nd run) which go for more than ...
    • Pencilers/inkers combinations - Kirby/Sinnott FF pages rank above Kirby and anyone else on FF, but a Kirby/InkerX FF page might be more or less than a Kirby/Stone Thor page. Hard to tell.

    Finally, you should join the comic book OA community. The three main points of Internet contact are:

    The main points of physical contact are probably:

    One last comment, if you are looking to buy or sell, spend the time to learn the market. That might take 6 months, but it's worth the time.

     

    Does CGC grade and encapsulate Comic Art pages?

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    On 8/11/2018 at 5:46 PM, dtt255 said:

    Now I guess the question is this. How do I find out how much it may be worth now?  I remember what I paid for it back in 1985....but stored it away and haven't looked at it till today.  lol

    One standard answer on how to determine the value of Original Art coming up. I put it in Spoiler tags so that those that have seen the answer do not have to suffer.

     

    Spoiler

    You might want to explore the following resources

    • The website Comic Art Tracker can help you find art and look at current asking prices for similar pieces.
    • The OA auction archive at Heritage Auctions – This archive presents the results from all of their OA auctions.. Once you sign-up and get an id, you can search for pieces by your artist and see what they have sold for.
    • The CAF Market Data - More auction results (more than 1,000,000) are available if you join the Comic Art Fans site, pay for Market Data access, and access eBay and other auction sites as well as Heritage.
    • The Comic Art Database. It contains transaction records entered by the owners of Comic OA.
    • Dealer sites. Dealers, generally, post their art with fixed prices though there are exceptions. There is a list of dealers on CGC OA board and the Dragonberry site has a list as well. The CAF site will search the inventories of several dealers for you. [Of course, Comic Art Tracker is better.]
    • Blouin Art Info which tracks sales at major art auctions. It can turn up some Comic OA as well. Look for the “Art Prices” item on the top right of the screen
    • Jerry Weist's Comic Art Price Guide - Heritage published a third edition of it. In my opinion, it's a good history book and might be useful for comparison work, but it was out of date a year before it was printed.
    • A topic  on the CGC OA boards, A-level panel page valuations by artist/run - thoughts/additions/changes?, holds a discussion that relates to your question. It provides some "generally agreed upon" ranges for popular runs by popular artists on popular characters.
    • The Biggest OA Prices thread tracked some of the largest sales in the OA space. While that particular thread has stopped; it's probably worth reading for the discussions. Meanwhile , the information is still being updated - just with a different mechanism.

    New buyers and sellers often find that OA is too hard to price. I agree that it is difficult. However, I think that there is a valid reason. Each piece is unique. Uniqueness make art sales generally and OA specifically non-linear.

     

    Examples of how piece can differ in ways that impact pricing include:

    • Content: Consecutive pages could and do sell for radically different amounts based on their content. 
    • Page Layout: In general, you might say:
      •  Covers > 1st Page Splash > Other Splash > 1/2 splash > panel page
      • However, that's not always true either. The right panel page can be much more compelling than a bland splash.
    • Penciler vs. character: There are "A-list" artists, but not all of their books/characters have the same value. Kirby FF pages generally go for more than JIM/Thor pages which go for more than Cap pages (2nd run) which go for more than ...
    • Pencilers/inkers combinations - Kirby/Sinnott FF pages rank above Kirby and anyone else on FF, but a Kirby/InkerX FF page might be more or less than a Kirby/Stone Thor page. Hard to tell.

    Finally, you should join the comic book OA community. The three main points of Internet contact are:

    The main points of physical contact are probably:

    One last comment, if you are looking to buy or sell, spend the time to learn the market. That might take 6 months, but it's worth the time.

     

    How long is too long to wait for a commission

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted · Edited by alxjhnsn

    1 hour ago, glendgold said:

    Ah, a "how long is too long" thread with an OP of May 2, 2008!  Opening this is like opening a fine Bordeaux.  That Golden Virue piece will never ever get old.  If Chris did a trophy wall of The Collector with commissions-as-trophies, this one would be up there.  Meta meta, but still. 

     

     

    That would be a great Trophy Wall commission. He'd need more great examples though and that would be tough since most of the spots would be empty except for a note saying "Patience is a Virue - <artist name>"

    French auction

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted · Edited by alxjhnsn

    Re: I cannot locate my other thread about the damage so I posted here. Can anyone find that?

    This one? When you click it, the link should go to the post with the first post with pictures. Scroll down to see more  

     

    New to OA Collecting, Advice, tips?

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    Yes, I'd ask CL or Heritage to sell it though private placement is an option.

    Here's my standard answer (as a spoiler because I post it often).

    Spoiler

    You might want to explore the following resources

    • The website Comic Art Tracker can help you find art and look at current asking prices for similar pieces.
    • The OA auction archive at Heritage Auctions – This archive presents the results from all of their OA auctions.. Once you sign-up and get an id, you can search for pieces by your artist and see what they have sold for.
    • The CAF Market Data - More auction results (more than 1,000,000) are available if you join the Comic Art Fans site, pay for Market Data access, and access eBay and other auction sites as well as Heritage.
    • The Comic Art Database. It contains transaction records entered by the owners of Comic OA.
    • Dealer sites. Dealers, generally, post their art with fixed prices though there are exceptions. There is a list of dealers on CGC OA board and the Dragonberry site has a list as well. The CAF site will search the inventories of several dealers for you. [Of course, Comic Art Tracker is better.]
    • Blouin Art Info which tracks sales at major art auctions. It can turn up some Comic OA as well. Look for the “Art Prices” item on the top right of the screen
    • Jerry Weist's Comic Art Price Guide - Heritage published a third edition of it. In my opinion, it's a good history book and might be useful for comparison work, but it was out of date a year before it was printed.
    • A topic  on the CGC OA boards, A-level panel page valuations by artist/run - thoughts/additions/changes?, holds a discussion that relates to your question. It provides some "generally agreed upon" ranges for popular runs by popular artists on popular characters.
    • The Biggest OA Prices thread tracked some of the largest sales in the OA space. While that particular thread has stopped; it's probably worth reading for the discussions. Meanwhile , the information is still being updated - just with a different mechanism.

    New buyers and sellers often find that OA is too hard to price. I agree that it is difficult. However, I think that there is a valid reason. Each piece is unique. Uniqueness make art sales generally and OA specifically non-linear.

    Examples of how piece can differ in ways that impact pricing include:

    • Content: Consecutive pages could and do sell for radically different amounts based on their content. 
    • Page Layout: In general, you might say:
    • Covers > 1st Page Splash > Other Splash > 1/2 splash > panel page
    • However, that's not always true either. The right panel page can be much more compelling than a bland splash.
    • Penciler vs. character: There are "A-list" artists, but not all of their books/characters have the same value. Kirby FF pages generally go for more than JIM/Thor pages which go for more than Cap pages (2nd run) which go for more than ...
    • Pencilers/inkers combinations - Kirby/Sinnott FF pages rank above Kirby and anyone else on FF, but a Kirby/InkerX FF page might be more or less than a Kirby/Stone Thor page. Hard to tell.

    Finally, you should join the comic book OA community. The three main points of Internet contact are:

    The main points of physical contact are probably:

    One last comment, if you are looking to buy or sell, spend the time to learn the market. That might take 6 months, but it's worth the time.

     

    The Official Commission Collecting Thread

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    This thread hasn't been used for a long time and I missed it. So, I'm bumping it by showing my latest commission.

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    Picked up a little something today that I've been waiting for (more or less patiently) for five years.
     
    The Shadow and Margo Lane as the perk for my backing of the Kickstarter for "Starstruck: Old Proldiers Never Die." The KS was funded in May of 2013, but the book required a lot more work than expected, took longer as a consequence, and cost more.
     
    As tough as Elaine and Michael found the row to hoe, I felt that we were informed of the progress on a regular enough basis and the resulting book is gorgeous and a fun read.
     
    Once the book was done, Micheal could start on the commission perks. Logically, he did the simpler and Starstuck centered ones first. Mine was neither of these. I was glad to hear from him that he enjoyed doing it and showing it to visitors. I love what he produced for me.
     
    Click the link to see the progress of the commission and larger images.
    The Shadow and Margo Lane by Michael Kaluta Comic Art

    SDCC is over. Who Won?

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    If an at home SDCC counts, this was delivered to my office while the show was going on.

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    Picked up a little something today that I've been waiting for (more or less patiently) for five years.
     
    The Shadow and Margo Lane as the perk for my backing of the Kickstarter for "Starstruck: Old Proldiers Never Die." The KS was funded in May of 2013, but the book required a lot more work than expected, took longer as a consequence, and cost more.
     
    As tough as Elaine and Michael found the row to hoe, I felt that we were informed of the progress on a regular enough basis and the resulting book is gorgeous and a fun read.
     
    Once the book was done, Micheal could start on the commission perks. Logically, he did the simpler and Starstuck centered ones first. Mine was neither of these. I was glad to hear from him that he enjoyed doing it and showing it to visitors. I love what he produced for me.
     
    Click the link to see the progress of the commission and larger images.

    The Shadow and Margo Lane by Michael Kaluta Comic Art