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Rick is right. Something that I find valuable, e.g., my faux Sugar and Spike 100 covers, would be worth less than nothing to most people. The demand seems tied to published artist/character/story combinations for the high prices.

Was my link above of use?

I disagree. Answering his question, "How do you come up with a target price?" does not require pictures of his art. For that, the responder would only need to describe how they approach the problem and the OP doesn't need to post art. His approach avoids PMs with lowball offers. If he asked, "What is this worth?" and didn't include pictures, I'd agree with you.

You will find everything I know on the thread called Pricing Comic Art - 2023 Edition. Read the Spoiler Text, i.e., click on Reveal hidden contents in the first post of the thread.

For some reason, my illustrations did not "stick." I've fixed that.

Chris Sprouse and Mon-El from GalaxyCon - Austin this past weekend. Click for a bigger image.

Chris Sprouse and Mon-El from GalaxyCon - Austin this past weekend. Click for a bigger image.

I did and I had a great time.

Not this year. Too many conflicts.

I thought I'd start a new thread on Sketchbook Advice. Just things that I've learned are important when attending a con with the intent of getting sketches. As usual, I've put my advice in spoiler text and will keep it in this post. I hope that others will offer comments and suggest as comments on the thread. I will update it in the spoiler text here.

Back in 2018, he was doing commissions as a Kickstarter perk for Swords of the Swashbucklers. I opted for one and requested Simon and Emma from Crossgen's Ruse (I still miss that publisher). About the same time, he asked people on FB what their favorite Ruse cover was. I voted for number one. Which I show here: He replied to me, "Well, you are going to like your commission." I think you can see why I agree with him. Click either image to embiggen.

FWIW, I did offer the write-up to Heritage Auction so that they could correctly document what they are selling. They didn't reply; make of that what you will. (Note: I think I sent a link to the thread though I also have an MS Word file with it.)

Going for the friends is a big part of it.

Thanks for the kind words. Regarding my collection, I have a dozen or so framed, but more that I want to see. Kathy and I know a cabinet maker and he made a book stand to hold a portfolio so I pull one out and flip the page until it runs out and repeat that each day. It helps. Front View (Simonson and Aragones on S&S) Side view (Ken Penders on S&S)

My wife bought me a page from the first comic that I ever read. I still can't believe that it's on my wall and if she hadn't bought it back in 2009, there's no way we would buy it now based on the last Heritage Auctions contains pages from that issue.

What really stood out to me was the way the step sons lied to her. She seemed to love them, but the reverse was not true. Sad. Of course, the stolen Nazi art is an even larger problem. I suspect that they have a pile and I hope it is brought to light.

Interesting article in the New York Times on how the value of art and the taxes due on the sale are hidden in the fine art market. Could our OA market do something similar?

Which leads to one of my favorite words - historicity - which is defined as "historical authenticity." That's what we buy when we buy the original and not a recreation (forgery). It's an interesting concept when applied to something that is "so well (done -aj) that no one can tell if it’s original or not." What is that worth? Clearly a lot.

Glen, Here's the full story as I reconstructed it from many conversations posted to this board. I also have this as a MS Word file.

That is marvelous. Thanks for sharing. I would not have been clever enough to have asked even though I had something similar happen. I lost a charity auction hosted by Metropolis Comics (Vincent Zurzolo) for a Joe Kubert commission. I was the underbidder. Vincent reached out a day or so later and said if I'd match the winner's bid, Joe would do one for me. I accepted immediately!

I cited this thread recently and reread it. I realized that it was left on a cliffhanger. “How well did the Bros. price the cover?” I wondered. The answer? Albert Moy was a little high and Los Bros were way off the market price. The Donnelly price: $11,000 The Moy price: $8000 The Heritage price including BP: $7200

I thought so, but I couldn't find it. My search technique needs improvement, I guess.

Where was it sold the first time?

I wouldn't buy one; I'd buy the comic. If he can make money selling them, I wish him the best. I'm very grateful that he has the disclaimer - hope it's not cut off when placed on eBay.

I met him once. Seemed like a nice guy October Country, New Paltz, NY 2012-03-10