Eric Seffinga

Nice.

Shogun Warriors rule.

Nice! Very dynamic.

Better yet, read this thread ASAP. Beginning to end... http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=5224944#Post5224944

I like that the title of the thread starts "A simple discussion" and has turned into competing thesis on the marketing and investing strategies of WD art, (tho I suspect for the players, these strategies extend beyond the borders of WD into general practice.) It fascinates me though, the different levels that people collect art on. I think it would be interesting to run some kind of poll on as many comic art collectors as possible, and have them rate on a scale of 1-10 the level that various factors play in their importance regarding their collecting habits.

Adam can make anything look exciting.

Love seeing photos of art in homes, thanks a bunch for sharing!

That is the business.

I thought the same, but didn't want to get into critiquing somebody's else's treasure.

Love batman's shadow on the building behind him. Very cool.

Had a new Phil Hale painting delivered today... A little better straight on image up in my CAF gallery... http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=7723 -e.

Now that is a CPW piece I can get behind. Very very nice.

Great issue. yesterday I posted up a dozen or so Phil Hale drawings that a buddy of mine has been asking me to put up for a while. Eventually I'll get around to photographing and posting some other pieces.

Funny, I just get the 404 page not found error on IDWs site following that link.

A personal favorite cover from that series. Great piece.

Indeed.

A coupled of clichés that ring true in art collecting. Never burn your bridges + you lure more flies with honey. You don't know who is going to come across a piece you would love, and I've had so many people offer me pieces over the years because it came time to sell and they knew I was looking for X or Y. The hookups through friendships made via collecting have been invaluable to me. Being a jacktard would have assured that would never have happened. Be nice, or at least pleasant as much as pissble, even if the other party is less so. Could pay dividends later on.

Great page!

Cool Kirby piece. A question for anybody that knows... I've seen quite a few Kirby pieces trimmed like that over the last couple decades, but don't follow much Kirby work, so never had occasion to ask about it. It's not the usual kind of trimming to fit in the reproduction equipment (stat cameras and such) at the time. This shows cuts into the art and lettering. Was it a case of past owners trimming the art to fit standard sized frames since the stuff had little value at the time, or was there another motivation behind the trimming? Just curious, thanks!

As mentioned above... 1. Put your wallet back in your pocket. Spend several months familiarizing yourself with what is available that interests you and what those prices are like. An informed buyer is a smart buyer. Some of those pieces may sell in the meantime, but at least you will be wiser and happier in the long run. 2. When you do decide to buy, buy what you love. Don't worry about what the market likes or you think will make your friends jealous, or because something seems like a bargain. Buy because it kicks you in the gut and you love it. Not like it, but LOVE it. Those are the pieces that will stick with you thick or thin. Other stuff comes and goes, but those real genuine gems, they are much harder to find and you don't want to be caught cash-short when they pop up. 3. At the end of the day only your opinion of the piece matters. It's your money and when its all paid for and the con is over, the internet is off, its just you and the piece at home. Who cares about what anyone else thinks of your collection as long as it makes you happy. 4. Don't go overboard. It's way too easy to spend too much and there is always something else around the corner. 5. Don't buy art as investment. You can think about value of the piece when weighing what to pay or deciding to buy, but don't think it will turn X profit or even retain its value. Buy it because you want to own it and the joy it will give you. The rest should just be gravy. 6. Re-read and believe #1. It's soooo important to get your legs under you before the wallet comes out. There is so much variance in pricing that you could get a deal or reamed very easily and knowing the difference can save a lot of money.

Nice Swampy page. Love that Groo page too. Loved Groo as a kid. Grew to appreciate S.A. as an artist as an adult.

Ah, well McKean's early work is a bit touch and go as far as stability goes. Also some of those early Sandman covers didn't hold up so good as fluids evaporated and things died off, etc. But when McKean made the leap from color copiers to computers he didn't have to worry about the dead stuff anymore. And collectors didn't have to worry about originals either. Heh. Tho as someone with a giant McKean piece with real sticks and leaves in it, I can tell you if anything that stuff can look BETTER in the flesh than printed in a book. But it is definitely piece dependent. As for the originals being spread over multiple boards or whatever, he didn't do much of that kind of thing after Black Orchid, but guys like Fabry have done what Miller did here with their painted work even within the last few years. They just put them together on the computer. I remember when Van Fleet did his Batman book as individual panels that were digitally manipulated and assembled on the computer. Sad really as his original pieces prior to that were really really cool. But we've deviated pretty far off the Miller DD topic.

What's McKean got to do with the price of tea in China? Sorry, lost me on that one. Been following this thread as I do most, with moderate interest. I could think of other Miller art I'd want much much more, so for me like a lot of what gets discussed here, my interest is more of a market curiosity.

If it was one whole piece instead of 2 pieces? Absolutely.

Kudos Darren, that's a GREAT one!