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Sweet ! Those double page pieces are killer. Very cool.

Interesting comments. Thanks for responding.

4 hours ago, SquareChaos said:

I read the title... and thought the latter, then I read the thread, and thought the former.

Honestly I didn’t even know there is a book called black hole.

What i meant is, their is tons and tons of prime art coming to market and only a fraction shows up officially under collectors.

Sorry...what ? We are dissing MasterCard Logos and such.

Marvelcomicsart just mentioned  the ASM 1 Cover..THE COVER! 

Can we hear more about that and what else Lucas owns. This is amazing ! Please share.

Folks,

I have the following question. 

There has been tons of prime material over the last couple of years. All sold at auctions but none ever surfaced  since it sold, meaning for example on CAF.

What are your thoughts on this.

7 hours ago, Flint Ironstag said:

SOLD!

 

 wow. Had to laugh. 11/2 years later to see an update being posted. 

Glad it worked out. Seriously.

7 hours ago, romitaman said:

Will do Mike!!!!

Mike,

thanks for sharing all this incredible information and I have to mention this that every conversation with you or with John Romita were super exciting. We had a few over the last years. You probably don’t remember them but I do because I already admired your dedication to the hobby.

I have been collecting now for close to 20 years and it is a fun hobby. Kudos to folks like Mike that take this hobby of ours as serious as they do.

I have one question for you and if you already answered it, I am sorry.

Do you still have the very first page you ever bought, the one you bought right after you left the army ?

Thanks for the kind words !

What I show on CAF is purposely a fun variation. I have been collecting for 20 plus years.

I buy what I like. Simple as that ?.

I just looked and believe it or not, I bought the Romita Cap Cover on eBay in 2005 !

Just updated my CAF with the cover to Amazing Spider-Man 797.

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=3018

Hello everyone 

I just uploaded the original cover to Amazing Spider-Man 797 to my CAF gallery.

I was lucky enough to get this piece directly from Mike Mayhew who was great to deal with.

What was being discussed here in this post before was the preliminary.

So if you want to see the published cover, check it out.

Here is the link. I just love this piece and it is such a cool tribute to the Romita JR cover from issue 238.

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=3018

17 minutes ago, vodou said:

I don't think your ire is directed at me, but to be fair every publisher and often every print run even with the same publisher will have pretty different answers to those questions. It's just the way it is, the art world is largely unorganized and unregulated, including printmaking. There's no one answer covering all to any of those questions. Not really even a "normal".

There is nor ire...really all good !

thanks for your response and exactly that is how it seems to me, unorganized and confusing, that’s why I had asked.

3 hours ago, Rick2you2 said:

This is a pretty funny thread.

If you don't care about the value of it, why bother getting an artist's proof? Save money and get a regular poster or print. The selection is also better. 

Well that was one funny response......

A poster looks by far not as nice as a lithograph, starting with the quality of the paper and the printing, but heck if you don’t care, I agree...why bother get a poster.

But to me it matters. To me the lithographs look much nicer than a plain poster.Simple as that.

Value is, as I wrote and some think that is funny as well, not the issue.
I simply wanted to understand who prints lithographs, why are some signed, what’s the deal with the certificates of authenticity that all look different, the normal quantities that are printed, and so on, but i guess i will do my own research.

All good

Looking for any Spider-Ham Cover that are for sale !!

thanks.

Just uploaded a nice Bianchi Spider-Man Cover to my CAF gallery, link below :

http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1453280

hope you like it.

the link was appreciated and informative ! thanks for sending.

my response was just to comment that i think they do look great framed next to a bunch of OA in frames.

for me it is really not about what they are valued, and clearly i did not ask about that ...just kidding.

but be honest, they look nice and if they are framed they are quite impressive and fit great into a regular living room.

at least that is my opinion. i once bought two of the bob kane ones simply because they are huge, colorful and look good.

and honestly, whether they are worth 50 or 150, it does not matter.

framed they look great. i have about 20 comic cover pieces framed on the wall, the majority is black and white with for example a joe jusko on between.

so a nice large color piece, lithograph or not, looks great.

in my humble opinion of course.

all good and i didn't want to sound pissed or anything.

i was / am just hoping that someone can give me all the intel on these lithographs.

AP as artist proof makes sense, but 75 of one print ?

That was a question ...just kidding.

Come on, all i had to do is to put a question mark behind the sentence, but ok....we all made a joke about it.
So what is the difference between the 2500 or the limited to 75 ?

And before you guys come up with...the difference is the run, that is not what i meant.

How come an artist signs a limited run of 2500 or 75, other than the amount it is the same ?

Some are called AP, what does this stand for ?

Hi,

got a quick question about lithographs and hope to get a better understanding after hearing from you guys.

For example there are great lithographs from Charles Vess featuring Spider-Man and Black Cat.

Some are limited to 2500 prints but you find also the same print with a smaller run, for example 150 pieces or even 75.

They all come with some sort of certification and are signed by Vess.

I heard Finch pulled his artwork from the market.

i don’t think he is with another dealer.

Clock is ticking...

anyone got an update ?

I recently uploaded this piece to my CAF gallery :

http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1445394

Published Cover to TMNT Cover 3.

It is a fun variant and the image shown is a cool play on Frank Miller's legendary Daredevil 181.

Someone mentioned that we currently see everything with Batman in the title being prized at a premium.

OK, but my question is, usually this comes and goes. We have seen it with everything that has spider-man in the title as well.

Hey this is a serious thread ?

42 minutes ago, Bronty said:

sPORKtacular!    

That one is awesome !!!!!!!!