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Kelley Jones.

I enjoy every comment he leaves. 
Pure fun and joy. Keep em coming!

Added a fun Gene Colan Howard the Duck to my CAF:

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1902803
 

On 3/4/2023 at 5:33 AM, Hes Dead Jim said:

atari did something like this in 1983

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_video_game_burial

I don’t think they dumped half of their inventory but a game that simply sucked.

At least that is what I remember.

On 2/27/2023 at 4:07 AM, BlowUpTheMoon said:

It looks like the slab did the job it was designed to do.

The slab got broken open, reassembled, and looked like it had gotten broken open and reassembled. 

Great, but if the case was never sealed then no cracking ist open is needed and we are back to square one.

On 2/26/2023 at 3:15 AM, VintageComics said:

Logistically, it would take extra time and money to do this. 

They'd need to slow down the 'slab a million books a year' assembly line down to a crawl to match each book to the plastic holder, print the serial number on the slab and then encapsulate each specific book. 

It would create an even bigger backlog and increase the price of encapsulation greatly. 

As a customer would you be willing to pay and wait an extra time period for them to be able to afford this service?

I guess it could be an option. Pay an extra $50 for this security feature...some people may go for it. 

But for the masses? I don't see it happening. 

 

To laser a serial number takes maybe 3 seconds, we do it at work all the time on hundred of thousands of items.

Why does CGC or similar not engrave / laser the plastic holder with the serial number or other identification so that the plastic case can’t get misused for other books?

OK it would still allow to take the graded book out and put a copy or similar of that  book in the case, but at least it would not allow a graded 25 USD book to be used to fake a high grade rare book.

Seems at least to be an easy fix / introduction for CGC.

Thanks for the tip.

I am a Comic Art guy so I didn’t even know there is such site. Will definitely check it out.

Hi

I am looking for this particular Batman Statue by Thiago Provin. I think it was sold as a kit, meaning a raw statue which you have to paint yourself.

Any help to locate one is much appreciated.

I added this awesome Spectacular Spider-Man page that has Stan Lee burst through the page - happy 100th birthday to the man:

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1883098

Howdy - couldn’t resist uploading this sweet Enrico Marini piece to my CAF. 
Hope you all like it as much as I do:

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1875284
 

Spider-Verse Cover by Tyler Kirkham paying tribute to McSpidey 300 cover - hope you like it:

https://www.comicartfans.com/galleryPiece.asp?Piece=1870167&GSub=0&GCat=3018&UCat=3018

And just in case someone is interested in my cover, price tag is 4.8 million dollar, slightly below the asking of the original McSpidey cover.

Howdy, 
here is a midweek update - clock is ticking. I am a bit in a Batman mood, inspired by this great exhibit that I saw in Germany and that exhibit only goes for the reminder of the week.  All the details are in my link.

Here is a great DK III Cover by Scott Williams. To me this is the perfect DK Cover image. Hope you like it as much as I do.

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1851344

Hi,

I updated my CAF with a great Gene Colan Batman title page - hope you like it.

https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?Piece=1848359&GSub=19657
 

On 8/13/2022 at 10:09 PM, barneythecantankerous said:

A lot of folks frequently criticise these guys and ultimately to everyone upset with them the reality is you just have to suck it up. No amount of complaining about them is going to get them to drop their prices or change anything. 

 

They bought the absolute ugliest Mike Dringenberg Sandman piece I've ever seen and managed to flip that in just a couple of months of it being at auction.

 

The biggest reality check we all need is this business model works for them. Yes, even with them touching up art, people don't give a mess and still buy from them. :shrugs:

 

The cost of running a site that looks as bad and outdated as theirs is really not that much today either, so I doubt their overheads are that much that they probably don't mind holding onto a lot of the art. I don't know them, nor do I care to, it's just my observation, rightly or wrongly.

 

I frequently use the wayback machine and am shocked by the amount of stuff I regularly find still out there for a number of reps and dealers. Yet they still won't budge on 10 year old art for a now forgotten indie series. It's irritating but all sellers are guilty of setting arbitrary prices in their heads they don't want to let go of, regardless of stuff not moving or auction results proving their pricing wrong. 

To me it’s not just the pricing, but the undisclosed alterations they undoubtedly do to a lot of the pieces is
an absolute no go!!

Isn’t caf doing the same thing?

Here are some impressions from the exhibition. There are some incredible pieces in this exhibition. Well worth checking it out.

Howdy,
I am so super happy to have the cover that was used for the comic book that was produced for this exhibition. 
The art is by Uwe Reber and the details are mindblowing.

https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1841088

Hi,

I uploaded CAF with a nice Bill Sienkiewicz Batman piece. Enjoy.

https://www.comicartfans.com/galleryPiece.asp?Piece=1838130&GSub=0&GCat=3018&UCat=3018