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According to the description, a sketchbook for Inktober 2017.

The tables in front are for donations to the charity art auction, my responsibility as well as keeping an eye on my own stuff. Some mild multi-tasking required. You can see the positioning of the tables restricts access to the walled art. One person sitting at the left end can generally keep an eye on the tables and wall at the same time.

Threw together a quick banner at home the night before the show. Could have gone to Kinko's, I suppose, but I'd already spent enough prepping for this show.

Pat Broderick with... a lot of his work.

Joseph Michael Linsner with a Micronauts commission

Karza Cover artist Angel Medina

Micronauts Inker Barb Schulz

You've probably told me this before. Thanks for your patience.

Blocking out the space, that's gonna be some concentrated nerdiness right there!

Hmmm... got any left? AcA

MICRONAUTS collection on display MAY 19-20 Hello all- The organizers of my local comic convention (MSP Comicon in StPaul/Mpls.MN) have prevailed upon me to assemble a display of highlights from my MICRONAUTS comic art collection at next weekend's show. I have selected sixty pieces, ranging from the beginnings in 1979 with Marvel, though Image and IDW, and even including a few favorite commissions. It will likely be a bit of a fraught weekend for me, as if my Heart and Soul were slapped up on the wall within range of sticky fingers, but I am mightily comforted by the fact that a security assist is being provided by members of this board. (Does it also help my 'peace of mind' that they're also bodybuilders? Maaaaybe.) If you're within range of Minnesota next weekend, please feel invited to come on down and see the show! It's at the State Fairgrounds in StPaul, and we are proud to continue to be a non-profit, all-volunteer, old-fashioned style Comic Book Convention. Bring your own MICRONAUTS pieces for me to check out! I'm always buying! I even have a few surprises in store, sneakily including a few choice MICRONAUTS pieces which have not yet been revealed to the overall Hobby. So come on down if you want to see something new. Andrew

Famous episodes of 'Doctor Who' aside, nobody bothers to try to fake the Mona Lisa, because everyone knows where it is, and precisely what it looks like. 'Missing' covers obviously are an easier mark as no-one but the original artist knows what they might look like. Personally, I'm disturbed by the notion that that FF48 piece might likely be a fake. It's hard to tell from just a 72dpi internet photo, but it looks pretty legit to me, and I find it uncomfortable that my years of experience might well have failed me should it ever have been laid in front of me. I'm spoiled, too used to being able to confirm a piece is legit with a quick glance. When the Hobby is getting big enough to attract skillful forgers, we have a serious problem. I hope more info on this issue is forthcoming.

Ah, don't bother me with Common Sense while I'm having fun pointing fingers and feeling smug.

If that cover really IS a fake, then the cult of secrecy in this hobby has enabled its existence.

This is just going to kick open another market discussion, but okay. Why do you see Bronze softening? I don't see it. Markets are emotion-based. They fluctuate whenever sufficient fear is injected into the equation. The main problem with laying that proof over the OA hobby is that there is another emotion at play which (IMO) trumps the raw investment concern: nostalgia. I think for some in the hobby (and perhaps, many of the shadow players) there would have to be enormous systemic economic pressure from outside the hobby to make them abandon their nostalgic investments. That didn't happen even during the Great Recession, (the worst downturn since the Depression); what would it really take to make us consider selling? I think OA is fairly impervious to outside pressure, and with (thanks to modern technology) a limited supply of OA, prices can only continue to rise. The only fear I have right now is that I'm going to get priced out of the hobby.

The first auction from Nick's Estate is now live!

I just find it satisfactory that the thread is doing what it's supposed to be doing - locating pieces.

Most Minneapolis conventions at that time were at the late, lamented Thunderbird Hotel. :sigh:: Miss that crappy place.

http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1449767 This page is certainly not a great stunner; but, in a funny way, it turned out to be pretty important to me to acquire.For years, the local Minnesota comic book scene was dominated behind the scenes by one mover-and-shaker. Dominic Postiglione ('Nick Post' to his friends) ran the largest Comic Book Store in the state, 'The Source - Comics and Games.' He was the driving force of the local twice-annual comic convention, and a tireless supporter and cheerleader of local Minnesota comic talent of all types. He'd made his fortune creating a homegrown Root Beer label, and still maintained a prominent annual MN State Fair booth supporting it, where he gave away nearly as much root beer as he sold. Gregarious, always quick with a story (not all of them true) and literally larger than life, he was beloved by his friends and volunteers, and grudgingly respected by his competitors.He was indirectly responsible for some of my largest collecting triumphs, helping determine a FMV price on the Michael Golden complete Micronauts #11, and pushing me to purchasing a lot of ROM Spaceknight pages which formed one of my collection's cornerstones.He was aware of my attempt to complete the 'other' Micronauts #11, and for years gleefully hinted that he had an Image-era Micronauts page stashed away in his own personal collection... somewhere. Maybe it was the one last page I still needed, hmmmm? But I was never able to shift him to go looking for it....and then, one horrible, shocking day, he was gone. He was only 52. The local MN comic book community still feels the ache of his absence.Two years later, I spoke with his one son, who was working his father's post at the Root Beer stand at the State Fair, and learned he needed help determining the value of his father's comic art collection. I was delighted to be asked to help. Assisting his family in some small way felt like I was coming through for Nick, years after his passing.A committee of experienced local collectors was formed. While Nick's collection ended up being a bit smaller than I'd anticipated (given Nick's stories), it still had some impressive pieces. (For those wondering, the Estate should be showing up on ComicLink this year)Most notably to me, though, was the presence of three Image-era Micronauts pages. So, Nick hadn't been telling Tall Tales after all, though they didn't include the page I was looking for. After agreeing on a fair price, I was delighted to add them to my collection. As a remembrance to Nick, a gratifying reminder of my faithful service to his family, and, yes, finally: the satisfaction of having one less place to have to look while trying to complete Kurth's Micronauts #11.

How about a for old times sake?

Should be in the 'Marketplace' sub-forum.

Story in the gallery posting. Happy New Year! http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1444504