JadeGiant

I agree. If a piece is NFS and a collector inquires about a possible sale, they should be ready to start the discussion with a number. By that same token, if a piece is listed as available, the owner should provide a number. What I see as most frustrating is when a piece is not overtly listed as being for sale when it really is and the seller is fishing for buyers but wants to play coy and insists on the seller giving a price.

Sounds like a Win-Win scenario!

Guessing, I would say my purchases are at a 90/10 spread, in the favor of art. I still buy comics, mainly new stuff, trades I want to read, and an occasional back issue if I get the itch to go digging. I visit my LCS (two actually) weekly and love the tradition of new books and the relationships with each of them. I would think they my entire year's purchases of comics is eclipsed in price point by most of my art purchases, save a few smaller sketch commissions I pick up.

I can see path of logic, just not the jump to seeing it as being problematic but it's not my business so I will assume that CAF has good reasons for what they are doing presently. CAT is still new so it could be a watch and learn situation. I am a regular CAF member and don't see CAT impacting my activity there in any significant way.

Dunno about that, but I see the point. As an aggregator, I don't see a conflict. CAF and CAT are very different animals that would appear to easily coexist and I don't see how CAT diminishes the value prop for those hosting on CAF but I don't know how the arrangements between CAF and the dealers work in detail.

How so?

I was going to type a post but this sums up my thoughts - ditto this. Also, I have a Yahoo email account if you still need a tester

More than fair IMO. Good luck with the sale!

Tough call for sure. I am a buyer only in this hobby so I don’t have experience on the selling side. In you situation, there are risks either way you go if one of the people inquiring are not serious buyers. If the first person is serious and you sour them on the deal with a quick and hard deadline they could walk and the second might also flake out. Could happen the other way if you hold out too long on the first person and they drag the exchange through the mud. I think I would try and make sure I had a good gauge on each potential buyer and would give the first person the chance to decline before moving along. If I felt the second person was a serious buyer I would tell them I was giving the first person X amount of time and if they don’t commit/pay it is theirs. How much time is hard to say – I would think 24-48 hours.

And here I am wondering about what I am missing recently. I guess I get to play the new guy card - what is Simply The Best?

interesting thread

curious as well

I approve this message and appreciate that your tastes have changed. Please continue to admire Sal’s Hulk art and NOT purchase it. I think that all other collectors should share this approach to collecting this subset of art going forward as well.

I have wondered about the quality of the Brother scanners. They are very reasonably priced so I was always curious if they held up. Nice to know - I might just pick one up and scan the rest of my collection to CAF

Fantastic - thanks for sharing the good news!

totally agree I actually enjoy the grind of digging out comic art - both in person and online. It's a low yield venture in terms of volume (lots of grinding for very few returns) but the gems you are able to unearth can be totally worth it ... at least from my experience.

Too funny. I have had the honor of receiving a few "Baller awards" and I consider them among my most valuable comments.

Any more details about which "dealers" the art was sold to?

What Fred said above - those who actively solicit or campaign for comments always strikes me as odd. I had to ask a fellow collector to stop FB messaging me fishing for comments every time they posted something new (I explained that the email and multiple forums it was posted was plenty for me to know they had new art). I commented on a recent FB post about a piece of art and the reply was - it's on CAF, if you like leave a comment ... this struck me as very odd as well

great setup!

Nice McG page - congrats!

Great Sal page - I was eyeballing this one as well. Congrats!

AWESOME McG ART!

I will echo this, specifically at Toronto Fan Expo last month. ES had a couple portfolios of Kubert art that I was offered to look through and it had some really nice art, including a piece I had never seen online that I seriously considered picking up. In speaking the ES employee, he shared that prices were pretty firm due to Kubert(s) not really needing to sell. This led me to believe that is why the art isn’t online – they don’t care if it sells or not. I also know of artists that bring art to shows that isn’t online. Artists aren’t always the most organized bunch so I would presume that most of them have art laying around that isn’t immediately available online anywhere. Paul Pelletier is one of my favorite artists and I consider him a personal friend – he surprised me with a couple pieces of Hulk art that I previously had not seen. In summary – you can definitely find art at shows that you can’t online. Not always a lot but the pages are out there if you are willing to search for them.

The notion that you can "over comment" drives me nuts personally but I have come across the mentality quite a bit. I just don't get the notion that you can comment too much. If you want to comment, do it ... if you want to answer a comment, do it. I think that some people equate comment count as a value-add factor to the art (not necessarily financial value, maybe an intangible value) and even see some people take offense to people responding to comments on their art.