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I agree, and if you get accepted into a signature auction on any night (as a consignor), consider yourself lucky since you get the widest possible exposure to worldwide buyers and well-defined service per your contract. David

Well-preserved HULK cover with double signatures, original effects, not tampered with, what's not to love? A real beauty.

Here's an example (upcoming HA) by Sprang who chose to avoid lettering and cover dress.

Thanks for looking, and here is a two-page story that will be going to eBay, and I thought to give you a chance at $100 here on this group. now it's live on eBay! Seller name bakeralbright. I take check, money order, and Paypal. Flat and sturdy shipping will be included (US, only, sorry) in this offer for a limited time. Click through a couple times on the images for magnification. Going to eBay tonight or tomorrow if no interest here. Thanks for your consideration! Questions and comments are welcome! Best wishes, David S. Albright

Mmehdy said...The problem with that is there are only a handful of people in the world, than can afford a Warhol...as prices rise the number of available buyers thins....once the top two bidders are sidelined, that is when the decline occurs....its gravity....so as time goes by the odds of 50 collectors paying 2-3 million are slim and none. I am always impressed by the number of people who can drop thousands of dollars on decorative fine art, or illustration art. I lean toward a continuation of higher prices on all gold, silver, and bronze comic book art. One thing is, there is a built-in (not artist or gallery driven) limitation on the number of original pieces for any title or character, by any artist. This creates a confidence for the buyers. David

Nice example of tasteful restoration! David

I agree my point about disappointment was too harsh. Not trying to hurt the sale! Maybe I was factoring in their $70-90,000 estimate, and thinking, wow, I wonder if John Romita wishes he got $70K for that. And/or, if he knew somebody someday would be paying that much, would he have done it differently?. Watercolor is very tedious and difficult work, and I appreciate the scarcity of this piece. As Romita said, he would never attempt it again. David And, here's a different watercolor recreation showing the code stamp and price box,etc. just for comparison (current HA auction).

Well said. It speaks to the idea that the successful comic book is indeed a collaboration of artists. Here we have a high-profile artist who has created a somewhat disappointing, to some, recreation. Perhaps because he ventured outside his specialty. Idea layout, penciller, inker, letterer, colorist, editor, printer, and more all combine to create the books that we remember. David

Interesting thread about the early evolution of mycomicshop! David

Good pick ups for original art fans include $10 BERRYS daily, $10 Lame Bode panel, and roughly $13 Paul Berdanier HOW IT BEGAN panel. Stay tuned! Best, David LINK TO THE AUCTIONS Here are two auctions over, with opening bids of just $10 (met). Best, David

Looks like a room I would spend some time gazing at amazing original comic book art. What's not to love? David

Amazing, Hard to think about the rationale for liveauctioneers to allow this.

Arthur Pinajian Art Franklin, Art Gordon, Jay Fletcher, Tohm Dix (1914 - 1999, USA) Madam Fatal (Crack Comics #14, July 1941) Art Pinajian worked as a comic book artist from the late 1930s throughout the 1950s. He was a member of the Eisner-Iger Studio in 1938-39 and of Funnies Inc in 1939-42. He worked on many 1930s Centaur titles and features, including 'Capitain Juan', 'Egbert the Great' and 'Tim Roberts'. He subsequently joined Funnies Inc. Reynolds of the Mounted Pinajian also drew 'Captain Terry Thunder' for Fiction House, 'Inspector Bancroft' for Fox Comics, 'The Wasp' for Lev Gleason and 'Jungle Terror' for Timely. He was a regular at Quality Comics with 'Hooded Justice', 'Invisible Justice', 'Madam Fatal' and 'Reynolds of the Mounted'. In the 1950s he worked on western stories for Atlas/Marvel. Invisible Justice Artwork © 1999 Arthur Pinajian Website © 1994-2018 Lambiek

The new owners have a lot of original art by a virtually unknown artist. I saw a result on liveauctioneers in the hundreds of dollars, though. Probably not millions in total, but good for something. As you suggest, it is in the marketing. Curious connection to original comic art! Those pages could actually be good money if they are found. He drew many stories for early golden age comic books under the pen name Art Gordon. The "find" of his art would be of great interest to OA collectors if any of his comic art survived. He drew the "Tyrant's Gold" story for this book. Amazing Mystery Funnies, v.1, #1 for August 1938. David

Interesting, and he has multiple art credits in comic books for the late 1930s-1940 on the Grand Comics Database, but nothing on Heritage that I saw, except a comic book, no art. David

Doris Matthews.

Digital artists might do better selling limited hard copy production rights, but without violating any agreements in the production process of the actual book. Difficult to monetize as "original art". Hopefully, even this extreme limitation doesn't amount to a contract, copyright, or trademark violation on a technicality. David

There is the possibility of future editions, so really you are just buying an early print, and an autograph. David

Always great to get confirmation direct from the artist.

The VS. might indicate is collecting/trading/role-playing card art from the VERSUS series, of which there are many permutations, and you can go crazy trying to find a published example if that's what this is. Because, cards. Lots of them! Best, David

Feininger, but he also started as a cartoonist, not vice versa.

Rube Goldberg, Coulton Waugh, Rich Buckler, and many others, I'm sure. Artists that have multiple careers are the norm rather than the exception, I'd guess, if only to survive and succeed. An interesting approach might be to examine whether any successful fine artists later became published mainstream sequential comic artists. David

Canada.

This is the way I feel, too. If sellers would simply be truthful, without deceit, I don't care if they make a quick buck if it is something they found that I want. David