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agree with that, I've gotten burned a few times by some big names and won't do that again... but I took the gamble with David Peterson back in 2010 at New York Comic Con. The con was on October 8th and I commissioned a pet portrait of my girlfriends dog and he assured me that I'd have it in time to be a Christmas gift and true to his word I received the art about a month later. I got another commission from David last year through his website when his commission list opened up and although I don't recall the exact dates it was delivered quickly within the stated timeframe. Ernie Chan was another great artist to deal with for mail order commission, super prompt and a gentlemen.

bump! 20% off of listed prices: https://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=226167

what kind of material was Spencer selling? is this something he's been doing for a while?

I am selling some art on behalf of Tim Vigil, check it out here: https://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=226167 Pieces are priced but if you are interested in more than one piece and would like to make an offer for Tim to consider let me know.

yup, this sums it up perfectly . I'd also prefer a website update over having to sit through an hour + long show to see a handful of pieces. I've never bought from a 'claim show' and my last couple of new pieces have come from Heritage.

Bart Sears also prefers to work smaller, 9"x12" or thereabout.

Great pieces posted to this thread! My modest contribution is the sketch that was included with my copy of the deluxe edition of 'Roy G. Krenkel: Father of Heroic Fantasy' book (limited to 100 numbered copies with signed author plate and an original Krenkel sketch).

where is he appearing in NY?

does anyone know of a way to reach editor/writer/colorist Gregory Wright?

If that's supposed to be Quesada, which it looks like it is, it sure looks fishy. Quesada uses a very stylized 'Q' , sometimes even omitting everything else, see below.

I agree, that's Buzz.

I just noticed that the minimum buyers fee on Heritage is now $29. I haven't won anything in a while but wasn't the minimum $19 until recently?

This is a GIANT book from publisher Taschen's XXL line of oversized art books. This book is sold out and no longer available from the publisher (original price $200). The book is approximately 12"x16", 532 pages, and contains chapters on Julie Bell, Philippe Druillet, Frank Frazetta, H.R. Giger, The Brothers Hildebrandt, Jeffrey Catherine Jones, Rodney Matthews, Moebius, Rowena Morrill, Sanjullian, Boris Vallejo, and Michael Whelan. The front top edge of the dust jacket has a minor bump, see photos. The book with original publishers box will be shipped inside an over-sized box cushioned with peanuts. $165 + $15 for media mail postage (book weights over SIXTEEN pounds!).

bump, this weeks batch of Vigil sketch auctions close on Friday morning. so far 36 out of 55 pieces listed have sold (or have bids and will sell). check 'em out, some Faust, some Death Dealer and lots of vampires, zombies, and babes. also for a sneak peak before stuff hits ebay check out more art here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/119563685@N05/albums/72177720296436576

I've listed a bunch of art on ebay for Tim, with lots more to follow. great bang for your buck, scratch that original art itch without going broke! https://www.ebay.com/sch/vigil-art/m.html?item=194777322799&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m3561.l2562

just an FYI, there's a Finch Moon Knight head/bust sketch in the current Comiclink auction that just started.

Unpublished: Bill Reinhold preliminary cover for Punisher: Empty Quarter graphic novel from1994

thoughts on this one? the cover and complete interiors for Punisher 2099 #1 from 1993 by Tom Morgan just sold on Comiclink for $62,634. I realize current prices are nutty but this one took me by surprise. . The highest priced Morgan piece in the Heritage archive is the cover for Incredible Hulk 330 which he inked but it also happened to be Todd McFarlane's first published Marvel cover and it sold for 'only' $34k in 2018 and then the next highest piece barely cracked $3k.

now that's how you flip! https://www.yahoo.com/news/sketch-bought-30-house-clearance-093613888.html

also, I've only bought and not sold through Heritage or Comiclink, but do they generate 1099s when you sell? and if you do sell a big ticket item can you roll money into a new piece without paying taxes on the 'profit'? it was so much easier when art was $20-$50 a pop and this wasn't a concern...

yes, after looking into it apparently NJ now has a $1k threshold for reporting. I'm not sure when it went into affect, I'm assuming 2021, I wasn't aware of it until now. how are people handling this? for second hand items sold on ebay that you sell for less than you paid you're not really making a profit and should be exempt, no? and for collectibles that you're 'flipping' you need to itemize and show what you paid for them? what a colossal headache...

did anyone else get an email from ebay asking for their social security number? the message said that due to sales exceeding $1000 for the current year they need to generate a 1099-K form to send to the IRS but I thought that the reporting limits for 2021 was still 200 transactions or $20k and that next year the limit drops to the insane $600 threshold?.

so comics grading doesn't factor in fading? I can't imagine a book with a severely sun faded cover getting a mint grade.

The past couple of Heritage auctions have included some Scott Adams Dilbert original strips which apparently were inked with crappy markers that have since faded significantly (maybe he should have inked it with the pen that he signed the art with since the inscription is comparatively darker...) I find the "In good condition" description ridiculous. so as long as its not physically damaged, i.e ripped or creased, per Heritage it is in 'good' condition? its taken almost 30 years to reach this point how much longer till it fades away like the photographs in back to the future?

yeah, which is why I asked what he was charging directly. thats a hefty markup...