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MIL0S

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  1. On 8/17/2022 at 9:40 AM, AndyFish said:

    the pattern of taking work at a show and then promising to mail it seldom works out no matter who makes the promise.

    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. 

  2. On 6/19/2022 at 8:21 AM, wurstisart said:

    I am more than tired of them and even more that dealers use this instead of updating their websites and if they update the sites it shows all the items that will be on sale at the show.

    Honestly I don’t have the time to watch these shows. I prefer a solid dealer website update instead.

    Are the shows fun and extremely well done, absolutely. Kudos to Bill and the dealers, but as I said, give me a website update instead.

    I am buying comic art for 25 years now and have bought zero from any of these shows.

    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. 

  3. 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!). 

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  4. 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

     

  5. 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. 

  6. 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... 

  7. On 11/13/2021 at 10:42 AM, Dayzen said:

    It could be due to your state having different reporting limits. In Virginia it’s $600 not the $20k and 200 transactions. I got hit with it last year. Didn’t know it was enacted and had a big bill. 

    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... 

  8. 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?. 

  9. 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?