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At East Coast Comic Con this past May he was charging $60 for an inked single character (no background) sketch and had a lengthy list early on the first day of a three day show.

I just picked up a page by John Buscema from the western Punisher one shot story, "A Man Named Frank" that had the bottom right panel cut out and replaced. I also happen to have already had a photocopy of Buscema's rough layout pencils for the page.

For me the sweet spot is late 80's early 90's Marvel so Jim Lee - X-Men John Romita Jr - Daredevil & Punisher Mark Texiera - Ghost Rider & Wolverine and through back issues: John Buscema - Conan

When did eBay start collecting tax? Is it for all states or certain ones? I just got hit up for unexpected tax for a purchase made from someone in PA.

He also had 9” x 12” tight shaded pencil “prelim” illustrations for 2K. ( he called them prelims because they were used for later larger finished illustrations but they were not your typical prelims).

same here, I miss the word balloons, or better yet hand lettering. When did all digital lettering become common? I have pages from '92 that have paste up word balloons and some from '94 that don't so it must have happened some time in the early '90's. And the whole separate pencils and inks over blue line prints, when did that become common?

Ugh, this scumbag is really cranking them out: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?sid=lavelle834&isRefine=true&_pgn=1

Brian, awesome piece! I know the satisfaction of reuniting a prelim and finished piece, I have a couple of John Buscema pieces like that.

Similar to the Mignola and Tim Sale threads, how about one for Mark Schultz? I saw Mark today at the ECCC and picked up a cool dino piece and he was nice enough to do couple small sketches in my books. He told me the prelim was for an unused wine bottle label for CapRock winery located in the Texas panhandle circa 2011. By any chance does anyone have pictures of the final labels he illustrated?

Can you provide a list of the titles/issue numbers the lot of guides includes?

Yeah, it doesn’t look godawful terrible like many eBay fakes but I agree with topfuel and think it’s fake. It looks ‘flat’ to me and off, but are there any examples out there of Mignolas finished pencils pre-ink? I’m not counting the loose sketches he sells.

Thoughts? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hellboy-Original-Sketch-Mike-Mignola-12-10-in/173899282315?hash=item287d34778b:g:I~8AAOSwDNRc1b4b

Zecks prelims are awesome, so tight, I have several: https://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=34480

Awesome JSC piece! I’m a big fan of prelims, great way to get cool art at affordable prices. My latest prelim is a Tim Sale sketchbook cover.

It says not available. This sold out quickly after it was released last year.

FYI, If anyone’s looking for a copy of the remarqued Zeck Artist Edition there’s one with a Cap profile currently on eBay.

Does anyone know how to contact Mark Schultz? Does he sell his art personally or have a rep? Any info is appreciated.

My pickup from NYC Art Con:

I think that page was $1200

This is a question for anyone that creates their own overlays for cover title stats or missing word balloons; can you recommend where and what to buy for the clear overlay material? I have a few modern pages with no lettering that aren’t worth much so it doesn’t make sense to pay a pro a lot of money to do it but I would like to mess around and create my own word balloon overlays.

I see the original posters point about how at current price points you have to consider the “investment value” of your art purchase, but the problem is that our hobby is so nostalgia driven whereas a typical investment is not. You typically won’t have an emotional attachment to a stock that’s appreciated but barring a personal financial crisis I wouldn’t sell covers I bought years ago for a couple of hundred bucks even though now they’d fetch thousands. And that is why it’s hard to pinpoint value, it just takes two people with an emotional attachment to a piece to result in a ‘crazy’ auction price, but then good luck if you try to sell and recoup your money...

I had a package that I sent from north New Jersey to Brooklyn (20 miles away) go via Detroit... but it ultimately arrived. Another time I bought something from California and the package inexplicable spent ten days in Atlanta before arriving in Jersey.

George Perez has announced this con season will be his last and I was wondering if anyone knows if he brings any art to sell and if he does any sketching or is it just signatures now?

Yes he was, a minimum of $100 for ‘quickies’. I just posted one to CAF.

FYI, there's a Sienkiewicz Artifact Edition with a large Warlock sketch currently listed on ebay.