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Yup, I have several long flights coming up (Ireland and Australia in June) and looking forward to playing Cyberpunk again.

Its software emulation, no different than what Nintendo did with the Mini NES/SNES. The problem with software emulation is that it's not perfect. So it's not EXACTLY a true reproduction (but so close that noone can usually notice). The legal grounds are more questionable. Emulation itself is legal. What's illegal is distributing copyrighted software. So if you rip your own software, it's totally legal. If you download a ROM, it's illegal. Same with systems that have a Bios (PSX, Ps2 etc.) You can rip your own bios and its fine, if you download it, its illegal. I have a PSX emulator on my steamdeck with rips of my old games because 1) it's nice to travel and play old school crash bandicoot and wrestling games and 2) Hooking up my psx to a modern tv is a nightmare. But yea, it's mostly nostalgia. It's really hard to play an old NES or SNES game that you didn't play as a kid because its just not that connected.

I ADORE my steamdeck. I haven't touched my PS5 in months because of it. The emulation on it is fantastic.

I will be at Portsmouth next Saturday for the Mini con. If anyone would like anything facilitated for signature, please let me know via PM.

I don't know if I'll ever get mine done Never seen Ryan or Peter anywhere.

Comicconnect and comic link always seem to do better with copper than heritage. I think the people watching heritage are more golden and silver age (this auction in particular) then bronze and copper.

It's crazy how Turtles has exploded just in the last few years. You could get Eastman early art for $1000 a few years ago. High Grade first prints were under $5,000.

Thanks Rich. I'll see you there. I offered to bring my art collection but they said the insurance wasn't cool with it

Can you post a link?

Yea I just did Saturday as well. I had offered to bring art but they said their insurance wasn't keen on the idea. O well. Thought it would be fun to put together a gallery of major pieces.

Is the holder damaged? Reholder is the way to go, that book is a 5.0/5.5.

Are you coming?

Any reason you didn't add Kevin and Pete to it?

I can buy two tickets if someone wants my second.

He's seen maskless and masked on Page 7, I should know it's hanging next to me right now.... . Kevin had numerous sketches of Casey from 84 that were never published, but later ended up in his artobiography. Here is that page.

#3 is tough. Famously, there is the the NYCC "Variant" which had the wrong color on Laird's Photo because the printer ran the covers wrong. Those copies were used to sell at NYCC which was held on march 16-17th 1985. Since the covers were printed separately than the book back then (two different printers) you can assume that all of the interiors were done and waiting for the covers. But the book was "out" in March 1985, with a final release in April. Like I said, I wouldn't be surprised if this interview was done in January/February 1985 and then published later in the year. Take a look at the next issue: Given that they were coming out near monthly, there's just no way a fanzine is running this before marvel talked about it, and no way were they doing that in early 85.

Do you have a scan of the interview? I recall that book coming out in September, and the next issue even talks about xfactor, which marvel did not announce and solicit until the end of 1985. If I recall correctly, CI was a near monthly publication, so while the interview may have taken place with E and L before the release date, I don’t believe it was published before raph #1.

Long story short, I was looking for some comps for my insurance company and found a piece I had been offered several times had hammered at more than 10x the price I was offered it at. Needless to say, I was shocked. When I saw the item description I understood why. It led me to look at some other pieces and I saw that Heritage has been playing VERY fast and loose with item descriptions. To me, this example is criminal. Here's the piece: And now Heritage's description: Kevin Eastman - Casey Jones Illustration Original Art (1985). The first published artwork of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle character Casey Jones! Created in 1984 by Turtles creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, Casey was planned as the second human "family" character for the book, with Eastman refining the look of the character. He made his first story appearance in the one-shot, Raphael, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle #1 (Mirage, 1985), but before this issue was released, the inks of the artwork we are offering here was published in Comics Interview #27 (1985). Here is what Eastman said about the inclusion in the fanzine: "The piece in question here was drawn in 1985 - a year after Casey was created - this was simply one of the many convention pin-ups done (usually drawn and colored before and brought to a convention to sell) around that time, but we always kept photocopies to use for PR reasons - sent along as a press release or part of an interview - so that is most likely how it got in the Fanzine." The ink art was also included in Turtlemania Special #1 (Metropolis Pub., 1986). This cool piece of Turtles history comes with documentation about the piece and a copy of Comics Interview #27. Mixed media on 8" x 11" illustration board. Light toning and handling wear. Signed by Eastman at the bottom. In Excellent condition. Ok, let's dissect this. First sentence, heritage claims this is the first "published artwork" of Casey. Now they're correct that this artwork was twice published, once in Comics Interview #27 and again in Turtlemania. But those books came out in September 1985 and in 1986 respectively. Raphael #1, the comic Casey appears in was published April 1985, 5 months earlier. Shockingly, Heritage invents a history where Comics Interview #27 was published first. The weirdest part is that Heritage has even scanned and INCLUDES documentation that contradicts everything they've written in their description. The documentation clearly states that Raphael #1 was printed first, followed by Comics Interview #27, and that this piece is the first PAINTING of the character to be published, significantly different than the first artwork. This piece hammered for $20,000, ostensibly because some individual thought they had purchased the first published appearance of the character. They have not. Anyone else have seen any similarly egregious examples?

@Buzzetta Sex predators, drugs, theft. It’s just a coincidence this man was in Portland back in November.

The most likely will be Portsmouth Mini-Con in April. It's not a real con per se, but rather Jetpack comics is organizing it as a 40 year celebration of the first issue. I've been working with the owner of Jet Pack to bring my collection with me, I'm sure others are as well. Kevin will be there, as will Steve. It's right on the boarder of Maine, so it's nearby for Peter.

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Morganmi: Again, that lot had already sold. Thanks again!

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Morganmi: Many thanks for the generous take it, however that offer was already claimed earlier today. I will do a roundup of what the current status is of all offers in a little bit.

Isn't the easier option that its a fake slab? The only way to tell if the book is a mark jewler's is to open it. No way is CGC just believing some random phone caller saying "Hey I bought this book and it's supposed to be a mark jeweler. I'm gonna send it for a reholder" and CGC go, o sorry about that. 1) Its not the same submitter so CGC wouldn't fix it for them. 2) CGC would have to crack the book entirely. They claim to always regrade when the inner well is opened. For me, the smarter scam is for someone to go on CGC's census, find a cert number, and use it on a fake label. So that when someone runs the cert it comes back as valid.