mister_not_so_nice

What's bringing on the skepticism? Shady seller or (perceived) low cost? If it's the seller, speak with your wallet and walk away. If it's the cost, seems like "less than $300" would be market for this page.

No insight to this artist/series in particular but I'd start with an email to SplashPage. My guess is the pages on CAF were purchased at a convention. Either direct from the artist or SplashPage. So an email now may give you an advantage over those waiting for the listings.

There were SO MANY trading card sets in the 90s that even all of nerdom has been able to scan every one. Therefore Google Images won't be of any help. You may have to *GASP* track down the physical card.

The smaller sized OA makes me think it may be trading card art.

Thanks to all those that inquired and congrats to those that picked up pages. We will now resume normal not-so-nice operations

You forget he had to actually get the art before he could ship. This might account for 3 of those weeks

Hello BLACK HAMMER fans. Dean has decided to make a donation to a local gallery fundraiser and has asked me to help get the word out. In order to raise as much money as possible he has told me that NO REASONABLE OFFER WILL BE REFUSED for any art listed on NSNart. This includes all interior pages and COVERS! This is a unique opportunity to help out an art gallery (all proceeds will be donated to them) and get some of Dean’s amazing artwork in the process. Because of the time sensitive nature time payments won’t be available for this sale. All available pieces can be seen on www.NSNart.com Thank you for looking and helping to support this cause, Mike DeLeRee

He mentioned TWO empty galleries (two anonymous accounts) with nothing posted. That just seems suspicious to me. Unless I'm misinterpreting it and it's just one CAF acct with two empty "folders". Someone contacting me through CAF without a gallery of their own gets more scrutiny than someone with a gallery online. The "why?" should be obvious. Someone with even a minor collection has already interacted/transacted with other members of the community. The larger the CAF the more transactions, thus more vetting. If I got an inquiry from an empty CAF that someone wanted to buy some of my covers I would absolutely approach with skepticism, if at all. Do I run the risk of missing out on a sale? possibly. Do I run the risk of getting scammed? In my mind, probably. I get it, @Rick2you2 , you're the exception to the rule. But the exception nonetheless.

Did he ask about a specific piece? Or was it a blanket statement about your CAF? If the latter I'd forget about any transaction and move on. Two empty galleries? Red flag

oh, I thought you were a serious collector. Guess I was wrong

Looking forward to attending after a 2 year absence

After losing his wings in the pages of SANDMAN, Lucifer's wings re-emerge in his first self titled series.

I'd still buy it, but not for a lot because of the sig

TSale is most known, it seems, for his mini-series with Jeph Loeb. So, of course, I'm going to get the "anonymous lady in the parking garage"

The tribe has spoken. Fire sale this weekend to raise funds for Flagg #1 cover (or whatever this thread is about )

I think this is just the wrong audience to get behind prints as a majority. Most bought massed produced comics and spent what their budget allowed. Then they found one of a kind art and spent that money there. It's going to be uphill getting them behind prints (i know, one-off print. Got it ). But that isn't to say there isn't a market for them. This discussion makes me think of an artist selling a "limited" print run of orders received in the next 24/48/72 hours. How many is that?!?!? Could be 1 or could be 10,000. If they can sell those (For $100 and up per "limited" print), then I see a market can be made for the one-off print. Ray Caesar seems to be doing all right. Go to any "gallery art" centered message board and you can find prints for sale for a few hundred dollars that are 'limited' to 40/50/100 and selling. But then that is a fraction of the OA cost. In comic art you can buy (some) art for under $1000. You'll be hard pressed to do that in a gallery. Just don't expect a flood of PMs when you post them in the FOR SALE forum

I have at least one portfolio in the living room to browse through. I'll look through this portfolio at least once a week and swap it out when the mood strikes.

Saw OA creeping into the comics section of eBay in the late 90s. Nothing really struck a chord until I saw a page from a series I liked. At the time the issue the page was from was $30-$40. I ended up winning the page for about $130. After that I could never justify spending as much for a mass produced comic as an original hand drawn page cost.

It's ridiculous. (the "new to collection" then for sale a few weeks later, rinse, repeat). It's bad enough to see the GTST "collector" show off the shiny new prize. But when the BUSINESS model is to post a 'new to collection' every week and see it show up regularly a few weeks later it doesn't belong in this thread. There is a difference between "collection" and "inventory". If some of the guys that post OA eBay auctions routinely were posting the pages here a week or two before posting to eBay they'd get, justifiably, chastised. How is the "view if inclined, it'll be for sale in a few weeks" any different?

It didn't sell through the ebay auctions. It was listed for a ridiculously high price with zero bids. Fielding offers from the multitude of watchers and selling off-ebay is EXACTLY how it works.

Have you tried contacting @jasonmoore on the boards? He has collaborated with KJones on quite a few books.

I've had a box at a UPS store or similar since I've been collecting. Haven't had a problem yet. What i like about the private mail box is they will sign for packages, so even places that don't deliver to a "P.O. Box" will deliver there. At each place I've used, after a couple of months they get to know who the box holders are. When I get a package at my current mailing address they put a slip in my box with my box number in 2-inch font on it and a similar sticker on the package. At about $120/year it is well worth the peace of mind it buys. Why anyone getting OA or expensive comics on the regular uses the "porch hope & pray" method is beyond me

Depends on your design tastes. I think the weight of the art/portfolios will buckle the bottom of the Ikea unit. I have some metal shelving from sam's club with adjustable shelves. It holds about 30 or 40 portfolios across. I lined the bottom with a smooth material so the portfolios aren't sitting on the wire shelf. I've also considered getting some used 'entertainment center' shelves. If you get just the oak end units they are deep enough for 11x17 portfolios and sturdy enough to hold them. Now that TVs no longer fit in these units I see them regularly at a local auction. With some light sanding and paint/stain they can go with almost any decor.

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