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Very interesting read, thank you!

I will join the other praises. An amazing piece!

I love the invincible one.

I received my page from ComicLink. I admired it the first time it was for sale last year, but didn't have the money at the time. When I saw it on sale again a few weeks ago, I decided I couldn't let it pass a second time. So, here is my Alex Ross DPS: http://comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1209086 (I wrote a quite long description, both because I like to document my pieces, and because I think this one particularly deserves it. For those of you who have the courage to read it, feel free to PM me if you spot any mistake - either in my english, or in the Green Arrow lore)

Great gift Alex. Lucky you to have such a thoughtful wife. It's a very sweet piece.

One can never have too many Don Rosa pieces in a collection.

Cool page! And welcome in the hobby.

That's a damn fine page.

That Dr Strange is terrific!

Yup. Really cool indeed to reunite the prelim and the commission!

Two additions by David Petersen I added to my collection thanks to Alex, who was kind enough to pick them at the Boston convention and ship them to me in Europe. The mouse astronomer is my first commission. Probably not the last.

When I do this, I know I won't get the art cheap, and I am not looking for it. But It doesn't mean I am willing to pay 10X the market value either (In this case, I would probably try a direct offer). Anyway, I never arrived to the negociation point yet as the items I was looking at were really NFS. Thank you for the advice of asking if they have another piece they are willing to part with. That's a good idea I didn't think of.

I don't see a problem doing so. It doesn't bother me when I get such requests (no harm listening) . . . and I've sometimes ended-up selling! Nothing ventured . . . That's good to hear - sometimes I feel bad about cold calling someone who says NFS... I think it all depends on how you make the request. When I do it, I usually write something along the lines of: "I know your art says NFS, but if you ever change your mind, please let me know." and I drop a comment on the piece and add it to my favorites, so the owner can easily find me again in the future. It didn't work for me so far, but I keep hope. I also got a similar request. I didn't sell the art, but gave advice to the person on how to find a similar one (it was a not very famous indie artist). I actually got quite flattered that someone was interested on my art. Of course, for collectors of exceptional pieces who receive the kind of requests daily, I can understand this could be a bit annoying.

Love 'em .

Very cool page. Pencils are more sensitive to friction, so you should avoid rubbing any object on the surface of the art unless you want the pencils carbon to spread. On the other hand, they are not sensitive to UV light (but the paper still is and can become yellow).

Damn, that's great! I would love to add a Lee/Williams piece into my collection at some point.

Just be sure to use some non-acid tape. Regular tape leaves yellow stains on paper after a few years.

Really cool pages! Love the big panel on the first one.

Thank you!

Hello everyone, As my first message on this board, here is a Mouse Guard page I just received : The rest of my (small, but slowly growing) collection can be seen by following links in my signature. (And sorry for any english mistake I may do, as it is not my native langage)