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RICKYBOBBY

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    New to OA Collecting, Advice, tips?

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted · Edited by RICKYBOBBY

    2 hours ago, Rick2you2 said:

    Well, pretty much, most hobbies involving collecting and buying things is not fiscally prudent. They are not as fluid as stocks or bonds,and there is a big gap at-a particular point in time between what you can sell it for and what you bought for. Lots of attempted flips probably flop. 

    Well, whadayaknow? I just hit a 1000 posts.

    Well I totally agree! Being involved in the hobby is being fiscally prudent. It’s a luxury to participate.

    If someone likes a piece that comes up for sale usually people try to sell something they are okay parting with. If you happen to win the piece before you can sell - then why not send in your piece for an advance ( assuming you are happy with what they evaluate your piece at)?

    Not everyone is sitting on a wad of cash - but maybe some art.

    New to OA Collecting, Advice, tips?

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    2 hours ago, vodou said:

    Not about Allen specifically, an overall comment on the hobby: Consigning forward to pay for things you can't afford today, wow, never crossed my mind to be so fiscally imprudent. You've either got the juice or you don't. Wow.

    I don’t get it. If I want something at an auction and don’t want to spend more money - what’s wrong with sending other pieces, getting an advance and paying for the new art? How is that fiscally imprudent? Selling something to buy something else? If that’s the case - being in any hobby is fiscally imprudent?

    How Much Large Byrne FF Art Exists?

    in Original Comic Art

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    5 hours ago, stinkininkin said:

    Totally false.  Sorry Mr Byrne, but Sharpies are not permanent or stable.  I never inked actual pages with Sharpies, but I did use them very occasionally  to to do a little bit of touch up work on my Xmen run almost 30 years ago.  These pages were then kept in protected portfolio's in complete darkness, and I can tell you the Sharpie bits are either fading or bleeding or turning color.  I'm pretty sure there were other types of markers back then that might have been more stable (I honestly have no idea), but Sharpies were the most common and easily accessible marker on the market, and were NOT stable.

    That’s very interesting Scott. Appreciate providing your insight since you specialize in inking. The page at ComicLink is from 1983 (older than your x-men pages) but no fading or color changes. You would think if no impact in almost 40 years you would be okay. But I get your remark on markers not being stable. 

    Thxx

    RB

    How Much Large Byrne FF Art Exists?

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted · Edited by RICKYBOBBY

    1 hour ago, NelsonAI said:

    I've seen pages of his oversized FF pages inked in sharpie.

    I assumed he drew the entire issue in that manner due to deadlines.

    It's been so long, I can't recall the issue(s).  Jim Warden would probably know.

    Don’t think it was due to deadlines. This is what he said about using markers:

    That depends on the artist. It is true that markers -- especially fine point, which are best for the kind of inking we're discussing here -- don't have much "give" and cannot be depended upon to produce line weight variation "automatically", as a brush does, but in my own case I tend to sweep back and forth across the same line several times, when penciling or inking with markers, and this puts in the necessary variation -- with, I might add, a degree of control not possible with a brush.

    As always, it comes down to "your mileage may vary", but I think it is profoundly foolish for any professional to condemn the use of any tool based on his/her own experiences with that tool. The best advice is always "Find what works for you."

    How Much Large Byrne FF Art Exists?

    in Original Comic Art

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    Byrne talks about this on his forum and this is what he said:

    That depends on the marker used. Sharpies, for instance, are "permanent", meaning if one treats a piece drawn with a Sharpie with the proper respect -- not hanging it in direct sunlight, for instance -- it will last. I have a Neal Adams page from BRAVE AND BOLD that was drawn about 35 years ago, much of it with marker, and not a single line of it has faded or even reddened.

    So as long as you take care of it (like any other piece of art) you should be fine- his FF marker pages are no different than regular inked pages. 

    It’s just we read marker we automatically think BAD.  Not the case for Byrnes FF pages.

    RB

    CLOSED

    in Original Comic Art Marketplace

    Posted · Edited by RICKYBOBBY

    Hey all,

    Offering this TMNT page for a limited time. Awesome battle page between Casey Jones and Raphael.  This book was the first appearance of Casey Jones. It takes place right after issue #3 and before issue #4.

    Early TMNT pages are hard to find and especially ones that feature a prime characters first appearance. 

    Thanks!

    RB

     

     

    Mike Royer contact

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    Hey all.

    This might be a stupid question but I am looking for Mike Royers contact info. I have gone to his website and filled out the contact form multiple times but never got a response. 

    Any help would be appreciated.

    Thank you!!

    RB

    HA February Auction

    in Original Comic Art

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    23 hours ago, vodou said:

    The other side of this coin is with the Ethan collection 'in hand' there was no other need for HA to beat the bushes (or accept) significant consignments of overlap material either. Unless the need to liquidate was truly great (life or death medical, losing the house, etc), who wouldn't care whether their hoard went in 2018 or 2019 (or sprinkled out to CLink and other venues)? I'm not talking about a handful of pieces, I'm talking about hoards (like Ethan's) with certain concentrations. Those can usually wait a year or three until the time is right and/or occasionally drop some crumbs at the margin to keep cashflow up.

    Wake me up after the year when Heritage has zero substantial lots in any Signature comic art sale. That would be the year they may consider scrapping the use of the word Signature (lol) itself, never mind Platinum Night (which is evidently every night now). That's a supply bottleneck I'll only believe when I see it.

    Yeah I wouldn’t have gone as far as saying that there would eventually be zero substantial lots.. but when you got from 1100 OA items to about 600. I think that is substantial. Heritage has been setting records in terms of dollars in auctions last year - I don’t see the trend continuing with this auction.

    Oh and hey - just saw an Avengers 1’page posted yesterday! That’s exciting ...😊

    HA February Auction

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted · Edited by RICKYBOBBY

    17 hours ago, artdealer said:

    Ethan Roberts. Not Robert Ethan.
    R.I.P. Ethan.

    My apologies! I did get it backwards... but the point being is his collection was massive and heritage was auctioning his stuff over like 3-4 auctions. So much material. Without that it would have been pretty dry last year.

    HA February Auction

    in Original Comic Art

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    2 hours ago, Panelfan1 said:

    my observation for this auction - is that it seems to have less pieces in it than previous HA auctions. perhaps its because they are still adding stuff. I think the last auction had over 700 pieces (correct me if I am wrong). This one not as much.  Overall there is a bunch of cool stuff and like many here am eagerly watching what happens with that Watchmen cover. While I think its one of the most boring covers ever - it's also perhaps one of the most recognizable and iconic covers of all time.  if it goes to a dealer/millionaire/halpern I wouldn't be shocked.  while there is a ton of nostalgia riding on this cover - I would compare it a bit to abstract art -as there is not much there to actually sink your teeth into (says the ignorant guy who loves representational art).:foryou:

    I think last year we saw at least 2 major collectors unload their art (Robert Ethan and The berk collection) If you take away those collections the pickings were slim last year. I think the market absorbed the material pretty well but without someone dumping a collection - the good stuff will only come up in smaller chunks.