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NicoV

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    DC Tells Artist to Stay Out of NFT Business.

    in Original Comic Art

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    2 hours ago, Taylor G said:

    Speaking of which, as I understand it, any Heritage or CAF scan of a page of art is technically a violation of copyright (as is a link to said image posted in places like this forum).

    Interesting things could happen if AT&T executives start weighing in.

    That's already what Moulinsart does, by suing people who use images of Tintin on social networks, artworks or anything else - like this one: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/12/herge-heirs-sue-artist-over-his-tintin-edward-hopper-mash-ups

    Some European auction houses do not display any picture of Tintin original art anymore, to avoid any potential copyright issue with Moulinsart.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hergé_Foundation

    April HA 2021

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    On 3/15/2021 at 3:31 AM, Bronty said:

    anybody win anything at the European art auction this weekend?   I forgot about it.   I was hoping to buy two Don Rosa pages, and one stayed reasonable at 5k which I'm bummed I didn't throw some bids on, but the other went for 24k :eek: so I wasn't going to win that anyways.

    So, is that a record at auction for a Rosa panel?    anybody pick anything up?

    https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/don-rosa-kalle-anka-and-c-o-donald-duck-and-company-1995-24-planche-2-uncle-scrooge-egmont-1995-total-2-original/a/7253-51128.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515

    I was also hoping to get one of them, but prices skyrocketed!  As for the one you mention, sure it's the title page (and a nice one), but it used to be the price for a full story :facepalm:

    https://comicarttracker.com/don-rosa-original-art-for-sale

    The Blue Lotus

    in Original Comic Art

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    Not to split hairs (^^) but:

    1. It sold for €3,175,400 not $3M
    2. That's not a question of liking the background or not. The editor thought that this cover was too complex and would be too expensive to print, that's why the definitive version is much simpler.
    3. It was a prelim, even if it looks like a finished work. You can see that the face of Tintin is not finished, for instance. Plus Hergé fold the illustration and stapled it to the letter sent to the editor (we can still see the small holes). Who would do that to a final cover?

    Comic Art Preservation

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted · Edited by NicoV
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    2 hours ago, Taylor G said:

    We still have Krigstein's Master Race, although many of us were shocked when the Lucas Museum did not purchase it when it came up for auction, so it looks like we can't rely on Obi-Wan Lucas to be our only hope to save this art form:

    (...)

    But we can also say that this has appeared in an IDW artists edition, so Scott Dunbier has high-res scans in his database, so if the original pages are lost, even though we won't be able to view the pages in a physical museum, it'll be available for people that possess the artists edition (and comic restorers can use that when they want to produce high-quality restorations of the original comic).

    These pages have been bought by the Boon foundation for an upcoming museum in Brussels, we can imagine that they should be able to take care of them and you will be able to view them in a physical museum. :)

    https://comics.ha.com/heritage-auctions-press-releases-and-news/boon-foundation-for-narrative-graphic-arts-bids-600-000-for-original-art-for-master-race.s?releaseId=3539

    Collecting goals for 2021

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    Unfortunately the art I would really love to acquire is now far beyond my reach (b&w Frazetta, Watchmen page, Wrightson Frankenstein page) but I'm still hoping for:

    - a Jeff Jones published b&w page

    - a Victor de la Fuente published page

    - a nice Virgil Finlay illustration

    - a nice bronze age published page with Galactus 

    - maybe some more published pages from Tim Sale, Darwyn Cooke

    - some art I'm not aware of yet but would catch my eye