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dinesh_s

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    Dilemma - Another collector had prelim to my piece inked, latest owner says mine is a blueline with no pencils

    in Original Comic Art

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    On 4/7/2024 at 9:49 AM, malvin said:

    Here is my story

    I have Kevin Maguire Booster Gold and Blue Beetle original pencil and ink piece original of a print of it to sell at conventions.

    Kevin sold the prelim separately, and another collector had the prelim inked by Mark Farmer. It got sold a few times and eventually went to auction. I told the auction house that the piece being auctioned was an inked prelim, the consignor double down and said his piece is the true pencil piece, since you can still see the pencils, whereas mine is lightboxed/bluelined because you can no longer see pencils. You can actually see pencils on mine, but it is faint since pencils are usually erased when inked, as experienced collectors would know. I should have pushed harder but that was that.

    I did run into Kevin at a con recently, and I had him confirm that mine is pencils and inks and he kindly signed the back attesting to that. Here is my piece on CAF (and I've added extra images showing pencils and Kevin's note note on the back)

    https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1143049

    The latest owner just posted his piece, and he repeated the auction house description (that mine has no pencils). Maybe my comment and message to him was a bit strong, but he said he just wants to be let alone to enjoy his piece, and asked me to delete my comment.

    https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=2009545

    Let me add that I don't blame the original collector for inking a prelim (I've done it, although in my case it was an abandoned prelim with no "published" piece). I don't blame the current collector as he is new, but the entire situation is frustrating since my piece is now impugned. And I also get that with prelims, they can get inked to create duplicates (I recall hearing one artist not selling prelims for that very reason)

    Heck, this exact same issue was why I bought a partially inked prelim to a piece I already have, so that no one gets it fully inked to confuse what I have:

    https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=906811

    https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=882380

    He is probably reading this and I know he has friends on this board. What do to?  Ask him to change his description and I'll delete the comment? He is still convinced that his piece is more legitimate than mine, since you can't see pencils on mine.

    Malvin

     

     

    I don't have a dog in this race and, as a publisher, it's pretty obvious who has what but I saw the initial comment you left and if that's not bullying I don't know what is. If you're happy with your piece and feel confident, be cool. Don't protest so much.

    Police Comics 1 - a book whose time has finally come

    in Golden Age Comic Books

    Posted · Edited by dinesh_s

    On 12/27/2021 at 6:34 PM, atomised said:

    I've been a fan of this book for a while and this record breaking price realized today seems to signal the book has finally arrived, after being one of the most undervalued keys for years.  I do wish I could have picked up this copy but my budget was way under the price realized.

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    Totally agree this book has been undervalued. There are 44 copies on the census and it's a 1st app of a well known character. I imagine several of the deep pocketed collectors have been looking to add a copy for some time and struggled to find one.

    FS: Giant-Size X-Men 1 CGC 4.0 (1st Nightcrawler, Storm, Colossus etc)

    in Golden/Silver/Bronze Age Only

    Posted · Edited by dinesh_s

    Giant-Size X-Men 1 CGC 4.0

    1st app of the new X-Men: Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Thunderbird. 1st app of Magik (as a child) and Krokoa the living island. 1st use of 'snikt' sound effect. 2nd app of Wolverine

    Paypal accepted. Open to time payments. Returns offered within 30 days. No returns on CGC graded books.

    $3,700 

    Last sale was $3,600

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