Shemp

Wait I'm confused. Why is everyone comparing the pieces to the published piece. That wasn't the beef.

In the guy's original post he clearly stated that Malvin's piece was the published piece. He KNOWS his isn't the final published piece. 

The beef is...he believes Malvin's piece was lightboxed by Maguire (has no pencils/is inked only) and that he has the final original pencils (later inked by Farmer). That was the issue.

Sorry Malvin, but you should have left you comment up that his was a preliminary sketch inked by Mark Farmer and that your piece was both pencils and inks by Maguire. 

On 1/24/2024 at 11:30 AM, RBerman said:

Is this the original or a recreation? I read recently about a recreation of this page for sale. It is a great image either way, but obviously the price would change dramatically.

The Jack Kirby original will go up for auction in the next ComicLink auction.

The Mike Royer recreation was offered on Facebook and is clearly labeled as such.

On 1/7/2024 at 8:55 AM, jjonahjameson11 said:

Were they on 11x17 Comic Art board?

Yes, 11X17. They were the 2022 Fleer Silver Age Avengers Cards. Black Panther, Wasp, Vision, Quicksilver and Hercules all by Tom Morgan. The Scarlet Witch sold.

On 12/6/2023 at 7:39 PM, KirbyCollector said:

Congrats to whoever sniped me on the Joe Q Ray cover... have fond memories of that limited series

It wasn't me. Not sure how but I lost it by $33. I was winning it at 2600.   

On 11/21/2023 at 8:03 AM, Lee B. said:

I seem to recall from years ago that a very high-quality recreation of this cover by George Perez came up for sale privately or at auction.  The recreation was so good that some Perez collectors momentarily thought it was the real thing.  I could be having false memories here, but it seemed to cause a brief sensation.  Anyone else recall this?

Yes, Lee you were correct. It was the 161 cover. The brief sensation was caused by the way it presented. 

I bought a piece. The image was great and the price was fair (at least I felt it was). 

Saved 28 pieces of which 16 are above 1600 which I will not be buying (I just like to look). Of the remaining 12, tomorrow  I'll make an offer on one or two, see if there are any takers.

On 11/8/2023 at 5:14 AM, KirbyCollector said:

Thinking about participating in CAL, was going to specify a) US shipping only and b) payment by check. The question is, how much of an impediment will either be to selling? 

I have no issue with sending a check. I have done it a lot this year, to dealers and collectors. 

I was surprised at the Green Arrow covers. All went for a healthy amount (some more healthier than others) I was hoping to snake one. It wasn't meant to be. Glad to have bought the two I have.

On 9/27/2023 at 4:07 PM, J.Sid said:

So.... after any fees, tax and shipping, what will the winner have paid for this one?

 

 

over 80K

That's Mark Texeira's signature.

IMO you didn't miss much. The show was divided into two rooms. Comics in the large room and art/misc in the smaller room. Artist, the few that were there, were set up in the hall between  the two rooms (except for Tex who was in the large room). Art dealers were Anthony Snyder's Comic art, Panel Page Art, Nostalgic Investments and Metropolis (Metropolis being the only art dealer in the large room). a few of the comics dealers had art but nothing more than a few pages.

Vinnie

On 6/2/2023 at 3:04 AM, sallah4life said:

Good to hear! I had no issue covering the fee myself... Cam is doing this through Mark using a list of prices they were selling pieces for at shows- so that is the final amount they are asking for. They had never intended on selling them through mail order at those prices, so the paypal fee wasn't calculated into the price. That leaves Mark with options to either revise the entire list and include the fees so the pages are all a higher price, OR offer the option to send friends and family to save the fees. I see nothing wrong with that personally, and I would implore anyone else buying to consider this before refusing to cover the fee on goods and services.

While I am not advocating that anyone choose to send friends and family and assume the risk: If you aren't comfortable with that, by all means send goods and services... but cover the fee. If you don't, I think that the more this is done, the less likely it will be that the price list doesn't get revised to pad for the fees right out the gate. And now that I have already bought pages and been satisfied, I would like to have the option of getting those original prices and not worry about the 4% fee being already included in the price to hit the number Cam already priced them at.

PS- Micheal Browning: Still want to call me a scammer now that another person has come forward with a success story?

-James

I have no issues with covering the fees if using Goods and Services. 

However, I was not asked to use the Friends and Family option or to cover the fees for Goods and Services. It was quite refreshing.

I've traded 3 times (that I can remember) in my 25 years of collecting. 

2 of the 3 started off as purchase inquiries.

1st trade.  I was contacted by a collector wanting to buy a piece from my collection. It was not for sale.  However, I knew of him and his collection. He had a couple of pieces I wanted. The piece I had was an outlier in my collection but the focus of his and vice versa. I offered to trade. We did. 

2nd trade. I was offered a piece I've wanted for a long time, by a fellow collector. We collected the same artist, with only  a difference in character preference.  He knew I wanted it, hell he knew it was my grail (maybe he didn't know 🤔I don't remember). Traded two of mine to get the one. Worth it. 

3rd trade.  I was contacted by yet another  collector wanting to buy a piece or two from my collection. They were not for sale. Again, I knew of him and his collection. I asked if he still had two pieces (they were no longer posted in his gallery) in his collection. He did. We traded. 

In the end, in each trade I got something from my main wants and I hope they did the same. So know what the other collector collects or has in his collection and don't offer random pieces he has no interest in. 

I've turned down trades that didn't offer any of my main wants because I like my pieces better and if I wanted a one off of an artist or title I could buy one. 

On 4/6/2023 at 3:43 AM, Shemp said:

I inquired the day (2/11) sallah4life posted. I went through the master list, scoped out the pieces I wanted. Followed instructions, made sure it was available, made clear what i wanted and the price. I was ready to purchase just waiting for confirmation from them.  Received an email 2/15 thanking me for the inquiry and that they were inundated with requests, they would process requests in order. That's it, that was the last email.

Until today! Pages were confirmed available and ready to purchase! 

A success story.

Pages were confirmed available and ready to purchase on 4/6. Payment was made on 4/8 using paypal goods and services with NO added % to cover fees (only mention that because everyone now ask, even some dealers, to cover fees when paying with goods and services) Art arrived 4/26. Pages look great!

A success story. My thanks to the Kennedy's and Mark.

On 5/18/2023 at 7:13 AM, g-man said:

i used to have this cover...good luck getting $4250! 

It sold for around $3.5K

On 4/14/2023 at 1:53 PM, Grant Turner said:

Did anyone win anything in yesterday’s ComicLink auction?

any thoughts about prices yesterday and what they suggest about the state of the hobby?

I won a cover. 

Didn't follow the whole auction. I won the cover pretty early and didn't watch the rest. 

On 3/12/2023 at 6:58 AM, Latverian Tourism Board said:

SCATTER, it’s the fuzz!!!!!!!

Just had my number called. Lucky #20! 

If I remember correctly the initial list was capped at 20.  

That's Tom Christopher's signature. 

On 12/30/2022 at 6:16 PM, G.A.tor said:

Where on caf do we post our 5?

On 12/23/2022 at 7:13 PM, Brian Peck said:

Though the submission process doesn't begin until January 7th 2023. 

 

Your artwork must be submitted to your CAF Gallery in 2022 in order to participate in the Best of 2022. It can be in any Gallery Room in your CAF Gallery, but it must be added to CAF before midnight EST this Saturday, December 31st. So get your art posted before New Years!

 

 

I've never seen him sign like that but it is most likely Angel Gabriele. He went by Angel Gabriele, Pat Gabriele and sometimes as PD Gabriele. Probably a rough sketch by Denys Cowan because it looks to be more Gabriele than Cowan.

On 10/22/2022 at 2:17 AM, Brian Peck said:

Ramona did some great recreations, I picked up Brave and Bold #57 cover she also did oversized earlier this year.

All Ramona Pencil and ink, oversized! What's not to like.