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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.

On 10/21/2022 at 7:22 PM, Brian Peck said:

Did you get it?

Yup! Sure did. It's been a while since they had a piece I liked, at a price I liked.

On 9/30/2022 at 5:59 PM, Michael Browning said:

I corresponded with "Rich Henn" many years ago when I inquired about his Jim Aparo Wrath of the Spectre cover art and the Secret Origins Doom Patrol cover by Byrne, then, he stopped answering me around the same time that Harlan died, but, until I saw the art preview for the upcoming Harlan Ellison Heritage auction, I didn't realize that Mr. Henn was really Mr. Ellison. Did anyone else know?

Below is a link to the CAF gallery and those pieces are what is in the upcoming Ellison auction.

https://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=106348

Uh No. Rich was representing Harlan's wife at the time. He was offering the art on her behalf.

On 9/30/2022 at 12:57 PM, KirbyCollector said:

As far as I know, this is the only (current) substantive discussion forum for OA. I suppose you could say Bill's various shows provide a forum of sorts, but there is nowhere near the level of thoughtful engagement you find here. So why isn't everyone here? They certainly know it is here... collectors toss in some negative comment about this forum on every show he runs. 

For the same reason not every collector is on CAF. It's not everyone's cup of tea.

He was at the Colorado Springs Comic Con this past weekend. 

On 8/1/2022 at 9:18 PM, Peter L said:

Update:  Both of the artists that I mentioned were at the San Diego Comic Con.  I messaged both and confirmed they were there and they both said to drop by.  

I went to the booth of the first one.  He didn't have the commission but he remembered me.  He was working on other commissions.  He said he was using SDCC to "catch up."

That was Jae Lee. Btw, how do you catch up on commissions at SDCC (the biggest, busiest con) when you are taking on new commissions at the show?

I can play this game. Purchased in 2020...

Black Condor #2 cover $350

Black Condor #12 splash $225

Glen and Bechara have always priced aggressively, this is not new. Pricing will need to be adjusted if they want to continue with the show. 

The show was about what I expected. Here are my observations.

First...I found the comments during the show interesting. Everyone was saying where's this, where's that, referencing DD. They wanted to know who was winning, what were the totals, will there be memes, someone even mentioned cake. It seems like they wanted the exact same show. Why??

The show needs to be different if it's going to succeed. It can't be a carbon copy.

Second...it's the exact same audience. Literally, it's the same people participating in DD and DM. DM had 200 viewers yesterday and DD gets around 300 and it's the same 25-20 people chatting in both. 

Bechara and Glen need to bring in their clientele or expand who they are reaching. Bill has the entirety of CAF to lean on and he only gets 300 viewers watching live. Both shows need to expand and build  their audience. 

Third...and is an extension of the second and is a problem for both shows...it's the same small handful of people buying each show. It's not sustainable. Yes, their are lots of different folks buying, I've bought once, but the majority of art goes to the same people. You hear the same names week after week on multiple pieces. This is not good. 

That's what I see. 

Sean Chen - Rai

Mark Moretti - Eternal Warrior

Bret Booth - Grifter

52 minutes ago, malvin said:

I love Zeck! but here is my lazy answer:

Link to Mike Zeck art in my CAF Gallery

Wow, I didn't know I had 16 pieces.

Malvin

 

You don't. You have 15. The punisher piece is showing framed and unframed.      

1 hour ago, sfilosa said:

So what are the three you have?

That I won't say. 

Each came years apart. One I bought through Heritage, back when I could win things in Heritage, before they set up an office in CA and started charging sales tax. One, I got through a trade with another collector. The other I found on eBay four or five years ago.

I have three of the six. 

I was the underbidder on the fourth, can't win them all. One I have never seen anywhere. The sixth, I saw one year in San Diego before I started collecting and haven't seen it since. 

When I first started getting into comic art, I made a list of the pieces I absolutely had to have. I came up with six. Those are the ones I consider my grails. 

On 8/5/2020 at 12:33 PM, romitaman said:

His art is worth 10-20 times MORE (also not a typo..LOL) than anything you own. 

I know a collector like that, not Theo.

We collect virtually the same thing yet his art is worth 10 times more than mine. 

I refuse to deal with him anymore.

Being ridiculously overpriced.

Hyperbole.

3 hours ago, Tatterdamillion said:

 

Anyone?

David Mandel owns it.