Sharkey

I'm in.

I'm in! Rhino_Comics formerly Sharkey - Steve

I always liked Bisley's comic art and painted art - I have a couple vintage Lobo pieces (including a page from the Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special). I like his older paintings better than some of the more recent ones but that's probably because I'm more accustomed to his style from the 1990s. Biz Gallery on CAF

I agree. Something like the Lichtenstein thread/s are relevant to this forum, but even there the subject's been done to death, with nothing new being brought to the table . . . only the same old arguments (for and against) being regurgitated ad nauseum. Exactly. I wouldn't mind seeing an ongoing single thread as suggested above a few posts, discussing fine and contemporary art, eye-popping auction results, etc. But not the same old same old as you point out.

All Roy Lichtenstein, All The Time!

I realize there are people on here who care deeply about $50 million art sales at Sotheby's and Christie's. But unless the artist is someone related to comics in some way, or a Ditko cover sells for $10M, I don't see why posting every major sale in the fine or contemporary art market would be pertinent here. Can we move these someplace else? Or maybe just stop posting irrelevant news? This is a Comic Art forum.

I think Glen meant that he saw it sell on ebay a decade ago in the $2-3K range. I found a listing for $1582 from 2007 so his memory is darned good. I'm sure it would sell for considerably more today (I think the previous estimate of 10-20K is realistic). Even though it's mostly stat and not OA, as Terry astutely points out, it is the actual original cover to Avengers 58. Of course, if it was #57, I wonder what would that go for….

CAF market data search shows an "Avengers 58 Original Production Cover - John Buscema - 1968" sold on ebay in May 2007 for $1582.00. Not sure if it's absolutely the same cover as there's no description info or images in the CAF search results. But seems old enough to jive with Glen's memory.

Just picked up this vintage Crow piece from 1990. Love it. Here it is on my CAF in case you want to comment: CAF Link One of the greatest modern stories, hands down.

Jason is an A-1 buyer. Paid lightning quick; faster than the Flash on crystal meth. Would gladly do biz with again!

JIM 72 Glob 9.4

Those are some stellar JIMs!! Love the 62 and 66. Super tough. And on a related note, the splash page to JIM 66 is in the ComicLink auction going on right now. Link to original art auction

Yeah, I know it's a beater, but it's the first copy of WOF #1 I've owned. (thumbs u

I picked up some awesome OA from Zhamlau. It was a smooth transaction and he was great to work with. Will glad do biz with him again! (thumbs u Oh, and yeah, he's pretty.

Picked up a nice pre-hero book from me -- paid faster than Quicksilver drinking Red Bull. (thumbs u

Is there a post to this somewhere or an email confirming this. Just interested is all. I'm with the majority on these kinds of auctions, wouldn't touch them. I believe there is a thread already about that particular eBayer "leadpink" who has been at this for a long long time. Hand painted colour guides however are sometimes a way of getting a consolation prize when it comes to expensive pieces where the original pages are concerned. They can also have interesting notes or additional alterations on them but quite often just get scribbled on with the colourist's or printer's notations. I personally don't usually go for them, but did get my first one ever this week. Blue line stat V for Vendetta page watercoloured by Steve Whitaker which funnily enough comes with the production acetate. It was originally sold at the Comic Showcase in London in or around 1990 before I bought it from the owner. The numbering and method looks the same as the others on CAF and Steve was someone who attended Comic Showcase. Apart from that the seller also had an original cover for sale and an original page in his listings. It was interesting enough for me to bite given a little research and it had to be at the right price (a "fun" purchase price which wouldn't have gotten me close to anything else I wanted). Better than a poster IMHO. I recall passing on several complete books of Preacher colour guides done by Pamela Rambo. Again not usually everyone's cup of tea but to break even on splitting them up (and holding a couple back) would have only meant selling them at ten bucks a piece. Kinda regret not having the funds at the time as I think those would have paid for themselves with a bit of time and effort. Personally though I think the majority of colour guides listed have a silly / greedy price tag on them and don't encourage purchases. I find some of them interesting, especially if they are mostly clear of production notes but in the majority the price / shipping kills it for me. Hand-colored color guides are a completely different animal and in fact ARE a unique one of a kind part of the actual comic book production process. I'm a big fan of color guides and own quite a few. Let's face it, colorists get no love, but in fact the coloring of the comic is so crucial to the final product! Some of them are expensive, but I think they are very under-appreciated pieces of art. Being in the publishing biz myself, I probably have a high level of appreciation for all the steps in the process. Of course, a comic's original art is the shiznit, but I loves me some color guides too

Thanks for the detective work, Glen! I wouldn't doubt it about the bidding. These descriptions appear very carefully worded with an intent to imply that these were used in the production of the book without actually saying they were used in the original book's production. So many red flags, but it's clear that the uninitiated and uninformed might be persuaded to buy them.

In cases like this I'd ask the seller for provenance that it was actually used in the printing process of the original comic book. Anyone can scan and print an acetate version of a cover or page if they have the right materials and hardware.

Spider-Dan, Spider-Dan, paid for a book faster than a spider-pig can.... (thumbs u

PM me with where to send the check. Thanks! Steve

I like it!

Great buyer! Paid faster than Goon can punch out a slackjaw! (thumbs u

Gino's a Grade A+ buyer -- he grabbed a slab off my sales thread and I had paypal in like .002 minutes -- faster than Barry Allen on meth!

I used to have the FFF chapter 2 splash page from ST 89 but sold it Do do however, have this lovely splash from JIM 66 of Xemnu (The HULK)!