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Madman1138

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    Todd's covers with Spider-man are in that price range, but his Hulk stuff is nowhere near that high. I could see it selling for $25-30k, but only if 2 bidders really wanted it and fought hard over it. So it's price over double it's value. But I do think his Hulk art will continue to rise in value so some day it could be worth that price. But by then, I am sure the seller would raise it again, Donnelly style.
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    It was a newer Marvel one, from Secret Avengers. Here's a link to the piece on Burkey's site. http://www.romitaman.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=20493&ArtistId=840 I would have been happy with either, but the '90s Wildstorm/Image stuff is my jam so I had to make a play. I'm just glad the other guy said yes!
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    Art Day with Art Adams Gen13/Generation X cover Anyone who knows me knows that I love Wildstorm art from the '90s, by Jim Lee's arm of Image Comics. It is part of my primary focus in art collecting. So this piece is a dream come true for me. I have always wanted an Art Adams cover from his Wildstorm days, but have never been able to find one that was both available and that I could work a deal for. I basically couldn't afford one, but I have become adept at trading. So I was looking to get any Art Adams cover and didn't dare to hope for a Wildstorm one specifically. This cover was one I have always wanted in particular because it has both teams on it, and I just love Art's style on it and his take on the teams. So I was constantly looking through CAF for anything, and when I came across this one on another CAFer's gallery, I reached out. He wasn't looking to sell but said he would consider a trade if I had another Art Adams cover to trade to him for it. So here's where it got a little complicated and I reached out to dealer Mike Burkey. He had a nice Art Adams Marvel cover available so I managed to do a 3-way deal. I traded Mike art and cash for his cover, had him ship to Murray (the other collector), and Murray sent this to me. Everyone is happy and I managed to get a cover I never thought possible! So big thanks to Mike and Murray for working with me and making this dream come true! Here's a link to my CAF for a super hi-res scan: http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1401779 Thanks for looking! Dave K
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    I definitely fall into the crazy addicted category, as I have to look through CAF and dealer sites daily, and am constantly on forums and also networking with friends and artists to find art constantly. When money gets tight, I make due with cheap sketches, sketch cards, and art by unknown artists. Even when I try to "take a break" from the hobby, I can never fully stop. But as long as I am regularly getting art from somewhere, I am good. If I go too long between acquisitions, I do actually get "withdrawals," as bad as that sounds. I know it's all psychological, but it is a habit and a need at this point.
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    Albert will only have published art from Jim available. Jim doesn't give Albert sketches to sell and he doesn't ever really sketch for fans unless he is at a show. Commissions are even harder to get from him. The only way to get sketches by Jim is from someone else who has one already or be in the right place at the right time at a show. But you can always ask Albert direct at albertmoy "at" aol "dot" com and see what he says.
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    The sale has been slow going since the BWS and Jim Lee pieces sold, so I am now offering an additional 10% discount on the listed prices of everything that is left through the month of May. Come June I will put most of these back into their respective galleries and take them back off the market. I am also willing to talk trades if someone wants something and doesn't have cash. You never know, so it's always worth a chat.
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    The Jim Lee Gen13 page is also gone now. But there's plenty more where these came from.
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    The BWS page from Wildstorm Rising has been claimed now, but lots of other '90s goodies are still available!
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    Had to go to dinner. A man's gotta eat. Thanks for the offer Sean, I'll email you right now.
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    Thanks, buddy!
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    FS: Jim Lee, BWS, Bisley, J Scott Campbell, AH, Bianchi, Clark, & more I have been moving over a lot of art to my For Sale gallery on my CAF, and there is a lot of variety there to be had. Covers, splashes, panel pages, book illustrations, and even a couple sketch cards. Artists included are Jim Lee, Barry Windsor Smith, J. Scott Campbell, Adam Hughes, Simone Bianchi, Simon Bisley, Scott Clark, Joe Benitez, Brandon Peterson, Bo Hampton, Micah Gunnell, and more. Everything is priced very fairly but I will take best offers as well. http://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=163292 I also have a whole separate gallery of $50 and under art for any bargain hunters. http://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=80818 I can be reached through my CAF mail or my personal email at madman1138 at yahoo dot com. Thanks for looking! Dave K.
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    Huge congrats, Malvin! Those are 2 incredible covers from a fantastic mini series!
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    There are several eBay accounts from Hungary that sell the fakes. I think they are all related or maybe even the same seller on the different accounts, and the main red flags are the typical Dr. Seuss sketches and they really like Bruce Timm a lot. Other than reporting them to eBay, there really isn't anything that can be done. They are ruining it for everyone and people like that need to be driven out, but that still leaves how? How to drive them out of the hobby? Dave K
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    Glad to see you on here, Tatiana! Dave K
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    My first trade was very early in my art collecting days and I was taken advantage of by a collector who was more experienced. I was just a cheap panel page collector at that time with no money and he had a nice panel page I wanted, so I reached out through CAF. He asked about a trade for it as he liked and wanted 3 pages I had, and he insisted on my 3 pages for his one. I tried to haggle but ultimately went through with it, even though I felt it wasn't fair, because I figured he must know more than me. I found out later his page was worth less than half what he took me for it. So that soured me for years on trading, so I only bought what I had money in hand for for years. (until I finally tried time payments and loved it too!) But I eventually tried trading again and had a smooth and easy transaction, so I did it again and again. A lot of my trading has been with International collectors in Europe, and I have never had an issue. Over the past few years, I have been really enjoying trading, and have traded with several dealers as well as a few fellow collectors. In most cases I have managed to "trade up" with several smaller pieces for a single large piece. Doing this has got me pieces I would never be able to get even with time payments, so while it cost me art I loved, I got art I loved even more and that is the point. Ultimately, you need to have art the other party really wants to pull it off, but it's a great way to thin down the collection to less art but more quality art. So I am a big fan of trading myself. Done properly, it can work out well for both parties, but both have to be willing to give up the good stuff. No one wants the art that has sat in a "for sale" gallery forever. Dave K
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    I have seen people selling photocopies of old Jack Kirby and others' pencils on eBay, and while they didn't go for a lot of money there was some interest. But there is always interest in seeing what the original pencils look like, since that is 95% of the reason most buy their art is for the penciller. But by their nature they are "prints" or even the dreaded "production art" that is all over eBay these days and not original art, so you won't get rich off them.
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    I have bought direct from artists through FB on several occasions. Even ones with Reps, and usually for less than their rep would charge. On a few occasions I even got art before it was actually published, which was cool. But in this day and age of social media and direct access to artists through it, the game is changing from what it used to be. The fact is that there have always been some collectors who have/had connections to artists and use that to get first dibs on stuff, but now that can be anyone who follows/friends the artists on social media. So yes, if you aren't following them on social media, you are probably missing out on the choice stuff as that always goes first. But technically no more than you already were, if that makes sense.
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    I have never gone on a "buy back frenzy" myself, but I have bought back art many times. Sometimes from buddies I sold it to and sometimes from strangers on Ebay (and for less than I sold it to them for lol). But like Panelfan says above, usually the ones you want to buy back disappear after selling them and it isn't an option. But I have lots of regrets from selling over the years, but that's part of the game. The worst part is when you find a piece you want back and it's available but there has been a surge and the price has gone up dramatically, so getting it back becomes unlikely.
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    I was considering trying SVCC this year, but no, I won't be attending. I'm still a little bitter about them forcing out/buying out Big Wow Comicfest, which was my favorite con that I attended every year. So I told myself I wouldn't go, and was actually considering this year to see what it's like, but finances are just terrible at the moment so it's been decided for me.
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    That would be by Nick Runge, who did a lot of cover paintings for IDW and some for Dark Horse's The Star Wars series. I get all of my paintings by him framed and up on the walls. Here are a couple more examples. The Star Wars cover is 20x30 inches, Angel is about 12x24 inches, and the Dark Knight painting is a massive 30x40 inches so I had to use 2 frames and no mattes. I can agree with others here that b&w art can look really nice with black or white mattes and frames, but for paintings I like making each one different. I frame to the image, as those colors will be on the wall anyway.
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    I, for one, love '90s art and so do most of my friends in the hobby. Mid-'80s and through the '90s are my prime comic reading time, but especially the '90s. I love when I manage to find small treasure troves of '90s goodness, but it has been a while now.
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    Not meticulous, but I do place a bid on everything even remotely appealing to me when the auctions start so that I can track them and use my Bidding page as a resource later. That seems to be the only way to keep any records there. They achieve pretty good results for most items in the Featured auctions so you would think they would want that known but I honestly think their website isn't built to work with that type of tracking and such.
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    I frame a lot of paintings in my collection, and in my experience it works best to use the color that pulls from the image inside and a solid darker color for the main top matte. What you have would look a lot better reversed. Even if the outer matte is a color other than black or white, it should just be darker than the inner matte but still pull from the art if possible. Here are some of my examples.
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    Some good stuff in your galleries. I see a couple that originated from me even.
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    The links you gave are Admin links from the user side of your CAF Admin section. Just go to your regular CAF as if you were a visitor and grab the links that way. Here is a regular link to your CAF. http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=107916 Notice the "my"has been removed from the link you share above and now it works. Best of luck with the sale!