Panelfan1

On 1/13/2019 at 2:19 PM, vodou said:

One of the best early Bill-doing-Neal

sounds dirty.

1 hour ago, artdealer said:

Ethan Roberts. Not Robert Ethan.
R.I.P. Ethan.

that's the problem with having 2 first names. personally - I always get confused with Eric Roberts and Ethan Roberts. Admittedly - never knew either man, but both have/had great collections.

my observation for this auction - is that it seems to have less pieces in it than previous HA auctions. perhaps its because they are still adding stuff. I think the last auction had over 700 pieces (correct me if I am wrong). This one not as much.  Overall there is a bunch of cool stuff and like many here am eagerly watching what happens with that Watchmen cover. While I think its one of the most boring covers ever - it's also perhaps one of the most recognizable and iconic covers of all time.  if it goes to a dealer/millionaire/halpern I wouldn't be shocked.  while there is a ton of nostalgia riding on this cover - I would compare it a bit to abstract art -as there is not much there to actually sink your teeth into (says the ignorant guy who loves representational art).

11 minutes ago, MagnusX said:

Are you saying you paid almost $ 9,000.00 dollars
and not sure this is the original cover?

i am saying that prior to this thread I was absolutely 100% sure -but as the thread popped up (there was talk at start of this thread about the placement of the signature) - I figured it was best practice to address the issue by the horn. that is - by talking about it - if any of you other art experts come up with a reason that this is not the original - it would be good to know right away so I can lay a claim. I suspect it is the original -but on the 0.001% chance its not - there is no better way to dig up any issues than to let fans here go to task on it. I love the knowledge and the passion here. talking about stuff is the way to go.  For those who are deodato fans - Romitaman had a cover not long ago for a different issue in this run. he sold it as unpublished as there were some discrepancies with the published art. the buyer asked Deodato about it and Deodato confirmed that it was in fact the published art and that some alterations happened after the fact. I am looking into that as well  -but again - prior to this thread I didn't have a single doubt about authenticity. I had many doubts about the value. ha ha.  hopefully time will prove this a wise pick up.

17 hours ago, DeadpoolJr. said:

Thanks. I was nervous about having it sent through the mail even though the seller told me they had it insured but was lucky that we both lived relatively close to each other. After I had sent the payment we worked it out and agreed to meet at a public place that was equal distance from each other which ended up being a McDonald's.

did you have fries with that?

1 minute ago, NinjaSealed said:

@Panelfan1 congrats!

Cool piece. My thoughts were $6k ish don’t think the price was that crazy.

 

having spoken with friends ahead of closing. that was also my expected win #.  bidders with high ebay counts (into the thousands) bid it higher. as the French say - C'est la vie.

1 hour ago, cbaileypacker said:

New modern pickup:

Adam Legend of the Blue Marvel #1 cover by Broome / Parsons

have been tracking this one down for a year and a half now.  Mission accomplished!

Cheers! 🍻

Wonder what happened to Matt Broome?  Loved his work on Defcon 4 and wilcats/X-Men.

Try anrhonyscomicart.  He posted a ton of this stuff recently

Just to be clear. I am not regretful. I am happy I didn't get the art this thread was about near missed that we are happy to admit to. If there was regret - it was in the moment only and then happiness when lost.

15 hours ago, artdealer said:

Nice DeMers  

I’ll have a great Perry Peterson for sale on my web site next week. 

MI

 

I know one was at Swann recently - it will be interesting to see what you post

2019 has begun with a 1950s magazine piece by Joe De Mers.  This one was from a story in the Saturday Evening Post.

Not sure why I enjoy old magazine art - but added another one.  If anyone out there have any to share- please do.

Comments welcome HERE.

12 hours ago, delekkerste said:

Yes, $5K was a steal.  There would be a line of buyers out the door to buy it at that price today.  I'd love to buy it back myself at that price!  

Anyway, I'm doubly glad that I won it back in 2014, as the cover was a crucial part of a trade deal that landed me one of my most sought-after pieces.

Glad to hear it worked out for both of us! I collect for fun not profit.

The value later whether up or down wasn't the point of this story.  I was sharing the experience of bidding and losing on something and still having joy.  Learning these many years later that I lost to Gene - makes me happier still. I have noticed our collecting paths/Interests crossed a few times. Gene has an esteemed collection - so sharing interest in stuff means at the very least I have ok taste in art. Ha ha.

These 'co-incidences'  also show how small the art community is and at least for me as boardie here make me feel closer to all of you!  As it's now officially 2019 all around the world - let me wish happiness, good health and fruitful collecting to everyone here.

So as we are on the cusp of a new year I have been looking back at my collection. Besides looking at what I picked up - thoughts also strayed to things I didn't pick up (or lost out on).  One area however that I feel is worth exploring are auction bids that didn't win and we are happy about! Often as a collector I lament losing at auctions, but once in a while you feel relieved when you didn't win something.  One such time was few years back. I was new to auctions and was easily caught up in the excitement and fever of participation. 

This story has to do with a Mignola Rocket Racoon Cover. This was before the Guardians of the Galaxy movies came out -so it was by no means a hot item.  To get specific it was a ComicLink auction. I wasn't all that aware of sniping -so with about a minute to go - I bid 5k (or there abouts. memory is not imperfect). I don't recall exactly but the price was around 4k or so.  That's when panic struck. What had I done!? Bidding so high on a fuzzy animal book?

Sure I loved it as a kid, but what was I doing bidding so high for such a niche item?  I looked back at the price. Refreshed the page. Someone else bid and bid again. Then with a few seconds to go I was outbid! Huzzah! Never felt so happy to lose an auction before.  Looking back these many years later - I still have no regrets.  It was a collecting lesson I would never forget.

The point of the above story is to share my experience about an auction that I didn't win and was happy as to the results. 

Please share your stories of loss (happy tears) with the rest of us -so we could know first hand what you went through.

Oh and before I go - HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone!

Can you talk about the cleaning? Where was it done? Is it expensive and any other tips ?

Just saw the spiderverse movie.. highly recommended. John Delany did a great job as Spider-Ham.

I recently had a conversation with some collectors and I mentioned I like Mike Deodato art - but they told me he switched in recent times to all digital. His covers sell for 1-3k range -so was shocked to hear that he went all digital.  thats a huge income loss.   Especially for an established artist who clearly has no difficulty drawing traditionally.

On 12/11/2018 at 11:46 AM, artdealer said:

I think you have your Vernon’s confused.

Vernon Grant painted the Rice Krispies.

vernon Greene is the artist in question.

MI

thanks.

damn there are so many Vernon's to keep track of!

7 hours ago, Jay Olie Espy said:

First, if Cinfa is a thing, then I’m going to go with Timbra

A few years ago I also asked Timbra what his process was and his answer was incoherent. So I’m glad you got a straight answer. 

Greg Land’s art does nothing for me which is why I never offer my opinion, but be it that I like Timbra... So I stand to be corrected here because I don’t care enough about Greg Land’s work to do heavy research but from what little I know he seems to find photos on the interwebs (in the past, at least) and copy from that. Those “photo references” always looked shoehorned to me thus awkward thus terrible. If Timbra uses his own photo references, well to me that’s an age old tool in the artist’s tool kit. That’s what Alex Ross relies on, for example. His photo reference process has been documented since the beginning, and blatantly more so if you read his newest, Marvelocity. And yet that process doesn’t seem to affect his stature in the comics world. In Marvelocity, Ross (or author Chip Kidd) talks about how Ross just won’t rely on information in head; he needs the photo reference. This is random: I remember that Paul Chadwick’s “Killer Smile” TPb had some behind the scenes supplemental material in the back that included use of his own photo references. But both Ross and Chadwick are at least forming a composition in their head. They aren’t scanning the web, coming across something, then saying, Oh I’ll use that!

I wish I knew more about Timbra’s “tracing” style. If I did maybe I’d change my evaluation of him. But in the meantime, Tim went from an inker to really coming to his own with a unique vision as a cover artist that I hadn’t seen before. Once the Punisher went “Max” the realism was well matched. It was also prescient. In just a year or so later after Tim’s cover work debuted, we witnessed 9/11, then later the Iraq War, then the constant barrage of bodies and beheadings, that Bradstreet’s reaslism—on the Punisher no less—served as a reflection of the anxieties we experienced during the first few years of the 21st century as sh-t got real real fast. 

That’s why, at the moment, I don’t mind the tracing. 

Just to add to it.. He said he did this tracing process because it was rhe inliway for him to get that gritty style you like so much.

The only other vernon geeen art I ever came across was a rice crispies painting on ebay. If you like historical stuff and the price is right go for it. Why would someone fake this?  

5 hours ago, mister_not_so_nice said:

Why is the "T" upside down?

It's physics.

On 12/9/2018 at 12:10 AM, Peter L said:

Soon after this movie came out, my house got a phone call from a Disney pollster.  They wanted to speak to a child under a certain age.  They were wondering why this movie didn't do well, and I told them why I thought it sucked.  I asked them, where was the action?  Why didn't you just ask kids for their input in the first place?   

For Christmas I was given an LP which was the movie in a condensed version like a radio show.  I was mad at the world at that point.

As a little kid - I loved this movie. Especially the robots! As a side note - many years later I watched Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown. The Bailbondsman guy was very likeable. At least that's how I felt - but didn't know why I felt familiar with him.  More years pass by and I re-watch black Hole with my kids. Hey - the bail guy was the captain dude in  Black Hole. The mystery was solved. Btw - if you haven't seen it, Jackie Brown is a worthwhile movie. The actor was Robert Forester.

Caf does have a favorites gallery you can 'follow' art in other collections.  I use that function and might be a good way to keep track of art that is not in your collection.