*paull*

16 hours ago, rjpb said:

Cover text is a distraction on a lot of Star books, one reason I always liked his Continental output more. 

Now the recreation of Blue Bolt 105 on the other hand....   a thing of beauty:

50 minutes ago, comicjack said:

Which is a bargain for a cover like that one of Cole's greatest IMHO 

I'm a big Cole fan, but the word balloon, green bar on the left, and text on that cover is a distraction.  I much prefer Suspense 8, Mask 1 and 2, Contact 12, etc.  I even prefer many of his Star books.

On 6/13/2017 at 1:36 PM, adamstrange said:

There were two recreations done of Mask 1 as another one sold (iirc, on comiclink) for approx $8k.  This was the first time I saw a duplicate recreation.

I don't recall the other Mask 1 recreation.  I thought this was the only one.

In CBG, Cole advertised that he would do recreations in one of three sizes... I believe 1x, 1.5x and 2x, if I'm not mistaken.  I've never seen two of the same cover (in the same or different sizes).  This is just my observation and am curious if others have seen two of the same cover.  

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Very early JIM STERANKO illustrated cover from 1960

Features amazing full illustrated cover by Jim Steranko, published before Steranko on Cards! I believe this to be the first published cover ever done by Steranko.  Illustration is signed vertically "STERANKO" at middle bottom of front cover.  Includes killer photograph and biography on interior page. RARE!

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UNSEEN SHADOWS - Jim Steranko (Supergraphics, 1978)

This scarce book details Steranko's multi-year odyssey to illustrate the 27 different painted covers that he created for the Shadow paperback series between 1975 and 1978. Completely written, designed, illustrated and published by Steranko in 1978. This is a seldom seen gem. Unseen Shadows contains 50 pages of pencilled prelims for each cover, some paintings have multiple prelims. Not reprinted in any other volume! A beautiful book for a fan of Steranko's amazing Shadow paintings. Full color covers with b&w interiors.   Includes text by Jim about the Shadow paperback paintings... didn't include photos of the text pages here.

Cardstock cover with tanning on inside of cover (typical of this book due to paper quality). Pages are in excellent condition and are not tanned at all. Only the slightest edge wear. Cover colors are beautiful. VFNM condition. Killer book!

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Intimate Studies of the Fabulous BETTY PAGE - scarce 1950s book

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On 4/19/2017 at 4:39 PM, retrocomics said:

Here's a new one with a craptastic pic

 

On 4/19/2017 at 4:39 PM, retrocomics said:

Here's a new one with a craptastic pic

 

  Nice book!

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Sandman (1989) #8, 1st appearance of Death - Neil Gaiman

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1 hour ago, comicwiz said:

Exposure to light, direct or indirect, is more likely to introduce issues of ink fading. I'm an advocate of using archival materials, but art/illo board is just as prone to yellowing pertaining to the extent and presence of adhesives used for paste-ups on a page. I'm also an advocate of leaving art as is, but am congnisant to the possibility that there will come a time where some pages won't be holding up to age very well.  At such time, the only practical conservationist means to eliminate factors such as the presence of adhesives causing paper degradation would be migrating all paste-ups to an overlay.

I agree with this.  As much as I'd like to display original art, light is the enemy.  Cheaper prints, no problem.  Photographs, illustrations, lithographs, etc., they stay in the dark.

1 hour ago, johnwhitlock said:

Haha... you're the one the brought up Mylars!!

You stated, "Seriously though, i'd rather have my art safely behind museum glass than rubbing up on some polypropylene plastic sleeve. That's not how fine art is archived."

58 minutes ago, johnwhitlock said:

Right. And i have Mylars and top loaders on 20 year old comics that are yellowed and warped. OP asked about framing, not about not-framing. 

take care

We are discussing framing... and about assumptions regarding framing materials.

1 hour ago, johnwhitlock said:

yes.

archival, acid free matte board, as well as acid free art hinges are used in museum collections and archives of works that are hundreds of years old. store your art however you like though!

Have you tested the UV glass and your acid-free mattes?  And have you tested it after time passes?  Museums do.

I don't care how you store art that you own.  However, materials stated to be acid-free or packaging states that museums use it doesn't make it so.

23 hours ago, johnwhitlock said:

If handled and framed properly, there is no reason not to display art. No Ditko ASM page is worth more (culturally or financially) than Picasso's Guernica, and that tours the world on display! 

Seriously though, i'd rather have my art safely behind museum glass than rubbing up on some polypropylene plastic sleeve. That's not how fine art is archived.

Instead of inert mylar, you're ok with mattes touching the front and back of the page in the frame?  Are you positive about the acid content of the mattes?  How about the mounts that are used to hold the page in place?  As far as I know, UV resistant glass doesn't block 100% of the UV spectrum.

SOLD!  Thank you!

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14 minutes ago, toto said:

I can't find the price anywhere....

Now listed.  Working on adding condition descriptions.

THE PRINCESS OF THE ATOM by Ray Cummings
Avon Fantasy Novel #1
Beautiful copy of a great GGA cover.  Very tiny tear at top edge of back cover.  Tiny bit of wear on front cover corners.  Great copy!

THE MOON POOL
by A. Merritt
Avon 370
Beautiful copy of a very desirable book (and cover). Glossy cover with lamination intact.  Possibly unread. Has very small ding at top of page block that left tiny tears at top of about ten pages.Tiny bindery tears at top and bottom of spine. Fine copy of a killer GGA sci-fi paperback.

INTO PLUTONIAN DEPTHS
by Stanton A. Coblentz
Avon Fantasy Novels 281
A beautiful copy of a scarce Avon. Flat and sharp, no front or back cover creases. This is one hot cover in top condition.