Will_K

No comment on the $$$ but does the Inhumans appearance hurt or help the valuation ? For future reference:

I don't know who is using "Ardath Bey" in the chat.

"Ardath Bey" sometimes chimes in via chat on Comic Art Live videos.

You can go to 17m15s in the podcast. I think the description was "collector / pseudo dealer who was at the show". You should listen to the entire podcast. You'll learn the fate of the Miracleman 1 cover recreation seen at the convention.

Yes. But you have to pick your battles.

Not referring to any particular dealer, piece or price... but I've been very wary to participate in any discussion regarding the $$$ for a certain piece whether before or after it sells. I'm not following sales closely so my opinion would be worthless. After all, the only price that really matters to me is what I've actually paid for a piece. Or the price of something I've sold (it's been a while). If I'm an underbidder or also-ran or non-buyer, well that was my state of mind and state of my finances. For me to have an actual opinion on a price before or after a sale, it feels like I'm spending someoneelse's money. If something sells for X, I might think "Wow, that's a lot of $$$". But I highly doubt I would think "Yeah, that sounds right, it's worth the $$$". This stuff is still a luxury. Of course, I don't mind paying less.

I saw this during ComicArtLive. It's definitely by Nick. But it is unusual in that I don't recall him drawing WG's face in that particular way, narrower than usual. Still, I like it.

Post on byrnerobotics.com. You'll get plenty of opinions.

My thoughts... It doesn't really look like a She Hulk drawing by John Byrne. Signature looks like it's trying to be a more recent version of JB's. I doubt he'd sign-off on that coloring job.

https://comicarttracker.com/ @NicoV https://boards.cgccomics.com/topic/478415-comicarttracker-v3-is-live/#comment-11457629

I saw a small piece but it wasn't a "must have". Decided to hold off and maybe I could get it on Sunday if was still available. It's been sold. So one less thing for me to worry about.

I understand how you feel but I don't think it's doable. There's an intuitive sense of who is a dealer. And yet all collectors can sell art. I think part of why you posted is because a lot of the art for sale is "new" inventory. Or "priced to sell" in some cases. I could see it being more fair to bargain on inventory that's been sitting around for years. But offering new inventory and willing to bargain with a smaller audience before it gets shown to the rest of the world might seem less fair to buyers. But can also lead to the dealer selling for less than their "list" price. In theory, the buyers and sellers are still benefiting from the show. Dealers can always decline offers. They're there to deal. On Dueling Dealers, not every piece sells. But I think it's very rare that someone makes an offer at less than "list" price and the show ends with the piece going unsold. A better solution would be to expand the universe of viewers (and hopefully buyers). I watch Dueling Dealers on a pretty regular basis (and Dealmakers sometimes). But I've never tried to claim anything. I think it's been mentioned here that it seems like the same few people claim art. Even during the shows, sometimes a piece pops up and there's the expectation that a certain buyer is lurking and should claim the piece, kind of funny. I think last night's show had a lot of pieces sell to more people, so that's good. Maybe it's related to that show having a max price of $2,000.

This is interesting. It's not just about appearing to a similar taste. A piece being passed from one person to another is like someone losing that taste. Ignoring the need to raise funds, some people have mentioned they will sell off art because they want to be more focused or the art no longer appeals to them.

'twould be funny if chrisco was the consignor and shin was the buyer.

I think as long as the wax paper isn't creased, it won't rub or scratch the pastels as much any anything I've heard of. Anyway, as I mentioned, it's for temporary storage. I think mylites are subject to static electricity. I have 2 pastels. One is really large, still in the padded shipping box and has to be reframed. The other is one of those top loaders (how it was sent to me), kept vertical with nothing pressing on it. I haven't gotten around to dealing with them and have just been keeping them as-is. For your own research there are plenty of youtube videos re: framing pastels.

Re: glass... I suggest anti-static (and hopefully UV) acrylic (not glass). Static can pull the pastels off the paper. You can try getting wax paper at the supermarket for temporary storage.

These posts have the vague flavor of this one: https://boards.cgccomics.com/topic/496960-pat-broderick-panel-page-story-page-sets-new-record/ Will this page set a record for a Pat Broderick non-cover, non-splash page?

My guess is a combination of markers (e.g. hair in the 1st panel), airbrush (e.g. blue rock formations, red/yellow "sunset"). The brown skin tones might be airbrush. The way the margins and gutters are masked off indicate they might cover any overspray.

Huge and must weigh a lot. Has anyone yet commissioned a 1:1 scale pod from Invasion of the Body Snatchers ??

Whether it's a matter of life or death or in-between, it still depends on the character. It seems like certain characters are in demand because they're expected to appear in such-n-such movie/streaming thing. For some characters, the death is a little overplayed because y'know... characters can always come back.

Amazing result. Even though they like to keep pricing accessible, I'm sure @Nexus keeps an eye on these things. I've seen some really nice DWJ pieces.

Now on CAF: https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1764045

Bill talks about it a little bit at the beginning of ComicArtLive #54: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ1i62n8Mgg

Are you psychic ?? In last night's episode of Dueling Dealers ep #40 (skip to 26m in). @romitaman mentioned that he sold a Miracleman cover recreation to Albert. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvC_4J7NQbw

The schadenfreude is strong with us.