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I've found out that if you find a helpful USPS worker at the store they have an enhanced tracking system that allows them to see way more detail than what customers see on tracking sites. I've had items in customs limbo before and my local USPS has been able to help track down the package and get it moving again. Finding a helpful postal employee is not easy though!

These aren't 9 year olds so I don't know how an adult is getting bullied when someone is telling them what they're saying is wrong.

The background lettering is different on his than the final text of the print. With all the focus on small differences of the figures, the background lettering has several huge differences. Seems obvious which one is the final version that was used for the print and it's Malvin's.

The average person is awful at sales. Just look at how bad selling on Facebook or ebay is and how people have no idea what they're doing.

Hoping for Scott McDaniel!

PayPal gives you 180 days to file a claim but why wait? Hopefully you paid goods and services and then you can easily file the claim as item not received.

I think you need to go through Spencer Beck, (Artist's Choice), for Scott Hanna and I'm 99% sure he doesn't really take on commissions unless an opportunity is posted but does do them for shows. If you're looking for more inker names you can try Mark Pennington who offers commissions through The Lab Comics. I've ordered a few commissions over the years and have been happy with them. If you're on Facebook join the Sketch Prices group and you'll see a ton of commission opportunities get posted

I tried contacting Walden Wong about inking a Paul Smith piece I have and he never replied. His website says he takes commissions and he's somewhat active on social media.

This has a ton of contact info and I try and keep it up to date. https://www.buyfromcomicartists.com

I had a bunch of pages and sketches that sold there in the spring and like a third of them ended up on ebay for insane prices...all are still there.

And if it's a "historic" page as well...imagine the price!

Quite a few pieces that were posted in the spring show are back up with higher prices! I always appreciate the event but a lot of bonkers prices. Did see some good stuff under $300 though but nothing in my wheelhouse.

It's tough now because prices are so insane but stick to an amount of money that you are okay losing if you don't like the final product. All these people paying $500, $1,000 or more for commissions is crazy now because so often they come out blah and you're going to be losing a lot of money if the character isn't Batman

That's a page I would have bought because I have others from the issue but those signatures are awful and that price has an extra zero on the end

The only time I relate to artists is when a page from my collection underperforms at auction and then ends up on Anthony's site. Plenty of my recent art sold at auction is available for 3x, 4x, or more on dealer sites!

I come across this all the time in my work and it's incredibly sad how often this happens and watching all the vultures come in and pick away at her and whatever money she has, which is often times just a home. I'm talking regular, middle-class families too where family members are just absolutely horrible to each other. It's a very sad part of life that most people don't see and most of these older folks will put blind faith into everyone and so often it does not work out for them.

Two thoughts I had throughout, irrespective of wealth it's sad how often elderly widows are preyed upon with their estates and no matter the country, governments never care unless they think they can squeeze money out of something. This old lady was clearly ripped off during a horrible time and the courts rule against her but when the government thinks they're entitled to hundred of millions of dollars in tax debt they can re-interpret settled law to claw back money.

Can't stand that guy, I never block anyone on anything...except him.

Reach out to them, Comiclink and Comicconnect and see who gives you the best offer. If you have enough pieces or top notch stuff you'll get a better deal. I sent 125-ish pieces to an auction house last year and did another 50-ish this year and the prospect of only having to ship once versus 100+ times is a lifesaver and easily worth the 10%. You can also specify when you want pieces to sell and they'll accommodate you as best as possible.

Both UPS and Fedex will schedule pickups at your house.

I have a bunch of sequential pages, it's always fun putting them together. I'm working on a few complete issues; Batman Issue 595 - have 17 out of 22 pages plus I have the cover! Another collector has one page that I haven't been able to get but don't know where the rest are. Sandman Mystery Theatre Issue 64 - 18 of 22 pages. No idea where the other four are. Green Arrow (Vol 1) Issue 89 - 13 pages - Picked up a few pages here and there so now I feel the drive to complete. Green Arrow (Vol 2) Issue 70 - 12 pages - Same as above, have lucked into a bunch of pages and they'e in my price range so I'll grab them as I find them.

I have a similar story where I had a couple pages from 6-8page story in a 90's annual, not big name artists, and they had two. I paid like $100 bucks give or take per page through auctions and when I reached out the pages through them were like $3,500. Other pages from the series still sell in the $200-300 range

I learned that lesson with the post office like 15 years ago when I sold someone a complete set of hockey goalie equipment on ebay and didn't insure the package. Sure enough, USPS "lost" a massive bag of equipment worth like $3k and basically told me oh well, you didn't insure it.

Comic Connect mailed me a label and said it would be covered under their own shipping insurance for the agreed upon appraisal price. Just curious how that would play out in real life as you would assume these auction houses have solid relationships with the insurance companies. Dealing with USPS insurance has been a nightmare for low dollar amounts.

Jeez sorry to hear. I sent 100+ pieces to ComicConnect in NYC last year and I was petrified of something similar happening and fought the urge to drive the pages in from Boston. As a practical matter, what happens now with Heritage? Do they pay you out on the appraised value you agreed to?