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I had this saved because it looked pretty cool, never saw this show, no clue what any of it is about but was surprised at the result when I got back to the computer this afternoon. https://comics.ha.com/itm/animation-art/production-cel/berserk-season-1-episode-6-guts-pan-sized-key-master-setup-production-cel-c12-a1-olm-1997-/a/7345-51013.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515

True, it could still break 5 figures. I swallowed my tongue when the baseball card sized Darkwolf Fire and Ice prelim (Jaguar God 2) got 10k, and that was 2016.

Talk about wall power!! The Michaels framing rep must have be thrilled at this one. Look at that ratio of art size to framed size https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/miscellaneous/frank-frazetta-man-the-endangered-species-preliminary-illustration-c-1984-/p/7342-88002.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515 Seems there is a constant choice of Frazettas at auction at multiple price points. And I swear we are seeing some repeats, hard to keep track. More prime BWS conan covers as well. Kirby faces! https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/splash-pages/jack-kirby-and-mike-royer-satan-s-six-1-splash-page-18-original-art-topps-1993-/p/7342-154006.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515 Curious how the content affects this From Hell page (yikes, been wanting one for awhile but not this): https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/story-page/eddie-campbell-and-peter-mullins-from-hell-6-chapter-9-story-page-38-original-art-mad-love/p/7342-23001.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515 Looking like a lot of variety in this auction.

Yes the community comes off as about 20 years behind in their understanding of colletibles

You're going to make me post a random alpha Magic card or random Magic squirrel painting aren't you.

A story as old as time it seems. Don't give Netflix any ideas they way they churn content but it seems like they could make the same documentary and just switch out the artist name.

At first I thought you were right, then I wondered how you are meant to depict someone of African descent in a comic, then I decided it would be done by the colorist and not the inker. Or...is this actually a kid in blackface??

Curious if this will kill the market for graded vinyl or not. Ditto for the graded RPG items that are now hitting the auction block. Early days for both before a market is established or... The vitriol the RPG folks have against grading is pretty strong, I have to say.

In terms of weird things people collect the concert posters for concerts one didn't attend rank up their pretty highly in my book (though not higher than graded ticket stubs of the same). But my question is how you have so many high grade 60s era concert posters like this? A CGC 10 poster from 1967??

I'm sure the consignore is happy with this graded record result: https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/music-memorabilia/recordings/vangelis-china-sealed-lp-vinyl-record-encapsulated-by-tuned-in-grading-polydor-pd-1-6199-rated-75/a/41180-5621.s?type=bidnotice-tracked-endofauction

I think it looks ok. My first impression of this piece was that YES it was babes and barbarians but all things considered it wa spretty tasteful. I was also drawn to the way the back was painted more the bikini in this picture. Looks a bit blown out though, perhaps flash? Some surface abrasion as well, not that it mattered much.

I much preferred the rougher female sketch for 17k over both of these.

For every female panel you have to subtract every panel with a bald guy in it that kills the mood. Panel 3, 4 and 5, don't really exist.

I lose sleep at night when I feel like I am stuck with, and cannot sell, a 1k item let alone this.

I agree, I was prepared to go to 25k on the page, and also noted the Leia content as a reason why. The last one HA auctioned sold for right about the same. Everything else has ballooned since then so I wouldn't have been shocked at 30k on the ROTJ paper. That said, for 20-30k I really should have gone for a Hakes strip. More regrets Frazetta DD did not hit reserve.

So this was the first time I ever got approval for an extended payment plan with HA....and then I proceeded to forgot about the auction today and totally spaced the page I was after. If anyone has a Williamson ROTJ page... To the winner, nice buy I think and in line with recent comps. I would have gone higher as I've been after one for awhile. Took down the BR page yesterday though, nice provenance on both.

THANKS!

Can anyone point me to where the commission rates are posted on CAF? His rep told me to just look on his page there but I cannot for the life of me find it.

I honestly don't know what sentence is the most shocking in that article, but this one is close: "According to cryptocurrency market tracker CoinGecko, the colorful digital illustrations of apes can now be bought for as little as $52,445"

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Thanks for saying this. I don't understand why substrate doesn't get discussed more often. And I don't understand why anyone uses canvas. As a non-artist I can only assume I am missing something about the painting process itself because it seems that a masonite (or similar hard and smooth) surface would be superior in many ways. I find the texture distracting as well, from a visual stand point. And why use stretcher bars anyway. They always end of damaging the canvas and it can be framed flat anyway.

I am assuming this means no money was changing hands because at this point you'd have to know whatever market you were trying to create isn't happening. Someone would be in 10 million at this point for what, to generate commissions on a bunch of lower tier pieces to come later??

Very cool piece. This artist is getting some nice exposure with the map she did for the new Conan series. I went to her site, subbed to her newsletter and saw this piece and went "wait a minute"...

I was the seller. It was a global shipping program scam.

All well and good until they let someone steal 900 dollars from you with no recourse and no way to contact a person that actually knows what they are doing. And yes I tried all the normal social channels, it got me nowhere. Now buying a car on eBay is not something I would ever consider.