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That's where I'm going with this. I let Tatiana Dykes know about this and also let her know that she could be contacted to help sell again for Conny. Tatiana is very smart. She helped Conny after the fire. She'd only get involved if she could verify with Conny I'm sure.

I would ask that everyone so inclined to do so pray for Conny to recover and gain health.Thanks to the thread poster who genuinely wanted to find out about Conny. A word of caution. Trust but verify. When I learned that Conny was social media silent I emailed her the day of this post at her email address where we've communicated before all this happened. I did get an email back from someone identifying as a nurse. They claim Conny is in a coma but gave the ok before the coma to read and respond on her behalf. It was too difficult for Conny to type or speak for any length of time. Since this post came out "information" • Conny died • Conny in coma • I traded messages with Conny All I can say is I have no verifiable information. I have not talked to Conny personally and am aware a "nurse" is responding on her phone and other media. Everything in the communications Ive had seem to be of genuine desire to help Conny. But I don't know who is communicating on her behalf. They may want to help but not get in trouble. What is probably true is if Conny survives she will need support as she apparently has no family help. I'm sure she'll have massive medical bills. Any "verifiable" ways to help I will pass on to the community. Many of you were great with the Go Fund Me in 2019. Anyone who has met or communicated with Conny I think it's fair to say adores her. Just a lovely human being from my experiences over many years. She's a very talented artist. She loves animals. (I heard neighbors are caring for her pets) She loves collecting and sharing the art of many of the talented artists we feature on CAF and speak on here at CGC. The house fire destroyed a lot of that enjoyment. Not to mention her illness. For the near future be skeptical of who you are communicating with until we have proof Conny is on her feet. "Helper" may mean well but the anonymity of communicating behind media puts us all at a disadvantage. Merry Christmas and warm Holiday greetings to all of you. I'm happy to believe my friend is alive. I'm thankful for all that I have. 🍇 🦍

Good auction for C-Link. Incredible Hulk 102 splash by Marie Severin sold for $42,000. I love this John Buscema page from classic Epic 1 story. Even think the coloring looks nice. But it was added on after comic was published. There was another comment on a thread that talked about ink added to a published page after the fact. I'm not a fan of that at all even when it comes out nice like this. Also seemed like Silvestri X-Men sold well. And wow this one by Frank Miller went for a very nice price at $43,331.

Yes that was a nice price. There was a splash that went for $40,000 at HA. But Bagley ASM is definitely on the rise. I've no doubt Bagley ASM pages, especially the early ones beautifully inked by Randy Emberlin will continue to rise in value. Having Venom on that page helped a lot!!!!

I exchanged emails awhile back on April 8. She was in a great deal of pain and alone with no one to help her. It was slowing her down big time to create art. Keep her in your prayers she's a really good person. Life has dealt her some harsh blows. I don't have Facebook so I don't know what her last post was. 🍇 🦍

Well I've seen pieces sit for a long time like this one because the asking price was "ridiculously high." When they come to auction though they seem to meet if not exceed the for sale price. Especially since 2020. So I'm assuming most people that have the money to compete for this page know where it's been and how much the ask was for quite some time. FOMO should trigger bids from those sitting on their hands hoping they could trade for it or the price would be lowered. The fact that some one else could now buy it and make it NFS or inquire gets in collectors heads. The X factor is maybe someone else getting involved that hasn't been paying attention. That happens all the time and we wonder how a price went for so much more at auction when it was sitting in plain sight for sale for less. So I'll say this one goes a minimum $30,000 and wouldn't be surprised to see it go for more. I love the piece but would never chase it now. I remember at least a month or two window where it stayed listed for sale under $3000 and I didn't get it done. So you move on or it gnaws your guts out.

Once for sale many moons ago for $2500 went to Albert who bumped it and last I saw Bechara had it $25,000. Not the only time I regret not buying a piece I really liked only to see it at a nauseating jump in asking price. Classic pin up.

Coincidentally we had lasagna last night and by golly if I didn't find a needle in it!!!! Worst restaurant I ever ate at. We asked our waiter Hobbes to get the manager and he brought over some little kid who kept calling himself Chef Calvin. He kept pointing at my Garfield T-shirt and laughing saying, "our strips and Sundays sell for more than yours." What the hell even is that?

Generally I agree that anything you can work out for yourself as Collector or dealer is fair game. Trying to get all the pages of a story or offering to buy from an artist seems different than the Kickstarter project. That entire project seems geared towards getting people excited about and supportive of the 1992 Marvel Masterpieces Card Set Book project. It just felt to me like an invitation to participate in a raffle where your money does good, not to find out when you arrive that the page 6 crowd "donated" taking all the big raffle prizes off the table. I'm grateful that situation was avoided. Well love him, like him or meh, as stated the 104 sold out. I'm glad we talked about this a little bit ahead of seeing some of them reappear for sale at a mark up down the road. Or maybe all 104 went to fans who just loved the work 😉

I believe if you have a commission done in pencil, then add inks even from a different artist that's ok. That's your piece. Its just once any piece is published, adding on to it after the fact makes it something "different" from as it was published. And not disclosing that when it's known to you, is passing on an altered version of a published piece of art.

Brutal. I think I remember you sharing this before. Where is the proper description on this art second time around? Transparency should not be a dirty word for consignors and auction houses. Accurate descriptions and credit saves reputations and keeps buyers happy.

Psh. That's not news. Now if you hear about any Garfield strips coming to auction let us know. Things are harder to find than needles.... in a lasagna pan.

Good luck in your new home and getting that art work up on the walls

On this subject we certainly see a number of bad actors. Taking the money and not producing art or begrudgingly completing "hardship" with unsatisfactory wait times. So I want to point out a guy who IMHO is a terrific artist and kept his word. I gave him a few suggestions about a representative Batman the Animated Series commission. We both agreed that he would use that as inspiration but not a Timm copy.... something that showed the Pitilli style. The artist is Thomas Pitilli http://www.thomaspitilli.com/ https://linktr.ee/Thomaspitilli?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=34ca974f-e7d5-428f-ad4b-644b5563fc82 Thomas Pitilli is also on CAF under his name. Thomas used a combo of the Pentel Pocket Brush Pen and the Kuratake brush pen, on Bristol board! The commission is 9x12. This artist is very talented and he can draw anything. I contacted Thomas in June. He promised to complete work by end of August and I received this the first week of September. The process was simple we exchanged a few emails to iron out price (subject to size and characters etc.) and what I wanted. I am a different cat when it comes to commissions. I know what I want character wise, but I almost always let the artist choose how they want to draw them and the scene they are in. I like surprises and I know less control might seem like I would be more likely to be disappointed. I have found in my case the opposite to be true. I'd love to hear more transactions with artists that went well. I love the good outcomes some of you shared already. In the past Bob Layton, Rich Buckler, Bob Hall and others all did fine work and within reasonable completion times. I've been fortunate compared to some horror stories already shared.

Oh I agree. That's gorgeous!! He was referring in general to the 92 Marvel Masterpiece set. My friend had mentioned a few that he'd blown up. I just took it that he felt reproducing it somehow lessened the impact of the detail in the trading card size. I didn't agree but also realized as the artist we should respect where he was coming from. Now Kinkos is a business of the past but they had great modern equipment for the time. They would blow up smaller images to poster size and they would look amazing. Eventually if memory serves me they started turning down reproducing (especially comic related) images and sited "copyright" concerns.

No doubt. Still, trying to "buy out" all 104 paintings in advance of their completion from something that most reasonable people would realize was meant to find a broader audience, feels piggish and gross. I mean ambitious but misguided.

I like joe's work. But I had a friend who made the mistake of mentioning he blew up one of his trading cards at Kinkos to 10x14. This was the 1990's. Joe was very annoyed. "They weren't meant to be seen at that size!" chilled the vibe. Of course it seems Rick would say they aren't meant to be seen at any size? 😆

http://kck.st/3Nt8RHG This project revealed something you all might have thoughts on. There is one category that allows you to buy 1 of 104 offerings at $2500. That guarantees you a one of a kind painting by the artist Joe Jusko. What I found off putting was something I read. The company mentions that they were **contacted by multiple dealers to buy out all 104 slots. 😞 To the companies credit they are going to great pains to make it so all 104 paintings hopefully go to 104 separate collectors. They also are using a "drawing" system so you don't know which of the 104 paintings you are ultimately getting. This is fair to all. This is only a partial rip at the greed err I mean entrepreneurial passion of some in our hobby. What other ways have you seen attempts to corner or game the original art market, even when there's a system in place to give everyone a fair shot? I've heard of bots to beat offerings like this. Or methods to beat art drops. But I don't have all the info. What say ye CGC? Try to brings receipts I'm hoping to learn not conjure up conspiracy theory or drag anyone through the mud.

Its an "incredible" splash. CLink needs a few great pieces like this per auction to stay a distant second to HA. I'd pay a billion for it if I owned Twitter or something.

Next flipper should offer the page as done by the legendary artist "Sir Ayers, Duke of Artsbury."

Spot on shines a light on the shortcomings of Comiclink. I will give them credit on this one by Mark Bagley. When the auctions began I thought, "consignor should have put this one on HA." However, it's up over $28K already. Although this would probably sell on ebay for five figures.....

The 💰 is drawing the good stuff out of previously tightened grips. Did they wait too long? Is disappointment on the horizon? Will the 💰 keep falling from the sky? Tune in as we watch the next episode of As the HA World Turns 😬 😬 😩

Very solid auction marathon. I watched a few pieces in particular. The Mignola Triumph and Torment page sold nicely at $9,000 with BP. Theses pages rarely show up and if not now the near future could create serious FOMO as I think this story (1987) ranks with the very best comic and art stories ever created. Case in point the David Mazzuccelli Daredevil #233 Story Page 21 "Born Again" Original Art (1986) $31,200 with BP. Each time these pages come to auction now they fly higher and higher. A surprise as far as maybe under performing were both Erik Larsen ASM pages. The Amazing Spider-Man #327 Story Page 16 Original Art (1989) sells at $20,400 with BP and The Amazing Spider-Man #332 Story Page 16 Original Art $15,600 with BP. These two pages came up half way through the days auction. At this time the auctioneers traded places and I listened to this guy speed track both pages into Fair Warning...SOLD!!! As a consignor I would have been really angry. The guy was full of coffee I guess and wanted to get through the lots. It seems the last few auctions people have bid crazy on Larsen ASM (without a care in the world who inked) as one page went for $48K and another just over $50K if I recall correctly. Thought these both would go higher. Very nice selection of art presented by HA again.

*My response casts no aspersions on the C&H auction. Let's see who if anyone claims new ownership. That's a terrific article Vodou. I think clearly if anyone related to the auction house bids or wins art without revealing so publicly, they are practicing market manipulation. The false appearance is conjured that more than one collector found the art so desirable that a bidding war took place. The first time I remember an auction house with comic art make a public declaration of self interest in a piece at auction was Comiclink. That was the ASM Hobgoblin cover where I believe Josh publicly declared he would make one bid of $100,000 on the art. I appreciated the transparency but it still felt like a conflict of interest. Like C-Link was bidding against its own customers and eliminating many hopeful early bidders with the push of a button. Transparency is the only way to keep our values legit. The original comic art market is able to endure a number of dishonest practices within limits. If the shenanigans of the fine art world continue to worm their way into our market, I'm not sure we will go unscathed collectively.

It beat's the Peanuts Sunday for sure. Back on September 28 I predicted $420,000 including BP. I added that if it some how reached $500-$600K that would be special but it was hard to predict that high. It just feels like the ultimate winner was happy offering just above where the Peanuts sold for. I agree with Scott in a sense that maybe a special piece like this went "low" but that's more opinion than comp supported. I'd love to read more about what Scott thinks this should have sold for and why. I called this one of my three clear cut winners, Scott was basically like yeah, for the buyer.