PhilipB2k17

My local art gallery does preservation work. They have done so on pieces from all over the country. https://www.sapergalleries.com/AboutSaperGalleries.html#Restorationof_Paintings_and_Works_of_Art_on_Paper

The Wood is not the prelims. It's the finished painting.

I do that now. But the problem is overhead lighting and shadows creep in. Jury rigging an overhead system with lighting would eliminate the glare and shadow problems.

It's far beyond my means, to be sure. But not my comprehension.

A whole variety of ways. I'm not one of them, But they exist, obviously.

And the Wally Wood Mars Attacks card art for "Destroy the City! Wow

I really want to see that Famous Funnies #212 cover prelim by Frazetta. The image is not posted yet

Thank you. That's helpful. As I am perusing these things, it occurred to me that the portable overhead scanners are basically just phone scanners with more setup. I found a cheap iPhone scanner system which is basically just a cardboard scaffolding on which you can place your phone, with some lighting. Seems like such a thing could be jury-rigged at home.

Not me. Give me the art. Grades can be manipulated (as it seems like this one was), and another copy might be found in some guy's attic or basement. Aside from that, I just like the art better. It being cheaper is just icing on the cake. I don't see it dropping in price anytime soon. But, clearly the guy who consigned the comic took a bath. On the first point, I don't like anything being "one of one" based wholly on subjective evaluations by people who can have interests, and motivations that may not be pure. Or, for that matter, subject to human fallibility. Who's to say that 8.5 Action #1 was "worse" than the two 9.0's, or the Mile High copy? A page of silver age comic art is objectively one of one. It's not subject to human frailty, subjective opinions, greed, or other motivations.

I know I disclaimed using a scanner vs a phone, but has anyone tried one of those overhead book scanners rather than the combo scanner/printer? They seem to be cheaper and can be brought to conventions because they can be packed up.

Assuming he believed they were the original pencils, why in the world would you get the original pencils for a published cover inked by someone other than the artist or published inker (or at all), when you know the actual inks exist?

Plus $25 shipping.

Okay, folks. Would you rather have a certified 9.8 copy of TOS 39 that just sold for $840,000, or the TOS 39 page that just sold for $552,000. Is there is a $290,000 difference in value?

Well, that last Heritage Auction had everything. Including the Kitchen Sink.