PhilipB2k17

The artists are Rich Buckler & Joe Sinnott. It’s a nice Bronze Age FF panel page. The $1500-2500 range seems about right. Probably the lower end of that range.

Not a shock.

Two pages from Four Color #173, which is the first original Flash Gordon story in comics aside from the Macy’s giveaway during WWII. Art by Paul Norris.

I found one of those in a Montreal comic shop.

I’m just gonna jump in and point out that the vast majority of comic book OA “just sits” there and is not sold.

In all honesty, it depends on a lot of variables. I've seen about half a dozen, or more, Silver Surfer 4 cover re-creations by John Buscema floating round the internets. It's pretty obvious he light boxes most of it, and only varies the cosmic starfield background a bit. How valuable is a lightboxed re-creation, even by the original artist? It all depends on supply and demand.

I only have 3 pieces that were originally intended as covers, and one Splash that became a cover. Two of the three are here. Cover to Kill the Minotaur 4; and the Alternative cover to Elvira 5

Wait, what? The comic publishers are super exploitative of the collectors market with all the variant covers.

Can't pick a favorite artist. But this is my favorite Kirby drawing of Captain America.

I should think it would be for less than a Garfield strip.

I see that you are trying to sell it on eBay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Heathcliff-Original-Sunday-Strip-Art-Rare-George-Gately-9-26-76-Early-Strip/293236442725?_trkparms=aid%3D1110001%26algo%3DSPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20160323102634%26meid%3D448693da49834b15a526360d632c26b8%26pid%3D100623%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D153632437781%26itm%3D293236442725%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100623.m-1

Just curious, but does "making an 'insultingly low' initial offer to buy something you are advertising is for sale," at least from the perspective of the one selling, constitute an "unethical" or "unsavory" act that would get you blackballed?

Cue George Jones.

Following up on that: No matter how much you love your collection, your wife and/or kids are probably going to sell it all off when you die.

For most art reps, this IS a side thing. At least it used to be. I think fulltime reps are becoming more common as they can concentrate more on the product than a dealer rep. But some of these reps have way too many clients to keep track of.

I can very much see Kirby's influence on Mignola, actually, in terms of staging, action, and storytelling. He draws very differently, of course, but you can see that influence there.

Except for that quote posted by Glen, Crumb is NEVER mentioned as an influence on Ware. He owns original art by Frank King (Gasoline Alley) and has both mentioned Winsor McCay and visually referenced both King & McCay in his work. Ware is very much a retro-influenced artist, in some senses. Crumb is very, very different. I think its almost de rigeur for an independent graphic sequential artist who isn't a product of the comic book industry to cite Crumb as an influence, even if its only in terms of "attitude" or differentness. But in terms of Chris Ware art style, Crumb ain't it. He's far more influenced, as I said, by King, McCay and even Herriman.

Ware draws absolutely nothing like Crumb, though. Not in style, content, layout or even subject matter.

Did anyone watch the Rude Dude documentary (also on Amazon) about Steve Rude?

Reminds me of the old joke about a ham & egg breakfast. The Chicken was involved, but the pig was committed.

I’m beginning to move in that direction. But, the piece was legit within the range of my offer as far as value.

Both of those things can be true. My offer was within the FMV range, but still off his demand. But, so what? It’s not my job to figure out what his price is. I made an offer. He didn’t say “sorry. That’s insultingly low.” Come back with a number you’ll sell at. Or else don’t advertise that it’s for sale. Even Coolines tells you a price, even if it’s crazy high.

I have a few. But this is one that bugs me the most. I make an offer for a page of art to someone, and they decline the offer saying it's not enough, and then don't counter with an amount they would be willing to sell for. Not even after I ask them to. Mind you, this is for a piece they are ADVERTISING IS FOR SALE AND ARE INVITING OFFERS FOR. Not an "NFS" listing on CAF. If you are advertising a piece is for sale, and someone makes you an offer on it - and you decline - that usually means you are supposed to respond with the amount you want to sell it for. And, negotiations ensue. If the buyer thinks its too high, they may decline to make another offer. Or, they may make another increased offer hoping to compromise and complete a deal. But, refusing to say how much you want to sell a piece for - hoping the buyer magically reads your mind, or continues to bid against himself - is kind of annoying.

Someone has the D&D Art book, right? If so, they authors/editors must have obtained permission from this big collector to publish the OA images, and he or she possibly was acknowledged in the book? https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/22/18001762/dungeons-and-dragons-art-arcana-visual-history-book-review-excerpt