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I knew it was going big. I did not realize it was going BIG.

The one currently up is one of THE Death images for me.

I was guessing 10-12 and thought I might be a player. NOPE.

Chris Bachalo Shade the Changing Man. Nothing says Halloween like hanging some witches.

Mike Mignola Dracula is perfect for the spooky season

Won't lie, these prices really surprised me. But it is really nice to see an artist charge what they think their work is worth — and get it. Congrats to Tradd and Felix for knowing their audience. I can't imagine they will be wishing they had charged more when these start to change hands.

I voted for that strip. Those are some great inks.

Surprised to see one of my entries cracked the top five in it's category.

These are outstanding

I don’t have much illustration art, but when I saw this at auction I had to have it. It’s a Sunday Minneapolis Tribune cover from 1946 by Oz Black. I’m always on the hunt for newspaper-related pieces, and not only does this fit the bill but it’s from the paper I currently work for. Scans of the color guide and printed product are on my CAF. https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1892275

I’ve done it for myself. My most ambitious was recreating this Daily Bugle front page (and covering up the Stan Lee sig in the middle of the artwork.) https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1840434

Gaiman was the first writer who came to mind. I think I have seen more pages with his signature than without. ;)

At eighty cents a day - that's a LOT of lunch. Maybe I can talk Mom into sending me with fifteen cents for an extra milk.

One and done.

That's the one I wanted. Early art. Garfield and Odie. Newspaper gag. But it went way higher than I was willing to go. I ended up with a nice Sunday (that is likely by a studio artist rather than Davis), but now I have my one Garfield example and am content.

Content? Yes. Done? No way. There's ALWAYS something out there I want. But prices have pushed much of it beyond my reach. So I decided to trim the fat and have had several pieces up at Heritage for the last few weeks. I've had some gains, and some losses, but it's been good overall and is going to allow me to focus on a couple of larger buys and go for quality over quantity.

Oh, the one I missed on HA for sure. But Clink was a nice consolation prize.

Out of all of those lots (and I was watching quite a few) there was only one "must-have" for me. But someone else wanted it more. So I spent 1/10th of the hammer on a Clink win instead. :)

She was set up with Essential Sequential at the last NYCC I worked.

Dealer or no, anyone can haggle down prices. I just don’t like the race to buy mentality of these shoes, so I rarely watch. I’d much rather take my time to make a purchase – which means I don’t get to buy much these days.

Thumbs up from another Twin Cities collector!

As the owner of one of those Kieth splashes, I wish this had prices. Crazy to think all of those pages (and more) were available at once ...

Can confirm. I got in on the Kickstarter, received the puzzle, opened the box, said "eff that" and haven't attempted it yet. Every piece looks the same. I'll wait for winter when I can' leave the house to try it.

Fine. $50. Final offer.

My one and only Timm. A page rough from Batman Adventures #1. I wish I'd picked up more of these when I had the chance.