Your 'spelling out' created more ambiguity than it did clarity for me, and I was simply pointing that out. No need to get upset. Yes, the word 'previous' does clarify things. Thank you for clearing that up.
I have an illustration that I purchased entirely based on the artwork itself. Now in fairness, I am huge Star Wars fan, and it is based on a scene from a Star Wars movie. But I'm not a big fan of this particular movie, don't collect items from this particular movie, and really... these could have been WWII fighters and I would love it just the same. So that didnt weigh into my decision to purchase it at all. As it happens, I love aircraft and spacecraft, real or fictional. My favorite part of any movie/video game involving aircraft/spacecraft are those 'scramble fighters' scenes. So the moment I saw this, and the price ($75), I knew I was buying it. I had no idea what it was. My initial assumption based on the price was that some homebased hobbiest painter created it and was simply selling their work on eBay.
After doing some research I discovered that it was painted by a well respected and prolific Disney artist (Paul Wenzel) as part of a commission for Lucasbooks, and it was published in a kids book called 'Save Naboo!'. I've since come to really appreciate his work and style in other pieces he's painted. So it was definately a case of the artwork itself speaking to me, and then leading me to greater appreciation of the artist. I love it so much I paid considerably more money to have it archivally framed.
Paul Wenzel worked for Disney for more than forty years, creating many movie poster images, and artwork for all manner of Disney licensed products. One of his portraits of Walt Disney was even used on a 1968 US postage stamp honoring Walt.
Edit: I posted these pics in another thread, so sorry for the repeat posting, but its one good example I have of buying artwork based on the piece itself and not a connnection to the artist or the publication.