Rick2you2

He really is a lawyer?

Concrete, by Paul Chadwick.

If the two piles of Aparo art as large as I suspect, there will be more opportunities coming up.

Any more info on him? I recall being told it was something like a third of all the pages, but that couldn't be right, could it?

I guess you don't mind getting in a little trouble...

I went to a show yesterday and may have gotten the answer. Apparently, two hoards are being unloaded. What I was told is that one of Aparo's writers died recently, and the heirs are selling. Second, a major collector is unloading. Does the name "Friedman" ring any bells?

It doesn't make sense as a piece of OA. Why would the corners be cleanly (if unevenly) rounded; the edges not show minor disintegration, and why no production markings? That isn't natural wear, and round corners wouldn't offer any advantage (maybe a disadvantage) for actual production.

Is someone dumping their Aparo hoard? In addition to the Aparo pieces at this auction, there are a number of them in this week's auction and the next auction. For a long time, virtually nothing, and then this gusher?

That is exactly one of the things which happened during "Tulipmania", the great tulip bulb crash. Prices went so high that new buyers were essentially priced out of the market.

lauriers

So, in other words, he wanted to engage in the trafficking of stolen art? You could have politely reminded him that he just confessed to the intent to commit a felony.

If you ever get any Phantom Stranger art, please keep me in mind. I assure you, you won’t see it flipped.

I just tried and I did recieve a quick note the message had been sent. I did not, however, receive a confirmation.

Yes. You get to host the party.

I have been reading about this for a while, and it is actually not as rare as you may think. There is something in the law called the "cy pres" doctrine, from Wikipedia, generally meaning: "When the original objective of the settlor or the testator became impossible, impracticable, or illegal to perform, the cy-près doctrine allows the court to amend the terms of the charitable trust as closely as possible to the original intention of the testator or settlor to prevent the trust from failing." Cy pres covers more ground than just trusts or wills, but you get the idea. For people who do want to make a donation to charity, they have to be dam'n clear that cy pres will not be utilized (get a lawyer on this), and even then, a court will sometimes bend what the donor wants in order to preserve the charity. Certainly, do not sign something the charity/museum gives you because the odds are pretty good the paperwork will allow future "de-acquisition." That's because lawyers write things to help their clients, like, the charity/museum.

If I knew someone was actually upset about the thought of selling something, I would probably withdraw my offer and explain that I didn't want to make someone unhappy about dealing with me. Then, I would leave it up to him. I don't want to be thought of as the guy who ended someone's pleasant memory.

Perhaps we can first see where the responses bunch up and then sub-divide, as needed?

I just have this vision of a little old Swiss watchmaker, magnifier over the eye, working on something the size of a quarter, while trying to pencil in the webbing on a Spider-Man costume...and then, he sneezes.

I confess my curiosity. May I ask what it is? An email copy would be good, too.

Just window-shopping?

Gummed and perforated?

Worth considering. Just out of curiosity, are there any collector groups out there on a National level?

I was just the underbidder on an auction, and I couldn't be happier about it. Why? I broke my most basic rule. My basic rule should be pretty obvious: if I don't really like a piece, don't buy it. But in this case it was a published page of Phantom Stranger art by an artist I don't have (Talaoc) whose art style I don't really like, on a page which wasn't particularly special. I still put in a proxy of what I figure was about 50% over market because I hadn't seen one for sale in about 5 years. Thankfully, someone else won it. Now I won't have to look at it while someone with different taste can enjoy it. I call that a win/win. So that, in a nutshell, is my philosophy: buy what you love, don't buy what you don't.

Now, I'm getting curious. There seem to be quite a few OA collectors from NJ here and I was wondering what the State breakdown of people on these boards might be?

While slightly off-topic, I once went to the supermarket and had the total bill come out to an exact amount with no cents. I mentioned to the cashier that the odds of that happening are only 1 in 100. Her response was that she thought it was a lot more common than that. Nice cover, by the way.