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They are currently working on Captain America: White... Malvin That's complete. The collected hardcover is sitting on my floor. Whew! I thought this had happened again-

Beautiful spread.

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jerry-Robinson-pencil-on-paper-comic-art-Joker-/331822971941?hash=item4d4230bc25:g:8fwAAOSwSzdXA3v~ Seems fishy?

Nice subtle choices with the frames there. I love the mat setup on the Capullo especially.

Where?! What?! Who?! This is amazing.

Another friend of mine recently introduced me to an alternative reading of the end of Citizen Kane... That Kane KNEW where Rosebud was the whole time. But that didn't stop him from traveling the world and hoarding statuary. Or from going back to the place in his life that Rosebud represented in his final moments. In this reading, ownership of the object didn't matter.

Beautiful. Keron is the current "fine artist" of comics. I have two of his Flash con prints that I love. That Supes is inspired.

Kav, Fantastic effort! And big thanks to the other boardie who reached out!

Edge lighting... Dutch angle... amazing!

Pic from the auction after-party--

"This will be a day long remembered..." It is beyond amazing to acquire a grail after looking for so long. Apparently, it is just as cool to see a friend do the same! I got a case of the "auction sweats" just by association! Congratulations! TXreplicant, that Spawn cover is awesome.

Just wanted to give Fred some kudos on a smooth, easy transaction. Go buy from Fred! Or don't because he still has pages I want. :-)

I was only familiar with her covers or pinups. These layouts and her "acting" are terrific. Heading over to Cadence to browse. Thanks for sharing.

Has anyone spotted any familiar, recycled lots yet? We could all help with the legwork if someone could suggest a good method to research this.

Just emailed to HA. Feel free to send your own. Still no response from Heritage to my email. Has anyone gotten a private response from them?

I'm with you, but I am not sure influencing the buyer/seller fee terms is a possible goal at this point. That is how the auction houses are competitive with one another (along with website ease of use, marketing, and advertising.) As devil's advocate, and without a way to confirm, both HA and Romitaman stated his shills paid their buyer's fees. No mention of a negative seller's fee and I don't think anyone's confirmed that HA offers this (unless I missed a post.) However, as the comic art market is now maturing (both in dollars and cultural significance) and the Old West mentality is pushed out, these are important points moving forward. If someone can post some tips on how to cross-reference current lots with Romitaman's past inventory (via wayback), I am sure we can all pitch in to help.

Can anyone familiar with Romitaman's past inventory determine if he has any consignments in the current auction?

Just emailed to HA. Feel free to send your own.

Signature Auction is open for bids.

For an alternative, check out my old post on our cheap, modular framing setup...

Well, that's the million-dollar question, isn't it?

I'm curious, assuming the auction houses had no knowledge that Mike was using friends to shill, under what theory would they be liable? An affected buyer's transaction was with Heritage. If Heritage makes restitution to the buyer, Heritage should then try to recover that loss from Romitaman. I see people in the other thread saying they are calling Heritage soon. The rest of us should follow suit with calls and emails... by Friday?

Here we are on Tuesday, and it looks like no company is going to issue a statement on this because it opens them up to too much liability. The only way to get this fixed is for someone to file complaints with the authorities. And I think many of us aren't sure if our lots were directly affected. So we are hesitating to file those complaints. The amicable start to a solution would be for HA to email each of us privately and confirm our lots were not from this consignor. (We would have to believe them.) And then those that got the red flag emails would have to decide for themselves whether to file complaints and possibly pursue collective or individual action. The above step would at least settle down the unaffected buyers enough to inspire confidence in the upcoming auctions. The alternative is ALL of us file complaints with the authorities while simultaneously emailing HA asking if any of our lots were affected. Maybe we should all pinky-swear to a deadline to do so? Thoughts? P.S. ComicConnect and ComicLink should also get out in front of this. Email their affected buyers and state they will refuse consignments from this seller until an investigation is resolved.