timguerrero

On 5/28/2024 at 7:12 PM, MAR1979 said:

1/2 splash or 2/3 splash for example are OK terms.

"Splashy" is a pure cringe term used by the same type of total used car salesman loser that says "Minty", "Minty Fresh" or "Gemmy" to describe condition of a raw Comic Book, Trading Card or Vinyl Record. It's best to avoid at all costs doing business with anyone who uses those terms.

I0ve hread this from a very known dealer!  

On 5/24/2024 at 10:32 AM, cstojano said:

Thanks I may give this a try. I ended up signing up for a Fedex account which seemed to knock a chunk off the cost, still ridiculous though.

I wanted to sign up for a Fedex account but they told me at Fedex, in El Salvador, that I had to use the service a number of times each month to apply for an account with discounted shipping. What were the conditions you got when you signed up for one?

Let's see some art!

I have 6 pieces of Original Art up for auction on Comiclink that are ending tomorrow Wednesday, May 15th, 2024, If you click on the title of each piece the link will take you to that particular auction:

1.    GREEN LANTERN #47 VARIANT COVER by Ed Benes

This superb variant cover by Ed Benes features Indigo-1 in her 2nd cover appearance. This issue is part of the Blackest Night crossover written by Geoff Johns. Indigo-1 (Formerly known as Iroque) is the first member of the Indigo Tribe after Green Lantern Abin Sur showed her the light of compassion when she killed his daughter. Ed Benes pencils are so good that the cover was directly published from his pencils only! Art board size is 11 ½” x 17”.

2.    Death of the Inhumans Issue 1 page 17 by Ariel Olivetti

This issue features the 1st appearance of Vox. In this page we see Vox on a killing spree in New Arctilan. Who is Vox? The Vox were the next stage of Inhuman evolution called Super-Inhumans and created by the Kree Imperium to serve in their civil war against the Kree Empire. They were designed to have the powers of an Inhuman, but none of the humanity, which the Kree found problematic. This issue was written by Marvel’s superstar Donny Cates and pencils and inks on this page are wonderfully rendered by Ariel Olivetti. Art board size is 11 ¾” x 16 ½“.

3.    DC Infinite Halloween Special Issue 1 page 65 Chapter Title by Tony Daniel

This story features the tale of the 1st meeting between Killer Croc and Resurrection Man in the South Carolina swamps. Expertly rendered pencils by Tony Daniel with inks by Jonathan Glapion and written by both Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning! Art board size is 11 ½” x 17”.

4.    Strange Issue 3 Page 16 SPLASH by Marcelo Ferreira

This page features the luscious pencils by Marcelo Ferreira on an expertly written story by Jed MacKay. This splash features Clea Strange (Dormamu’s niece and daughter of Uma) as Sorcerer Supreme finding some mysterious computers in the Blasphemy Cartel Facility 24.

5.    Red Son Batman Illustration by Dave Johnson

This colored piece features a bust rendition of Batman as he appeared in the Red Son miniseries that was written by Mark Millar and drawn by Dave Johnson. Art board size is 8 3/8 ” x 11”.

6.    1995 Intrepid Pitt –Card #94 Professor Holdsworth Trading Card Art

This trading card from creator Dale Keown’s creation, Pitt, features Professor Holdsworth with Timmy, Pitt’s brother, showing through Holdsworth’s glass reflection. Drawn by Chance Wolf, Trading Card collectors will surely like to add this piece to their collection. Signed in the lower portion of the page by artist Chance Wolf.

Thank you in advance for looking at the auctions and even more so if you bid on them too!
 

Here is the link to my booth for this weekends Comic Art Live event:

https://www.comicartfans.com/comicartlive/Booth.asp?bid=150
 

Here is a preview of the pieces I'm putting up for sale

On 5/8/2024 at 5:57 PM, Peter L said:

I bought the question up at the SDCC Fogo De Chao IDW dinner to him.  I think he gave the cover to Thor #341 to his inker and was presumably sold.  I have seen that at the current owner's house.  Simonson suggested he still owns almost all of his own stuff, which is why IDW has access to so much of the art to make great artists editions.  I asked what was his thoughts about where he wanted the art to go or what he intended on doing with it and he didn't give a clear answer.  It seemed that he knew it was an appreciating asset.  

I don't doubt he knows it is an appreciating asset and he will probably leave precise instructions on what is supposed to happen to the art in case of his death. I'm thinking I will have my family send everyhting to Heritage so that they get funds once I pass away.

On 5/3/2024 at 3:40 PM, Brian Peck said:

What does everyone think about sellers not mentioning the inker when selling artwork?

This question came up due to a page posted on a dealers site of Nightcrawler #4 and Dave Cockrum is listed as the penciler and inker which is blatantly untrue.

Joe Rubinstein was the inker, in fact he is credited as embellisher which means Dave gave him less to work with than usual. Don't get me wrong I love Joe Rubinstein's inks and he was a good match for Dave. But the dealer listed the page as $6500 (it's on hold already). That is a very healthy price for a page from the series but that would be if its from the first three issues that Dave Cockrum penciled and inked. This page is being promoted as penciled and inked by Dave when it is NOT.

When it comes to prices like this, the seller should be up front about what the page really is. I hope the buyer realizes that the art was sold under false pretences and its not all by Dave.

 

It doesn't matter how many pages a dealer is selling due diligence is a must at those outrageous price tags! As a buyer I've also done my own work before purchasing high value items as a lot of people are out to trick potential buyers. I'll say this I have seen this happen before and often not just from this dealer but several others too.

I only have the cover to issue 12 with Poyo on the cover. It was a SDCC exclusive but it won't be $250 and I don't know if you'd be interested.

On 4/19/2024 at 10:17 AM, KingOfRulers said:

I've come to realize that finding high quality bags/sleeves and boards for OA is very difficult. The sleeves and boards that I purchased around 10 years ago don't seem to be available anymore. Or am I not looking in the right place?

My preference is the open-top Mylite sleeves with fullback boards. I'm not sure the thickness of the Mylite; probably equivalent to a Mylite 4. I can't find the sleeves or boards available anywhere. I believe Hotflips was where I purchased them previously years ago, but they no longer offer those products.

Currently, the only options I can find are Mylite 2 bags (with foldable flap) and standard thickness boards. The same thickness you'd find on normal comic book boards. The bags are okay. I'd prefer the other sleeves, but they're not bad. The boards are the important part here. The currently available boards are so much more flimsy than the fullbacks. Here's a fullback and the standard board next to each other to compare flimsiness. 

Here's the combo I'm looking for:

 

Here's the only combo readily available in today's marketplace, that I could find:

Can anyone provide info on where to find what I'm looking for? Thank you!

the ones you are looking for reagarding the bags without sleeves from EGerber are the Mylar Bags and Sleeves described as Archives those don't have flap and are 4 mil mylar. Then for the Full Backs you have to call them. They used to produce them in whatever size you'd need and won't appear in their site. They stopped producing them for a while but last time I bought from them in 2021 they had them back as an option but I am not sure if they still do. I've always had an answer from them when I've called and if they haven't answered they must be on the ohine with another customer. I recomend not to leave a message expecting a call back from them just try again in 30 minutes. I stopped using the full backs on regular art boards and now I only use them on pieces that come in flimsy paper. Hope this information is of service to you. 

this is all very interesting if you do write a book I would be extremly interested in it as the history of OA collecting should be recorded for posterity.

I usually look at Signature Auction items online but this time I went through the catalogue first. Your auction is not the only one that got a wrong picture in the catalogue I at least noticed 1 more with this error. In both instances the picture that was published is of a previous lot. As others have stated I would take the lower fee (and would try to ask them for an even lower fee than they've offered before accepting). Relisting will only cost you more money if you have taken an advance and people really mostly look at items online as you can get a bigger picture and a look at the complete page instead of only the cropped image.

On 3/20/2024 at 1:48 PM, 1classics said:

IMO the 375 was the one to go for. If you collected comics in that era you probably had or still have this book in a long box being the 30th Anniversary gold foil cover, not to mention it's regarded as one of if not thee best spidey vs venom battle issue of that era and has a direct tie into, or I should say leads into Venom Lethal Protector #1. The 375 pages as mentioned in the description for the auction just never come up and are held close to the chest, only 1 has been offered ever on Heritage, which was another panel page, not a splash, sold last year for $36k. This splash you're talking about was from 374, also coveted and part of the same battle, Heritage has only had 2 pages which both sold between $38-40k, one was returned and resold for $32k after frame was removed and found the page was adhered to a foamcore, which caused the page to ripple throughout.

On a side note, those bottom panels feature Anne Weying's first appearance freeing Peter's parents from Venom, she later becomes She-Venom in the comics and the Venom movies, played by Michelle Williams, not sure it adds value but still pretty cool.

The 379 I think was still a good deal and part of Maximum Carnage arc, great images, but more of a dialogue type of page and no battle, which is what collectors seem to gravitate to. Overall, great deals for both IMO, especially the 375.

I definitely think the 375 page was sold for a very low price. It is an anniversary issue and as you said it feaured Ann Weying's 1st appearance. Heritage has had better results IMHO.

overall I'd like to hear people's thoughts on selling at ComicConnect. Would collectors who have consigned to them recomend them to sell art? As a buyer I think I got some great deals on the pieces I won. On others I was interested in the hammer price was just to high.

definitely prices will keep soaring.

On 2/2/2024 at 9:11 AM, NinjaSealed said:

Has any received or know anyone who has received any art from them in the past few months?

I received a Jim Towe commission on 1/13/2024 so glad that it arrived before Cadence exploded. I only had to email back and forth since July of last year for them to finally ship it to me. Terible service I really hope most artist jump ship and look for a more reliable rep.

I had an Alpha and Omega cover by Simon Bisley but the experience of getting that cover was not a good one so I sent it off to Heritage for a grail page buy. Yeah the Gabriel ROdriguez art is definitely not readily available.

Hello art collectors of the world. This coming weekend I'll be attending OAX reception party and I've selected some pieces in my collection to take to the event that will be for sale and or trade. Feel free to take a look and contact me if you find anything of interest.

Tim Guerrero's OAX art FOR SALE/TRADE

Among the pages I have some art by Tradd Moore, Jeff Dekal, Ron Lim, Guillem March, Ryan Ottley, Daniel Warren Johnson, Gary Frank along with several others. 

I'm sure the piece will go even higher before the auction ends. Primo art gets primo prices.

On 1/6/2024 at 11:19 AM, Wolvie_Fan said:

Hey Doc,

Great idea.  I'm bringing about 100-150 pieces also for trade/sale. Here is the link to the art I'm bringing. I will be adding about another 20-30 pieces over the next couple weeks.

Home | Wolvie Fans (wolviefanscomicart.com)

Rob

I like several pages of what you have posted thus far but that shouldn't surprise anyone as your collection is top notch! If you are open to trades I'll go by your table.

On 1/6/2024 at 9:19 PM, joefixit2 said:

Everyone should feel free to bring their Sal B Hulk pages

I'm thinking about bringing some of the Incredible Hulk prelims I have for Planet Hulk by Aaron Lopresti that you and JadeGiant were interested in. 

I also have this copy of the Jim Lee X-Men Artist Edition Limited Variant cover by FanExpo signed by Jim Lee and authenticated by JSA. The book itself is a low number, this copy being 006/125 that I will also be looking to sell or trade to any interested parties. This variant cover is much more limited than the IDW variant cover and having Wolverine ready to battle Omega Red on the cover should make this book highly coveted by collectors. If you would like to purchase/trade any of the art I'm bringing or this book send me a private DM to make arrangements and reservations. You can definitely count o nthat any sales will be used towards art pruchases at OAX!  

I'm also bringing some art from an artist from El Salvador who has been published in the US by Dynamite mostly but also by Image and Marvel and DC, his name is Ivan Anaya. These are the pages I'll have with me at the show for any one interested in purchasing:

I'm bringing an Itoya full of art that will be trade bait and for sale. This is what I have so far:

On 1/4/2024 at 6:37 PM, Doc McCoy said:

@Twanj does it start with a “C”?

for me it does. they tell me the artist isn't answering emails so they don't know when they'll get my commission that is 100% fully paid for.