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Hello everyone The website has just been updated with new artwork for sale. I will be at the Baltimore Con 27-29 September and NYC con 4-7th October if anyone wants to pick up art direct. I am not setting up at the shows so you would need to ask me to bring the art by 25th September. Artists with updates: Dave Gibbons Brian Bolland Judge Dredd cover Frank Quitely Siobhan Dodds painted V for Vendetta bluelines Plus Kevin O'Neill League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Bill Sienkiewicz Charlie Adlard Walking Dead Mike Mignola John Romita Jr JG Joneshttp://www.britcomicsart.com/newitems.asp Thanks for looking.

Hi all We have just updated the website with a number of new pieces. I will be at San Diego next month if anyone wants to pick up art in person Artists added include: Dave Gibbons Frank Quitely Mark Buckingham Dave Stevens Barry Windsor Smith Rick Leonardi John Bolton Joe Linsner Adam Hughes Eduardo Risso The Brian Bolland Joker cover has been reduced in price. http://www.britcomicsart.com/newitems.asp Thanks for looking.

Hi all I updated the website with some new art for sale earlier this week. Artists include Frank Quitely, Dave Gibbons, Michael Turner, Bruce Timm & Brian Stelfreeze among others. http://www.britcomicsart.com/newitems.asp I will be leaving in the morning for the New York for the Art Expo show this Sunday. I'm not setting up there as it was a last minute decision but I am bringing artwork that people have asked for to save on shipping so if there's something you are interested in please let me know asap through the website or my CAF and I can bring it. I will also have a folder of art for sale with me, some from the website but also new offerings for this show only including John Bolton, Richard Corben, BWS and a Dave Stevens cover. No details or scans ahead of the show. Cheers Joseph http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerydetail.asp?gcat=9492

I actually thought the same thing re tabloids reference, and I'm in the UK. Tabloids aren't exactly renowned for their journalistic integrity.

I used to get annoyed if people mistook him for me; are you saying I should now re-think this?!

Nice is bit of a understatement. Ker-ching.

This is odd. I posted my first piece on 12/18/2006 so I must have joined about then. But my number is 10225 . So: [font:Courier New] Eric__________Alex Summer 2007___Winter 2006 7723__________10225[/font] This indicates that the Gallery number is not always indicative of a linear growth. Thoughts? I was having similar thoughts wondering whether it is actually allocated in numerical order. Like Malvin, I was perfectly happy with my little old Lowry and didn't cave and join till Dec 2005. My number is 9492

Joining the party, Dave Gibbons has said he is willing to sell his Dark Knight cover now http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1285609

Have you considered checking whether the artist still has the page? Panosian is repped by Jason at Essential Sequential. http://www.essentialsequential.com/

At least one of whom had consumed more of the wine than was perhaps wise when holding a bidding paddle.....

I think we discussed this page on another thread about a year ago - the page is from one of my favorite sequences in comic history and that price was a steal. I remember that auction. Myself and several others were absolutely convinced that this page could have gone for twice as much. I know, for a fact, that several bidders who would have gone for this, at this number, were convinced if would go to the moon and stopped following it and put their concentration in other pieces in that auction. There was a collective jaw drop when it stopped where it did and sold. By the time the "Wait, What?!" reached your lips...it was GONE. And from what I understand, no one knows who won it, but I could be mistaken. You'll be able to enjoy it in all its glory in the upcoming Graphitti Gallery edition of Dark Knight which is looking amazing. [maybe not so gratuitous plug]

I think we discussed this page on another thread about a year ago - the page is from one of my favorite sequences in comic history and that price was a steal. I remember that auction. Myself and several others were absolutely convinced that this page could have gone for twice as much. I know, for a fact, that several bidders who would have gone for this, at this number, were convinced if would go to the moon and stopped following it and put their concentration in other pieces in that auction. There was a collective jaw drop when it stopped where it did and sold. By the time the "Wait, What?!" reached your lips...it was GONE. I think this page was an example of a situation where some potential buyers, myself included, were put off bidding by previous negative experiences with the consignor over this page. It's from one of my favourite ever comic sequences although had I suspected what it would hammer for I'd have probably just bitten the bullet regardless.

I don't know the market for Leach MM pages, but, judging from your description, it sounds like it's small, illiquid and, one might say, "trades by appointment". And, that being the case, I'm not sure how realistic these values are...I mean, let's face it, when people think about $10-$20K pages, nobody outside of like 5 people would probably even think to consider Leach MM. There were several sales of Jose Gonzalez Vampirella splashes a while back in the $5K range (back when there were none to be had and when $5K was real money). Probably about as many data points for those as 5-figure Leach MM pages, but I wouldn't have called that a representative market level either. Hey Gene, Rarity is a factor, and I agree that it complicates things. But, this is a slippery slope. There are lots of artists who had a small body of work and command high prices because of it. A comparison here is Keith Sandman pages, or Steranko X-Men pages. Each had about the same as Leach Miracleman. I look through the list and I too agree that if I had 10-20K there's a ton of stuff that wouldn't interest me on the list. The idea is not that people will pick and choose from amongst the list, but rather IF they wanted something on the list, this gives them a price point. I paid 12K for my page, which is a A+ page, about 6 years ago. Felix's pages are more B+ pages (sorry Felix, no offense meant!! I'd gladly take them off your hands!) and he paid about 7-8K apiece, roughly 4 years ago now. And those were public auctions. There are more pages out there of course, and I suspect they will start to surface now. 10K+ seems very reasonable to me. Again, this doesn't have to be what anyone will pay, but rather what someone would have to pay IF they were interested in an A level page by said artist/run. Felix, Joseph, any comments? No offense taken, Hari! I've got nothing against B+ pages (so long as the price is right!). There are plenty of B+ pages out there I wouldn't hesitate to add to my collection (such as your KILLING JOKE pages) for the right price! I do agree that an "A" Leach MM page would be a pretty easy sell at $10K these days. I'm less sure as we approach $20K, though. Hope we get to find out at auction! Well that didn't take long. Check out the price on the Leach MM page, already at 13K after 1 day of bidding. The market is starved for this stuff. Someone's going to end up with a very expensive MIRACLEMAN page! For the record, I haven't placed a single bid. I'm not a thrill-bidder, and I also don't own enough of anything to worry about propping up its market. Good luck to the bidders on this page and most of all, congrats to the consignor! I don't know anyone with a lot of Leach MM art. You have two pages, I have a page and a cover, not sure who else owns anything, but I doubt anyone has more than 2-3 examples. I just think MM is as good or better than anything else Moore did during the 80s, and it's about time that the series moved up to the same level as V and Watchmen, and personally I think issue 15 will ultimately command the respect (and prices) of KJ pages. Eventually, KJ, MM 15, ST 21, and Watchmen 4 (in my humble opinion) will go down as the 4 best single issues he ever did, and prices will be commensurate with that title. You heard it from me first, guys! Hari Sorry, I didn't see that you'd directed a question at me earlier. I certainly agree that an A grade pure Leach MM page would command $10k+. I briefly had a really nice fight page but parted with it as part of a larger deal and have looked to replace it ever since. I (along with everyone on the Boards it now seems) was aware of the Heritage MM title page from a couple of years back and thought it might be the one. I can see why people might be sceptical about these prices given how little (and public) data there is to back this up. On one level I'm reticent about putting numbers out there lest, as noted before, it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. We've all seen that after the big Frank Miller Heritage results every Frank Miller piece became supposedly worth xth of a million. I'm a big MM fan but I certainly wouldn't be putting any money on Miracleman 15 getting up to the level of Killing Joke. Although it does explain why you think I was so crazy to let go of my other MM 15 page. I'll trade you my MM 15 for one of your KJ pages though. Watchmen 4? Really? Rather than issue 5 or 6?

Brings back fond memories of a trip to San Francisco and buying the t-shirt. Still have it here unworn somewhere. Great piece and glad its enjoying pride of place.

I don't customarily post art days but I am inordinately proud of this JJ acquisition. Not sure how you embed the image in the post so here's a link - http://qurls.com?i=3199 cheers Joseph

Hey, that looks familiar. Guess my loss was your gain. Congratulations its a really nice page. And kudos to Paul for the lead. Cheers Joseph

For what it's worth Terry, I'd agree with you. Your comment prompted me to recognise that your conclusions might seem a fait accompli but I wouldn't like to think I kept mum just cause it might queer a future deal. What if he's simply accepted someone else's sales pitch and now the possibilty that his rare score is in fact just a piece of paper is too horrible to contemplate? Of course you potentially putting him on notice as to authenticity issues puts things on shaky ground for a future transaction. Has anyone asked for the provenance of the piece(s)? joseph