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Hey All,

Just a reminder that I will be setting up at the NJ Comic Art Con this Saturday, Sept. 9 at the Holiday Inn, 283 Route 17 South, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ

This will be my only show till 2018 San Diego Comic-Con.

If you have interest in a specific piece of art from my website, let me know before Friday afternoon, so I'm sure to bring it.

Look forward to seeing you there!

Best,
Mitch Itkowitz
Graphic Collectibles

No, the owner had it for several years. Gave it to me for SD and then decided to give it to ComicLink during the show.

31 minutes ago, jjonahjameson11 said:

There's no reserve on the Wrightson Frankie.

Crapshoot for the owner as he paid quite a bit more.

I had for sale at San Diego for a couple days, and then the owner gave it to ComicLink.

6 hours ago, PhilipB2k17 said:

The Wrightson Frankenstein page is already over $18K.

It has a long way to go before it hits reserve.

1 minute ago, Bill C said:

No real idea- but I'll pull a number out from nowhere and give people a starting point.

I'll say around 25K.

Yeah, no. WW covers don't turn up very often.

Damn nice cover.

Art is by Irv Novick from a layout by Infantino.

I sold the cover for WW #174 last year. PM me and I'll give you more info

Best,
Mitch Itkowitz
Graphic Collectibles

And I'll be making my first appearance at the show!

If there is anything you specifically want me to bring, let me know as soon aspossible.

Mitch Itkowitz
Graphic Collectibles

Good Afternoon All,

Hope everyone is having a good Summer.

Coming off of our most successful San Diego Con ever, I present to you an extremely large Comic Art update to the web site.

Yes, I know Heritage has its Comic Art auction today and tomorrow, but this update is too good to hold back any longer!

You will now be able to add art to your cart from the "What's New" page.

I would like to introduce at this time, Tony Sandoval.

Tony Sandoval was born in 1973 in the desert of Northwest Mexico.
His first works were Nocturno (90's) and Blacky (2001).
Both were self-published with his brother.
From 2001 to 2005 he created illustrations in Mexico.
In 2005 he started to work on bandes dessinées (literally drawn strips, Franco-Belgian comics) for Paquet Editions in Switzerland.
He's currently working on a comic called Waternaskes.
Some of his books are, "1000 Tempetes", "Le Cadavre et le Sofa", and "Doomboy".

Check out the incredible drawings in his gallery. We will have published pages in the near future.

Click HERE to see all the new art.
Artists include:
George Wilson - Space Family Robinson painted cover
Reed Crandall - Dejah Thoris book illustration, EC unpub. cover, Doll Man page
Lee Elias - Black Cat splash
Wally Wood - Early MAD art
John Giunta - Jaguar splash and complete story
Bernie Wrightson - Bad Doins at Knuckledowns Lonesome painting, various other illustrations
Jack Kirby - Captain America, Fantastic Four, Ant-Man and Horror pages
Carmine Infantino - Adam Strange splash, Eerie and Brave and Bold pages, Golden Age Green Lantern splash
Alex Toth - Strange Adventures pages, Rawhide Kid page, Dragnet splash
Barry Windsor-Smith - Ram and Peacock prelim art
Chris Bachalo - early Death design
Steve Bissette/John Totleben - 2 page sequence from Swamp Thing of Swampy and Abby making love
Vaughn Bode - Bode Broad prelim art
John Bogdanove - Superman cover
Gene Colan - Captain America pages
J. Scott Campbell - Spider-Man/Spawn card art, Gen 13 tradng card art
John Buscema - Thor pages
Briefer - Frankenstein page
Ernie Chan - Four Star Spectacular cover
Dave Cockrum - Blackhawk cover
Gilbert Shelton - Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers pages
Stephane Roux - Bettie Page illustration
Joe Quesada - Painkiller Jane/Darkchylde cover, X-Factor poster art
Sanjulian - Book cover painting, portfolio drawing
Bruce Timm - Batman/Demon spread, Vampi and Red Sonja illustrations
Mike Parobeck - Batman Adventures pages
Richard Corben - Arabian nights splash page
Irwin Hasen - Golden Age Green Lantern page
Jerry Grandenetti - 2  early Our Army at War splashes
Al Gabrielle - early Black Cat splash
Frank Frazetta - color and b/w illustrations, Johnny Comet daily
Paul Reinman - Golden Age Green Lantern pages
Gil Kane - Green Lantern cover
Mike Mignola - Hellboy pages, cover, Wolverine pages, BPRD cover
Mike Sekowsky - early JLA pages
Stuart Immonen - Action Comics splash
J. Allen St. John - Son of Tarzan book illustration
Bill Sienkiewicz - Unforgiven movie poster sketch
Frank Miller - Batman and Wolverine layouts, Wonder Woman/Supergirl illustration, Valiant Comics cover, 300 page
Basil Wolverton - Powerhouse Pepper page
Jae Lee - Penguin Showcase cover
Mark Bagley - Spider-Man and Venom pages
Neal Adams - Ben Casey daily
John Severin - Creepy Loathsome Lore page
Ted Richards - Zeke Wolf near complete story from Air Pirates #2
Mac Raboy - Flash Gordon Sunday pages
Roy Krenkel - Sowers of the Thunder book illustration
Warren Kremer - Casper and Stumbo stories
Jeffrey Jones - various sketch pages
Bobby London - early Dirty Duck daily
Will Eisner - Spirit pages
Jerry Robinson - early pencil and inked Batman #14 pages
Serafini - Godzilla movie poster art
Murphy Anderson - Hawkman page
Todd McFarlane - Spawn trading card art pencilled and inked by McFarlane
Steve Rude - Mary Marvel demonstration painting
Alex Ross - Mary Marvel demonstration painting
Adam Hughes - Ghost Collected Edition Cover
Tony Sandoval - several personal illustrations

As usual, if you have any questions, please feel free to call 845-246-0952, or my cell, at 845-399-7312, or email me at mitkowitz@hvc.rr.com
Thanks for looking, and have a great weekend!

Best,
Mitch Itkowitz
Graphic Collectibles

I have 2 Grandenetti splashes from the early and mid 1950s on my web site.

Chris,

I just looked and did not see an email from you.

Want to resend?

MI

On 7/23/2017 at 7:42 AM, The Voord said:

Quick mock-up in photo-shop . . .

If I knew you were interested, I would have offered it to you before sending to Heritage.

Thank you in any case.

MI

3 hours ago, Kevin76 said:

checks can be safe if you've known the person awhile, but then again, anyone can write a check for any amount and walk away with their purchase. 

Everyone I took a check from I've known for years.

In 40 years of exhibiting at San Diego, I've never had anyone bounce a check.

I don't do wire transfers if I haven't done business with the client in the past.

1 hour ago, Kevin76 said:

Hardly anyone takes checks anymore, I guess it's credit cards and the seller crosses his fingers that it's legit when the buyer walks away

I can't tell you how many checks I received over the week from buyers.

I have 2 Lee Elias Black Cat splashes and an Al Gabrielle Black Cat splash.

PM me if interested.

MI

Just a bump to let everyone know that my deadline for receiving art for San Diego Con, is July 7th.

After that date, any art consigned will have to be shipped to my Hotel, on my Fed Ex account. You can also drop art off at my booth any time during the Con.

So far, I have received quite a bit of extremely nice originals.

See above for the type of art I'm looking for.

Email me at mitkowitz@hvc.rr.com or call at 845-246-0952

Thanks!

Best,
Mitch Itkowitz
Graphic Collectibles

56 minutes ago, stinkininkin said:

I'd like to think I have a pretty good eye for inks.  Also, I've specifically studied Janson and Miller inks intensively for professional reasons and also because I'm a big collector of their work.  I see no evidence of Miller's hand in the inks on the craft tint portions of the page.  It all looks 100% like Janson on inks to my eye.  I'd happily bet money on it, I'm so certain.

Scott

 

 

Scott,

You would make easy money. No Miller inks on this page.

1 hour ago, Flambit said:

Just to be clear: Miller did pencil all the covers, correct?  

And Janson inked all but 158 and 191?  

Yes, Frank did actually put pencil to board for all the covers.

MI

40 minutes ago, stinkininkin said:

I don't have a clue as to Miller ever touching this page or not.  I just want to say that I myself always ink directly over actual pencils (not lightbox or blue line) and anytime I want to refine something that isn't clear in those pencils prior to my committing to ink, I go in with a pencil to tighten and clarify what I want to do before inking.  I doubt that I am the only one who does this. The pencils you see on this DD 181 page might be Miller, or they might be Janson's.  The fact that they are there doesn't really prove anything IMHO.

Scott

 

No Miller pencils on this whole book. Klaus enlarged Frank's 8 x 11 layouts, so there had to be pencil on the board. Just not Frank's in this case. I know this as I was Klaus's agent and remember seeing a lot of Miller's layout on typing paper for Klaus.

Sorry to burst anyone's bubble.

MI

Consign your art to me for San Diego Con.

With the San Diego Comic Con almost upon us, I am looking for your quality art to take to San Diego!

I want to thank everyone who consigned art to me last year. I always do well at San Diego, but last year was the absolute best year for sales. 
it was all due to the many who consigned art!
Thank you all!

I have been exhibiting at San Diego Con for 40 years, longer than any other Comic Art or Illustration dealer. And July will mark our 41st year in business!

Our booths are usually swamped with buyers even before the show officially opens!

Here is what I'm specifically looking for...

Comic Book Art from the 1940s - 1990s
Newspaper Strip Art from the 1920s - 1960s
Magazine Illustration Art from 1900 - 1975
Movie Poster Paintings from 1950s - 1980s
Paperback Cover Art from 1940s - 1970
Children's Book Art from the 1920s - 1970s

My commission rate is competitive with other dealers and auction houses.

I'll get you the best possible price for your art. We will discuss the final prices before any art is sold.

All art is fully insured from the time it leaves your hands right through the convention and back to my office. 

I have a Consignment Agreement which I have all consignors sign before any art is given to me. Ask me for a copy.

Almost immediate payment right after San Diego. No need to wait 30 or 45 days!

Please contact me at mitkowitz@hvc.rr.com  or call me at 845-246-0952, or my cell at 845-399-7312 and lets talk!

Thanks, and look forward to hearing from you.

Best,
Mitch Itkowitz
Graphic Collectibles

1 hour ago, J.Sid said:

 With art? Weird.

I can see that happening with comics, as it'd be a way to set a copy apart from other similarly-graded copies. Every piece of OA is unique though and blah blah blah.... etc etc etc

Yup, with art. 

Look at the prices achieved for the Ethan Roberts collection earlier this year. If not for the Pedigree and the quality, I doubt prices would have been as high as they were.

And let's not forget the Charles Martignette collection at Heritage.

Anytime you put a name to a specific collection, ie Jon Berk or Ethan Roberts collection at Heritage, you're always going to have higher prices with a pedigreed collection.

MI

17 minutes ago, Shemp said:

  Mitch described it as this four years ago...

 

Exactly.

I indeed sold the DKR 1 cover several years ago.

MI

Thanks for everyone's help