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Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians. I thought it was fitting that I upload this cover to JSA issue 54 by Pacheco and Merino, featuring the JLA and JSA having Canadian Thanksgiving. CAF Link to JSA Issue 54 Cover - Virtue, Vice and Pumpkin Pie Malvin

$17K before BP Malvin

Same here. I'm glad to have gotten mine the last time Kevin Smith had a sale. Back then it was also an obscure venue. Malvin

Agreed. Despite the more obscure platform, and selling many similar pages, I'm seeing healthy prices. Malvin

I still have the 2 pieces I bought from him the last time he was selling his art in 2011 (a Matt Wagner Arrow Cover and a Mazz DD cover homage by Oeming links here ( CAF Wagner Cover and Oeming DD Cover Homage) I was surprised to see all those Matt Wagner Green Arrow covers. I could have sworn I have seen some Matt Wagner Green Arrow covers sell. Were they other issues or did Kevin Smith buy them from the secondary market? Or did I mis-remember seeing them for sale? Malvin

That's not Tim Sale Maybe Thony Silas? Doesn't match his signature though. Malvin

ebay started getting filled with spoon once they took out listing fees! They should really bring those back. Malvin

An actual Simonson Commission (in my definition, a full blown piece where you dictate what you want drawn) is rare. Only one comes to mind: https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1803301 The other finished pieces you see are ones he drew for charity auctions. Your best bet is to go for it in the secondary market when those are re-sold. Malvin

Hi Brian, Your links don't work "outside affiliate links not allowed" Malvin

I almost sold it but I still have the first OA I got, a quickie sketch and a published page from Tim Sale at a local con! This was back in like 1998 or so. I almost sold the published page but glad I kept it: Tim Sale Wolverine Quick Sketch Tim Sale Superman For All Seasons page Malvin

I enjoyed the "Red Star" comic when it came out so when Bill Cox had a comicartlive event with Christian Gossett, I attended (I rarely do) and I actually bought something (first and so far only Claim purchase) CAF Link to Red Star #1 Cover by Christian Gossett Thanks for looking Malvin

Here is mine, maybe not as long or as many pages, but very glad to put this DPS together after 7 years Don't want to re-type what I already entered into my CAF description https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1282125 Malvin

Yay, glad to hear my advice helped. Malvin

Is this a lower value page? and there is still some stickiness you want to get rid of? try rubbing it with an eraser. If it is an expensive page, get a conservator. Malvin

Wow, really sorry to hear Yoram. I hope it turns up. Malvin

me too Malvin

I do it too, except the advantage has decreased, I think they charge a service fee per package now, not zero shipping. Malvin

I'm pretty content as a buyer and seller of this year's CAL. I think I sold 7 pieces and bought 3. I obviously didn't love the 7, and I like 2 of the 3 (I sort of regret 1 of them, but that's how it goes when you feel you have to pul the trigger fast ) and the dollar value of my sales exceed my purchases! Some of my sales I actually are not tagged on the CAF website since I can no longer access my booth. Malvin

you can always make an offer. I accept offers on my FS pieces (with a note that I don't accept any offers until the end of the day in case there are people paying full price) Malvin

real published pages can definitely not be stamped in the back. Especially newer ones. As for reasons, who knows.. they forgot? someone was sloppy? Malvin

Now that my collection is bigger, every year I go to my local big con (FanExpo Vancouver) saying I probably wouldn't buy anything, and I am proven wrong. I ended up buying 5 covers (Young Justice, World's Finest, and Batman) as well as some Transformers Merchanising art link to CAF recent uploads Thanks for looking Malvin

Exactly. It went that high because it was an A+++ page, not just an A+ page. Malvin

True, but the A+++ (added an extra plus just for Gene @delekkerste ) Starlin Marvel Fanfare page that "only" went for $50K got mentioned! Malvin

Exactly! It was their January focussed auction, but there was a small batch of "premium" pages. The rest of the OA didn't finish until February but the premium ones finished last night. I would have bid on some, good thing none finished than my max or I would have kicked myself (and I'm cheap, my max usually isn't market value, sellers should worry if I buy from them! ) Malvin

I didn't even realize there were Clink art auctions ending last night! I guess for this batch they separated the premium from the others and had the premium ones end weeks earlier. Malvin