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I normally only post and read in the original art forums, but I saw this as a popular thread and thought I would drop by. I also realize that everyone here is talking about comics, but here are 2 Brian Bolland Original Covers I own: Judge Dredd Issue 30 (Comicartfans Link) Amazing Heroes Issue 52 cover (Comicartfans Link) Malvin

All of the above for me, although I wasn't going to as many conventions lately (even before COVID). If I had to rank by volume of pages, my order would be: Auctions, Dealers, Conventions, Artists. Conventions are fun as you often see art that is not online and I have on many occasions but tons of pages at once from some artists. Malvin

I think that's the OP selling! Malvin

Sorry, scattershot probably best describes my collecting habits. it's basically OA from any comic I read and enjoyed. I did stop reading new comics so I'm limited to comics from the late 80s to the early 2000's. However, I still buy art outside of that if I like it, and what I "like" is broad and not easily defined! Malvin

does that mean your budget/purchase plans will change if the stock market recovers within 2022? Malvin

Brian has been in the Victoria area for awhile actually, so I'm sure he will take CAD (obviously with a conversion factor relative to US prices) He might not have any pre-done sketches though. Good luck Malvin

They are? Never noticed. Comiclink has them for like 30 days, are they longer? Malvin

You forgot to add the reason of people just searching for specific art later on. I don't scan all the new uploads as often as I use to, but once in awhile I search a particular artist, character, artist/character combo or other search terms, and would click things then (especially when I didn't see it when it was newly uploaded) Malvin

If there is a justifiable reason I am sure they are reasonable. Not HA but I won the Alan Davis Nail cover on comiclink a few years ago, then I saw posts (here?) that it was a recreation because the original was lost, and I did't have to pay (they wanted to check who said it, and I linked them to Alan Davis website that said it) Malvin

Nah, the AI's will have their own AI reps! No dirty humans required! Malvin

Low cost or low end? Maybe I'm being picky on Mondays :P I think most people in a general context would not consider $3K low cost. The OA side is more subjective. I think these days anything under $1K is lower end, while 3K still gets you very nice art. That might change soon if the current appreciation pace continues unabated! Malvin

Wow! When you started collecting SS OA you went all in! Congrats on these pages. Malvin

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/03/tech/ai-art-fair-winner-controversy/index.html I read that article and my first thought was that it could be used to draw comics soon. Thoughts? Malvin

ah! ok. I thought you were talking about just Zeck Punisher cover recreations. Malvin

Hey Jason, Can you clarify what you meant by this? There are 5 covers, and each one of them have sold at least twice since they were first re-created. Did 2 other covers recently sell? (along with the #2 at $18K by Burkey?) Malvin

I think he consignor is a regular boardie (unless the pieces have changed hands a couple of times already since he got it) and Yes, you would be lucky to get a sketch out of Zeck, definitely no commissions and even when he did recreations he limited them (and insisted on changes, so no exact ones) Malvin

I think that might be the norm for everyone in the future IF prices continue to go up. It's so hard to judge value these days. Malvin

I was lucky enough to have won a couple of the Tim Sale Captain America: White that were being auctioned by comiclink. I just got them (I batch my purchases) and just uploaded them to CAF: Issue 1 Cover Issue 2 cover Thanks for looking Malvin

You have quite a few questions and many things are subjective. Here are some of my opinions. This one covers both pacing, budget: Buy what you like and what you are comfortable in buying. When I started, I had a psychological barrier to spending above a certain amount (at the time it was $500) on a specific piece. It was quite artificial and meaningless (e.g. I wouldn't spend $600 on one piece but was ok with spending $600 on 2 pieces), eventually I overcame that barrier (I mean, wouldn't you spend $10K on a piece if it was worth 20K?). This one is on your question about artists: It's not quite the same thing, and you aren't saying that, but you know what you like, so don't "force" yourself to like someone because their style is similar to someone you like or lots of people recommend them. I tend to know what I like when I see it. I don't "speculate" and buy art I don't like thinking that they would be the next big thing. Lastly, I don't collect artist proofs and most collectors don't, but they sell so there is a market. I don't follow it but I think some have sold for less than what the artist originally sold it for. Malvin

Is your page a DC page? they are slightly larger so I use 12 x18 mylar on them. One of my pet peeves is that all OA is not the same size, bugs me more when the same run has different sized (I store mine by size, so they would be in different piles if different sizes, despite being the same run) Malvin

Wow, I think I am on these boards too much. I found out about the Rogers national outage here! (if I used Rogers for my own internet service I would have found out directly like poor Yoram) Malvin

It's a quiet day so I'll play I previously just linked to my CAF pages that were tagged as "Double Page Spreads" and "Double Page Splashes" but I realized when I saw all this talk of vertical splashes that my double covers were not included (since they were classified as covers) so here they are: 1. Alan Moore Supreme Issue 42 Double Vertical Cover - CAF Link 2. Mike Grell Green Arrow Longbow Hunters Double Cover Painting - CAF Link 3. Wizard Issue 200 Jam cover by Hitch, McNiven, Quesada, Turner, and Miki - CAF Link Malvin

<edited> Oops, misread your post. Jason is right, you just have to upload a new one into the folder Malvin

You should make an offer of $15K and see what he says :P Malvin

He isn't selling a page but asking what happened to the seller. Malvin