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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
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On 9/23/2022 at 8:51 AM, barneythecantankerous said:
I think that's the OP selling!
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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
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On 9/16/2022 at 10:18 AM, KirbyCollector said:
I don't know about anyone else on here, but I am definitely scaling back purchases the rest of 2022 due to poor stock market performance. I'm currently committed to buy three more pages (and might have a shot at a bargain page in the CC auction), but that might be it for the year. Whatever HA and CLink has on deck for November, well, you won't have to bid against me LOL
does that mean your budget/purchase plans will change if the stock market recovers within 2022?
Malvin
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On 9/15/2022 at 7:06 PM, babsrocks31 said:
Hey folks, you have been so helpful to me with numerous things as I grow from a beginner hobbyist to a not quite intermediate collector.
My smallish Canadian city (Victoria) is getting Brian Stelfreeze at our relatively new con.
We have never gotten an American artist of this magnitude before (and Cary Nord will also be there this year).
I'd like to check out Brian's table and see about some art or sketches, but I have absolutely no idea what to expect.
I know some artists offer quick free sketches, others offer priced sketches or discounts on blank cover pieces, and some will even do full priced commissions, while others will only sell prints... and all have their own preferences for interacting with readers.
We've even had some artists charge more for being at our smaller con...
Has anyone been to Brian's table before at a show before? What was it like? Any insight is greatly appreciated.
And hey, have an awesome day!
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
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On 9/14/2022 at 5:19 PM, batman_fan said:
They are well known for having long times from the start of their auctions until they end.
They are? Never noticed. Comiclink has them for like 30 days, are they longer?
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On 9/12/2022 at 9:59 AM, thethedew said:This actually dovetails with something which occurred to me this weekend.
Everyone understands that the VAST majority of 'comments' on any particular piece are left probably in, say, the first 48 hours after a piece is added to a gallery.
(This excepts Comic Book Royalty-type additions, which will attract comments at a more-or-less steady pace for the whole of their gallery life)
After that, it usually quiets down.
EXCEPT... the 'views' tracker still keeps ticking over, ever growing.
SO... my question is: WHO are these fans who continue to view pages steadily, but are very, very unlikely to leave comments?
A few suggestions:
1) Non-CAF viewers, who, having no CAF account, don't have the ability to comment (probably brought in by Google searches?)
2) Automated processes, (perhaps within CAF but more likely external) i.e. bots whose attention still counts as a CAF view
3) The Cabal, quietly lurking in disciplined fashion; typical.
Now that I look at my list, I don't know if there is much to discuss after all.
Will post anyway, in case anyone has anything to add or correct.
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)
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On 9/11/2022 at 7:00 PM, AlexG_art said:
Has anyone cancelled on a winning piece? I won a cover today but now I question the description.
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)
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On 9/6/2022 at 3:48 PM, BCarter27 said:
To all the new AIs out there...
01001001 00100000 01100001 01101101 00100000 01100001 01110110 01100001 01101001 01101100 01100001 01100010 01101100 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01110010 01100101 01110000 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00101110
Nah, the AI's will have their own AI reps! No dirty humans required!
Malvin
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On 9/6/2022 at 9:22 AM, Will_K said:
Even at today's crazy prices, I don't consider $3,000 comic art to be a low cost piece. But otherwise, I agree with your argument.
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!
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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
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On 8/31/2022 at 8:07 AM, Unstoppablejayd said:
Glen listed 4 Zeck pieces (1 punisher cover one punisher plate and 2 Batman recreations and 3 have sold already )
ah! ok. I thought you were talking about just Zeck Punisher cover recreations.
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On 8/31/2022 at 6:13 AM, Unstoppablejayd said:
Well 3 out 4 of the recreations have sold… only the punisher 1 is left and that is by far the best…
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?)
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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)
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On 8/24/2022 at 7:44 AM, Mighty Hal said:
I wonder if this will become the norm in the future. A couple of days ago, I emailed an artist to see if he still had the OA to a cover I liked. He did, but said, when the time came to let it go, he'd be consigning it to auction.
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.
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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:
Thanks for looking
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On 8/16/2022 at 10:28 AM, Hawkgirl said:
Hi! I’m new to this forum. I got started in the OA hobby in 2018 after getting a sketch cover at a con, and I’ve been collecting comics my whole life. I’m slowly easing into getting more serious about collecting OA, both commissions and OA pages. Any advice on budgeting, pacing yourself, targeting certain artists?
I’m late 20s and single, no kids, but want to balance this hobby with saving for the future. I’m currently focusing a bit on ‘quantity’ over ‘quality’, so I’m buying more smaller/less expensive things rather than more epensive/bigger names as I start building out my collection.
Some of my favorite current artists are Dan Mora, Jorge Jimenez, Chris Samnee, Doc Shaner, Tom Reilly, Bilquis Evely, and Elsa Charretier. I would love to hear any recomendations of similar artists, especially ones who have that throwback, simplified comic art, or use negative space in their style. I also want to get into collecting up-and-coming artists if you know of any.
Do you all collect mostly current art or older art, like pages from your favorite comics as a kid, or both?
How do you feel about Artist’s Proofs for current artists who work entirely digitally?
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.
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On 7/15/2022 at 9:10 PM, JC25427N said:
Yeah, my test page turned out to be slightly larger than 11x17, it was basically the exact same size as the mylar which is why getting it to fit was rough. My pages that were actually 11x17 went in fine
Thanks guys
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)
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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)
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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
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On 6/30/2022 at 9:29 PM, cstojano said:
Premium member but confused about the interface for selling. I have a FOR SALE gallery but moving pieces into this gallery does not push them to the top of the Art for Sale listings. Furthermore, I don't see a button on the various edit pages for setting a piece you have in your gallery for sale. Yes you can add a price in that field (which many do to avoid paying premium fees) but that doesn't post it as a new For Sale item. It seems you need to delete the existing listing and repost it specifically for sale in order for it show in the top of the Art for Sale section. What am I doing wrong?
Note, the pieces do show up when you search for them in the classifieds. But I mostly look at the new For Sale listings, often several times per day, to see what is posted.
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Oops, misread your post. Jason is right, you just have to upload a new one into the folder
Malvin
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On 6/28/2022 at 10:44 AM, lobrac said:
She-Hulk #13 cover by Keown/Colon sold on HA on June 16 for $16,200
Less than 2 weeks later: Accepting offers.
https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1830927&GSub=171439
You should make an offer of $15K and see what he says :P
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Will post anyway, in case anyone has anything to add or correct.
Thanks guys
The Brian Bolland Cover Appreciation Thread
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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)
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