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They ALF cover with the seal hug. Winner!

On 5/26/2022 at 1:23 PM, jaybuck43 said:

What’s the room like? I’d be very worried about offgassing and uv exposure with those. 

The room is for my art and pinball machines. Windowless and dark almost all hours every day if the week. Interior walls for most art. Recessed lighting, small humidifier and humidly percentage meter. The art is in acid free bags and boards stored in portfolios, with the exception of the larger stuff which is in top loaders, which I may have officially framed some day. I have 2 items professionally framed behind glass and one cover painting on board in a frame. The sign holders IMO are great for bagged and boarded 11x17 art because you can move things in from the portfolio and out very easily.

I have some traditionally framed pieces, but also like the swap-ability of these sign holders. Easy way to show off bag and boarded art and also comes in different styles of frames, vertical, horizontal and self standing. 

I would not let them use a Sharpie. Bring your own pen or pencil and be very specific as to where you want them to sign or have it in an art bag and board with a taped off window cut into it if you want to be super specific and avoid a possible tragedy.

I am pretty sure that Demon page sold here on the boards, years ago, in the marketplace. 

Just a public service announcement that there are a lot of these fake Manning pages out there and more being sold on Ebay everyday. They are pretty good fakes at first glance. Large size 12 by 18 on thicker art board paper/board. I bought 2 a while back thinking I found hidden gems at great prices. Wrong category, vague and misleading story, etc. I should have know better after 15 years of collecting.  I am not naming names because I was able to get my money back and I debated on to post or not, but we need to all be aware. One piece was bright white board and the other was tinted yellow.  Both had whiteout applied at points to make them look more genuine. They are however just machine printed black ink copies and have no real pencils, no color variations, and no hand inking like an original would. They were made to deceive. You can see the ink was printed as one item on them and everything is the exact same black tone. Words, boarder, all of it. If you check WorthPoint dot com and search Korak "CAPTIVE OF THE VULTURE" or Korak "WARRIORS TEST" it will show you lots of what I am talking about. Just be extra cautious with all Manning Korak art and do your research. 

Send them to Heritage. You call, you ship, they sell, you get a check.  Very easy and they get the most eyes! 

Red Sonja 9 Cover by Michael Walsh

Although an expensive book, there are still a ton of them out there. If you really enjoy the character, I would recommend trying to find a nice published page of original art with him on it for around what you would spend on the book or get a commission from an artist you like for the character. I know Ron Frenz does some great spidey-universe commissions and there are many others! I encourage all comic fans to own at least one published page or commission. 

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BWS. I hated his art when I first got into Conan. I am still a Buscema guy, but I like BWS more and more each time I see it. 

Nice pick-up! 

Thank you all for helping. There seems to be a pretty good chance it's unpublished. I will try to hunt down some issues at a future show. 

I tried to track down Tod on facebook and the internet and only found a few broken links or no real person that matches. Anyone know a way to get ahold of him? 

Hello All,

 I have been researching, but I need help.

Thank you!

1.) This could have never been used.

2.) This could have run in Action 602-635. Green Lantern removed from the book after 635. 1988/1989

3.) This could have run in other DC books 1988/89.

Green Lantern volume 1 was canceled with issue 224 in May 1988.

This references Action 601, May 1988. 

Signed Tod Smith 1988

Tod Smith worked on Green Lantern in Action Comics 606-614 and the Green Lantern special 1. All in 1988.

DC art board. No rear stamp.

Any ideas? Anyone have the issues to check?  Thanks!

Bump. Some fun art stuff to watch. 

Thank you for sharing. Ernie Chan is one of my favorite artists. I have over 20 pieces by him. Sadly, I never met the man. Sounds like he was a great person!  

12 minutes ago, JadeGiant said:

Thanks, I might have to order some of these and give it a try

 

They run about 15-20 bucks each frame on ebay. Many different styles and makers. I prefer the ones with a full back and screw holes. I swap my art in and out every couple months. 

3 hours ago, JadeGiant said:

Thanks, this might be a good option for easy interchangeable art of the 11x17 variety. Do you put art in these that is bagged and boarded? Would love to see some closer shots of some of your pieces using these. Thanks again!

 

1 hour ago, stinkininkin said:

Not to challenge you, but why the comment about flux's in temperature? Do you have information that confirms that big temperature swings are damaging to paper and materials? I ask because I had this exact question for my restorer (Gordan Christman, one of the better respected comic art restorers), and he couldn't give me any definitive opinion if temperature plays any part in damaging art (unlike direct light, which we ALL agree can be harmful to art, and especially color art using dyes, markers, and other pigments). If you know something about temperature, I'd love to hear about it, as I have art that is sometimes exposed to wider than normal temperature swings.

 

I'm not 100% on the science, but it's just a moisture/condensation thing. I have heard that there is an idle temp range from like 60-75 degrees. I'm sure most houses fall into a safe range for paper, but keeping art in a storage units, sheds, garages or the like has to be bad and if you took a really cold piece of paper from outside in the winter and brought into a warm house, it may even be moist. Again, I'm not sure, but I always try to be overly cautious with my stuff. I'm sure we have all seen comic art that is wavy and I assume most of that damage was caused from bad framing and being against an exterior wall with temp shift over years. Damage is slow, taking days, months, and years to be visible. Paper yellows/browns in light, moisture builds unless regulated. I am no expert, but I see alot of guys putting their expensive page in direct sunlight or on an exterior wall and I cringe. 

1 hour ago, JadeGiant said:

Thanks for the pic! What are the sign holder frames? More pics of this?

They come in horizontal, vertical 11x17 with stick or screw options. Great for bagged and boarded art.'