Frazetta???? You decide

[spider9698]

Am I the only one who feels that this prelim doesn't seem quite right?

 

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[EvilAsh]

I wonder if that is really Frank Jr. who is running the auction?

[Dollarbill]

I wonder if that is really Frank Jr. who is running the auction?

If not some has a lot of guts to be pulling of a scam like this.

 

There's a phone number listed maybe call and confirm?

[artcollector9]

I agree...I've had many fellow collectors email me to say these don't look right and I'm inclined to agree with them.

[Corbenrules-migration]

Yes, I agree, actually several of their recent posts have looked a little "funny". Can someone contact Frazetta expert extraordinaire "Doc" Winiewicz? I'm sure he could give a proper thumbs up or thumbs down on these. "Paging Doctor Winiewicz, Paging Doctor Winiewicz, we have a possible Frazetta emergency in Ebay aisle 89943, Stat!".

[skypinkblu]

museum

The phone number in the auction matches the museum

[artcollector9]

it is definitely Frank Jr. selling this art... looks bad to me.

[NYComics]

so wait.............

 

are you guys saying this is not a frazetta prelim? (what do you think it is? art by Frank Jr?)

 

just call the number.......those are Frank Jr's phone numbers.

 

Item location is where the museum is.

 

It is def. Frank Jr. running the ebay listing.

[spider9698]

That was my thought when I saw the listing. These look like very finished prelims and not the classic Frazetta-style prelims. In addition the images lack the typical energy that these gems usually display.

 

[Bronty]

It doesn't look like frank to me either but with frank jr running the listing I don't know what to think. I will say though that even the finished piece doesn't have frank's usual energy except perhaps in conan's back.

 

on the whole with jr. running the listing I would tend to think its legit

[artcollector9]

I'm not sure at all...I wrote to Frank Jr twice and he didn't respond.

[spider9698]

It doesn't make sense to me. I will try to call him tomorrow. I have NEVER seen those prelims published anywhere prior to this auction and you would think that prelims that finished would have seen the light of day before this week.

S

 

[comicartcom]

Steve

 

the prelim is the poor images. the tight image with the little Frazetta card is the finished painting

 

If it's Frank Jr, then clearly it has to be legit, but they should have included better photography

 

Rich

[artcollector9]

That's the point Rich, they seem like fakes even though....

[spider9698]

Rich

I meant that the prelims looked too finished. If you flip through the Rough Works book or look through the CAF galleries, the style in the auction does not look like Frank's (and I mean Sr.)

 

[Bronty]

aren't his prelims usually washes? that's the first thing that struck me. They normally have a very opaque look whereas this piece does not. Maybe it just looks different than the other prelims because its full oils?

[spider9698]

Some are done in oils.

 

[spider9698]

I just called the number on the listing and left a voicemail for Frank, Jr. to call me. Everybody list their questions and concerns and I will try to get them answered.

Another thing I noticed is that many of Frank's prelims were done in his sketchbook. Granted some were cut down over the years to the standard size but the listing states that these are done on heavy paper?

 

[artcollector9]

We've seen all the Frazetta roughs at this point.. they've all been published...these don't have the right look, the feel, the energy, the electric line that Frank has...check out tthe ones that didn't sell, they are even worse.

[comicartcom]

actually Steve, it looks right to me.. sometimes Frank did very detailed prelims, others he did that sh**ty kind of work. all depends on how you feel at any moment I guess

 

if you look at the one that's up now, it looks much better

 

Jr could use better photography though.