HISTORIC VAMPIRELLA #1 original art for SALE May 1st...!

[WYLDCHYLD]

May 1st- the original artwork to the very first Vampirella story from Vampirella #1 goes up for sale at Profiles in History ...

Here's a link...

 

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/6321402

 

Written by Vampi creator Forrest J. Ackerman, drawn by Tom Sutton...Pretty darn cool...!!!

 

best,

JONATHAN (nothing like a female vampire to warm your bed...) MANKUTA

[Brian Peck]

That is so sweet! Anyone have $15K I can borrow and give me 60 months to pay it off. (Much better than a car loan).

[Crowzilla]

Jon, since you work so closely with Profiles, shouldn't you be plugging their stuff in the Marketplace threads?

[Comicopolis]

[Catwoman_Fan]

Wow-zers!

 

Unfortunately the home equity loan's already spent...

[WYLDCHYLD]

I work closely with `em sure, but it's still not my art...I just figured I'd point it out because it's cool...

[AKA Rick]

DANG! Shhh... I was going to try to snipe it for a hundred bucks!

[buyatari]

I have a feeling this one will meet the reserve !

 

So where is the cover?

[chainnball]

I believe Ellie Frazetta told me Glenn Danzig owns it.

[delekkerste]

I heard a long time ago that Danzig has it, though I don't know if anyone can confirm that. Frazetta painted over the original cover - he re-painted her nude and left her with a very awkward-looking foot where her boot used to be - so the first appearance of Vampi in her famous costume is no longer the #1 cover as far as the OA is concerned.

 

It will be interesting to see how the #1 story fares at auction given that (a) the cover is what people really remember from the first issue and (b) most people (from Jim Warren on down) consider issue #12 to be the true starting point for the character (given the choice, I'd much rather own the #12 than the #1 ).

[spider9698]

The Vampi 1 cover sold many moons ago in the 1990s at one of the original Christies/Sothebys sales. As Gene stated, it has been repainted by Frank. That said, I wouldn't kick that cover out of my collection....

[delekkerste]

Looks like the #1 story just hammered at $32,500 (before the juice).

[buyatari]

The estimate did seem low to me.

 

So what happens now does the buyer break it up or keep it as a story?

[delekkerste]

So what happens now does the buyer break it up or keep it as a story?

 

Don't worry, I'm not planning to break it up.

 

Actually, it would be nice if Profiles could confirm to me that I actually won the lot; I called them on Friday and they said the auction is still going on, could I call back on Monday when they could check for me. I called today and they said that they couldn't check for me and that I'll just have to wait until I receive (or don't receive) an e-mailed invoice later this week. All that they were able to confirm is that I was "in the system", so I am assuming that they received and processed my absentee bid form correctly and that I won the lot. But, it would be nice to know for sure (paging Jon Mankuta...).

 

Anyway, I'm thrilled to have (presumably) won the lot. I was going to step aside as my friend was really hot for it, but a spectacular private deal came up at the last minute that he could not turn down, so he ended up going for that instead, which cleared the way for me to take a shot at the #1 story.

[spider9698]

Gene

Congrats (I hope). Iconic piece. I thought it had your name written all over it. Perfect for your collection.

[delekkerste]

[Mephisto]

 

Please don't roll around in them on your bed naked.

[Claudio]

 

Please don't roll around in them on your bed naked.

You may be a bit late with your plea... That is pretty awesome though, delekkerste.

[heartened]

 

Congrats, buddy. I know you're a huge Vampi fan. You've got that S&M thing written all over you (the quiet ones are always the real freaks!).

 

[buyatari]

 

well I guess you won it after all !