Where do OA dealers get their OA?

[RaccoonRaccoon]

Where do the comic art dealers typically get their from? I know the new stuff is most likely from the artist direct, but what about older stuff?

 

 

[comics-rock]

ive always wondered this...like Splash Page art...he nearly always grabs all of Adlards stuff...

[mister_not_so_nice]

ive always wondered this...like Splash Page art...he nearly always grabs all of Adlards stuff...

 

SPLASHPAGE reps Adlard, so that is why he is able to have it all to sell.

 

I would imagine dealers get the older stuff from:

A) collectors using it as trade for something else

B) Trading with other dealers

C) From their own vaults

D) being at conventions constantly (possibly same answer as "B")

E) Craig's list

[JLA22fan-migration]

Who is Craig ?

How do you get on his liste ?

[mister_not_so_nice]

Who is Craig ?

How do you get on his liste ?

 

He sells stuff on his WEBSITE

[gaz2810i]

ive always wondered this...like Splash Page art...he nearly always grabs all of Adlards stuff...

 

Who ever run Splash page is Adlards Agent. Adlard send all his stuff out to them (thumbs u

[artdealer]

I get all of my older art from collectors who give me the art to sell for them.

I don't do trades, especially with other dealer

I get all of my art on consignment. No cash outlay, especially in these times.

Mitch I.

[comicartcom]

I buy my art from Craig, off his list

[artdealer]

Never liked Craig, or his list.

[comix4fun]

ive always wondered this...like Splash Page art...he nearly always grabs all of Adlards stuff...

 

SPLASHPAGE reps Adlard, so that is why he is able to have it all to sell.

 

I would imagine dealers get the older stuff from:

A) collectors using it as trade for something else

B) Trading with other dealers

C) From their own vaults

D) being at conventions constantly (possibly same answer as "B")

E) Craig's list

 

 

 

F) Several Dealers advertise all over the place, all the magazines, OSPG, several other publications. Collectors that are not active in the hobby anymore, aren't on CAF, aren't on any of the internet message boards but read OSPG or pick up a magazine will see these dealers advertising that they are buying and they contact those dealers.

 

Much of the older art resides in collections of guys who stopped collecting before most people on this board STARTED collecting, myself included. I know of several art collections that were acquired by dealers from these collections and collectors.

[chainnball]

Man, when I had a private signing with George Tuska before he passed, his wife told me the horror story of how they literally threw away BOXES of George's art because it was just taking up room...I was mortified...he only had a half dozen or so pages left.

[Royd]

I've only been in the business of selling original comic artwork for the last 18 months but I handle the sale of original artwork by - Colin Wilson (Blueberry, Star Wars: Invasion, Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, Point Blank, Battler Britton), Nicola Scott (Secret Six, Birds of Prey, Blackest Night: Wonder Woman, WW), Ben Stenbeck (BPRD: Ectoplasmic Man, Witchfinder, Baltimore, Living Dead) and Ardian Syaf (Blackest Night: Batman, Superman/Batman and Green Lantern Corps).

 

I approached each of them and offered to assist them with the sale of their original art in return for a commission. I handle the scanning, uploading/updating my comicartshop (website coming), pricing, communicating with buyers, packing and posting for that commission/fee.

 

As art returns come back from DC, Dark Horse, Marvel etc. the artists send the artwork to me for sale. This week, I've received some Tex and Blueberry pages from Colin and I've got shipments of Blackest Night: WW pages coming from Nicola as well as Blackest Night: Phantom Stranger pages, Superman/Batman pages and Brightest Day pages coming from Ardian and Witchfinder and Living Dead pages from Ben *whew* Best,

 

Royd