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ROMITA stat cover on eBay being sold as original - Warning!

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glenbru

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/1974-Marvel-Team-up-22-Romita-production-illustration-original-cover-spider-man-/381289777178?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58c6a4481a

 

I asked the seller if it was a stat cover. Here is his response:

 

You are correct. It is a revision cover, mostly stats with re-entry clean-up. The characters are stats from the original artwork. I agree that it is of a lesser value than originally thought when it was first listed. When we first listed it I did not review it very carefully. Sorry that it doesn't fit your needs.

 

I told him he should change his description since he makes it sound like the original art but it appears as if he's trying to catch someone unaware. Be warned!

 

Glen

 

 

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ComicArtPage.com

ComicArtPage.com

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Glad you said something but I would add that this was sold yesterday with a BIN of $14,988 but the buyer backed out of the deal after it was identified as a stat cover. The seller relisting it less than 24 hrs later for $8,888 seems to further emphasize the point.

 

Best regards,

Will Gabri-El

www.ComicArtPage.com

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glenbru

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Good point, Will. I told him that the cover is worth around 500 as a production cover but that's a good deal less than the 8000 plus he's asking for at relist as a staring bid. He knows what he has and what its worth but is intentionally being unclear.

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Terry Doyle

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As a newcomer to OA, mind if I ask what a stat cover is? I did a quick google search with no luck...

 

 

Photostat.

 

It's a printed copy of a (separately illustrated) piece of original artwork.

 

And your editing reasons made me smile! ;)

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mg1902

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Photostat. It's a printed copy of a (separately illustrated) piece of original artwork.

 

It can also be a cover that is composed of separate stat'd images pasted onto a page with usually limited original art work.

 

Like the cover for ASM 300

 

Thanks all. Makes sense.

 

Glad whoever hit the BIN at $15k realised and backed out.

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comicnoir

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As a newcomer to OA, mind if I ask what a stat cover is? I did a quick google search with no luck...

 

 

The full word is photostat. It was done on photographic paper and using a very, very large camera, it would create one copy at a time, enlarging or shrinking an option. Or making a negative. I had a job once where I sat next to this huge camera and used it constantly. At one time, before computers, an indispensable tool in the world of graphic arts.

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