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November 2015 Heritage Signature Auction Thread
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Gatsby77

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I've been watching this Liefeld X-Force #1 DPS in the November auction with curiosity. Not a lot of XF1 pages appear and Liefeld has been moving hot recently. Tonight this piece jumped to $6500 with 5 days to go. I'm impressed! I wasn't sure think it'd clear $5k. Go, Liefeld, go!

 

http://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/panel-pages/rob-liefeld-x-force-1-double-page-spread-18-19-original-art-marvel-1991-1-/a/7152-92162.s?ic2=mybidspage-lotlinks-12202013

 

Wow -- those pages sold via Heritage for less than $2,200 three years ago. And, IIRC, had been on eBay (via BIN) for awhile prior to then.

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Joakim

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I see that the Uncle Scrooge painting has reached $5000 now.

http://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/carl-barks-uncle-scrooge-painting-original-art-1974-/a/7152-92024.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515

 

I have mailed Russ Cochran regarding the painting but have recieved no reply,

and I have now sent Heritage two messages. Why?

I have very strong doubts that it's by Carl Barks.

 

Here's a comparisation between the Heritage painting (to the left) and a real Barks painting: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RyAQ-s9IKc0/VhgFiFZyCOI/AAAAAAAAJJA/usu5m_umUbo/s1600/Close%2Bup%2Bcompare.tif

See how different the paint is applied.

 

And just looking at a close-up noting the most striking things: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--fbunmfLURY/VhgFqUrFojI/AAAAAAAAJJI/_Ex-T3amTJI/s1600/Close%2Bup%2Bnotes.jpg

 

They even claim it to be a lost 1974 painting. Well... That "lost" painting was re-discovered way back in 1992 and has since been published in Europe. It's called "The Tycoon". http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=CB+OIL++70-A

 

What do you think?

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J.Sid

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I see that the Uncle Scrooge painting has reached $5000 now.

http://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/carl-barks-uncle-scrooge-painting-original-art-1974-/a/7152-92024.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515

 

I have mailed Russ Cochran regarding the painting but have recieved no reply,

and I have now sent Heritage two messages. Why?

I have very strong doubts that it's by Carl Barks.

 

Here's a comparisation between the Heritage painting (to the left) and a real Barks painting: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RyAQ-s9IKc0/VhgFiFZyCOI/AAAAAAAAJJA/usu5m_umUbo/s1600/Close%2Bup%2Bcompare.tif

See how different the paint is applied.

 

And just looking at a close-up noting the most striking things: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--fbunmfLURY/VhgFqUrFojI/AAAAAAAAJJI/_Ex-T3amTJI/s1600/Close%2Bup%2Bnotes.jpg

 

They even claim it to be a lost 1974 painting. Well... That "lost" painting was re-discovered way back in 1992 and has since been published in Europe. It's called "The Tycoon". http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=CB+OIL++70-A

 

What do you think?

 

Interesting. If it were real, what price range would you expect it to sell for?

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Bronty

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I see that the Uncle Scrooge painting has reached $5000 now.

http://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/carl-barks-uncle-scrooge-painting-original-art-1974-/a/7152-92024.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515

 

I have mailed Russ Cochran regarding the painting but have recieved no reply,

and I have now sent Heritage two messages. Why?

I have very strong doubts that it's by Carl Barks.

 

Here's a comparisation between the Heritage painting (to the left) and a real Barks painting: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RyAQ-s9IKc0/VhgFiFZyCOI/AAAAAAAAJJA/usu5m_umUbo/s1600/Close%2Bup%2Bcompare.tif

See how different the paint is applied.

 

And just looking at a close-up noting the most striking things: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--fbunmfLURY/VhgFqUrFojI/AAAAAAAAJJI/_Ex-T3amTJI/s1600/Close%2Bup%2Bnotes.jpg

 

They even claim it to be a lost 1974 painting. Well... That "lost" painting was re-discovered way back in 1992 and has since been published in Europe. It's called "The Tycoon". http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=CB+OIL++70-A

 

What do you think?

 

Stupid question but...

 

Did barks ever do a painting of Scrooge that showed teeth like that? I don't recall any?

 

On that basis alone it seems fishy..? Even before all the excellent analysis above.

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Bronty

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for what its worth, here's a comparison of the teeth. On the verified barks, you get a suggestion of shaped teeth and gums, on the heritage painting they are just flat chiclets. Admittedly the comparison has limited value because of the small size image I am working with (can't seem to find anything better!) but food for thought.

 

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Bronty

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Fwiw notice also that on the two verified examples, Barks shows the teeth through a beak that is upturned at the corners of the mouth to convey anger and/or determination.

 

The heritage painting is conveying the same emotions yet has a downturn in the beak at the corner of the mouth.

 

Might not mean anything, but again, more atypical food for thought. Nothing about this painting really seems to fit.

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Joakim

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Yes, he did several where we could see teeth.

Including the 1975 painting "Oh, oh!"

 

Only a bad reproduction has seen print of that painting, but very recently a slide of the painting turned up in Denmark. Here's a link where you can see it next to the Heritage piece and the old repro:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3YW2KxMy-Uk/VhgGNyAWbWI/AAAAAAAAJJQ/Lk_iLEfia5k/s1600/Ska%25CC%2588rmavbild%2B2015-10-07%2Bkl.%2B20.00.40.png

 

 

 

 

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Bronty

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Yes, he did several where we could see teeth.

Including the 1975 painting "Oh, oh!"

 

Only a bad reproduction has seen print of that painting, but very recently a slide of the painting turned up in Denmark. Here's a link where you can see it next to the Heritage piece and the old repro:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3YW2KxMy-Uk/VhgGNyAWbWI/AAAAAAAAJJQ/Lk_iLEfia5k/s1600/Ska%25CC%2588rmavbild%2B2015-10-07%2Bkl.%2B20.00.40.png

 

 

 

 

Thanks Joakim. Very convincing.

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J.Sid

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Yes, he did several where we could see teeth.

Including the 1975 painting "Oh, oh!"

 

Only a bad reproduction has seen print of that painting, but very recently a slide of the painting turned up in Denmark. Here's a link where you can see it next to the Heritage piece and the old repro:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3YW2KxMy-Uk/VhgGNyAWbWI/AAAAAAAAJJQ/Lk_iLEfia5k/s1600/Ska%25CC%2588rmavbild%2B2015-10-07%2Bkl.%2B20.00.40.png

 

 

 

 

Here is a shot of the images overlaid onto the one another. I aligned the circles on top of each other so that you can see how drastic the differences are.

 

Note the coins, feet, woman's leg, cane, shadow placement....

 

overlay.jpg

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