NYCC!!

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Thanks, Gino, I was happy to get them.

 

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Thanks, Gino, I was happy to get them.

Cool books! I'm always partial to Hitler covers and women in Hawaiian garb! I wonder if there is a cover that has both.

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Thanks, Gino, I was happy to get them.

Cool books! I'm always partial to Hitler covers and women in Hawaiian garb! I wonder if there is a cover that has both.

 

Now that would be a book worth tracking down!

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I am so stoked because tomorrow I finally pick up my copy of WytchesDeath WorldEnd III, gold foil variant with the silver hologram!

 

Going to get it signed by both Gormley Gundergurger and Edna P. Figglebiggle, Jr.

 

Life is good, my friends!

 

Can you believe it? The guy right in front of me in line scored the last copy!

 

And Edna, Jr. was a no-show! Maybe she was off tending to little Edna, III.

 

At any rate, I did score some consolation prizes. Nothing earth shattering, but helped make it a fun show.

 

Always up for a Hitler cover.

 

 

Been looking for a nice copy of this issue--which this one would be but for the dust shadow.

 

 

Arguably, a tougher issue to find in decent shape than issue 4--although not quite as cool a cover.

 

 

I think this is an underappreciated book. I really love the cover.

 

 

Wish I had snagged this one in the Heritage auction last year where I thought it went low. Would have saved myself some dough.

 

 

Move hype, baby!

 

 

Finally landed a decent copy of this one. Not that they are all that scarce.

 

 

And who can pass up the Biggest Comic Value in the World?

 

 

Like has been stated earlier, great haul, great haul!

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I'm not a big OA guy, but I thought this statement by Neal Adams posted near the GL 76 cover was interesting. If you can't read it on my photo, basically it states that Neal Adams will receive a cut of the auction price and will not dispute ownership of the art. Is that a significant issue with OA? Are buyers often worried that an artist (or his family) might dispute ownership? Or is there some back story about this particular cover art?

 

I read the language in the notice over the weekend and it caught my eye, reminding me of the Al Plastino claim on the JFK OA page. Personal property law is pretty clear, that if the artist transferred title to the OA page decades ago for a pittance and today the work ends up being quite valuable, that's too bad. In this case, my guess is that the owner of that GL 76 cover contacted Adams to help market the cover (and give him a cut in exchange for representing that Adams will never question ownership over the work -- not that it legally changes anything, because the Adams notice already refers to the seller as the "proprietor" of the cover). But I'm speculating.

 

Yeah, you are probably right that this was a one-off thing given the value of the piece here and -- possibly -- the willingness of Adams to help promote the sale. You would think as a general proposition that this was a settled issue, because otherwise the OA market would have difficulty functioning.