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The OFFICIAL "This week in your ORIGINAL ART collection?"
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Cogansway

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While I'm not new to collecting Original Art, been buying published art since 1993 (sketches back to the 80's), I'm quite new to this board. This past year and a half has been slow on acquisitions as much that I'm interested is now getting into the five figures range and I also had been busy with life issues. While I rarely buy commissions, but might start more in the future, my most recent acquisition, which is a commission, I got in trade from comic book writer/New York Times Best Selling Author, Brad Meltzer.

In October 2012 Brad contacted me through CAF asking me if I was willing to sell or trade a splash page I had from issue #16 with Ollie and Roy in costumes leaping into action (see additional image), with a billboard in the background that asks "Trust your Friends?", which was Brad's motto from his first novel. Turns out he didn't put it in his -script but editor Bob Schreck had it added. Brad had been searching for the page for a long time as I guess I was quicker than he was when the page was first available from the artists. I didn't want to sell it but asked if he could get Phil and Ande to do a commission of the "Green Arrow Family" that I would trade it.

I rarely ever do commissions anymore and when I have I've had great results being patient as both Alex Ross and Dave Gibbons each had my sketchbook for about a year. This piece arrived earlier this month but have only now had the time to post it.

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While I'm not new to collecting Original Art, been buying published art since 1993 (sketches back to the 80's), I'm quite new to this board. This past year and a half has been slow on acquisitions as much that I'm interested is now getting into the five figures range and I also had been busy with life issues. While I rarely buy commissions, but might start more in the future, my most recent acquisition, which is a commission, I got in trade from comic book writer/New York Times Best Selling Author, Brad Meltzer.

In October 2012 Brad contacted me through CAF asking me if I was willing to sell or trade a splash page I had from issue #16 with Ollie and Roy in costumes leaping into action (see additional image), with a billboard in the background that asks "Trust your Friends?", which was Brad's motto from his first novel. Turns out he didn't put it in his -script but editor Bob Schreck had it added. Brad had been searching for the page for a long time as I guess I was quicker than he was when the page was first available from the artists. I didn't want to sell it but asked if he could get Phil and Ande to do a commission of the "Green Arrow Family" that I would trade it.

I rarely ever do commissions anymore and when I have I've had great results being patient as both Alex Ross and Dave Gibbons each had my sketchbook for about a year. This piece arrived earlier this month but have only now had the time to post it.

Great story.Everybody happy in the end.And a great piece!
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Since this thread is "this week in my original art collection" and not necessarily new art, let me post some art I got which I just added stats to this week.

 

These are Do-It-Yourself stats which I printed and pasted on acetate which I layered between the matte and the art.

 

You can click on the link below the title and before the photo - if you want to see what the art looks like without the stats.

 

Flash 254 Cover Recreation by Joe Rubenstein after Dillin

http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=890565

 

Flash-254-Rubinstein-Recreation-Framed_zps22a23ccc.jpg

 

 

 

Superman Man of Steel TPB Vol. 3 Cover by Jerry Ordway:

http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=892291

 

Man-of-Steel-Vol3-TPB-Jerry-Ordway-Framed-Stats_zpsd92c4078.jpg

 

 

 

I added stats on the Superman cover because of this thread in this forum:

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7120730#Post7120730

 

Someone told me that "a cover without logos can easily be mistaken for a commission."

 

I have no regrets adding those stats, especially on the Superman piece. It really makes Superman stand out more as opposed to just blending in with the rocks.

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