Stolen Art Alert -- California Comics Retailer Robbed

[OldGuy]

Link

[aardvark88]

Thanks for the link. Will watch for the art.

[chrisco37]

Damn! There seems to be alot of this going on now. One of Dave Johnson's 100 Bullets covers was stolen from the DC Comics offices in NY recently.

 

Chris

[Midnight8992-migration]

I hope someone gets majorly bagged for this.....

 

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[fazman]

Its all about money. Where are these guys going to sell these ?

The comic community is rather small. These will be very Hot Potatoes.

Only a private individual will touch these, but he will not have the pleasure of " Showing Off" his prize.

And we all like to Show Off are prize, dont we ....

[chrisco37]

Where are these guys going to sell these ?

 

That's what I was thinking. Artwork is too easy to recognize and track, than say a HG Silver Book. Must be going to a private collection. If this stuff turns up, someone's gonna go down.

 

Chris

[AlexH]

Where are these guys going to sell these ?

 

That's what I was thinking. Artwork is too easy to recognize and track, than say a HG Silver Book. Must be going to a private collection. If this stuff turns up, someone's gonna go down.

 

Chris

 

Yup. This is one of a kind! I hope this person rots

[aardvark88]

In the early 70s, bundles of N Adams orig. comic art was stolen from the publisher. These appear to have been sold/traded privately for decades. Now that bulletin boards & email w/ pics can spread the message about stolen goods FAST, hopefully the artist/creator can get their artwork back.

[supapimp]

that sucks! i had a transaction with phil/comiccollectorshop before on eBay, nice dude. i totally spaced to look for him at the wonder con to chat too. i'll be lookin out here in the city and eBay for the stolen items.

[Dave_Hennen]

With the San Diego show coming up in a couple of months I'm wondering if the crooks were thinking of unloading them there. If they try to sell them to a dealer I'm sure they'll get bagged as the news will travel quickly, but maybe a private party would get hooked...

 

You can jump from the Comic art site to a listing of stolen art but it doesn't look like these covers have been listed yet. It's sad to see some of the great artwork that's gone missing

 

dave h

[spidermanbeyond]

Phil is a really nice guy and has some incredible books. He is one of the few stores that sells CGC books. He puts the highest graded stuff on Ebay like everyone else and sells the lower grade through the store. Seems like all dealers do this. Great art pieces. I hope they catch those crooks.

[murph0]

Yes, Phil is ComicCollectorsShop on eBay. Has some gorgeous books. When I get out to CA again, I'm heading there..and no place else.

 

Brian

[garthgantu]

On a semi-related note, I work directly across from the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco, and heard thru the grapevine (from a shop, not from the Museum) that someone stole copies of X-men #1 and Superman #8 a week or so ago... Yes, these are much easier to sell than a unique piece of original art, but for a non-profit like the CAM, it's a bummer, 'cause people will be much more hesitant to loan them old books for exhibiting in the museum...

[underthebigw]

Sadly, I've heard rumors of similar examples of theft by people in the business for the past 30 years or so. My guess is that we would all be shocked at the percentage of GA and SA original art that's been pilfered from publishers. I don't feel comfortable mentioning names, but there's always the persistent rumor of a certain high-profile Marvel employee that made off with tons of Kirby's SA artwork and held onto it for years, slowly letting it go into the market. Others might know more details. Regardless, the sad reality is that many of our treasures probably originally made it into the hands of collectors by way of theft that was simply written off by publishers as the loss of inconsequential material.

[Aman619]

they ought to Shoot that man.

[Rickdogg]

That's too bad. Phil is an awesome guy.

[12c_Comic]

I hope they catch the @#$#%ers