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The one with the tubing seems to be one of the more classic interpretations of his ship, but some other designs have been made. These are the two that stick-out to me. Silver Surfer Requiem- And the one done by Moebius for Silver Surfer Parable. Though this one might be a little too phallus like.

It depends what people define as a grail. For me it changed where I now have multiple "grails" where I define it as - Something you would not sell -Would be willing to sell other pieces to afford -Be willing to pay over market for it without hesitation if offered. -Consider it one of if not the best of the example artist work, or character done. So much so that if you obtained it you would stop, or at least wouldn't actively seek other examples of that work out. -Have a can't believe I own this moment whenever you see it. -Be happy owning it even if it might be something not a lot of people would be interested in. -[Optional] Nostalgia driven

Took another big step, and contacted Clink about consigning most of my more valuable comics. This includes all of my graded ones except for my ASM 50 which is originally my father's who bought it off the stands. This includes some comics I thought I would never sell like my NM 98 9.8 signed, Tomb of Terror 15 where I can garuntee you won't find a 1.0 that has the same eye appeal as that copy, and my ASM 122. I might end up keeping a few, but think it's time to downsize. I'm also planning on donating a large amount of my drek modern books just to get the space back.

It was the 4.5 restored copy that's in the current ComicConnect auction. It has great eye appeal for the grade, and ended up going for around $16,400. I had only planned to go up to $12k-13K max with a payment plan already worked out with them.

Hi to all 3 people that read this. I recently made an attempt to get the silver-age mega key of AF15, but was unable to sadly. I made an attempt, but ultimately fell short. However this was a good learning experience as a collector I think. It made me have decide on what I valued, pushing me to sell some art pieces to add funds to my war chest. There comes a point it seems that every collector comes to face where they have to take stoke of what they really value, and willing to give up in order to purchase items that are expensive for them. Luckily I've already seen some other items I would like to take a run at in the upcoming auctions. I'll update you all in a month or so on if it paid off. Until then later, and please don't bid me up!

I'm very curious by what characters from Marvel you found.

Here's some info that talks about Acid-Free and UV protection, and how its not always true. In fairness they're a framing shop that advocates another method, but do seem to have an impressive client list. https://gorillaframes.com/

Went to the Art Con, and had some fun. Didn't buy anything, but saw some really cool pieces. Sadly most are greatly out of my price range. If you didn't see the picks I uploaded them to the OA section of the board, but will also put them here if you don't frequent it. These were all taken at Bechara's booth.

Yea I know what you mean, Bechara for some reason only puts sticker price tags on things in his portfolios. A few of the wall items do have the prices written with pencil, but can't really be seen, or tell if they're recent. I liked the new location since its only a few minutes drive for me, and had a lot more space this time with two different rooms. The first one was pretty large comparable to the old location, with the second room being smaller. The only thing I didn't like was that Anthony, and Burkey were set up in a location that let their wall pieces get hit with sun directly since they were in the part of the main room that had atrium windows for the wall, and ceiling. I saw a few pieces I was interested that were in Bechara's portfolios if you want me to upload those too?

Here you go!

I forgot to take a lot but have a few for Bechara.

I should be there tomorrow, and should be taking some pics if I remember. Also feel free to remind me

Whoops, looks like I was a little late about that sorry. To get back on track here are some recent comic buys from a local con I got a few weeks ago. It's great that I finally was able to get that Man-Thing, and Taskmaster finally done. And here are some recent art wins. First up a prelim by the late Dave Stevens. Its of the Shadow, and Doc Savage originally done for "A Savage, and Doc Savage" by Dark Horse. I was really happy to win this piece since I'd been wanting something by this modern legend for a while now. The fact that it already came framed was a bonus. It's really hard to believe that it been almost 10 years since his passing. Next up is an especially exciting piece since it fits directly in my collecting wheelhouse. A page from Spectacular Spider-man #22 with Mark Zeck pencils. The best part, Moon Knight in every panel!

Did not see that thanks

Wasn't the cover done digitally though?

This is probably one of the most unique, and favorite pieces in my collection. The unpublished cover to ROM Spaceknight #1. It also happens to be my first ever buy from Heritage. It was a hard choice since it was between this, and a Moore Swamp-thing piece I had my eye's on, but who doesn't love some ROM? P.S If you have any ROM OA you might be interested in selling please PM me! This next piece is a title splash from a Judge Dredd story from 2000 AD, and is also the only colored piece I own. It's pretty big too, making the image much more striking in person. That's it for now. I'll post some other pieces tomorrow which I think some who might read this will actually like. Take care!

Wow basically a year since I've posted. This also makes it the first post on the new boards. The end of 2016, and 2017 have really been an interesting time in my collecting life. I've really changed from when I first started collecting, not only in what I'm willing to spend, but on what. I've decided to try, and focus down my collecting. Getting examples of artist, and characters for original art, and some marvel silver age keys, mainly TOS 39, X-Men 1, and DD 1. Since my last post I've been able to really acquire some nice pieces of OA, minor keys and have even gotten some leads concerning to my quest for finding some Marvel Fanfare Pin-ups pieces. Now time to post some buys since I last posted!

I recently bought a newsstand version of Avengers 196 (first Taskmaster). Not because it was a newstand, but because it was the highest grade the seller had, and all his copies were newsstand editions.

Decided to look at the OA section of a Clink auction as it was ending. Saw that this was only at $6 so I put down a bid of a whopping $11, and won. The shipping cost me more, but I soon learned that this piece would come to cost me more in the long run down the path of OA collecting.

Congrats Malvin, you've added another great page to your already impressive collection of Tim Sale Batman.

Dear G.A.tor, How open are dealers to partial trade towards a purchase of one of their books? Whether its a lower copy of the same book with someone wanting to upgrade so they offer it, or someone wanting to offer books towards purchase of a book they couldn't afford otherwise? Would a dealer accept it towards books like AF15 which they could get the full monetary price for without having the hassle of selling the recently acquired books? Does it also mean that the buyer loses the ability to negotiate on price since they aren't buying it fully with money? Thanks.

RIP Bernie. You were among the best, and your work will live on to still bring joy to many.

This is terrible news. I really wanted to meet him, and to hear that such a nice guy like him passed so soon is shocking. RIP Mr. Wrightson you'll always be one of the greats.

The Jane Foster female Thor is digital. I remember we had a discussion on here months ago when Clink was auctioning off the two orgin pages, and if they qualified as original art since they were technically one-off prints.

Finally got a war comic cover by Kubert. Looks really amazing in person, and love the line work.