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DeadpoolJr.

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  1. It's from the Gears of War comic by Wildstorm/DC comics later on based on the video game franchise of the same name. The armor design and chainsaws on the end of the guns are a pretty good give away. After looking through it, you have page 9 from issue 20. Pencils and inks both done by, Pop Mhan.
  2. Doubt it. By the looks of it I think it was just a framing choice to cover the middle part so the top with the title and page info could be seen better and act like a title card. Value wise looking at some of the recent prices for pieces penciled by, Nichols it wouldn't be a ton not to say it doesn't have a lot going for it. If I had to say its cons it would be not a big artist, and some forgotten limited series. Pros would be good page content and images, desired and currently hot character, and from an issue one page though technically a mini series so not really impressive compared to a regular running title. While not seeing any pages for this series at auction or for sale, the best I could compare it to would be nicer pages from Marc Specter: Moon Knight series which have come to auction recently with nice pages from it going to around $400 with artists who aren't the most well-known. I'd say maybe around the $400-$500 with possibly more. I gave yours a higher estimation because of how close the show is to release which drives hype combined with the high prices currently paid for normally cheaper pieces in the market, and because of a lot of moon Knight content on the page.
  3. I wasn't born until the 90s but Marvel 70s to especially 80s stuff has become a focus for me. Who doesn't love a nice issue of ROM?
  4. I think there was talk a few years back of Spencer Beck doing this with a group of investors who wanted to make a comic art portfolio.
  5. I wonder who the underbidder was who pushed it up that high? Another reported noob?
  6. Avengers 1 cover or page where they officially form the group and comeup with the Avengers name? Avengers 4 cover or Page where Captain America is revealed to be free from the ice? None of them are the best examples of art for sure but if we're going by historical importance they're both big moments in comics
  7. Yes, OA is the new hot thing for Chinese billionaires doing off-shore money laundering. Some might wonder why comic art verse traditional things like real-estate or fine art, but it makes sense once you realize this is the result of the cultural export and popularity of the MCU in the Chinese market.
  8. Published Star Wars: Crimson Empire #5 pg.19 Paul Gulacy pencils and P. Craig Russell inks Published
  9. In no order- ROM Spaceknight- Try and add more examples to the collection but not as high a priority as before since I have some nice pieces already. I'll probably pass on a few and choose to go after other things on my list instead if I'm lacking an example. This is more for nice A+ page content or splashes and covers. Basically stuff I can't pass up. Marvel Fanfare pinups- I've lost out on a few this past year but was able to at least pick one up and am hoping to get at least double that for this year. They come to market but because the characters and artists vary so much prices are all over the place. Moon Knight- I sold my only Sienks example a little while back and haven't been able to find the right or affordable piece by him since to replace it where I'm willing to go after it. Besides the original series I'm looking at a lot of stuff from his other runs and appearances like in Spectacular Spider-man. With the show being out soon even with the price bump it will bring I'm hoping to snag a nice example to add to what I have. Darkhawk- Would love a nice action page in costume or a cover by Manley. Batman Long Halloween page- A big leap since prices have really gone up for it but something I've wanted for a while now and have almost won before. Deadpool- Mainly action pages from his first two limited series (which were all sold on heritage) and covers from his first series. Other than that just specific pieces I've wanted. As always if you have something you might be interested in selling and see on here feel free to reach out.
  10. This year was different for me since my best buys came from private deals with other collectors off CAF and buying direct from the artist rather than auction wins which was my norm. Partly because auction prices are going up at a higher rate than my income. That's not to say I've given up on that format completely and am also one of those people looking for bargains for pieces I'm interested in for a cheap price relative to the rest of the market. Especially when it comes to the none big auctions. Comiclink's focused auctions for example has actually had stuff I was more eager to win than their featured lots letting me get examples I've wanted for a while. I think I can still compete with getting nice pieces but I'll need to do more of a check list to see if I really want it and to what extent- If it's a piece I really need to have Would regret not giving my all to try and get. Would I keep it as a blackhole piece and sell it unless needing to by outside circumstances Is it a piece that if it was my single example of a artist, character, or series would I be happy with it Would I be willing to sell pieces from my collection to finance it Besides being more selective for the big pieces I also put some money away and cut down on smaller buys to add to the war chest. You can also be someone if they can afford it do time payments on a auction win but that's probably the biggest controversy for collectors when it comes to auctions.
  11. Would this be him? Looking at his prelims it looks like he does do a lot of digital work. https://jesushervas.myportfolio.com/work
  12. Glad to share this recent accusation. As a Deadpool fan I really loved his first full series from the 90s- one of those reasons being the art by Walter McDaniel. I'd been wanting a representative piece by him from the series for some time but found his work for the title rarely pops up. The fact I was finally able to get a piece makes it even sweeter that it comes with the color overlay! The cover to Deadpool #18 with pencils by Walter McDaniel, and inks by John Livesay with cover overlay and published image for comparison.
  13. Happy to add this page from what is probably one of my favorite mini-series and one of my favorite Star Wars titles. Star Wars: Crimson Empire #5 pg.19. Issue 6 was actually one of the first comics I ever read as a kid because they inserted a reprint of it with action figures from the story. Highly recommend you give it a try, great story with 3 total mini series for it.
  14. Hello, I was feeling nostalgic recently with all the hype around Pokémon and decided to buy a Chilling Reigns Elite trainer box from eBay which was advertised as sealed and new. When I got the package and got to the packs themselves I became a little suspicious. I don't know a lot about being able to tell if a pack has been resealed but I noticed that all of them had glue residue on the top front of the packs which I recall being a sign of the pack being tampered with. Another thing I noticed but didn't take a pick of was that a lot of the packs had their crimp already loose in the back. Looking at the cards themselves more than a few of them seem to have issues too with them have white edge markson the back or nicked corners which doesn't make sense for pack fresh cards unless the batch had a quality control issue which isn't unheard of. I was also able to pull this trainer full art rainbow rare but think it's probably fake if the packs were resealed but don't know enough to test if a card is fake or not. All I could say is that it feels thin but don't have any recent guaranteed real cards to compare it to. It does have a texture on the front though. Thanks
  15. I can help you with this since I buy deadpoool art. First though you should know that this isn't by Vasquez. I own a page from this same issue which I'll post below and the artist who did it was, David Brewer which is listed as the penciler for the issue by comics.org that you can see here. Vasquez was the person who did the cover. As for price I would say between 100-150. My page below for example is the double page splash from the issue and I paid less than 250 to acquire it semi-recently so I can't see a panel page from the same issue going for 200 or over. Your page ia nice though. It has some decent panels of deadpool and a front shot of T-Ray who was a huge antagonist in the series.
  16. Heritage would put the DD page in one of their featured auctions with the rest in their weekly art auctions probably. Comiclink would be the same with the none dd pages put in their monthly focused auctions. Hard to say which one would get you more for that page or if your other ones might go for less too based on venue. eBay is also a choice too despite the negative talk it gets but if you put the page on there it would probably dominate all the listings with no real competition to what it is and enjoy that monopoly of attention verse if you send it to an auction house where it can get overshadowed by other pieces and collectors needing to prioritize what they're gong after. If you choose to list with any of them though it should sell for a nice amount regardless.
  17. From looking up the Spidey poster online and comparing the two I'd say that it is the published piece done by Romita but with his sig for whatever reason being a stat that fell off with the outline of it still visible in the bottom left corner. If I had to guess I'd say Kirby was commissioned by a former owner of the piece to color it after it was published. That's a pretty amazing combo for a published image of an A-list character in all his glory. Will be watching this one.
  18. A lot of great stuff in this auction. Seems like the hot market has managed to pry some real gems out.
  19. Wanted to share these two pieces I got recently. The first one is a variant cover by Nick Bradshaw done for the first issue of the recent Taskmaster mini series. I've always liked the character and was glad he got another solo series even if it was only a mini. The other piece is the cover of issue 31 by Steve Erwin and Bill Blyberg from Deathstroke the Terminator which was his first series. I've wanted a cover from that series for a while now so it's a great feeling to be able to check it off from the list. Especially since it was one I really liked and at what I think was a good price.
  20. Really? I looked at their most recent auction and thought of you when I saw this actually. https://www.comicconnect.com/item/919694 But yeah they don't usually have a lot of interesting things compared to other auction houses when it comes to OA besides maybe one or two big things. This one seemed to be better though having a few interesting things including a very memorable Amazing Spider-man #39 page. I would have actually done some bidding if not for recent buys.
  21. What do people have against comicconnect? Is it only for their OA side of business? I've never heard anything negative about them with the only issue involving comic art is their own collection and how when they get a nice feature worthy piece for an auction they might try to buy it for themselves which hampers them in their OA auction efforts.
  22. That's fine, I didn't take it as a jab or anything like that. Just figure I share my method and what has at least worked for me. Though I do have different methods depending again if this is a seller or a coldcall.
  23. I usually ask the seller or person I approach first if they would be interested in selling/hearing an offer on the piece I'm interested in. Depending on the piece and how motivated the person is in selling I'll ask if they have a number in mind or at least range for price. This isn't done to try and get it cheaper but because I don't always have comps available to know what a good offer is and don't want to make an offer that would be seen as low, especially if I'm the one approaching them on a piece they haven't advertised as being for sale. I might ask if they have a number in mind too in the same message where I give them a dollar figure as an offer to speed things along and show that I'm willing to go up. If they give me a number I only consider how much I like and want to the piece and if I CAN AFFORD THE PRICE. Even if it's above FMV if I want the piece and can afford it I'll accept it, especially when I'm the person who approaches them on something that wasn't for sale since I know I'm at a disadvantage and they have no real motivation in wanting to sell the piece. I might do a counter-offer only if it's extremely off but will still try to keep it high to comparable comps if they exist. This is my approach to doing private deals and don't think it's a bad one. The hardest thing is really just getting through that initial barrier of getting the would be seller to consider selling their art but there are some ways to tell how open people are to these unprompted messages. Some say on CAF that it's ok to contact to contact them with offers, seeing that they have a lot of activity of doing trades and sales with fellow collectors, or how the piece you like differs and isn't inline with their collecting focus and something they don't rank high in their collection.
  24. Very happy to share this piece with you guys. As some of you may remember I'm on a hunt for pin-ups that were published in Marvel Fanfare, sometimes acting as portfolio pieces for various artist who would put them in the pin-up section. Having had tough luck with it however, either from not having money on hand when one comes up for auction or when offered privately to simply not being able to workout a deal, being able to finally add another to me collection is a great feeling. Done by Norm Breyfogle this one was published in Marvel Fanfare #57 and featured Electro and Spider-Man in his black costume battling it out. He did a few other pin-ups for this issue as his showcase portfolio but this one was my favorite out of them all. Norm despite being associated with his Batman work at DC (which is evident by the fact that this Marvel published piece was drawn on a DC labeled artboard) actually had one of his first big breaks in 1986 thanks to Marvel Fanfare when he was able to sell a story idea to Marvel which would get published in issue #29. Originally a Batman story, Norm was able to sell it to Marvel after DC rejected it by cutting out the Batman figures on the pages and pasting in Captain America ones. That and the fact that Norm has way less Marvel art compared to the work he did for DC makes this a piece I am very glad to have in my collection. Here's the pic I took of it next to its published image.