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RICKYBOBBY

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  1. I thought this went a bit low originally and now I see it’s already resold. https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/story-page/barry-windsor-smith-marvel-comics-presents-76-story-page-8-wolverine-weapon-x-original-art-marvel-1991-/a/7358-91021.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515
  2. No one paid the 150k. That was the consignors original listing on CAF asking that price. Didn’t sell of course and then auctioned it. Don’t know what he paid to obtain it however looking in the HA archives, this page did very well when comparing previous sales.
  3. I’d say to high. Didn’t notice this from September 2020 https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/frank-miller-ronin-1-story-page-19-original-art-dc-1983-/a/7234-94060.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515
  4. Wow… https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/story-page/frank-miller-ronin-1-story-page-19-original-art-dc-1983-/a/7283-91022.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515 and now.. https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/story-page/frank-miller-ronin-1-story-page-19-original-art-dc-1983-/a/7340-93082.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515
  5. Don’t think any of those are authentic. Maybe someone traced them for fun? Here is the real cover to Spawn 57(I used to own it)
  6. Not sure if understand what you are saying here. Only 2 ways I understand that comic link would show as a sale pending with a price. a) it was sold at auction and the buyer did a check out b) it was sold on the exchange and the buyer did a check out So I would guess that this piece sold for 29k at some point before today.
  7. You mean this one? Looks like it resold for 29k before selling for 18 today. https://www.comiclink.com/itemdetail.asp?back=%2Fsearch.asp%3Fwhere%3Dsell%26title%3DSale%26GO2%3DGO%26ItemType%3DCA&id=1593705
  8. Also a page from Sandman 1 - a key page where we see sandman’s face for the first time.
  9. Yup 100%. If @Humpty-Dumpty thinks the world is collapsing the last place you should be posting and worrying about is the original comic art market on these boards. You might as well start stock piling food and water and sell all your assets of any kind and any value.
  10. Wow you just love speculating eh? I can see why your stance is the way it is on this piece of art lol. I’ll enlighten you but I’ll answer your question about the purchase first. I did read all the comments and no one had any firm information about it. I knew Joe Sinnott had inked it, it was hanging in Jacks home during his life and when Mark Evanier confirmed he remembered Jack working on it - that was good enough for me to make the purchase. Now about the listing ? I never wrote the first write up - someone at Heritage did that. I spoke to Joe M about the piece in length before consignment and it was decided right from the beginning that the original write up would be used. Also, Heritage took down all the listings for this auction when this was originally posted. They reposted at their own discretion along with the other pieces that had originally taken down. See - sometimes a simple answer to your conspiracy theories And I agree - someone bidding should read all these posts. RB
  11. Making an edit to my post and removed some of the repeated information: Great! Nice to read your full write up John - thanks for that. Seems like you are saying the same thing as I am - Jack did this piece with a help of another because of his ailing health. Been saying that all along. I could go one by one and break down each of your points but they are just opinions. As you stated so I am not going into that. What I did want to add was that I did speak to Mark Evanier on the piece. For the people who don’t know - he was Jacks friend and was around him and his family during his ailing health in the 80s. He basically confirmed Jacks work on the piece. Here is what he said : ME: Hi, Rick. I make a point of never authenticating artwork unless I can inspect the original but I can tell you this...Jack did a drawing that looked exactly like what you sent me. It was when he was having trouble with his drawing hand so he had some assistance from someone else, probably Mike Thibodeaux. I believe it was somewhere between 50% and 75% by Jack.Does that help? I don’t want to keep going back and forth and flooding this forum on the same conversation. You have said exactly what I have been saying all along - the piece is done by Jack with assists. Thanks!
  12. I dont agree with your opinion as don’t think either Royer and Sinnott have anything to gain by adding their name with Jacks. In fact, Sinnott inked this piece far before this conversation started and from what I know did it for free. Not even a real gig. And from what I heard Sinnott doesn’t sign his name on Kirby pencils that he thinks are fake. But again - I find the signed inked pieces a lot more indication of things then a bunch of people with 0 skin in the game.
  13. And have to ask - renowned Kirby scholars? Royer? Sinnott? Mark E? Any of them on your list of “renowned” scholar list?
  14. Thanks I forgot about John owning it for like 10 months. My understanding was it went straight to Rob after that and as we know Burkey is a dealer and only buys to resell. And you are still completely wrong about: Because the piece has shown up on various venues for sale/auction since. Ankur was selling it for a while, too (and said it had sold?). From all appearances, it had been sold repeatedly since you got in 2018, and your ownership of it was several links ago in the chain. It was actually offered one time by Ankur for 1 -2 days. That’s it. Never showed up anywhere else. So your claim of it being in various venues and auctions is 100% not true. And yes your friend did write about this piece and is on the Kirby Museum website. I will post it for convenience: https://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/dynamics/2011/09/18/the-silver-surfer-art-mystery/ Nothing different then what I am saying and what others like Mark E have confirmed.
  15. You are absolutely correct. He traced the pencils and then inked it.
  16. I’ll clear up the confusion. One Pencil piece with Kirby and assists. Mike Royer lightboxed pencils and inked. Joe Sinnott inked a photo copy. That’s it.
  17. Hmm that’s DEFINITELY not true at all Felix. Would have had expected better from you. Didn’t think you were the type to make up things. Rob Pistella bought it in 2011 ish and I bought it from him in 2018. Before that Mark M owned it since 1996. 3 Owners 3 decades. What a great example of how quick the truth gets buried and theories, speculation and opinion get confused with FACTS.
  18. A lot of people will have strong opinions on what they believe but I will help with a bit of a reminder of facts. Piece was drawn in the late 80s and hung in Jacks home (confirmed by collectors and his assistants)and subsequently was sold by Jack and Roz in the early 90s to Graham Nash of Nash collectibles. Later on then the piece was inked both by Mike Royer and Joe Sinnott and had signed their name beside Jacks. You can see the pieces below. Additionally, Mark Evanier who is a Kirby historian confirmed he remembered Jack working on the piece but also said he had help from someone and believes it it be around 70% by Jack.
  19. I knew I saw the sale of ASM 328 from comicconnect somewhere. Was on a banner on CAF!
  20. The Buscema SS 1 colored recreation? Yeah he’s asking 50k on that.
  21. Yeah - his POV with him talking. So you can’t say no sandman just because he’s not drawn on the page. At least that’s how I see it.
  22. Actually Sandman/Dream is in the last 2 panels and it contains his first spoken sentence. He only spoke 4 individual words on a previous page. The page sums up the Sandman 1 story pretty well and I like this better then the one Albert sold for 25k which just had a sketch of Dream in a book.
  23. Just a quick correction - it sold for 33.6k with juice. Not 36k.