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For some art reps or dealers, I'm sure they won't do business with certain people as well.

HA's video on extended bidding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehPlyCFcbUI

In Comic Art Fans Update 182 (around 1:16:00), Bill says the 2 pieces are being returned to JG Jones' agent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJxr8SEHuFo

It appears HA will adopt a variation of the ComicConnect and Hakes method that will reset the clock on individual lots. I received the e-mail below from HA. New Bidding Format- Extended Bidding: Starting with our February 11 A Real American Hero - G.I. Joe Action Figures & Toys Showcase Auction which closes on Sunday, February 11th, Heritage's Action Figures & Toys Showcase Auctions are changing to the Extended Bidding format. In these Extended Bidding auctions, anyone can bid until regular proxy bidding ends (7:00 PM CT for these) on the night the auction closes. Then, those who have already bid on a lot may continue to bid on that lot until there are no more bids during the extended bidding period (15 minutes for these) which resets after each new bid during extended bidding. This format will replace the Heritage Live session that now occurs at the end of the auction. Please note: Only bidders that have placed bids before 7:00 PM CT are able to bid on only those same lots during the Extended Bidding session.

I think Jose Delbo was discussed in one of the NFT topics. I have 2 great Delbo WW pieces.

Makes me wanna crack the slabs of her Playboy issues. If I had any. Slabbed ones, that is.

I'm currently watching today's Wednesday HA auction ( 2024 January 31 Wednesday Comic Art & Animation Select Auction #322405 ). There are over 50 sketch covers. I saw a run of 10 lots in row of sketch covers !!!

I'd be interested in seeing how well the art holds up over time. How much will metallic inks and paint migrate/smudge/stick from contact with the case ?

The closest thing to a listing of art in the auction was OA Expo's CAF gallery. Hopefully they'll list top bids. Or it may be covered during ComicArtLive on youtube this week. Since Hero Initiative was the beneficiary, maybe they'll do some coverage. https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=189483

I was always leaning towards...

Even worse, CAF news indicates 2 JG Jones pieces are missing, https://www.comicartfans.com/SubNewsDetails.asp?NID=18069&Title=Two+JG+Jones+Commissions+Taken+During+OAX

I think of sketch covers as a way for non-OA collectors to get art. You just put sketch covers in the same boxes as your regular comics, no need to buy Itoyas. Slabbing sketch covers is a different level. Pre-CGC, if you went by Overstreet grading standards, writing or drawing on a comic would lower its grade/value. CGC flipped that on its head. The whole idea of slabbing, Signature Series, graded sketch covers, etc is a marketing coup.

I didn't even know Dave Mandel collected sketch covers.

A couple pieces caught my eye but I won't be attending OAX or placing any proxy bids. This is probably a first for CAF as well. I would assume your e-mail was received. You'll probably have better luck getting a response tomorrow. A few years ago, CAF built their own auction system. I guess it didn't get enough attention and it's no longer there. I sold a piece on it. It would've been exciting to see if they ran that in conjunction with the live bids at OAX.

Well, not every collector.

Seems like John Delaney is a name we should know. Nice drawing.

Love the Brave & Bold 181 cover. Mainly because of Hawk & Dove. It has a great script by Alan Brennert.

Felix just posted the link to the LIVE post mortem tonight with David Mandel himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJS3HkFUyPs https://boards.cgccomics.com/topic/380927-new-podcastvideo-from-felix-comic-art-updated-1317/?do=findComment&comment=13067535

Bob McLeod (70s to present) has done inking commissions. I never really followed the 90's style artists but in his Patreon, he had at least one example which showed a Marvel job where he inked someone with a typical 90's style (flair ?). It's not his natural style and he's inked a lot of artists so I think he's flexible. Feel free to show him the piece and let him know you want a 90's look and he can decide if he wants to take it on. It looks like he no longer maintains his website but his CAF has examples of inking commissions (before / after) with various pencil artists.

This started happening to me on Jan 15 around 12:30pm Eastern. Bill addressed it yesterday and again (I guess) today. I received e-mails again re: comment notifications this morning (Jan 16) around 3:30am Eastern. That might be the backup thing mentioned in the screenshot. Bill also sent a similar e-mail this morning.

OP's image seems to be what is currently being sold by Tom Fleming on ebay (9 x 12, starting bid $100): https://www.ebay.com/itm/315085759365?hash=item495c932385:g:s1UAAOSwrFplncbf The final image seems to be published. Found something on ebay described as: 2022 Marvel Fleer Ultra Avengers Falcon Red Foil Artist Auto 9/63 Tom Fleming

Hey OP, let's see those pieces. Or can you at least mention the artist ??

Also my favorite artist, Nick Cardy would do 3 iterations of a character/pose at home to sell at conventions. Sometimes he actually labelled them 1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3. I don't think he actually had all 3 for sale at the same show. But I've found that he didn't always label pieces like that. I have a couple that were labelled and couple that weren't. But to me, he put enough work into the unlabelled pieces that I'm happy with them.

It might matter to me. How much I paid for my piece vs how much is being asked for the other piece. Beforehand, did I know the artist's practice of using multiple prelims of essentially the same image. All things being equal, do I like my piece better ? At a convention in 2005, I paid $50 to an artist who was taking a list for sketches to be delivered the next day. I received my piece and later on, saw someone with a sketch of the same character by the same artist. The difference was the poses were the mirror image of the other. I vaguely remember actually taking out my piece for comparison. I decided I liked mine better. He said the same. Later on, I decided that there was enough similarity in most of his static pose drawings that he probably just had mannequins that he traced and then just drew different costumes.

Hericane is a character from Penthouse Comix. She even appeared on a cover. https://www.comics.org/issue/327550/