LenCat

Hey Malvin. OK I didn't know that. Is that for the original seller or the new owner?

Yes If you click on the "make offer" button you will see the min. offer that you can make. (in this case $15.6k) I wasn't aware that people bought things only to try and immediately re-sell them at a much higher price on the same web page. I mean if no one but the "buyer" was willing to pay 12k at auction why would they think "hey maybe someone will come along the next day and pay another $3.6k!" I'm guessing it's just a matter of the piece not meeting reserve so HA leaves it on at the reserve price to see if anyone will buy it. If that's the case marking it as "sold" isn't exactly honest but I wouldn't call it a scam. Necessarily.

Hey Glen, I think that's just a "ploy" that they do. It SAYS "sold for $12k (10 plus HA fees?) but then asks u to "make an offer to the owner" (in this case $15,600 minimum offer) So what, are we supposed to believe that the "new" owner immediately put it back up for sale??

Looks like the public caught on. The piece didn't sell. Last I saw it was $5kish and didn't meet reserve. Now it's available to "Make offer to owner" starting at $12k. I don't know if the owner believes this is Kirby but you would think someone at Heritage would be knowledgeable enough to point out to the owner that it is not.

Currently on Heritage. I'm wondering if this is just Jack doing layouts with Sutton doing the bulk of the penciling and inking??? Than would explain the need for the character study on the back. "FULL COSTUME OF FORBUSH MAN ON OTHER SIDE" in Jacks writing on the bottom (zoomable link here: https://comics.ha.com/…/jack-kirby-and-tom-…/a/7224-94102.s… )

Sorry to hear about the nightmare scenario. I can't tell how bad the damage is without seeing it but here's how I "repaired" a cover when the same thing happened to me: http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=710903