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The Voord

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  1. Ha, ha, ha! Since when did they start grading OA? I always thought a general condition report should suffice, instead of going the route of slab mentality!
  2. I'd probably rank them 10, 4 and 5, in that order. I get that you much prefer 5 and 10, but no guarantee either of those will become available in the foreseeable future (and if they did, you might be eclipsed in the bidding)! As such, if you need an example for your collection, I'd say # 4 is not too shabby an option (and better than no examples). Not trying to convince you either way but, as I said before, you asked for feedback.
  3. I'm not forgetting, and am balancing the two. You did ask for feedback, quote: "So, if you have something really good to say about it, please do so. If not, by all means comment anyway." Where you asking for feedback to argue the toss or hear a different perspective? I'm no Phantom Stranger-guy, so can only react to what you're displaying in terms of an illustration, which I thought was an intriguing design. Good cover designs should intrigue . . . and make you want to buy the book. If it's not for you . . .
  4. At first glance, in R2Y2's post, I thought I was looking at some kind of illustration of 'The Shadow', lol! Yeah, the final cover presentation makes more sense . . . and I actually quite like this!
  5. At one time I owned three 1950s (pre-Marvel) Atlas covers, so there are examples out there . . . though probably not too many.
  6. Good work, Lee, but I think it might be better if final results were in on your auction comparisons, as opposed to current bid status?
  7. If it ain't broke, don't try to fix . . . or replace, lol!
  8. Work-in-progress of my sculpture of the beastie from Night of the Demon, 1957 (known as Curse of the Demon in the USA). This is a working copy . . . with a base yet to be added. The background shows a scene from the movie.
  9. A resin cast of a recent sculpture, a 14" tall waterline version of the Kraken from CLASH OF THE TITANS (1981). For this one, I altered the angle of the shoulders at about 45% to achieve the effect I wanted of the Kraken lunging towards you, arms outstretched in a threatening pose. I'll paint him up soon, add the fangs, and replace this photo with one of the painted statue . . . This will shortly be made available as a collectors resin kit edition rom Killer Kits UK. Screen-capture from the movie included for comparison.
  10. Yeah, Heritage should definitely be taking a more proactive role in safeguarding artwork shipments to them. Reading this thread, I'd now be a bit wary of sending them anything in the mailing system, so it is in their interest to build-in tighter security measures to help protect customers. I've also read about a few packages they sent out to buyers that went missing.
  11. Metropolis has (or had) the cover art to TTA # 67. I also seem to recall the Bothers D having the TTA # 70 cover.
  12. Good response that makes sense. Personally, I don't set myself any limits on what I buy but do need to justify to myself future purchases on a sort of, "Do I really need this?" basis (and affordability) whenever something of potential interest comes my way. I'd class myself as a collector, not a hoarder!
  13. Jury's out for me on this one . . . though it does seem a bit of a stretch of the imagination that targeted art shipment thefts would end-up in some kind of bargain bin? If the eBay seller's on the level, he shouldn't have a problem co-operating fully with investigators following the audit trail . . . so, yeah, this needs further action.
  14. You've probably answered your own question. Just because you like (or love) the character, it doesn't mean that you should automatically be a fan of every SS drawing ever produced . . . though it does sound as though you've been 'bulk-buying' most SS art floated your way, because your OA collecting habits have been character-driven. I can see where you're coming from but, if it was me, I'd just concentrate on the stuff that connects emotionally and aesthetically. I mean, I'm a huge Ditko ASM fan (and, to a slightly lesser extent, JR, Snr. working on the title). Outside those two artists, I have little or no in interest in most artists who followed. If I were you, I'd place all the SS art in front of me and start weeding out those examples I don't really feel passionate about . . . and distill a collection of the best examples I couldn't do without. Sometimes Less is More. There are a range of auction houses you could go with . . . or you could always try being your own seller.
  15. That's really good . . . I'm not much into commissions but can't fault this one, which is probably as good as it gets. Dave Karlen's a good guy to deal with as Butch's rep.
  16. Heritage should steer clear of such things unless given cast-iron provenance that can't be disputed (chances of which are probably very slim). . . . and also steer clear of Donnelly dodgy-doings of altered artworks.
  17. Maybe they just produced a stat cover re-working Toth's 1951 All American Western cover image (cropping the left hand side, slightly, and extending to the bottom and right side)? I haven't done a line-by-line inspection, but at face value they look pretty close.
  18. Probably the best you could hope for is Kane signing another artist's drawings . . . and even then, Kane probably had someone else signing the originals for him!