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Unfortunately, I didn’t know about Roger Hill until seeing his amazing collection in this auction thread. I dug around and found a couple of nice articles about him and his collecting journey: https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1019?articleID=41935 https://www.tcj.com/roger-hill-early-comics-fan-historian-and-scholar-dies-at-75/ there is also a nice thread about Roger Hill here on CGC: Sounds like a he was true gem in our hobby!

I like this thread for one primary reason- it just illustrates the problem with commissioning recreations that are not by the original artist, inking lightboxed printouts etc.. not many collectors insist on adding the descriptions to the actual artwork to help future buyers Let’s say someone commissions a random inker to ink a printout of a Perez commission that they don’t own. I think when this happens, a description should be added “George Perez printout inked by Johnny Journeyman”. Written on around the bottom of the art and not in the boarder where it could be cut off. This would clarify George Perez did not touch this page at all. In addition to adding the description, I think the original artist signature should NEVER be copied on a recreation, unless the original artist drew the recreation. By removing the Perez signature from the recreation it helps emphasize that Perez did not touch this page. As one looks for the artist signature they instead see the accurate description. Too often the commission has no description added. The piece is sold a couple of times and then the third or fourth owner throws it in an auction. Without any mention of it being in a printout inked by Johnny Journeyman, it instead is listed as a George Perez commission. There is plausible deniability that the owner had no idea it wasn’t Perez. “See it’s signed Perez right on the page.” But if you remove the Perez signature and add the description …. Yay! you now have a win win. Potential buyers now know what is being sold to them and the seller can sleep easy knowing that he sold his art as a Johnny Journeyman inked George Perez printout and not as a George Perez commission, saving those poor future buyers lots of money because of the piece’s transparency. Who wouldn’t want that?!? This is not happening, and everyday you see has more and more recreations and inked blue lines come to market without the needed info on the artwork, so it’s now very much a buyer beware situation. I think transparency is a topic that deserves further discussion and constant monitoring in our hobby. Please read my opinion as a bit of a sidebar and not a post specifically targeted at the pieces discussed upthread.

YAY MORE DAVE!!! Fun episode Felix, thanks for these podcasts!

the often forgotten 6th stage some go through, is slapping trade dress on it and attempting to sell it as unused cover.

WOW just checked y’all aren’t joking. That is a bit much, I guess if there’s a lot you want you’ll hang in there, but I think the window shoppers are long gone by now.

What an impressive batch of X-Men art by Kirby, Cockrum, Byrne, BWS and Jim Lee! —— Brian Peck pointed out down thread my omission of the exceptional GS X-Men page so it’s now added:

Come on guys… it is a wolverine claws out page: Ok, maybe not the most impressive claws out page… but they are out ; )

oh yeah ... just one more:

It's time again...gentlemen start you engines, pedal to the metal time...GO CATS GO!!! BID LIKE THERE IS NO TOWORROW!!! JUST WIN BABY!!! I hate to repeat myself, but I have to quote that great auctioneer - "The more you bid the more it's worth."

A spoiler free congrats Felix!!! My 3 favorite podcasters on one show how cool is that?!? Thanks to y’all for a fun listen plus a heck of an unboxing!

Opps just realized a younger me already post up thread!

You and me both!

Thinking about it, the Champions piece prob wouldn’t be considered a flip being that it was held for over a year.

Jan 2022 on HA: tonight on ComicLink A surprising low result for one of the most memorable pieces from Byrne’s Champions run. Somehow it feels as if it flew under a lot of collectors’ radars!

With the artist editions and marvel essentials, seems like a lot of source material for someone to scan and print on acetate and call it production art... too much smoke to be sure what is real. I see a lot of stuff that looks extremely questionable.

Not ME, but a friend had to Goolge Godwin's Law...heehee

Lets take what people like and make it better just like what Coke did when they up the ante and changed their VERY successful original fomula to a new one.... NEW COKE (which tasted like Pespi).

Wow that was a wild ride, now I have to go and find out more about David Choe and his art... thanks Felix!!!

Click on the Original Art category on the left side menu, that takes you the the auction's OA. OA category link I'm on a computer it may be a mobile issue.

Man what a showing of killer pieces! The Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein illustrations were almost my favorites, but at the end of the day nostalgia wins, and FOR ME the best in show is: Steve Lawrence’s X-Men 102 slash by the great Dave Cockrum CAF Link Who knows what my childhood would have been like without Dave’s creations, would I have maintained my interest in comics without the dominos Dave tipped over with his contributions to the New X-Men? It’s hard imagine the X-Men without Storm, Colossus and Nightcrawler!!! THANKS DAVE!

I didn't know Tradd Moore was old enough to have drawn a Beatles cover!

Boo on any auction procedure that ends simliar to Hakes Auctions.

It’s nice to hear from a dealer and an artist in regards to OAX. I have a hard time thinking of a show for comic artists and comic art dealers that would be better for their bottom line than this one! Talk about a very focused group of convention attendees. They are all there for your inventory not comics, not movie stars, not Funko Pop toys… the whole crowd is there to buy your stuff. I would think it would be as easy as falling off a log backwards to have a successful show. Kudos to Bill Cox for OAX, glad it was a success!

WOW Alex, you have to be ecstatic about how nice that came out.. so cool! Allred always seems to hit it out of the park!