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joker. very nice splash. and yes looks like you save about 26k. to spend on other art. .

larry ;]

detriot mike. great stuff. ya got there. i love the bat girl strip you have in your caf.

larry ;]

very nice page. any kirby is a great buy. i really love how clean it looks. that,s going to look great framed up. congrats on the sweet page.

larry ;]

jayman. that,s a really nice swamp thing, what,s the size on it , that would frame up very nicely.

larry ;]

nice page.s and thanks for the link iam going to see what they they still have. but look like you already cleaned them out .

larry ;]

dad & son nice haul you got there. where you find complete story.s ebay ?

larry ;]

nice page. the inker did a great job. it really does not look like infantino did the pencils..

larry ;]

batman_fan. that is a awesome namor splash,. that will look great framed.

larry ;]

rob. that is one great page you got there. i really like it. two thumbs up dude.

larry ;]

hart, very nice. i like it.

larry ;]

hart1000 congrats on your moon knight page , that 1st panel is smoking.. i loved that neal adams style that bill was doing early in his career.

larry ;]

ap. very nice. get that puppy bluelined and inked i think it would look great inked.

larry .]

apotheosis. happy happy joy joy. that ,s a very nice drawing you have there. is that all pencil or pen & inks ?

larry ;]

wel gang here is my pick ups for the month of dec. sort of an end of the year report. i was kinda busy here i think this is the most pages i have brought in a single month. this year sorry no scans but some of these may still be on the bay scans that is. thanks.

larry

MASTER OF KUNG FU # 121 PAGE # 15 DAVID MAZZUCCHELLI

GEN 13 # 58 PAGE 6 ED BENES

X-FACTOR # 78 PAGE # 1 LARRY STROMAN

AZRAEL # 84 PAGE # 1 SPASH SERGIO CARIELLO

A. POLLINA / M , MORALES UN-PUB MARVEL COVER TITLED NONE OF THE ABOVE. HAS FOUR MEAN LOOKING TEENS THAT LOOK LIKE MUTANTS MAYBE

great pick up. some times ebay has a way of showing the true value of certain pages of artwork. larry ;]

they both look like pretty good pages. why was it that marvel did not go with miki inks. ? did finch have a problem with miki inks.

larry

well that the great thing about this thread to let the collector.s out there know about these kind of thing,s the more info we share the better this hobby will be.

larry

well like aardvark88 sez. if that inked cover was in an online auction. i would bet my last dollar. that it would not mention anything about that cover being a light boxed version from the original pencils. if i had bought the production cover say it was signed by romita and inked by collecta. and i found out about your pencil cover. i would not be a happy camper. i can only think of the hundreds i lost out on

knowing my cover was not penclled at all by romita and just inked by collecta. and iam pretty sure the dealer i bought the peice from would admit they had no knowledge of an pencilled version to save there own skin.. i guess if i were you i would seek out the inked cover version and keep the pair together.

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bluechip. thanks for the informative answer. that pencil cover is a problem that i know in the future is going to have to be addressed. iam sure if i was a dealer and i had the light boxed production cover.

and later found out about your pencil cover. would i be wrong to call your pencil cover a pre- lim peice. to warrant my production cover as the final product. i mean lots of dollars could be at stake here. . i would think if you got a letter or statement from romita him self that the pencil cover you have was the finished version. i would think you would a leg up on the light boxed cover. as well as putting a few more bucks on the value of your piece.

this was my point about my question about the artist keeping the pencil pages. while scanning the pencil pages over to the inker. who turns may or may or not sell his inked pages as the finished product.

thank goodness there are an ample supply of finished page,s already on the market. for me. ;] iam very leery about the new stuff / art that being done out there at this time . and i know this issue will be a big problem in the near future let the buyer beware.

larry ;]

while this is a cool topic. i like to know how can you tell if a inked page has been lighboxed. ? is there code of honesty that the seller or artist have to tell you that the page has been lightboxed. or will you just have to ask prior to buying the page ?

larry

i have to say i would take the pencils over the inks. if i had to. to me the pencils are the real art. also when the pencils and inks are done on diffrent boards. how does the split work out ? do the penciller keep his pages and the inker keep his work . they both sell the same pages ? sounds like a greedy scam. if thats the case. larry