stinkininkin Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 1 minute ago, Unstoppablejayd said: I was winning for 37 seconds lol.... Thanks for the try man! Should I have given Wolvie beard stubble? I'm second guessing myself now. Maybe give the winner the option to customize! Catwoman_Fan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unstoppablejayd Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 1 minute ago, stinkininkin said: Thanks for the try man! Should I have given Wolvie beard stubble? I'm second guessing myself now. Maybe give the winner the option to customize! I think it looks fantastic as is... I may go back in when we get closer to the end... (BTW thanks for the info on that portacio page on twitter) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Baru Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Brett Booth's Backlash and Taboo offering provided a glimpse back to the early 1990's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud cloddie Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 I’m gonna be happy with whatever money is raised, but come somebody explain the price to me on this one? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Batman-DC-Comics-Original-Art-By-DAVID-CHOE-watercolor/202983323564?hash=item2f42bfb7ac:g:myQAAOSw2uhescxd Twanj, Rick2you2 and Shaun C89 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shady64 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 (edited) 25 minutes ago, cloud cloddie said: I’m gonna be happy with whatever money is raised, but come somebody explain the price to me on this one? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Batman-DC-Comics-Original-Art-By-DAVID-CHOE-watercolor/202983323564?hash=item2f42bfb7ac:g:myQAAOSw2uhescxd He seems to be a fine arts/street art guy so this is probably a comparative bargain to most of his work. Edited May 7, 2020 by shady64 cloud cloddie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodou Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, shady64 said: He seems to be a fine arts/street art guy so this is probably a comparative bargain to most of his work. Yeah Choe phoned this one in, for sure, but he's an urban legend and certain prints can go for thousands. So an original (uninspired as it is, imo) at $17k is not surprising. Here's how he "made" $200m. https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/david-choe-just-made-200-million-usd-for-painting-the-facebook-office/ Edited May 7, 2020 by vodou typo Catwoman_Fan, cloud cloddie and Twanj 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem1138 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 3 hours ago, vodou said: Yeah Choe phoned this one in, for sure, but he's an urban legend and certain prints can go for thousands. So an original (uninspired as it is, imo) at $17k is not surprising. Here's how he "made" $200m. https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/david-choe-just-made-200-million-usd-for-painting-the-facebook-office/ He's been doing amazing work over the years but simply stopped selling anything over the last 10 years (absolutely zero need or desire to do so). He's friends with Jim Lee and is doing this as a favor. I agree its nowhere near on the level of what he's been up to but if you want to buy anything from him, this is basically it. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if it sold for 20K or 100K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud cloddie Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Thanks for all the insight. Not my taste, but glad it will raise some solid funds, assuming the 0 feedback high bidder follows through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESeffinga Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) In this one instance that 0 feedback bidder could very well be from a very well-heeled collector that happens to be “slumming” on eBay. Think of the Choe like Jim Lee getting Andy Warhol to do a Batman. Way way back when, David started out as a wannabe comic artist. More like the Comix guys than your run of the mill DC/Marvel sort. But that said, he was/is a huge comics nerd. A friend of mine who happens to be a colorist for Marvel now, introduced me to Dave at a Small Press Expo here in DC a bit over 20 years ago. Dave was there with his comic Slow Jams. Contrary to popular myth, he didn’t give them away. Anyhow, to keep this all related, Dave set up to do a commission each for my friend and I, for the princely sum of $100. I got my usual Deadman. My friend got his usual Batgirl. Dave has free reign. Both are still on CAF. I sold mine just before Dave became super famous for the Facebook deal. I was simply offing all my old DM commissions, and had moved on. Rico still has his Batgirl. Both were through Dave’s super sardonic lens. The Deadman mentioned Johnny Depp. Not because he looks like him, but because a move of the same name had just come out with Depp. He was likely disappointed. Heh. The Batgirl is more hilarious. Babs after Killing Joke. Everyone that saw it at the time was like, “that’s f’ed up”. 100% Choe. https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=375067 https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=202770 Edited May 8, 2020 by ESeffinga Will_K, Twanj, vodou and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinkininkin Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 On 5/6/2020 at 6:42 PM, stinkininkin said: Here is the piece I drew for Jim's sketch charity (don't know why it looks a little fuzzy here). I had just re-read the Frank Miller Wolverine mini series, so I had Ninjas on the brain! Bid high and bid often on ebay at chunkymonkey0000 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Wolverine-X-men-Logan-Vs-Ninjas-Marvel-Comics-Original-Art-Sketch-SCOTT-WILLIAMS/202984170949?hash=item2f42cca5c5:g:iNoAAOSwvppes1YD Colorist Alex Sinclair will be coloring my piece LIVE on Instagram Live today at 11am/pst! Even better, he has generously agreed to print out a single edition artists proof to be included for the winning bidder of this original! Andahaion, exitmusicblue, Rick2you2 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodou Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 4 hours ago, ESeffinga said: I sold mine just before Dave became super famous for the Facebook deal. I was simply offing all my old DM commissions, and had moved on. Rico still has his Batgirl. Both were through Dave’s super sardonic lens. The Deadman mentioned Johnny Depp. Not because he looks like him, but because a move of the same name had just come out with Depp. He was likely disappointed. Heh. The Batgirl is more hilarious. Babs after Killing Joke. Everyone that saw it at the time was like, “that’s f’ed up”. 100% Choe. Your friend's was the keeper and has got to be worth a mint if ever resold. Yours was super blah (imo) and an obvious dump when the theme wasn't your thing anymore. Maxing out return just a matter of luck, bad this time and in this case. But whatever. Your friend's awesome execution and funny too...while still being too sexy for DC publication (also awesome, Choe touch). ESeffinga 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatterdamillion Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 His Scarecrow is incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exitmusicblue Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 52 minutes ago, Tatterdamillion said: His Scarecrow is incredible. Lee is transcending his "default" style with a lot of these pieces... pretty impressive to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feder241 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 The J. Scott Campbell Zatanna piece is back up on eBay. I guess the winner backed out. I'm not that familiar with eBay bidding, how can a winner back out of the winning bid?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exitmusicblue Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 21 minutes ago, feder241 said: The J. Scott Campbell Zatanna piece is back up on eBay. I guess the winner backed out. I'm not that familiar with eBay bidding, how can a winner back out of the winning bid?? By not paying. Then they get a strike... 3 strikes and account closed, iirc. Disappointed by all these non-paying winners. Twanj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feder241 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 1 minute ago, exitmusicblue said: By not paying. Then they get a strike... 3 strikes and account closed, iirc. Disappointed by all these non-paying winners. Agreed, thanks. I figured eBay would automatically charge the winner or something. They should ban after 1 strike. This is for charity fer chrissakes Twanj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shady64 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Choe sold for $38 grand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will_K Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 49 minutes ago, feder241 said: Agreed, thanks. I figured eBay would automatically charge the winner or something. They should ban after 1 strike. This is for charity fer chrissakes These are weird times. It's possible the winning bidder's financial situation had a big change soon after winning the auction. Who knows. In a non-charity situation, this would definitely raise some eyebrows. But the seller's motives are transparent so we should hope the piece will still do well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malvin Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 3 hours ago, feder241 said: The J. Scott Campbell Zatanna piece is back up on eBay. I guess the winner backed out. I'm not that familiar with eBay bidding, how can a winner back out of the winning bid?? as others said, not paying. They can't make you pay. They can kick you off ebay (or an unpaid item strike) but they can't make you pay. Malvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nexus Posted May 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 9, 2020 19 hours ago, ESeffinga said: In this one instance that 0 feedback bidder could very well be from a very well-heeled collector that happens to be “slumming” on eBay. There are a lot of his regular collectors who had to scramble and join eBay just to bid on this auction. The problem for them is that apparently eBay places limits on how often/much a new user can bid. So the crazy thing is that this might have gone even higher. Anyway, I doubt it was a comic art collector who won this. 19 hours ago, ESeffinga said: Think of the Choe like Jim Lee getting Andy Warhol to do a Batman. Or getting Andy Warhol to donate a Batman. This was actually something Choe yanked out of his archives. I think he said he did it in 2012. For the purposes of this event, pretty much the perfect piece, even beyond the subject. jaykza, ESeffinga, stinkininkin and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
