ThierryX Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 I am new to collecting original comic art and wanted to ask your opinion about the way ComicLink describes its original art pieces because I find their item descriptions to be very poor to say the least. They almost never mention the exact state of the item (creases, toning,... details that aren't always obvious on the picture) and they usually make no mention of the technique that was used. The prospective buyer doesn't know if the work was inked over graphite or over blue line (original blue pencil or scanned page), the type of paper that was used, and so on. If you are used to buying from CL, do you regularly contact them to ask more information about the art? Do the people at CL answer promptly? Thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Twanj Posted May 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 13, 2021 (edited) There have been semi-high profile issues in the past. I remember BWS Conan that caused a stink, altho the condition didn't seem that horrible to me - it just could have been avoided if it had been described in the listing. Heritage has much better descriptions ("Created in ink over graphite on Bristol board with an image area of 10" x 15". ") altho I'm not sure they're always correct. But that's the most important part to me. And anything way out of the ordinary condition wise. Type of paper? Maybe if it's vellum or something besides bristol board. I get it with some of the garbage they sell, but anything over a certain threshold $500-1000+(?) should have them spend a few seconds on boilerplate description, especially the higher end stuff. Luckily everything I've gotten from them I've been happy with. Edited May 13, 2021 by Twanj John E., exitmusicblue, Rick2you2 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotSuperPowers? Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 They also have a weird way of measuring art, going for the image area only rather than the board (and maybe noting the image area). ThierryX and Noob19 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick2you2 Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 (edited) I agree; CL's descriptions are often poor, and sometimes are too busy trying to tout a piece. With that said, you can usually spot any significant problems by looking at something carefully. Or, if something is questionable, try asking (I haven't done that with CL, but Heritage has been good on that score). In my opinion, minor defects in art are not significant to affect the price of a piece, at least not to the extent they are in comic books. So, unless there is a paste-up of a stat, or a piece is missing, or some kid tried to color in the image with his/her Crayola or scribbled on it, I usually ignore it. Edited May 13, 2021 by Rick2you2 Twanj, Will_K and ThierryX 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBerman Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, GotSuperPowers? said: They also have a weird way of measuring art, going for the image area only rather than the board (and maybe noting the image area). Heritage also reports the size of the actual art, as opposed to the size of the paper. I would like both, since the paper size affects storage and display. I've received not a few "11x17" that turned out to be 11.25x17 or the like, which makes a big difference. Edited May 13, 2021 by RBerman Twanj, ThierryX, Rick2you2 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThierryX Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 Thank you all for your input ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
