Anyone else into Original Comic Art???

[Blue Meanie]

Some recent pickups on ebay:

I got this one as a bonus sketch from Jerry Ordway. Good use of an Ebay invoice.

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryP...742&GSub=98575




Here's the prelim page from JSA 23:

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryP...733&GSub=98575




My newest Grail...The entire prelims from Captain America number 6 by Alan Davis. Haven't scanned the entire 21 pages..but here's a sample of the cover with the Printed Cover next to it:

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryP...617&GSub=98575


Now I have to start saving for the Baltimore Comic Con. The ultimate piece for me would be a cover...and not just a prelim of a cover...I mean the cover that was used for the printing of the book. It will happen one day.

[C.H.O.A.M.]

Wow really? I would have stepped up and introduced myself. I never miss a chance to say hello or speak to any of my heroes especially older artist because that may be the one and only chance you get to say thank you to them.

I went to the 50th anniversary of Superman at the Puck building in the late 80's and Curt Swan was there signing autographs....at first there were too many people at his table then i waited when mostly everyone left and I went up to him introduced myself and we spoke for about a good 40 minutes talking about his career and the impact he made on my life as an Illustrator and the joy he gave me as a child reading Superman.

He was very appreciative of that I got an autograph and took pics of him and i have a fond memory before he passed away a few years later....

well I did say hello but that was it. my mind literally went blank.
he had some art on his table but none of it was priced. I was afraid to ask him how much because if he said "make me an offer" I was afraid to insult him! I had no grasp of the value of original comic art at the time.
as a kid I used to study his spidey art before I could even read!

[kingdom warrior]

Years ago at a comic show on Long Island I was stunned to see Mr. John Romita at a table with some of his original spidey art. Being the huge fanboy I could barely even get close enough to look at what he was selling. I never did get up the nerve to ask how much... it seemed like a dream!

Wow really? I would have stepped up and introduced myself. I never miss a chance to say hello or speak to any of my heroes especially older artist because that may be the one and only chance you get to say thank you to them.

I went to the 50th anniversary of Superman at the Puck building in the late 80's and Curt Swan was there signing autographs....at first there were too many people at his table then i waited when mostly everyone left and I went up to him introduced myself and we spoke for about a good 40 minutes talking about his career and the impact he made on my life as an Illustrator and the joy he gave me as a child reading Superman.

He was very appreciative of that I got an autograph and took pics of him and i have a fond memory before he passed away a few years later....

[C.H.O.A.M.]

Years ago at a comic show on Long Island I was stunned to see Mr. John Romita at a table with some of his original spidey art. Being the huge fanboy I could barely even get close enough to look at what he was selling. I never did get up the nerve to ask how much... it seemed like a dream!

[kingdom warrior]

Most recent Ebay pickup:

http://cdn.comicartfans.com/Images/Category_48681/subcat_98575/Ray%20Bailey%20Art%20resize.jpg

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Love the Brush work!!! great pick up!!

[suspense39]

That's

Most recent Ebay pickup:

http://cdn.comicartfans.com/Images/Category_48681/subcat_98575/Ray%20Bailey%20Art%20resize.jpg

I think it may be Ray Bailey who worked with Milton Caniff and also was the artist for Mandrake the Magician in the 60's Gold Key books. I'm thinking it is an unpublished Mandrake page...but I'm not positive. Had to piece together 2 scans it's freakin' huge artwork.

Starting to save up some $$$ for Baltimore Comic Con this year. Hopefully can pick up a few pages at that show. Always keeping an eye on ebay too...you never know what may show up.

A beauty!

[Blue Meanie]

Most recent Ebay pickup:



I think it may be Ray Bailey who worked with Milton Caniff and also was the artist for Mandrake the Magician in the 60's Gold Key books. I'm thinking it is an unpublished Mandrake page...but I'm not positive. Had to piece together 2 scans it's freakin' huge artwork.

Starting to save up some $$$ for Baltimore Comic Con this year. Hopefully can pick up a few pages at that show. Always keeping an eye on ebay too...you never know what may show up.

[clemso]

Ive seen the results from that auction, pretty great time to buy comic art

Well yes, its all relative. Ditko Spidey then was sooo cheap (compared to today) that you could afford to pick and choose the best available splash pages and action sequences. Now your lucky if you can get a Parker page at a decent price

[suspense39]

Christie's

Not really, by the time I has started collecting original Kirby art, it had already reached high levels of $. I traded (not cash) for the complete book to X-Men 9. And what I traded would probably be worth more than this book now. As the deal included the pg 1 splash to Amazing Spider-Man 8 which I bought from Christies's in the mid 90s (for a song (;-) + plus other early key Marvel SA pg 1 splash pages.

Ive seen the results from that auction, pretty great time to buy comic art

[clemso]

I bet you got it for a song back then too!

Not really, by the time I has started collecting original Kirby art, it had already reached high levels of $. I traded (not cash) for the complete book to X-Men 9. And what I traded would probably be worth more than this book now. As the deal included the pg 1 splash to Amazing Spider-Man 8 which I bought from Christies's in the mid 90s (for a song (;-) + plus other early key Marvel SA pg 1 splash pages.

[suspense39]

Amazing

Yep, it was. X-Men 9: Avengers versus X-Men by the one and only Jack Kirby, super clean inks provided by Chic Stone.

I bet you got it for a song back then too!

[clemso]

Now THAT'S what I am talking about Clem.

That is truly AWESOME site to behold. Classic stuff. Is that the entire issue?

Yep, it was. X-Men 9: Avengers versus X-Men by the one and only Jack Kirby, super clean inks provided by Chic Stone.

[Blue Meanie]

Here is something that i used to own back in the day.
http://megomuseum.com/mmgallery/file...k_original.jpg

Now THAT'S what I am talking about Clem.

That is truly AWESOME site to behold. Classic stuff. Is that the entire issue?

[kingdom warrior]

Just added this Color Key to my collection:

http://cdn.comicartfans.com/Images/Category_48681/subcat_98575/WW%20Tunder%20Agents%202%20CK.jpg

This is what I used to do for a living when I was in Pre-Press Printing. Color Keys eventually gave way to four color proofs...but I liked it when you were able to see the cover broken down into the individual colors. Man, I miss pre-press.

Didn't know Murphy Anderson had his own studio/pre-press company.

WOW!!! That is a sweet pick up!!!!!!

[kingdom warrior]

Here is something that i used to own back in the day.
http://megomuseum.com/mmgallery/file...k_original.jpg

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!