tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236113499472054360.post7595004858926721544..comments2024-03-28T12:59:09.525+00:00Comments on Transformers Square One: Selling Art Is HardMazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887074236416592668noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236113499472054360.post-24924268689048866092014-03-31T01:10:54.343+01:002014-03-31T01:10:54.343+01:00Or you could just buy'em and sell the toys :D
...Or you could just buy'em and sell the toys :D<br /><br />All the best<br />MazMazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07887074236416592668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236113499472054360.post-23906157024654744262014-03-31T01:10:35.147+01:002014-03-31T01:10:35.147+01:00The pages Brian Shearer has been auctioning have b...The pages Brian Shearer has been auctioning have been utterly brilliant and they went for extremely reasonable prices IMO. I think a lot of people got a gorgeous slice of MTMTE that way, I certainly did.<br /><br />Best of luck at the cons for finding more lush pages to add to your collection, there were days when I believed I'd sell all the toys before the art...and then I tried to sell the art :P<br /><br />All the best<br />MazMazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07887074236416592668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236113499472054360.post-72763796617876587102014-03-31T01:06:58.172+01:002014-03-31T01:06:58.172+01:00Agreed completely, and even then if you do find an...Agreed completely, and even then if you do find an artwork buyer, there's no guarantee they are a completist and will actually want, say, Alternators Camshaft artwork...<br /><br />All the best<br />MazMazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07887074236416592668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236113499472054360.post-40663794317314212112014-03-31T01:06:10.718+01:002014-03-31T01:06:10.718+01:00Many thanks Joe for your message and positive sent...Many thanks Joe for your message and positive sentiment. In an ideal world I wouldn't be selling this stuff at all, it was quite a moment of resignation when I realised these had to be added to the sacrificial pile.<br /><br />All the best<br />MazMazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07887074236416592668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236113499472054360.post-45668768814977023982014-03-30T10:32:48.604+01:002014-03-30T10:32:48.604+01:00Passing on buying these is one of the hardest thin...Passing on buying these is one of the hardest things I've done in collecting the Alternators/Binaltech line. It's simply just out of my price range, especially in light of my own expendible cash dwindling down and such. Someone out there is going to be my source of envy, though! Superquad7https://www.blogger.com/profile/15002451851331225387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236113499472054360.post-87566888105798482112014-03-29T20:04:55.984+00:002014-03-29T20:04:55.984+00:00Original art is hard for a lot of people to sell/r...Original art is hard for a lot of people to sell/resell. For artists who work on the book, selling pages is a huge part of their income. Scott McCloud realized after releasing the digitally drawn Reinventing Comics that the real income from Understanding Comics came from selling the pages to collectors, and that is why he charged on his speaking tour (as he didn't from when he lectured on Understanding) (anyone is welcome to correct me on this, btw).<br /><br />I love pages. Collecting stuff takes up space, and I went from my 9 long boxes of comics to having just 3, to pay for my several shelves of Transformers which is now 1.5, to pay for the wall full of original art. Or at least original art about Transformers.<br /><br />I lucked out because the pages I got meant a lot to me. They feature characters I love or moments that had a lot of weight in the story (MTMTE 12, the page where Tailgate pulls Cyclonus from the ship, and the page where Cyclonus helps Tailgate pick up broken glass). They might just be the inks to reproduced pencils (and thus cheaper) but they're one of a kind (technically 1 of 2 of a kind). And they were reasonably priced. Yet I know a pro who has been in the biz for over 25 years, lots of credits with the big publishers and plenty of creator owned stuff, and his pages clearly are priced at a premium...and he told me that these days, there's just no one biting to buy them. <br /><br />I don't know if I'll ever sell them, and if I do I don't know if I'll ever turn a profit or break even. I hope I don't have to. And like a lot of people I've had a few tough months. But when I go to C2E2 or TFconUSA, there will (hopefully) be some TF artists I can buy some awesome original artwork from. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02277031794120012634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236113499472054360.post-48367326479566425702014-03-29T20:02:29.077+00:002014-03-29T20:02:29.077+00:00Artwork, like the comics that they were made for, ...Artwork, like the comics that they were made for, hold a lot less gloss in a typical collector's mind - it cannot transform, it is not 3D and you can't really play with it.<br /><br />Don't get me wrong, i love artwork, but you are right that finding the right buyer could be a very challenging exercise. Most people cannot justify to themselves spending $500 on perhaps 1 piece of artwork, rather than using that same $500 to buy 10 generations toys.<br /><br />Artwork is for that few true enthusiasts who love art and the history and appreciate the work behind it; OR those collectors who already have all the toys and have 'nothing' left to collect....Heroic Decepticonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18017245701029351849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236113499472054360.post-1210153811464810282014-03-29T14:07:28.229+00:002014-03-29T14:07:28.229+00:00I think you are certainly correct Maz when you say...I think you are certainly correct Maz when you say that, "….those who actually dedicate money to the collection of modern Transformers artwork are extremely few and far between…". I personally have never looked into how much this artwork costs, since while I certainly appreciate it, it's not the current focus of my collection. If I was to buy one now, I would probably be swayed to buying one of those big epic battle scenes between the G1 Autobots/Decepticons that you can easily find at any show.<br /><br />It kind of is shame you had to part ways with the Wheeljack as it certainly is a piece that would be desired in buying your full collection. <br /><br />Aside from that one potential private seller falling through, I would guess that maybe the timing just hasn't been right. I would continue to put feelers out there as I would hate for you to miss out on any potential buyers.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Joeacdecepticonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17244806619131442080noreply@blogger.com