Sites for Buying Original Art

[Wood]

Lots of original art chatter going on lately   which makes me all sorts of giddy.

That had me thinking it might be helpful to start a thread where we can share sites to buy said original art. This is a very disparate industry where even the primary dealers usually only handle a handful of artists. I know I'm ALWAYS looking for new places to check out, and there are probably a ton more I haven't yet discovered. Between us, we can probably get together a nice collection that I can maintain on the first post in a list form.  

• Albert Moy -- One of the longest running OA vendors, he's got a collection that ranges into the very high end stuff
• Anthony's Collectibles -- Another one of the legends, Anthony Snyder, who sells boatloads of OA ranging in price from cheap to uber expensive
• Art & Comics Original -- Pretty sure he's mainly a re-seller, but some interesting pages including a lot of European and Latin American artists
• The Art of Comics -- Another primary rep for show faves the likes of Mahmud Asrar, Bryan Hitch, Khoi Pham and Yildiray Cinar
• The Beguiling -- Amazing rep specializing in indie and small press creators. Includes Ba/Moon, Becky Cloonan, Paul Pope, Jason, Jeff Lemire, Kagan McLeod and many more!
• The Artists Choice -- Spencer Beck's site featuring a massive collection of repped artists including Coipel, McNiven, Romita Jr, Epting, Cheung
• Big Wow Art -- Another great selection of pages. It appears he's a rep for a few artists exclusively but most of his stock is secondary.
• Black Line Fever -- An admittedly annoying old school HTML website design, but if you can get past that he has some amazing pieces for sale/trade including some legendary indie/underground stuff
• Cadence Comic Art -- A personal show fave that reps the likes of Mike Norton, Gabriel Hardman, Ryan Stegman, Rafael Albuquerque, Tom Fowler, Declan Shalvey, Khary Randolph, and MANY more!
• Comic Art Collective -- A hub for finding original art from many alternative comic creators, takes you directly to their creator sites
• Comic Art House -- Site with collection of artists including some (like Andy Tong and Chris Moreno) that I haven't seen featured at other spots
• Comic Art Ink -- Barrows, Benjamin, Boschi, Tocchini, Guara
• ComicArtShop -- A hub that does a nice job of highlighting OA art available for sale at places like eBay and Heritage and via classifieds
• ComicBook-Art.com -- A site that caters to some of the forgotten stalwarts of the bronze age including Keith Pollard, Arvell Jones, Frank Springer and Herb Trimpe
• Comic Book Art Gallery -- Not the best looking site,but he reps Mike Perkins and sells lots of other art,too
• Comic Book Pros (Alex Ross Art) -- Uncle Sal's site where he sells Alex Ross' art exclusively as well as reps Bill Sienkiewicz, Angel Medina, Texeira and Ernie Chan
• Comic Con Art -- Exclusive rep for Ed Benes and a host of other artists including Andre Pepoy and Tony Akins
• Dave Karlen Art -- Reps the likes of Eduardo Barreto and Butch Guice
• Cool Lines Art -- Broad based rep who re-sells art from all eras
• Distinctive Original Art -- Another old school website that could use some updating, but he has great pages for sale from the likes of Byrne, Alan Davis, Pacheco, Ploog, Rude, Grell and others
• Essential Sequential -- Home of Sean Murphy, Eric Canete, Mark Chiarello, Matteo Scalera, Dave Johnson, Stephane Roux and others
• Fanfare Sports & Entertainment -- Michigan based store that sells all kinds of merchandise, but has a HUGE collection of secondary original art for sale too, including Stuart Immonen
• Fog City Art Exchange -- Very small site but noteworthy in that it appears to be the rep for Art Adams
• Got Super Powers? -- Mike Allred and other goodness
• Graphic Collectibles -- I've never used this site but they have a ton of different pages from lots of artists and the prices vary from very affordable to super high end
• Koch ComicArt -- Wide variety of art ranging from comic books to strips to indie stuff
• KwanChang.com -- Another site I just recently discovered. He is the exclusive rep for Clayton Henry and Leinil Yu, but has lots of secondary pages for sale on top of that
• The Interior Pages -- Jason Palmer, known as Frank Castle to many on the comic forums, is building up a nice roster of talent including Joe Eisma, Rahsan Ekedal and our very own Steve Bryant
• Lewis Wayne Gallery -- Lewis Wayne Gallery is a high end dealer who carries everything from comic art to pulps to vintage original movie art. In spite of being a jack of all trades, Lewis Wayne has an EXCEPTIONAL collection of classic comic art, ranging from the EC greats to MAD Magazine original pages to the likes of John Buscema, Ernie Colon and John Severin.
• McConnell Art -- Relatively new OA dealer in Canada focused on a number of local indie creators like Marion Churchland and Brandon Graham. Also happens to be the host of the InkStuds podcast.
• Michael Alexander Art -- Set up shop on ComicArtFans and acts as the rep for the likes of Jason Pearson, Jonboy Meyers, Tyler Kirkham and Mike Henderson.
• The Mighty Nib -- Not as active in their promotion and harder to find, but I came across them when Paul Pelletier told me he was repped by them. Also reps Stelfreeze, Jeanty, Hamner and others
• Nostalgic Investments -- Carries VERY high end comic art, in the tens of thousands of dollars

• Red Sector Art -- Just discovered this site when looking for Eduardo Risso art. He reps Risso and a handful of other European artists
• Rojay's Original Art -- The site is a bit old school in look and feel, but there's a lot of interesting original art available, both new and old.  Rojay is a re-seller, and has something that probably appeals to every collector
• Romitaman Original Art -- Claims to be the largest original art dealer in the world, and certainly it's hard to argue against it. Has a MASSIVE collection of secondary art from some of the very best to ever work in the business. Deals in pricier stuff so few "bargains" here
• Scott Eder Art -- Deals in indie comic artists including the likes of Johnny Ryan, Peter Bagge and Milo Manara
• Serendipity Art Sales -- Broad collection of art including some artist alley faves
• SplashPageArt -- Reps a boatload of artists including Adlard, Ottley, Cliff Chiang and Jock

[Wood]

ebay


I finally own a Colan Tomb of Dracula page:

 

Oh damn! Looks like you're making use of yourself on walkabout.

[ryan]

my Perez OA Deadpool Team-up page came in
threw a Hellboy sketch into the mix to make up small difference in what i originally ordered but was sold already






forgot to post the latest Matthew Allison commish as well

[Wood]

my Ramos OA Deadpool Team-up page came in
threw a Hellboy sketch into the mix to make up small difference in what i originally ordered but was sold already

Drop it like it's hawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwt

[Night (Travis) Nurse]

People are putting up the hotness up in here.

Travis

[BobBretall]

This is page 2 from Dragon Chiang, by Tim Truman & Tim Bradstreet.

Since Dragon Chiang is the 1st comic book work Bradstreet ever did, that makes this the 2nd ever page of comic work by Bradstreet.......  Nice ink wash & textures on this.....



By the way, I just got an 11x17 flatbed scanner (it's what I used to scan this page)...... 

Since my son is graduating college next week and does not have a job yet, his 1st job is going to be scanning & cataloging all my art.

[Night (Travis) Nurse]

This is page 2 from Dragon Chiang, by Tim Truman & Tim Bradstreet.

Since Dragon Chiang is the 1st comic book work Bradstreet ever did, that makes this the 2nd ever page of comic work by Bradstreet.......  Nice ink wash & textures on this.....



By the way, I just got an 11x17 flatbed scanner (it's what I used to scan this page)...... 

Since my son is graduating college next week and does not have a job yet, his 1st job is going to be scanning & cataloging all my art.

That is beautiful Bob. Ive been on the hunt for a Truman page for awhile. Where did you pick this up at?

Travis

[bean6344]

That is beautiful Bob. Ive been on the hunt for a Truman page for awhile. Where did you pick this up at?

Travis

Keep your eye on ebay Travis.   I picked up a Starslayer page a while ago.  They pop up every so often.   I still want a Grimjack page though.

Bean

[Night (Travis) Nurse]

Keep your eye on ebay Travis.   I picked up a Starslayer page a while ago.  They pop up every so often.   I still want a Grimjack page though.

Bean

Yea, I popped over there after seeing Bobs. Theres a Grim Jack up there now for about $85, we going to fight over it?  I remember you posted that Starslayer page, it was sweet.

I really would like, and be willing to spend money on a Scout page ideally.

Travis

[bean6344]

I don't think I have seen any Scout pages on ebay.   Let me know if you find one.
Bean

[BobBretall]

That is beautiful Bob. Ive been on the hunt for a Truman page for awhile. Where did you pick this up at?

Travis

Anthony Snyder's site (see link above).....

[Wood]

This is page 2 from Dragon Chiang, by Tim Truman & Tim Bradstreet.

Since Dragon Chiang is the 1st comic book work Bradstreet ever did, that makes this the 2nd ever page of comic work by Bradstreet.......  Nice ink wash & textures on this.....



By the way, I just got an 11x17 flatbed scanner (it's what I used to scan this page)...... 

Since my son is graduating college next week and does not have a job yet, his 1st job is going to be scanning & cataloging all my art.

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeet that's pretty.

[boshuda]

I just got my Matthew Allison commission.  I've only had a few commissions done so far, but for me much of the fun is selecting an artist whose style matches the character I want.  So when I saw Matt's work I knew I was going to have a Sleepwalker done much earlier than I was originally planning.  I got an original inked drawing and a colored print of it.  I'm going to hang the print at work, and put the original up at home.

Here's the proof he sent me for approval before creating and mailing the print:

I'm going to take a photo of the inked original I received and post that someday.  It was a pleasure to work with him, and I'll probably roll around in a few months and if he's still doing commissions get another one.

[BobBretall]

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeet that's pretty.

BTW, the Dragon Chiang page is on Craftint paper, which is very cool, but is not made any more:
http://huggy-lugnuts.deviantart.com/journal/R-I-P-Craftint-228994303

Craftint doubletone paper was a unique invention that chemically embedded crosshatch lines into illustration board. The Craftint paper, when brushed with the right solutions, revealed either one or two layers of diagonal shading. Instead of doing your own crosshatching, using zip-a-tone, or using such things as grease pencils, you could "paint" your tones in an illustration, saving tons of time.

Not many artists used this, but if you ever get a chance to buy a page on Craftint, it's worth it.....

[BobBretall]

RIP Tony DeZuniga.....   I bought this Jonah Hex page (#54 p. 4) in his memory.....

I love how this single page tells a complete story chunk.

[Gabe Infinity Watch]

RIP Tony DeZuniga.....   I bought this Jonah Hex page (#54 p. 4) in his memory.....

I love how this single page tells a complete story chunk.

That's very nice, Bob. I would love a Jonah Hex page.

[Christopher Stark]

That's very nice, Bob. I would love a Jonah Hex page.

You and me both.  Love the character and has had some stellar artists on the book.

[ryan]

have no idea who Mike Sellers is, but this was 8 bucks out the door on ebay and i like it

[BobBretall]

have no idea who Mike Sellers is, but this was 8 bucks out the door on ebay and i like it

Pretty cool.   Looks like a comic strip, but I have no idea which one since there's no logo.   $8 bucks is a steal!

[bean6344]

Another ebay deal.   I originally bid on this because I thought it was a Kubert page.   There was not an artist credit listed on the auction.   It turns out that is is a    Sam  Glanzman page from G.I. Combat 267.   He is listed as the penciller and inker but at close inspection, I can not see any pencils.  Also, the work balloons and sound effect are not glue ups.  Once again, I see no pencils under the ink on the lettering.   There is very little white out.   There are editorial notes on the bottom and side.  They are hard to read, but I love 'em.




This has quickly become one of my favorite pages I own and will find a choice spot on my wall.

Bean

[bean6344]

I've been fishing for a Samnee sketch for 3 years and finally got one where I could not pass up the price point.



Bean