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Originally posted by MarcG:
The Cordelia Sketch is up to $1080.00 with 7 Hours left...

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Originally posted by Logan:

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Originally posted by MarcG:
The Cordelia Sketch is up to $1080.00 with 7 Hours left...

... and $1,080 is where it ended. I was watching the countdown but it ended up being anticlimactic.

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Originally posted by MarcG:

I bet the seller is happy with that sale price.

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Originally posted by Logan:
The seller is Kevin Bennett of K & J Non-Sports Cards. Like I said previously, he pre-sold at least 28 SMG autographs, either in sets of 2 or individually. That means he got at least 7 incentive sketches. And as far as I know this is the first and maybe only one he's sold, unless he's sold some privately or at a show. As usual he'll be selling at the upcoming show in Allentown, so I can't wait to see what he has on display there for sale - perhaps some Buffy sketches that we haven't even seen images of yet.

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Originally posted by Juelle Lou:

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Originally posted by Logan:
The seller is Kevin Bennett of K & J Non-Sports Cards. Like I said previously, he pre-sold at least 28 SMG autographs, either in sets of 2 or individually. That means he got at least 7 incentive sketches. And as far as I know this is the first and maybe only one he's sold, unless he's sold some privately or at a show. As usual he'll be selling at the upcoming show in Allentown, so I can't wait to see what he has on display there for sale - perhaps some Buffy sketches that we haven't even seen images of yet.

Logan if they do, could you ask them if they would allow you to take some pictures for the rest of us to see?

I'm hoping to be able to at least see all that were released.

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Originally posted by Logan:

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Originally posted by MarcG:

I bet the seller is happy with that sale price.

The seller is Kevin Bennett of K & J Non-Sports Cards. Like I said previously, he pre-sold at least 28 SMG autographs, either in sets of 2 or individually. That means he got at least 7 incentive sketches. And as far as I know this is the first and maybe only one he's sold, unless he's sold some privately or at a show. As usual he'll be selling at the upcoming show in Allentown, so I can't wait to see what he has on display there for sale - perhaps some Buffy sketches that we haven't even seen images of yet.

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Originally posted by Logan:

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Originally posted by Juelle Lou:

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Originally posted by Logan:
The seller is Kevin Bennett of K & J Non-Sports Cards. Like I said previously, he pre-sold at least 28 SMG autographs, either in sets of 2 or individually. That means he got at least 7 incentive sketches. And as far as I know this is the first and maybe only one he's sold, unless he's sold some privately or at a show. As usual he'll be selling at the upcoming show in Allentown, so I can't wait to see what he has on display there for sale - perhaps some Buffy sketches that we haven't even seen images of yet.

Logan if they do, could you ask them if they would allow you to take some pictures for the rest of us to see?

I'm hoping to be able to at least see all that were released.

I'll see what I can do.

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Originally posted by MarcG:
I finally know what the back of the Artist Return cards look like... These are from Kristin Allen.

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Originally posted by Juelle Lou:
And another Kristen Allen sketch is up for auction.


Raven, it's one of the Uber-Vamps you were talking about earlier in the thread.

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Originally posted by Justice41:
Yup, Just as I said they would be. The Artist Proofs have our names taped onto the backs. They don't do this for Artists Returns.

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Originally posted by MarcG:

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Originally posted by Justice41:
Yup, Just as I said they would be. The Artist Proofs have our names taped onto the backs. They don't do this for Artists Returns.

I remember that...

I just never saw an Artist Return before.

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Originally posted by MarcG:
What is the difference between an Artist Proof and an Artist Return?

Does the card company choose which Sketches will be inserted in the set and which ones will be returned out of the Sketches the artist asked to be returned?

In the case of Sketch Cards:

I would assume that an Artist Proof is the Sketch in process and the final version of the Sketch was released in an official set.

and an Artist Return is a Sketch that was not released in an official set but it was approved and the artist had requested the card back.

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Originally posted by Raven:

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Originally posted by Juelle Lou:
And another Kristen Allen sketch is up for auction.


Raven, it's one of the Uber-Vamps you were talking about earlier in the thread.

That's a really good one. I'm only familar with artist's names because of the work I see posted here. I didn't really know of Kristen Allen before, but she is really talented from the looks of it.

Regarding Graham's point about commissions, yes they are really worthwhile, although seeing the prices these sketches are going for makes me wonder how affordable any of these artists will be now. I'm not knocking it. If I saw my sketch work trading hands at these values I'd darn sure up my own commission prices, you can believe that!

Besides actual commissions there are also the ACEOs. Several years back I connected with Chris Henderson to do a series of B/W pencil commissions for me. I also picked up some of his regular work, including two sketches from Buffy, Faith and Caleb. Besides the commissions, these Buffy B/W sketches are prizes to me. I wish I had a scanner to post them. Caleb (Nathan Fillion) was not drawn for this product, so that is a big plus for me. The Faith sketch is terrific, a portrait with a real expression on her face. Love them both.

So I guess my point is, the sketch market is saturated, but there are so many opportunities to get great work and support the artists at all different price ranges. Seeing such quality pieces as these just shows what fine artists there are out there.