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A PSA ON COMIC BOOK PRODUCTION ART & COUNTERFEITS: Hello CAF community, I recently purchased some counterfeit production art items on eBay, and was messaged by a member of our community who worked in comic publishing and let me know that the items I was posting were fake. I should have known better, absolutely, but life being what it is (these days particularly), mistakes happen. In any case, the nice man who contacted me shared some information, and I researched some more, and I would like to share what I found to help others in their collecting endeavors. The production art pieces I bought and posted have now been moved to my "Prints & Lithographs" gallery because that is what they are: photocopies on paper or acetate. Whether that is worth buying/collecting is for each individual to decide, but these are not worth much (if any) money and should not be considered a comic art investment. If you just want a pretty thing to hang on your wall, okay. I found a good discussion of this issue on the CGC boards which covers a lot of interesting points: https://boards.cgccomics.com/topic/330078-acetate-transparencies/#comments. I received a message back from leadpink (the seller of the acetate pieces), who claims these are used for overseas publication, hence the separated text. They mention this in the CGC boards and have some good suggestions for why this (although more plausible than any other explanation I've heard) is probably also not the case. If anyone here has direct foreign market publishing experience and knows for a fact how Marvel and DC conduct international publication, please send me a message with that information, as I'm curious. Someone on the CGC board contacted Marvel and "Irene Vartanoff [just] confirmed that Marvel never used acetates in the silver age," which makes a number of the ones these sellers post fake outright. There are matters of stat pages and types of production art other than 4-color separations, that these could be, but good explanations are provided for why not. Please read this thread if you have questions about production art and/or the printed items for sale on eBay, and as always CAVEAT EMPTOR! Thank you, Michael Browning, for the information you provided and making me aware of the problem in the first place.

There are 2 Pieces of Art In This Gallery.    

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Angry Christ Comix (2003) Limited HC Uncut Tip-In Plate Sheet by Joseph Michael Linsner

Art Details

Artist:	Joseph Michael Linsner (All)
Media Type:	Photograph
Art Type:	Other
For Sale Status:
Views	230
Comments:	1
Added to Site:	3/17/2023

About the Owner

Genevieve Halton
Member Since:	October 2006

Angry Christ Comix (2003) Limited HC Uncut Tip-In Plate Sheet by Joseph Michael Linsner
Artist: Joseph Michael Linsner (All)
230 Views, 1 Comment

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Witchblade/Tomb Raider #1 Speckle Foil Variant Production Cover Signed x2

Art Details

Artist:	Marc Silvestri (Penciller) Joe Weems (Inker) Jonathan D Smith (Colorist) Michael Turner (Writer)
Media Type:	Photograph
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views	690
Comments:	1
Added to Site:	5/24/2022

About the Owner

Genevieve Halton
Member Since:	October 2006

Witchblade/Tomb Raider #1 Speckle Foil Variant Production Cover Signed x2
Artist: Marc Silvestri (Penciller)
Joe Weems (Inker)
Jonathan D Smith (Colorist)
Michael Turner (Writer)
690 Views, 1 Comment

There are 2 Pieces of Art In This Gallery.    

About the Owner Genevieve Halton ( 2 ) Premium Gallery Owner Joined: October 2006 Last Login: January 2026 Ebay Id: inspirationforsale Website: http://www.genevievery.com Country: UNITED STATES On CAF: Genevieve's Classifieds Genevieve's Want List Artworks Commented On Liked Art Site Activity on CAF

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