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Gromit ink drawing – Nick Park

Artists: Nick Park (Penciller) , Nick Park (Inker)

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Gromit ink drawing – Nick Park Comic Art

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Title:	Gromit ink drawing – Nick Park
Artist:	Nick Park (Penciller)
Artist:	Nick Park (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Convention Sketch
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	248
Likes on CAF:	2 3
Comments:	5
Added to Site:	12/6/2022
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[Continued from the previous post]

I don’t know if it would surprise you after all I have just said but a matter of months after I won the auction I gave the painting away. It surprised even me at the time. It is because I no longer have it that I have uploaded a cameraphone image and not a proper scan which is normally my preference – I no longer have access to the original. I had given away pages of comic art before, including pages I liked and pages by artists who were not otherwise represented in my collection, but nothing of this value. However, a close personal friend – someone of whom I can honestly say that without their influence I would not be the person I am today (for better or worse) – had a significant life event so what do you get the person who seemingly has everything? A one-of-a-kind/one-of-one original artwork. I was unsure as to how I would react as I have a slight issue with letting things go, but in the event I was quite calm. I don’t know if the person I gave it to realises the true value of the painting – it’s rude to leave the price tag on gifts – but I do know they will not be putting the painting on CAF because I doubt whether or not they have even heard of CAF, as they have no interest in comics or original comic art. But they do like Wallace and Gromit, as does practically everyone else in the UK. I have never met anyone who does not like them. They are un-dislikeable. I did worry that I would be concerned that the person I gave the painting to would sell it, give it away or just dispose of it, but at the end of the day gift-giving should be unconditional. I was happy to have owned the painting for a short time, which, I guess, is what we are all doing with our art in the grand scheme of things. I hope that if circumstances force my hand and I do have to “liquidate” my collection in the future, or if the ref blows full time on me before I have to do that then I can take leave of the collection with exactly the same equanimity.

I suppose you could call this an epilogue of sorts. Some months after I gave the painting away I went to an in-person antiques auction. I had my eye on a piece of furniture, but I was well-outbid on that. It did catch me unawares when a handful of framed artworks came up for auction in the same session, including this ink drawing allegedly by Nick Park. I wish I could say that the bidding war for it was fraught and exciting IRL and just like those scenes between Uncle Scrooge McDuck and Rockerduck I had read in those Disney comics when I was a young boy. However, as the auction did not even reach three figures the stakes were not quite so high. There is no provenance or certificate of authenticity for the drawing, and it is executed so quickly it is hard to tell if it is genuinely by Nick Park’s hand but when the hammer price is in only double digits it is hard to complain. In the past I had placed more money betting on the result of a football match. And lost. Perhaps I have again, but just don’t know it yet.

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Last Login:	September 2025
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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/7/2022

The marker lines are loose and confident without having to redouble over areas and looks like a one pass drawing, so definitely genuine. Or someone practiced this exact drawing hundreds of times to get this line correct.

Simon Ma
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 1/27/2023

Marcus Wai wrote:

Well, I really wasn’t angling when I wrote that last line but thank you for the benefit of your obvious expertise in this area. This is the sort of information that could be fraudulently useful in the wrong hands but you have it from me that I will not abuse it and I am sure neither will the honest CAF community. My thanks again.

Mark V
Member Since 2021

Posted on 12/7/2022

Who wouldn't want a Nick Park Gromit drawing, even if the provenance is uncertain? The question of provenance or authenticity aside, the story you unfold over two CAF entries was as compelling to read as the art was a delight to look at. Your friend is very lucky.

Simon Ma
Member Since 2013

Posted on 1/27/2023

Mark V wrote:

Thank you for your very kind words. You never really know what someone else is really going through but I do hope that they are lucky.

Hart R.
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 4/14/2023

Such a great illustration with emotion!

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