Black Canary by Bair & Buzz

I fell in love with this piece when I found it on John Bayer's site. I still think it is a textbook example of how to do a sexy female figure. In fact, one could learn a lot by just looking at it. It seems to tell a story. I got this early in my collecting career after a frustrating week of trying to get pieces from Al Rio, Buzz, Dave Hoover and others and coming up empty. When I checked what was new when it was all over, there it was, the grail and it was a Buy It Now. I paid easily twice what I had ever paid before for a piece and got it. The week of chasing pieces had softened me up for paying that much (about $225.00) for a piece. I've since bought much of the cream of Bayer's collection and am friends with Buzz and friendly with Bair. I still consider it one of my best pieces.