Michael Kaluta Book of Magic #36 cover original art

Original art Book of Magic #36, DC/Vertigo 1996, Published May 1997.
By Michael Kaluta.

I first saw this original at the SDCC way back in 2004. Mr. Kaluta had a booth at the artist alley and this gem was in one of his portfolios for sale.
Unfortunately I did not have enough funds to purchase it, but I had always remembered how beautiful this illustration was and have always regretted not picking it up from Mr. Kaluta.
I never thought I would ever have has chance to locate this cover again.

Recently, I posted an image of the cover on Kaluta's Facebook page stating that this is one of my favorite covers. Amazingly, the owner of the original contacted me inquiring if I was still interested and the illustration was for sale.
I was in shock and thought what luck it was that I would ever be given a second chance to own this beautiful Kaluta original cover.

A huge THANK YOU to Michael Ingram for making this all possible for me.