Outstanding 11x14 Usagi art on Ebay

tru2gzus · Post by **tru2gzus** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 20:45 -0700

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWAX:IT

http://cgi.ebay.com/Usagi-Yojimbo-mean- ... 2306359a1d

http://cgi.ebay.com/Usagi-Yojimbo-The-T ... 230635992c This one is a personal fave as I'm a big Fantastic Four fan.

Post by **Steve Hubbell** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 22:51 -0700

Shhh!

Nobody was supposed to notice those, that way I can afford to buy one of them!

Post by **Mayhem** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:28 -0700

Heh... yeah... I figured they would get posted here eventually

Silent Phantom · Post by **Silent Phantom** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 18:19 -0700

I remember seeing the one with The Thing at SDCC 2007, and possibly the 2nd one as well at Sensei's table. Nice pieces as always.

tru2gzus · Post by **tru2gzus** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 22:11 -0700

Hehe, sorry Steve, I guess I've had that reaction before on something I hoped to nab for a decent price. I guess many of us keep a close eye on Usagi stuff. I guess my hope is that someone in the Dojo will snag it instead of someone else though if they are that big of an Usagi fan that's cool too. Lol, oh well, hope you get one!

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 20:15 -0700

Wow. He way more than doubled, almost tripled, his investment.

The seller also had a print that went for $114.38. I still have a bunch of those that I sell at cons for $15.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Usagi-Yojimbo-Print ... 500wt_1064

Well, good for him. I made my money off the art, so I'm happy. I do get many comments from other pros that I price my art below what I should, and looking through other portfolios I see that many others charge a lot more. However, I'm comfortable charging what I do.

Thomas Froehling · Tue Mar 30, 2010 21:48 -0700

Well, I can say I did try for the "Usagi Thing" piece, but had to sleep through closing of the auction; I possibly couldn't have gone that far bidding anyway....

Did someone here snatch one of those pieces? Just curious.

Post by **Mayhem** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:29 -0700

Not here, I let it slide once it went over $200... partly because I knew what the original commission cost would have been. If I want to spend that sort of money on something recent, I'd much rather give it directly to Stan

Amazed over the final price for the print though... I wonder if he was "cashing in" on the slightly increased recognisation of the art from the recent charity auction...?

go · Post by go » Wed Mar 31, 2010 7:26 -0700

Dear Readers,
Only 2 people bid on the print.
Egos limited only by the depth of their cash flows?
Best wishes to all!
go

ps. This type of contest is an eBay sellers dream......

Post by **Steve Hubbell** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:36 -0700

Wasn't me....

I saw the auctions when they first appeared, but been having some cash flow problems currently which kept me from even bothering to place a bid.

Just discovered the "Making work pay" tax credit while finalizing my fed taxes (initially started in January and thrown aside when I "learned" that I had to send in a decent size check for the second year in a row), now I just have to send in an itsy bitsy small check.