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Outstanding 11x14 Usagi art on Ebay
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 20:45 -0700
by tru2gzus
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 22:51 -0700
by Steve Hubbell
Shhh!
Nobody was supposed to notice those, that way I can afford to buy one of them!
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:28 -0700
by Mayhem
Heh... yeah... I figured they would get posted here eventually
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 18:19 -0700
by Silent Phantom
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.
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 22:11 -0700
by tru2gzus
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!
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 20:15 -0700
by Stan Sakai
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.
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 21:48 -0700
by Thomas Froehling
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.
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:29 -0700
by Mayhem
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...?
contest
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 7:26 -0700
by go
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......
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:36 -0700
by Steve Hubbell
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.
