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Art Auction Announcement, Take Two

Well, much to our surprise, the auction site Robin used didn't draw a single bid for the Superman piece he inked over Alan Davis, so he's going to sell them via email bids. Here are the five sketches pencilled by Alan and inked by Robin, who notes "These are all considerably tighter and more finished than our convention sketches, some with backgrounds. Alan has drawn these on British A4 size Bristol (that's approx. 8.25" x 11.75")."

Sgt. Rock

Thor

Spider-Man

Supergirl and Batgirl

Superman

These are all one of a kind unpublished pencil and ink pieces; however, in the interest of full disclosure, the Supergirl/Batgirl piece has a bit of a history. It's based on a large piece that Alan and Robin did for the auction at Heroes Con which now appears to be in the collection of Anthony Rodriquez. Alan then decided last year to draw this more considered version, which he emailed Robin with the suggestion that it be inked over blueline to sell at the Big Apple con last November. You can see from this scan it was clearly labeled as such. There was also another blueline copy but this time at 11"x17", which Robin inked while at the con and donated to the ACTOR auction (no scan of that one but it was also clearly labeled as inks over blueline). However when Alan sent Robin the other sketches he included the original pencils to this piece, too so this is on the actual board that Alan drew it. Anybody who's interested in any of these sketches should email Robin directly as soon as possible.