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Dr Deal, I think you nailed it. I do wish that ANS sketch card were numbered like the Postcard ones. It would be nice to know how many are out there.
The guy had a BIN of $150. It sold within a few min. The guy is obviously a fool!
Rob, you purchased an artists return from Jeff Zapata. Is it signed Zapatas? Does it have a number?
It is signed Zapata Bros. I think one brother held the card down and offered words of encouragement, while the other did the sketch.
Funny how I never thought to check it! I don't even know if I noticed it when I got it, but it does have a "10" with the signature, so it must mean 2010. It is signed Zapata Bros. I think one brother held the card down and offered words of encouragement, while the other did the sketch.
Are we sure its not a Fake with ink blotches coming through and the signature not saying "bros" ...and putting in the "10" - seems fishy .. maybe why he put it up @ $150 - not a fool afterall...
Both color Old School sketches I pulled had ink blotches on the backs, and I believe a lot of other people noticed the same thing with their own. I've also seen '10 on postcard sketches from John Zeleznik, and 2010 on some by Zeleznik, Brent Engstrom, and Matthew Kirscht. Don't know about the signature missing 'bros', but if I'd seen that card for $150 I'd have snatched it up in a second.
I bet its a balancing act with how much gloss they put on the front of the sketch cards. If they put as much as like a typical ANS card it wouldn't work well to sketch on, but not enough and it bleeds through, especially when they use a lot of coverage on colored ones. I haven't seen it be an issue with b&w's though.
I don't think it's a fake at all. It's clearly Zapatas style, and the signature matches mine exactly.