which sketches seemed to be the most sought after in terms of ebay sales and rarity or sketch excellence...
I know smokin' joe and brent seem high on the list...for ans11 at least
Let me preface by saying this is all just my opinion, for what it is worth...
From what I have seen, you have it... Smokin' Joe sketches are definitely going for the most and are not abundant on ebay. His ANS11 sketches are very detailed. Joe Simko has some really nice high-end color items but at the other end of the spectrum, some of his black and white shaped sketches are very plain for this release and almost looked rushed. These are going for fairly low prices. Dustin Graham, Joe Grossberg and Ron Comes (who I believe are all relatively new at Wacky sketches, at least in large numbers) have all provided very nice work, in my opinion. I have only seen color sketches by Ron Comes so they are fetching higher prices. I think Dustin, Joe and Ron have contributed to Wackies in the past, in one way or another but if you consider them "newbies" at providing a large numbers of sketches for a WP release, I will go out on a limb and say this is the strongest "freshman class" ever. I am also only seeing color sketches by Strephon Taylor. All of his I have seen are like a miniature paintings of the original WP. Simple but very nice. I tend to see more sketches for ANS11 from Neil Camera, Brent Engstrom, Jason Brower, Mark Parisi, Sam Gambino, Mark Pingatore, and Matthew Kirscht then I do for Jeff Zapata, Fred Wheaton, and David Gross... all who have done their usual very nice work as we have come to expect. I am seeing more David Gross sketches than what I have in the past releases. Again, just my opinion, but I thing Sam Gambino has stepped up his game in this release and I see a lot of his sketches I really like.
I know the artists all have differing styles and we collectors all have differing tastes (viva la difference) but I really think this is one of, if not the strongest batch of sketches for any of the ANS releases since the sketch cards were introduced. I know I am seeing a lot more I wish I had the funds to purchase.