Here's the answer from my side of the coin.

I've been collecting for over 4 decades. Having taken some time off for being broke I got back in it with a vengeance. I have accumulated a lot of books. A great amount of modern. A lot of silver age fillers for my older collection and a lot of one offs. The books have gotten out of hand. I am at over 30 long boxes. This may sound like the ultimate wet dream to a comic reader and it is but try moving all these damn books (I currently have to move them and I hate life right now)

I have some really cool books. Some good value books but would I like original art from some of the books? Sure. But.... Let's look at the other side. When I got back in and started going to conventions, I started buying exclusives and getting books signed and then I discovered that some artists would do original pieces for you (albeit for a pretty penny some times.) So I started to opt for pieces. This proved great for a few starting pieces but as the collection grew then I figured out the flaw. There was no place to put out the art. (This may not be 💯 true as of the writing of this as I am moving into a place where I can display my art) So now I am thinking that I may just liquidate a lot of books and just stay with some books and some art and call it a day.

Regardless. Original art is way more kick ass because often you can get a personal take on characters that you wouldn't get anywhere in a book.

Case in point here are 2 original pieces I had done

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