[Groop]Groo sketch on Ebay

Tue, 18 Jun 2002 11:52:57 EDT

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I was cruising around eBay in the search for the perfect anniversary present 
(2 years next month!) for my beloved Elie, when I noticed two things, one of 
which may be of interest to the Groop (the other being the insane number of 
typos--someone is selling a Jango Felt poster, for example).

I decided to search for "Aragones original art," not expecting to get 
anything for reasons ME has already explained, and up pop two auctions by the 
same guy (Items # 883763708 and 883761449).  They appear to be small sketches 
much like the one Sergio did for us at a con, complete with someone's name 
worked into the art and dated "Aragones 02." I'm not sure which depresses me 
more about this: that someone would auction something that Sergio probably 
did for a fan free of charge out of the goodness of his heart, or that the 
sketches are going for $8 and $5 respectively. Ot the third, most disturbing, 
possibility: the guy got the sketches straight from Senor Aragones with the 
intention of selling them.

No wonder some artists aren't doing sketches for fans anymore, or have 
started to charge if they do.

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<HTML>I was cruising around eBay in the search for the perfect anniversary present (2 years next month!) for my beloved Elie, when I noticed two things, one of which may be of interest to the Groop (the other being the insane number of typos--someone is selling a Jango Felt poster, for example). 
 
I decided to search for "Aragones original art," not expecting to get anything for reasons ME has already explained, and up pop two auctions by the same guy (Items # 883763708 and 883761449).&nbsp; They appear to be small sketches much like the one Sergio did for us at a con, complete with someone's name worked into the art and dated "Aragones 02." I'm not sure which depresses me more about this: that someone would auction something that Sergio probably did for a fan free of charge out of the goodness of his heart, or that the sketches are going for $8 and $5 respectively. Ot the third, most disturbing, possibility: the guy got the sketches straight from Senor Aragones with the intention of selling them. 
 
No wonder some artists aren't doing sketches for fans anymore, or have started to charge if they do.</HTML>

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