Do you want to be a REAL Hero? Art Theft.
By
Djeannie,
Posted on: 2006-07-26 18:12 in Multi-Media Fan Creations
What an [censored].
I can't freaking BELIEVE that.
Well...I can believe it but it SUCKS. What a dick. Everyone start checking e-bay. 
Holy Krud 
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I can't freaking BELIEVE that.
Well...I can believe it but it SUCKS. What a dick. Everyone start checking e-bay.
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Yeah, e-bay would be a good place to start looking.
Check obscure/not-so-well-known comic paraphernalia auction sites, too.
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If you see any of these, please let me know. I will be putting better photos of the statue up on my site so it can be identified more easily.
Spyda
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Stolen Stuff
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Okay, here's what was stolen from Art Asylum. It's a chrome plated bust of a Cylon from Battle Star Galactica. It's a prototype so no one but Art Asylum should have one at this time.
Spyda
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Stolen Cylon Bust
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Would this be that? "Comic-con-exclusive" bsg cylon bust? Looks silver-painted, not chrome, and other details might help (size and whatnot.) (Edited for note - nope, because they do have a "limited run of 1000" over at Art Asylum.)
Looks identical, except it isn't chromed. Maybe that's what made it exclusive?
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I can't freaking BELIEVE that.
Well...I can believe it but it SUCKS. What a dick. Everyone start checking e-bay.
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Yeah... good grief <_ _> Some people. Sorry this happened to them, that's just not right.
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If you see any of these, please let me know. I will be putting better photos of the statue up on my site so it can be identified more easily.
Spyda
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Stolen Stuff
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Okay, here's what was stolen from Art Asylum. It's a chrome plated bust of a Cylon from Battle Star Galactica. It's a prototype so no one but Art Asylum should have one at this time.
Spyda
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Stolen Cylon Bust
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Would this be that? "Comic-con-exclusive" bsg cylon bust? Looks silver-painted, not chrome, and other details might help (size and whatnot.) (Edited for note - nope, because they do have a "limited run of 1000" over at Art Asylum.)
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That looks like it may be it. If AA is not selling that then thats the prototype.
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Looks identical, except it isn't chromed. Maybe that's what made it exclusive?
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Yeah the orignal is chromed not painted silver. Spyda is e-mailing the Art Asylum guys for more info / details on it.
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I checked out the Ebay link, one question the seller was asked and replied to the second question that he "Had Two, but sold the other one at the con". Looking like a match there, bucko.
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I checked out the Ebay link, one question the seller was asked and replied to the second question that he "Had Two, but sold the other one at the con". Looking like a match there, bucko.
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Hello. Very interested in this item. Two questions. 1. Has this ever been opened, even for inspection? 2. Is this the only one you have available (I am looking for 2)? Thank you! SHAWN
Jul-23-06
A: Hi! Our Cylon busts are still sealed in their boxes. We do not open the items unless the customer specifically requests that we do. Yes, you can buy two and we will combine s&h (1/2 off s&h on the 2nd item). We have a few left (it sold out at the con). Thanks, Erickson www.comictrek.com
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read the whole satement.
No, I would say it wasn't. It doesn't look chromed either.
and yes, it is sad people resort to such methods to get items.
Woops. 
Curse you blurred morning vision!
I frequent a forum where Jason "Spyda" Adams also frequents. He recently got back from the San Diego Comic Convention where someone had the gall to steal some stuff from him and his father, Neil Adams (sandman etc..)
Here is the text from Jason and the images of what was stolen. If anyone sees this stuff please contact Jason. I'm sure they will reward you in some way and seeing as we are all collectors we may stumble across these items on places we frequent.
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I am really not sure where it's best to post this, so if the moderators wish to move it to another place, thet's cool with me.
I will be posting something about how great the San Diego show was soon but I need to get this off my chest first and get anyone I know on the look out.
Me and my family had a big booth at the San Diego show. To one side was my sculpture work, to the other was my brothers pin up work, and in the center was my Dad's. Since dad gets such a big line of people, I help out as much as possible with his books and such, collecting money and keeping things moving along. Unfortunately, this means I have to turn my back on me tables for a moment or two now and then. I keep a standing back drop behind the pieces for better viewing which makes them easier to view by the public but abstructs my own view so I keep enything I am selling ot the side where thieves can't grab them. Odly enough, I have never thought that anyone would swipe the painted prototypes.
I had my new Demon Tower assembled but not put together on a battery operated turn table and on a stand next to that was another turn table with the "Next..." barbarian kit I had painted up for display. The next shelf down had the painted Frankenstein and my other pieces were here and there. I really was pleased with the way it looked.
At one point someone asked me about the barbarian piece and I asked "which one?" and the guy said "You have more than one?" and as I leaned over to show him both pieces, I found the "Next..." barbarian was gone and in it's place was the Frankenstein piece. I stormed about the gigantic convention in a hopeless attempt to catch who took it but obviously couldn't find him. The Convention refuses to make announcements, so I couldn't alert anyone to watch for the guy. (The announcement thing is kinda funny. They refuse to make announcements because last year there was so many prank announcements for fake names like Mike Hunt and things like that.)
So the sculpt was lost. The thief was kind of smart, I have to admit, because by placing another sculpture on the stand, it didn't look to people like there was a statue missing, so no one asked about the empty turn table.
Security took a report, but told me there was no hope of finding it.
So, needless to say, I was incredibly pissed off. But, by the end of the day, I found that the thief came back to steal 2 things from my father worth a couple hundred dollars each. He had a Superman CGC graded comic which he had drawn an original Superman portrait on and a Green Lantern with an original Green Lantern and Green Arrow portrait on. Both were on stands and both were gone while lower priced items were put in their place.
I gotta say, I was pissed when my own property was stolen but when someone steals from my Dad or anyone in my family, my head spins.
As the day came to a close, I found out my friend Donna at Art Asylum had a Battle Star Galacica prototype ship stolen, and another guy had expensive comics stolen while cheaper comics were put in their place.
There's some thief out there with quite a collection of stolen property and I am going to do my best to gather a list of what was taken so that if any item is found, the trail will lead us to the thief.
So anyway, below you will find a photo of the three items stolen from our booth. It's not easy to identify the Next... statue from others since, hopefully, people who bought them from me have painted them, but I figure I can identify mine accurately since you can't paint two the same exact way. The photo of the Green Lantern book is he exact one missing and only one exists. My father did 8 of the Superman's with sketches, but we have the other seven and have decided not to sell them at this time so if yo see one being sold on ebay or anywhere, that will be the one stolen. The picture I have is one of the ones we still have though. I don't have a scan of the one that was stolen.
If you see any of these, please let me know. I will be putting better photos of the statue up on my site so it can be identified more easily.
Spyda
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Stolen Stuff
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Okay, here's what was stolen from Art Asylum. It's a chrome plated bust of a Cylon from Battle Star Galactica. It's a prototype so no one but Art Asylum should have one at this time.
Spyda
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Stolen Cylon Bust
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