A SKECTCH OF PICCOLO BY TORIYAMA FOR SALE?

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A SKECTCH OF PICCOLO BY TORIYAMA FOR SALE?

Post by ssjmarcus19902 » Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:14 pm

I was just browsing through eBay and came across this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Original-signed-s ... 286.c0.m14

Looks real enough, though why so cheap?

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Post by SSj_Rambo » Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:28 pm

The item is listed as un-certified so there's guarantee that it's real, but the price doesn't seem too low for a sketch like that. But you must note, he has 100% positive feedback after selling 51 items and that's pretty good.

He sold a similar item here:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0225843869

I would e-mail the buyer and ask his thoughts on what he received.

Here's his page if you want to look through the other things he sold, so far I havn't found anything questionable.

http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI ... ckAsSeller
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Post by ssjmarcus19902 » Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:31 pm

That Bulma picture doesn't look too Toriyama-esc. I think i've fallen in love with the Piccolo one though.
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Post by Metalwario64 » Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:36 am

Looks so hilariously fake... Even I could do better than that!
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Post by DominatorLost » Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:52 am

That's... terrible. :lol:
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Post by mAcChaos » Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:12 am

He's probably rusty after not drawing Piccolo for so long...
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Post by sangofe » Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:30 am

SSj_Rambo wrote: He sold a similar item here:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0225843869
What fraud!!
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Post by TAS » Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:01 pm

Looks so hilariously fake... Even I could do better than that!
So? It's not like Toriyama is all that amazing of an artist when it comes to his sketch work or black and white stuff, not to mention those sketches look very similar to convention skethes that artists do at comic cons, ie quick doodles that don't even take more then a minute.

Basically you shouldn't be judging it by the quality of the picture if you know AT's style or have seen convention sketches before.
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Post by Ex-Dubbie369 » Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:55 pm

I've seen the Bulma sketch in a SJ before. I know it's legit. Not sure 'bout the Piccolo though.
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Post by Genki-Dama » Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:52 pm

Well if you have $100 bucks to blow buy it, but there is no way we can find out if its real or not.
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Post by SSj_Rambo » Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:33 pm

Looks like it sold, I guess now all we can do is ask the buyer (iamwitty47) how it is in person.
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Post by Olivier Hague » Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:08 pm

mAcChaos wrote:He's probably rusty after not drawing Piccolo for so long...
I guess he hasn't been writing for a while either, then... There's no way this "pikkoro" was written by a Japanese person.
Not to mention the signature... "Toriyama Amara", indeed.
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Post by SonEric84 » Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:30 pm

Olivier Hague wrote:
mAcChaos wrote:He's probably rusty after not drawing Piccolo for so long...
I guess he hasn't been writing for a while either, then... There's no way this "pikkoro" was written by a Japanese person.
Not to mention the signature... "Toriyama Amara", indeed.



hahahahaha Oh man, that sucks so bad. That's what you get for buying that stuff on ebay...
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Post by Stridex » Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:57 pm

Um... the buyer on that sale.... I think that's my WIFE!

I think I know what I'm getting for Christmas! Omg!

Um... do I tell her I know, or do I stay quiet? Help guys....
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Post by SonEric84 » Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:18 pm

Stridex wrote:Um... the buyer on that sale.... I think that's my WIFE!

I think I know what I'm getting for Christmas! Omg!

Um... do I tell her I know, or do I stay quiet? Help guys....


Whoa, seriously? Well, from what I see in this thread you should probably tell her she got ripped off...heh.
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Post by SonGokuGT » Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:54 pm

They look close to the sketches given away in Shonen Jump. They´re most likely legit. Not everyone wants to dedicate an hour to draw something for a fan, you know...
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Post by Herms » Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:06 pm

SonGokuGT wrote:They look close to the sketches given away in Shonen Jump. They´re most likely legit. Not everyone wants to dedicate an hour to draw something for a fan, you know...
Olivier Hague pointed out above that Toriyama's own name is misspelled in the signature, so it pretty much has to be a fake. It might be copied from some of his actual sketches, though.
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Post by SonGokuGT » Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:24 pm

Herms wrote:
SonGokuGT wrote:They look close to the sketches given away in Shonen Jump. They´re most likely legit. Not everyone wants to dedicate an hour to draw something for a fan, you know...
Olivier Hague pointed out above that Toriyama's own name is misspelled in the signature, so it pretty much has to be a fake. It might be copied from some of his actual sketches, though.
The sketches wouldn´t really be too hard to make knockoffs off. After all they are rushed to begin with.
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Re: A SKECTCH OF PICCOLO BY TORIYAMA FOR SALE?

Post by Olivier Hague » Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:34 pm

Well, I could be wrong. Maybe Toriyama was tired, maybe he drew the sketches while riding a llama, I don't know.
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Post by mAcChaos » Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:32 pm

Can't it be returned?
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