Since trading in nearly my entire collection of thousands of comics for an
original piece of Avenger's cover art, as a ninth grade boy, I had one
disillusioning experience after another with people who traded in comic
books. Initially thrilled with that trade, I came to feel cheated when I
met a young store employee who had been there that morning and recalled the
event clearly. He told me how the owners derisively howled at my stupidity,
upon my leaving. Though still thrilled with art, I could never again view
it with the same untainted joy. Now, after forty-four subsequent years of
having felt taken advantage, and even more recent attempts by dealers to
convince me the piece was worth only $3,000, $15,000, or $18,000, I found a
man I could trust in Vincent Zurzolo at ComicConnect, who with great care
and expertise was able to deliver me a final price of $53,000 on my piece
and, greater still, at last restored to me the joy and satisfaction of the
boy, who had acquired the piece in the first place!
