Client notes
Evidence from briefs, not stars
These remarks name a package we actually offer. Length and mood vary because sittings do. One collector wished we had been clearer about the three-plate introductory table.
The matching notes named two Mark-family plates I already suspected and one overlay I had been treating as a cover. Anan wrote why the overlay did not belong in the same frame. I still booked the viewing; I just stopped asking them to invent a set.
Gloves and the locker speech felt fussy until I saw the foil on the helmet catch the side light. Ninety minutes went quickly. I wish they had warned me that the introductory table is only three plates — I had mentally packed a whole run.
I sent cropped helmet photos and received a request for full-sheet shots. After I complied, the comparison sheet arrived with a list of variants they would not endorse. That list saved me a noisy argument with another dealer.
Lot notes for ARC-19 listed a missing original invoice and did not soften it. I reserved anyway because the handling log from intake to the cabinet was dated and dull, which is what I wanted.
A longer visit: ARC-19 in the rainy season
Thomas Reeve flew from Singapore with lot notes already in hand. ARC-19, a Bleeding Edge joint diagram, had a copy invoice only. He asked to see the handling log on paper, not as a scan. Kanya brought the folder to the table after the gloves went on.
The sitting used four plates, not six, because a storm the night before had us rest two foil-heavy Mark plates. Thomas photographed the printer’s hash on the right edge, no flash. He reserved the lot the same afternoon. The mild complaint in his note — that the missing original invoice was not softened — is accurate. We still keep that gap on the PDF.
If you want a sitting that looks like this one, start with a collector package inquiry so the lot code exists before you buy a ticket.
