Rhode Island Comic Con 2016 Review Part 2

Ok guys so now the good part of the show. I had a great time. I was there Friday and Saturday, set up with a friend of mine who's a dealer. We got a table last minute so we were in the ground floor of the Dunkin Donuts Center instead of the Cobvention Center with all the other comic dealers, which turned out to work well. Sales were great, surprisingky it was busy, very steady. Today was non stop all day long. Friday was less crowded, I got to walk around more and it was easier to get around. I walked the convention center pretty easily to look for books to buy. I didn't find much though. I only bought 2 books at this con, a Star Wars 2 CGC 9.4 and a Journey into Mystery 103 CGC 3.5. But I was happy with those books and I got them for a great price. I also picked up some slabs from CBCS that they shipped to the show for me and I was very happy with the grades I receieved. 
Saturday was crazy busy. I only walked to the convention center once and didn't want to do it again because of how long it took. Sales were awesome. I made a lot of money today and I was happy. 
I submitted some more books to CBCS. I got to meet James O'barr for the first time. I had him sign my Crow 1. He was nice, not very social though. It felt like I had to force a conversation. 
The best part of the show for me was meeting David Wenzel again, I met him briefly at Terrificon but only had him sign my Hobbit books, I didn't get the chance to buy any art from him, but this time I did. He did an incredible commission for me of Thorin Oakenshield. It blew me away. He did much more than I had expected. And his price was great. Then I asked him about original Art from The Hobbit and he had some. He didn't have the pages with him but he had a list of the pages he still had and the prices and I bought a page, an incredible page for an incredible price. I don't have it yet because he is going to ship it to me but I'm so excited. I love the Hobbit and now I will own a piece of original Art from it. I'm honored that he would let me purchase a page. It wasn't cheap, in fact it was the most I've spent on any piece of art and more than I paid for any comic book in my collection, but worth every penny. I can't wait to get it. He and his wife are incredibly nice people. I had a great time talking to him. I got to talk for 20-30 minutes, which in convention time is like an eternity. We talked about the books and the movies. It was just awesome. His art is incredible. Just an aamzing artist. I'm going to link his website. 
So overall the experience I had was great I'd give my personal experience an 8.5/10
David Wenzel's site

My haul 



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