Does anybody remember this tickle art seller from the 90's?

[laughinggaszone]

I was reminiscing and I recalled a guy (his name escapes me) who was basically THE guy to get tickling art from. This was back in the mid 90's and he had a catalog of what was essentially other people's work that he had amassed and was selling and sometimes trading. I recall dealing with him once, back in '97, but I found his prices were really outrageous. Does anybody remember this guy or his name. I want to say that he made a brief appearance on the TMF or Tickle Theatre quite a number of years ago, looking to sell/trade.

 

[MTJpub]

Tobias Hackner?

 

[hammertyme]

Wasn't there an artist named CB Binder, that did some art work at about that time?

 

[MrTicklefeet]

Tobias Hackner?

Give that man a cookie!

 

[laughinggaszone]

Tobias Hackner...yep...that's the guy.

 

[milagros317]

Yes, I remember Tobias Hackner. His work was very expensive. 😱

 

[Wolf]

Yes, I remember Tobias Hackner. His work was very expensive. 😱

Wasn't his work. He resold other people's work, like Smith and BAC.

 

[milagros317]

Wasn't his work. He resold other people's work, like Smith and BAC.

Quite so. I stand corrected. I meant that the work that he offered for sale was quite expensive. 😱

 

[Wolf]

Quite so. I stand corrected. I meant that the work that he offered for sale was quite expensive. 😱

That it was. Something like $50 for a few badly Xeroxed drawings, as I recall. I wrote a few stories that didn't get me much in the way of "payment" from him.

 

[robmic]

Kind of like the pirates of today...

 

[laughinggaszone]

Yeah, he had cutthroat prices. Once the internet became more accessible, I think that spelled the end of his monopoly. I remember him making a brief appearance on the net, back in the early 2000's.