The first piece of original comic art I bought was my Cypher splash page by Alan Davis, which I got over 20 years ago now (and for a price that would make you weep if you knew how little it was). I added an odd piece or two over the next decade (the New Mutants Art Adams lithograph, my DR and Quinch page) and a bit, but I only really got interested in the notion of commissions about five or six years ago.