Clandestine Auctions are excluded from the following guide.
In February 2025 I started auctioning original illustrations through this website. The first auction had a very modest result (a bid of 10€). The second one had more participants. The third one a little more. And so on. Each new auction is generating more interest and participation.
Higher price: 200€
Average price: 53€
The running gag is a very interesting humorous tool that will be a trend in 2025. It is a joke, joke or joke that is repeated. The good running gag is not very funny the first time, it is when it is repeated that it gains strength. But it is not without its dangers. The Cruz y Raya one is «muu cansiiinooo». There was also the rhyming with the five (every morning I wake up I thank life that it is no longer used).
From time to time running gags appear and become fashionable and everyone uses them, until they disappear. At home we are against fashionable running gags and have banned them. A good running gag has to be homegrown. It has to be born in a real environment and in a shared culture of life. Not on TV. I encourage you to try a running gag with someone close to you today.
Here is a selection of some of my best illustrations, always made with inks and watercolors on paper.
Continue reading Las mejores ilustraciones
The historic center of Oliva in the region of La Safor is one of the largest in the area and is made up of a series of traditional Valencian style houses from different periods, from the most humble to the stately. All this in a relief somewhat «steep» at some points but most of the time accessible to everyone.
Continue reading Casco antiguo de Oliva (Valencia)
1,024 inhabitants - 1km² - Palmeri, palmerina
The term has a completely flat relief with a slight slope towards the sea, as it sits on the alluvial plain that occupies almost the entire orchard of the Safor.
With the expulsion of the Moors it had to remain totally depopulated. During the nineteenth century, after overcoming the silk crisis and transforming agriculture towards the cultivation of orange trees, the population doubled to 458 inhabitants in 1900. Its local history lacks relevant facts and is immersed in the historical evolution of the Duchy of Gandía, to which it belonged until the disassociation laws of the Cortes de Cádiz in 1814.
Continue reading Palmera
2,256 inhabitants - 17km - Xereser, xeresera
Xeresa is located in the northern part of the Safor. The surface of the term is mostly mountainous, with a predominance of limestone rocks. The village is built on flat land, surrounded by mountains that form an arc. To the west of the municipality is the Mondúver massif.
This year I have been trying a new way to present my work. It is a system in which a sheet of paper is attached to a wooden board and the edges are framed with strips. Then everything is varnished and voila, the result is spectacular.
La Safor is a coastal region made up of 31 municipalities and with a census of 171,903 inhabitants. It is located in the province of Valencia and borders the province Alicante, both in the Valencian Community, Spain. Its capital and best known city is Gandíawhich currently has 73,000 inhabitants. Other places of special tourist interest are the municipality of Olivathanks to its historic center and its quiet beaches, or Villalonga for its numerous and interesting mountain routes.
Continue reading Todo sobre la Safor
