Comic Books & Illustration Art
Charlie Brown Christmas cartoon strip sets new auction record at Heritage
A Peanuts cartoon strip linked the the classic ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ has achieved a new world record at Heritage Auctions. The hand-drawn strip by Peanuts creator Charles Schulz sold […]
2021-09-15
Spider-Man comic book sells for world-record $3.6 million
A copy of the first-ever Spider-Man comic has sold for $3.6 million, setting a new record as the world’s most valuable comic book. The rare copy of Amazing Fantasy #15, […]
2021-09-13
World’s most valuable Batman comic book tops $1.5 million prior to auction
A copy of Batman #1 has set a new record as the world’s most valuable Batman comic book, days before it even goes up for auction at Heritage. Bidding is […]
2021-01-11
Frank Frazetta’s The Princess of Mars could set new auction record at Heritage
Frank Frazetta’s iconic fantasy artwork The Princess of Mars will lead a sale of original comic book and illustration art at Heritage Auctions next week. The original 1970 painting is […]
2020-09-03
World’s first Wonder Woman comic book could top $1 million
The world’s first Wonder Woman comic book could sell for over $1 million when it hits the auction block next month at Comic Connect. The online sale will feature the […]
2020-07-23
Collection of every D.C comic book ever published to sell at Sotheby’s
A remarkable private collection of every single D.C comic book published from 1935 to 2014 has gone up for sale at Sotheby’s in London. The collection of more than 40,000 […]
2020-04-01
Bernie Wrightson’s original Frankenstein artwork to sell at Heritage Auctions
Bernie Wrightson’s original endpaper illustration for the Marvel Comics adaptation of Frankenstein will be offered for sale at Heritage Auctions next month. The artwork will cross the block as part […]
2020-03-23
First Spider-Man comic book Amazing Fantasy #15 sells for almost $800,000
A copy of Amazing Fantasy #15, the first-ever Spider-Man comic book, has sold for almost $800,000 at Heritage Auctions in Dallas this week. The rare book climbed to a final […]
2020-03-06
First-ever Flash Gordon comic strip set to auction at Profiles in History
The first-ever Flash Gordon comic strip drawn by Alex Raymond in 1933 is heading for auction, having been rediscovered after more than 80 years. Raymond’s original artwork for Flash Gordon […]
2020-02-26
Spider-Man’s Amazing Fantasy #15 debut leads Heritage comic book sale
A rare copy of the first ever Spider-Man comic book, Amazing Fantasy #15, could sell for over half a million dollars when it goes up for auction next month. The […]
2020-02-12
Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein cover art sells for world record $1.2 million
Bernie Wrightson’s original cover art for the Marvel Comics adaptation of Frankenstein has sold at auction for a world record price of $1.2 million. Wrightson’s illustration had been described as […]
2019-12-13
Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein “masterpiece” could break auction record
Bernie Wrightson’s original cover illustration for the Marvel Comics version of Frankenstein could set a new auction record at Profiles in History next week. The artwork is entitled “…I shall […]
2019-12-02
The world’s most valuable Marvel comic book sells for record $1.26 million
A copy of Marvel Comics #1, which launched the entire Marvel brand back in August 1939, has sold for a new world record price at Heritage Auctions in Dallas. The […]
2019-11-22
Marvel Comics #1 could become the next $1 million comic book at Heritage Auctions
A rare copy of Marvel Comics #1 could be the next comic book to break the $1 million mark, as it heads for sale at Heritage Auctions next month. First […]
2019-10-23
Robert Crumb’s original ‘Stoned Agin’ artwork to sell at Heritage Auctions
Robert Crumb’s original artwork for his famous comic strip ‘Stoned Agin’ will be offered for sale at Heritage Auctions next month. The 1971 illustration has been described as a “cultural […]