Deadpool set for comic art record with $7.5 million sale tipped
Would you pay $7.5 million for a pencil sketch? Someone is likely to. The sketch in question features Deadpool’s first ever comic book appearance.
2024-08-09
Original Peanuts drawings for LA’s “Snoopy Bridge” up for sale
A set of sketches featuring the Peanuts characters of Charles M Schulz is up for sale this month.
2024-06-12
Original comic book art attracts high early bids
Art for European comics including Tintin and Asterix currently tops the bidding in a major sale of original comic book and book art. The sale, which is open for online […]
2024-02-22
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
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
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
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
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 […]
2019-10-16
Jim Davis’ original Garfield artwork to sell through Heritage Auctions
The personal archive of cartoonist Jim Davis, the creator of Garfield, will be offered across a series of sales at Heritage Auctions. Davis’ collection includes more than 10,000 pieces of […]
2019-08-28
2019-06-27
Tintin’s first comic book cover could set new auction record
The first appearance of Tintin on a comic book cover is expected to sell for over $1 million when it hits the auction block at Heritage later this week. The […]
2019-06-04
Frank Frazetta’s masterpiece Egyptian Queen to auction at Heritage
A masterpiece by the American artist Frank Frazetta could achieve a new world record when it goes up for sale at Heritage Auctions later this month. Frazetta is one of […]
