Hey, it’s #299 of Original Comic Art Tips!

Original Comic Art Tips #299 – June, 23 2023

Welcome! As you can see above this is #299, it means that next week it will be the 300th week in a row I’ve been writing this newsletter, in a few months it will enter its 7th year of publishing.

Original Comic Art Auction Results

eBay: $11k for the R. Crumb back cover (it was briefly put for sale again though).
$6k for a ’90s X-men splash by Whilce Portacio, $3,4k for the Thor cover by Ryan Ottley, $3k for a page by Jamie Hewlett, $2,8k (Best Offer) for a Ult. Spidey DPS by Bagley, $2,1k for the Hulk page by Carlo Pagulayan.

$2k for a Batman page by Sean Murphy, $2k for a White Queen sketch by J. Scott Campbell, $1,7k for a Defenders page by Sal Buscema, $1,5k (B.O.) for a Silver Surfer splash by Jim Starlin.

John Romita original art: $850 for a remarked Spidey comic, $1,3k (B.O.) for a Spidey sketch cover, $1,1k for a Spidey Sketchagraph.

Heritage Weekly Auction: $15k for the Wrightson illustration, less than $4k for the X-Men page by JRJR, more than $2k for this Garfield daily, don’t start a bidding war over one of the thousands available, just wait a week and buy one for $500… $2k for a romance page by Pike, $1,8k for a Pogo Sunday.

Catawiki: €3k for the Crepax illustration, €400 for a pinup by Marini, €550 for the Tex by Laura Zuccheri, €400 for the Salgarone illustration by Jacovitti, €350 for a Daredevil commission by Colan.

Huberty Breyne: €150k for a (non Tintin related) cover by Hergé, €90k is a great price for a post Goscinny Asterix page, €70k for a top Johan page by Peyo, look at this beautiful Jean Giraud illustration, sold for €60k, a Moebius page for €48k, €45k for a Ranxerox cover by Liberatore, €30k for a Schuiten cover.

Look at this Arzach page by Moebius, sold for “only” €15k, €7k for a Giuseppe Bergman page by Manara, €5k for a Valentina page by Crepax.

BD Encheres: €42k for a Jerry Spring title page by Jijé, €6,5k for Loisel, €5,5k for Schuiten, €2,2k for Hermann, good prices for a couple covers by Dodier.

Alexander Historical Auctions: some big collections of comic strips and specialty pieces sold for very low prices. This set was the top one, with Rube Goldberg, H.T. Webster and more great names, sold for only $320, another set with big names went for $280, a set of 11 published dailies went for $240, half the value of the B.C. strip it included, this set sold for $220 included a rare Wally Walgren strip, this set, sold for $140 included a Little Annie Rooney Sunday.

This Week on eBay

Michael Turner – Superman Original Comic Art

Marvel: Last Week’s Conan pinup by John Buscema is ending tonight, the same for the Silver Age Millie splash, a Werewolf title splash, Shogun Warriors by Trimpe, a Spidey daily, Iron-Man by Greg Land, a Hook page by Vess, some Guardians pages by Valentino.
I like this Storm commission by JRJR, a Gwen Stacy sketch by Romita.

DC: a top Superman page by Michael Turner, Wonder Woman by Heck, a Preacher page by Steve Dillon, a vintage JLA cover by Jurgens,

Last week’s Charity Mandalorian art auction is still going: Simonson, Brereton, Dave Johnson, Plunkett, McManus, Blevins.
A vintage Scud page by Rob Schrab, an Elric splash by P. Craig Russell, a Red Sonja cover by Celina, a Bruce Timm prelimmm, a Jamie Hewlett page.
A nice Carol Day strip, a Rusty Riley daily, a 1937 and a 1948 Li’l Abner.

Heritage Weekly Auction

Marvel: Sgt. Rock by Ayers, two top Spidey pages by Saviuk, X-Factor by Guice, Excalibur by Alan Davis, a Silver Surfer splash by Rick Leonardi, an X-Men trading card by Jim Lee, a Punisher page by Wrightson, an X-Men DPS by Nick Bradshaw, a Daredevil cover by Rivera.

DC: DC Trinity by Bagley, Batman commissions by Fabok and Finch, a vintage one by Rogers, a Batman prelim by Alex Ross, Superman/Batman by Pacheco, a Batman page by Von Eeden.

A Matt Baker page, Dr. Who by Gibbons.

Catawiki Auctions

Marini – The Scorpion Original Comic art

A great Lucky Luke illustration by Bonhomme, an early Uderzo page, an illustration by LeGall, a sketch by Jacobs, some very nice Franka pages by Kuijpers.
A page by Magnus, a Red Sonja sketch by Gabriele Dell’Otto, a Dylan Dog page by Cestaro, a Spidey 2099 commission by Rick Leonardi.

Millon Auction

A painted cover by Hermann, look also at this page, a Blueberry page by Giraud, a page by Le Gall, two Macherot pages, an illustration by Schuiten, a page by Marini.
Sketches: a sketchbook page by Serpieri, a Corto sketch by Pratt, a detailed Blueberry by Gir, a very rare sketch by Jacobs, a very detailed sketch by Peyo.

Alex Raymond Original Art Documentary

Andres, a Comic Art Tips reader, sent me this video from his Youtube channel, he went to film the incredible Alex Raymond original art collection owned by a comic artist. 
Apart from the very interesting examination of the art and drawing style, there are many close ups of the art, it really seems to hold the pages in your hands.

See you next week!!