Ready for 9 More John Byrne pages on eBay? – #292

Original Comic Art Tips #291 – May 06 2023

Great art lately on eBay, with Byrne, Ditko and the Charltons, next week, I hope to remember, it will already be time for another Comiclink auction.

Original Comic Art Auction Results

eBay: $2k for the Ultimate X page by Art Adams, $1,7k for the Dracula page by Steve Ditko, $1,6k (Best Offer) for a Swamp Thing sketch by Wrightson, $1,5k for the Spawn page by Capullo/McFarlane, $1,4k for Sgt. Rock by Kubert.

Two comics with nice remarks by J. Scott Campbell went for $1,6k and $1,2k.
$800 for the Charlton cover by Kim, $700 for the Don Newton pages, $600 for the Aquaman page by Aparo.

I went to take a tour of European eBay websites, original art sold in March and April. On eBay UK I found a Batman DPS from a 1966 annual, sold for £3,5k, a a Dredd DPS by Ron Smith for £2,7k, Slaine by Bisley for £2,2k, Slaine by Belardinelli for £2,1k, a Batman figure with an Harley sketch by Jim Lee went for a good $650.

A Batgirl Vs. Catwoman by Garcia Lopez sold in Australia for $2k, with a Bruce Timm pinup sold for $450.
€1,9k (B.O.) for a page by Juillard in France, €1,9k (B.O) for a Bob Morane page by Vance.

Heritage Weekly Auction: $13k for a Werewolf cover credited to John Romita, $12,5k for the Annie Fanny pages by Elder, $11,5k for a Daredevil page by Mazzucchelli without Daredevil, let’s wait for one with action to see the new record price. $9k for the Man w/o Fear page by JRJR, $4k for the Wolverine page was not bad.

$9k for the Fantastic Four page by Art Adams, $8,5k for the Cul De Sac daily, $6k for the Spidey illustration by Charles Vess, $5,5k for a Wolverine cover by Kael Ngu, $4k for the From Hell page, very high $2k for a Zatanna commission by Terry Dodson.

Catawiki: €2,4k for a western illustration by Girod, €1,6k for a 1991 jam piece by Walthery and Dany, €1,2k for a pinup by Aouamri, €1,3k for a page by Georges Bess, a nice DPS by Keramidas for €500 a Luuna page for a little less, a sketch by Moebius for €400.

€1,4k for a Ego Sum page by Simone Bianchi, €500 for a Tex page by Carnevale, €500 for a sketch by Frollo, €350 for a page from Zagor #2, €350 for a Dylan Dog page by Freghieri.

€750 for a Don Lawrence page, €500 for the Conan by Maroto, the Prowler splash by Bill Reinhold was finally sold for €700, a good price if you care for the Prowler. €500 for the Time2 splash by Chaykin, €350 for a Thor page by Immonen, €300 for the Kim Jung Gi sketch.

This Week on eBay

Steve Ditko/John Byrne – Avengers Original Comic Art

Marvel: here we are with another batch of Byrne pages. An Avengers page by Ditko/Byrne, some Iron-Fist pages, one, two, three, Champions one, two, a Marvel Chillers page.
A Star Wars page by Infantino, a Defenders page by Sal Buscema, a Fantastic Four page by Pollard, price lowered on the Longshot page by Art Adams, now at $7k and offers accepted is actually a good deal.

The Thor cover by Andrew Robinson is for sale again but it started from zero, a Phoenix pinup by Ed Benes, an X-Men page for charity by Pere Perez.

DC: A Fourth World page by Byrne, Spectre by Tom Mandrake, a Flash-Splash by Ron Garney, a Wonder Woman pinup by Ed Benes, a page from Blue Beetle #1 by Cully Hamner, a faded 1992 Superman commission by Joe Quesada.

Many more Charlton pages, better than the ones sold last week: a very nice Dr. Graves page by Ditko, three Phantom pages by Don Newton, a title splash and a (Red Circle not Charlton) page by Pat Boyette, three pages by Sutton and even three pages by Wayne Howard. Then three plus three vampire pages and a Yang page by Sanho Kim.

Invincible by Ryan Ottley, look there’s a Tank Girl splash, a full team Next Men page by Byrne.
A funny Wizard of ID daily, a B.C. daily.

Heritage Weekly Auction

Marvel: A Conan page by Gil Kane, one by Buscema, Thor by Frenz, Defenders by Larsen, Dr. Strange by Chris Bachalo.

DC: great Batman pages by Steve Rude, John Watkiss and Finch, Warlord and Legion by Grell, a Superman daily by Boring. A page from 100 Bullets #1.

Aliens by Mignola/Nowlan, a fantasy DPS by Brunner.

Look at this Juliet Jones daily, Scorchy Smith by Sickles, a Rip Kirby daily by Raymond, a top Pogo daily, a rare 1936 Gumps daily.
A Bringing Up Father Sunday, a Little King Sunday, a Peter Rabbit Sunday.

Catawiki Auctions

Romero – Modesty Blaise Original Comic Art

Ranxerox busts by Liberatore one and two, a page from Lo Sconosciuto and a Compagnia della Forca sketch by Magnus, Air Mail by Micheluzzi, a Tex page by Claudio Villa, a Tex page by Carnevale, a Valentina pinup by Frollo, a Hulk page by Matteo Scalera. 

Agente Nessuno by Breccia, a top Modesty Blaise by Romero, 100 Bullets by Risso, a sketched portfolio by Bernet, a sketched book by Dany.

Heritage Garfield Auction

It’s time for another Garfield auction, with the usual mix of early (but not too early) daily and Sunday strips, many full weeks of dailies and some illustrations for merchandising.

Los Angeles Estate Auctions today will offer a 1993 Lady Death & Evil Ernie illustration by Steven Hughes with a pretty low starting price.

See you next week!!