Top Joe Mad X-Men Ending Now! – #302

Original Comic Art Tips #302 – July, 14 2023

Welcome! Run to the eBay section for the page by Joe Mad, ending really soon, then come up again to see the big results!

Original Comic Art Auction Results

eBay: $22k (Best Offer) for a top Thanos page by Jim Starlin, $5k for an Invincible splash by Cory Walker, $5k for the Kingpin illustration by John Romita, $3,8k for the Avengers cover by John Cassaday, $3,5k (B.O.) for an EC page by Graham Ingels, $3k for the Fables cover by Wiesenfeld, $3k for a Batman page by Michael Turner.

$2,6k for the Tarzan sketch by Frank Frazetta, $2,3k for the Captain Victory page by Kirby, $1,5k for the Dracula page by Colan, $1,5k (B.O.) for a Machine Man page by Sal Buscema, $1k for a Vampirella prelim by Bruce Timm.

A couple of high priced sketch covers: look at this Miller/Sienkiewicz Batman cover sold for $7,2k, a Joker cover by Kim Jung Gi for $5,5k.

There are also a pair of funny results: one of those 20 seconds Batman doodles by Bruce Timm went for $1,2k, an Hellboy head sketch by Mike Mignola for $2k.

Heritage Weekly Auction: $17k for the Moon Knight cover by Carl Potts, which would be the record price for the artist if you don’t consider the art done in collaboration with Jim Lee. $10k for the Venom cover by Liam Sharp, $10k for a rare, early Invincible page by Cory Walker.

$9k for a Spidey/Wolvie page by Mark Bright, very high $8,5k for the Spawn by Jim Lee, $8k for the Romita SR/JR page.
$2,9k for the early Dennis panel by Hank Ketcham, $2,9k for the Hulk/Spidey page by JRJR.

Surprising prices for the Joe Sullivan collection, only $400 for a 1956 Dick Tracy daily, only $700 for the Snoopy sketch by Schulz, $400 for the sketches lot with a rare Hirshfeld sketch, $150 for the sketches lot with a very early Garfield by Jim Davis.

Catawiki: €850 for the page by Delaby, €700 for the Ranxerox sketch by Liberatore, €450 for the Druuna sketch by Serpieri, €350 for an Alan Ford page by Magnus, really good €89 deal on the Wolverine page by Salvador Larroca.

ComicLink Auctions: $5k for the Elektra pinup by John Byrne, $3,5k for the Lady Death illustration by Steven Hughes, $3k for a Superboy page by Grummett, $2k for a Punisher page by Zaffino, $2k for the Conan cover prelim by John Buscema.

The low prices were many more than the high as usual, with many great deals on nice art.
$1,6k is very low for the Jim Cheung Avengers splash, $500 for another page, $700 for a Batman style guide illustration by Garcia Lopez, $600 for a TWD page by Adlard, look at this Avengers with Spidey page by JRJR sold for $500, $500 also for a classic Superman strip by Boring, $450 for a Elektra VS. Bullseye page by Mike Deodato, $400 for a Birds of Prey DPS by Butch Guice, $350 for a Spider-Man page by Ryan Ottley.

Mandarake: $26k for a sketch by Akira Toriyama, $5k for two prelim pages by Rumiko Takahashi, $3,5k for an Astro Boy shikishi by Tezuka, $2,5k for a Lupin III shikishi by Monkey Punch.

Sempé Auction: I found out today about this auction on Comic Art Tracker, 20 illustrations by Sempé sold, with a total price paid of €270k. The highest price was €45k for this lot.

This Week on eBay

Joe Madureira – X-Men Original Comic Art

Marvel: a Signed Ditko letter with a line on Spider-Man, a top X-Men page by Joe Mad ending really soon and still low, the Gary Frank Spidey page is still going, a Ulik pinup by Pollard, an Iron Fist page by Ron Wilson, look at this Captain America page by Sal Buscema. a cover and two Spidey pages by John Romita, with offers accepted, a low priced Thor page by John Buscema.

DC: A Teen Titans page by Neal Adams, a Superpowers page by Jack Kirby, a Batman sketch cover by Jason Fabok, a Cosmic Odyssey page by Mignola, a Superman page by Bob McLeod, a Martian Manhunter title splash by Tom Mandrake, cheap Batman/Superman page by Ryan Ottley, Batman by Alan Davis.

An Invincible cover by Ottley, a Scott Pilgrim page, a Steve Canyon daily, a Bruce Timm pinup, a nice Elric page by P. Craig Russell, a painted Zorro sketch by Alex Ross, a B.C. daily, a 1963 Orphan Annie Sunday, a TMNT cover prelim by Kevin Eastman, an Hellboy bust by Mignola.

Heritage Weekly Auction

Marvel: a Ka-Zar pinup by Neal Adams, a Ka-Zar page by Barry Smith, early Conan by John Buscema, a Black Widow illustration by Gulacy, Defenders by Perlin, Hulk and Team-Up by Trimpe.

DC: some DC pages by Sergio Aragones.

Nice page by Jaime Hernandez, a Sky Masters strip by Kirby, a great Creepy page by Pablo Marcos, an On Stage Sunday.

Catawiki Auctions

Lo Sconosciuto by Magnus, a sketched book and a sketch by Gipi, a Ranxerox sketch by Liberatore, a pinup by Jacovitti, a Disney cover by Pastrovicchio, a Disney illustration by Silvia Ziche.

A Giraud sketch, an Asterix album signed by Goscinny & Uderzo, a cover prelim by Dany.
An Hellblazer cover prelim by Bisley, a title page by Arturo Del Castillo, a Swamp Thing page by Breccia, a very nice Spidey 2099 commission by Rick Leonardi.

Misc. Auctions

A 1965 Peanuts daily at Revere Auctions,
a Peter Rabbit strip by Cady at Kensington Estate Auctions.

See you next week!!

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