Who Wants a Buscema Page? – #287

Original Comic Art Tips #287 – Mar. 31 2023

Some big eBay results and great pieces on the HA weekly auction and Catawiki.

Original Comic Art Auction Results

eBay: $15k for the 1982 Peanuts daily, $3,5k for a JLA/Avengers page by George Perez, $3,5k for the Defenders title splash by Sal Buscema, good deals for the two original Thor pages by John Buscema: $3,3k and $2,9k.

$2,8k for a Jay & SIlent Bob page by Mike Allred, $2,4k for a beautiful 1997 Starman/Batman page by Tony Harris, $2,2k for a Swamp Thing page by Steve Bissette, $2,1k for a Micronauts page by Gil Kane.

$1,4k (Best Offer) for a Thanos page by Jim Starlin, $2k for the painting by P. Craig Russell, I should report about this 1994 Hellboy illustration by Mike Mignola sold for $7k (B.O.), but the seller has a habit of “selling” his Mignola pieces that then reappear listed after a couple weeks…

Then we have $1,5k paid for a Deadpool cover by Dan Panosian, $1,3k for a Superman cover by Pat Gleason and $850 for some nice Catwoman cover sketches by Adam Hughes.

Heritage Weekly Auction: $11k for the Alpha Flight page by Byrne, $7,5k for Moon Knight Original Art by Stephen Platt, $5k for the page by David Finch, $3,5k for the Spidey splash by Ron Lim, same price for the W.W. strip by H.G. Peter.
$7k for the Rube Goldberg machine, $1,6k for the Juliet Jones Sunday by Drake. Have you noticed how Conan pages by Buscema/De Zuniga are growing week after week?
Good prices: $1,2k for a Spawn page by Capullo/McF., $1k for an Infinity War page by Lim, $800 for a Hulk page by Deodato, $400 for a Dr. Strange commission by Chris Bachalo.

Catawiki: €3k for a Yoshitaka Amano illustration, €2,4k for a Buddy Longway title page by Derib, €1,6k for the Dylan Dog painted illustration by Stano, €1,3k for a 1974 Natacha pinup by Walthery, €1,2k for a Tintin sketch by Hergé.

The pieces by Marini went for €800, €700, €650, €700 for a Rosinski sketch, €500 for a Moebius sketch.
€600 for a Biancaneve page by Frollo, €300 for a Druuna sketch by Serpieri.

Pages fro Bonelli first issues: €350 for Julia #1 by Vannini, €270 for Dragonero #1 by Matteoni, €220 for Brendon #1 by Rotundo.

This Week on eBay

Adam Kubert – Spider-Man Original Comic Art

Marvel: a Fantastic Four page by John Buscema, a pricey New Mutants page by Sienkiewicz, a New Warriors page by Darick Robertson, an X-Factor DPS by Steve Epting, some Power Pack pages by Gray Morrow.

A Spider-Man half splash by Adam Kubert, Kang action figure pack art by Joe Bennett, a Deadpool page by Scott Koblish, a Black Cat commission by Bruce Timm, a nice Mary Jane sketch by John Romita, a Lizard commission by Ryan Ottley.

DC: a Superman page by John Byrne, a Superman trading card by Norm Breyfogle, a Wonder Woman page by Don Heck, Danny Miki blueline inks over a Batman page by Ivan Reis for charity, a Death pinup by Greg Land.

A JLA cover prelim and a Wonder Woman prelim by Garcia Lopez, an OMAC half splash by Keith Giffen.

A Spawn page by Capullo/McFarlane, two Hellboy illustrations by Mike Mignola (one, two), a Thor illustration by P. Craig Russell, an Invincible page by Ryan Ottley.
A Shi cover by Billy Tucci, Archie and Jughead covers by Dan De Carlo, a Dredd painted page by Greg Staples, an Elfquest sketch by Wendy Pini.

A B.C. daily, a Wizard of ID Sunday.

Heritage Weekly Auction

Leonard Starr – Mary Perkins On Stage Original Comic Art

Marvel: big selection of Buscema pieces. Conan, Conan, Squadron Supreme, Tarzan by John, Nova and Captain America by Sal. Sgt. Fury by Ayers, Dr. Strange by Rogers. Look at this Spider-Man page by John Byrne (but notice there’s “breakdowns” written at the top).
Excalibur by Alan Davis, Wolverine by Adam Kubert, early X-Men art by Jae Lee, a great Daredevil page by Scott McDaniel, X-Factor by Stroman.

DC: Green Lantern by Broderick, Flash by Infantino, a Teen Titans cover by Gammill, one by Grummett, a page by Perez, Swamp Thing painted by Wrightson, a Wonder Woman cover by Lopresti.

A Terry daily and a Steve Canyon Sunday by Caniff, a very funny Garfield daily, a Family Circus Sunday, a beautiful On Stage Sunday I’d really like to own.

Catawiki Auctions

Ending today there are a Sgt. Kirk page by Hugo Pratt, a Zora cover by Karel Thole, a great 1961 Jacovitti page and a funny Salgarone illustration, a detailed Ranxerox by Liberatore, a cover quality Tex illustration by Marcello, a cover by Alessandrini and one by De Angelis.

A big selection of Magnus pages: Lo Sconosciuto one and two, Necron one, two and three, and a nice page from Alan Ford #52.

A very rare Falbala sketch by Uderzo, an illustration by Crepax, a page by Manara, a page by Jacovitti, a Tex page by Buzzelli, an Andy Capp strip, a page by Derib, a sketch by Marini.

Vermot & Associés Auction

Weird: Vermot is auctioning many lots from the collection of Francois Corteggiani but without giving him credit. There are many pieces signed to him and even some portraits, like this Osamu Tezuka self portrait with  Corteggiani.

Then some pages and many sketches, Bonhomme, De Vita, Blanc-Dumont, Gibrat, Bertail, Mezieres.

Dagoty Auction