Hello, and welcome to this week’s ComicArtTracker round-up for collectors who like to keep a close eye on original comic art without losing the pleasure of the hunt.
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Across auction houses, recorded sales covered a little over 300 lots and totaled about $244,000. Marketplace auctions added a larger volume, with more than 900 lots tracked and just under $116,000 in recorded sales. These figures are aggregated from the sources supplied to ComicArtTracker.
Heritage sold all 314 lots listed in the tracked session, totaling $241,356, with a median price of $275. The leading result was Carlos Ezquerra’s Judge Dredd Apocalypse War story page at $12,500, followed by Bill Sienkiewicz’s Elektra: Assassin #6 page at $9,375. Other higher results included Rand Holmes’ Georgia Straight King Kong illustration at $8,125, Howard Chaykin’s Cinnamon #1 cover at $6,875, Wally Wood’s Space Girl preliminary at $6,875, and Keith Giffen and Danny Bulanadi’s Micronauts #37 splash page at $6,000.
eBay was led by Carlos Ezquerra’s Starlord #12 cover with Strontium Dog, which sold for $10,161.75. Other recorded sales included Jim Cheung’s Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #9 splash page at $2,550, a Juan Ferreyra NYCC commission request at $1,487, a Netho Diaz NYCC commission request at $1,101, and Gene Colan’s Wonder Woman #302 original art at $760.
Catawiki recorded 323 sales out of 444 lots, totaling €50,796, with a median price of €82. The top sale was Hugo Pratt’s Corto Maltese page from La Jeunesse de Corto Maltese at €2,202. Don Lawrence followed with two Storm color pages, one at €1,966 and another at €1,923. Magnus & Bunker’s Alan Ford page sold for €1,100, while Hermann’s Jeremiah color drawing reached €950. Several featured lots did not meet reserve, including Angelo Stano’s Dylan Dog #100 page, Christian Rossi and Jean Giraud’s Jim Cutlass page, and Milo Manara’s HP e Giuseppe Bergman page.
Raremarq sold 52 of 154 tracked auction lots, totaling $28,191. The highest sale was Francesca Fantini’s GRIM #25 published original art at $3,150. Meghan Hetrick’s Emma Frost original sold for $2,650, Frank Cho’s Savage Land Rogue sketch for $2,500, Shimin’s Magik original art for $2,292, and Francesca Fantini’s STAKE #8 published art for $1,950.
mycomicshop.com had two recorded sales: Dan Parent’s Huntress sketch at $155 and Fernando Ruiz’s Question sketch at $76. In the miscellaneous auction group, a Supergirl #22 original page donated by Prentis Rollins sold for £500, about $680 or €580, and a Marvel Dazzler #37 story page sold for $400 within its $400–600 estimate.
eBay’s new auction listings included Chris Samnee’s Ultimate Spider-Man #155 pages 4–5 at a current bid of $3,717, with additional pages from the same issue including pages 6–7 at $500 and pages 8–9 at $255. Other active eBay listings included a Simone Bianchi oil on canvas at €1,510, Gary Frank’s Geiger #24 double-page art at $785, and a Lucio Grillo Marvel cover at €684.71.
Catawiki added several active lots of note, led by William Vance’s Bob Morane page from Les sortilèges de l’Ombre Jaune at €750, Claudio Castellini’s Nathan Never cover at €500, and Liliane and Fred Funcken’s Doc Silver page at €172. A Kevin Eastman TMNT villains drawing was also active at €87.
Raremarq buy-it-now listings included Brainiac original art by Nahuel Grego at $6,000, Will Jack’s X-23 sketch at $3,500, Claudio Aboy’s Green Lantern Hal Jordan oil painting at $1,750, two Hiroshi Takase Super Mario-Kun pages, Kyukyu and Water Tank, each at $1,500, and Claudio Aboy’s Vampirella original art at $1,250.
ComicArtFans Classifieds listed several fixed-price pieces, including Jim Lee and Scott Williams’ Batman HeroClix box art at $18,000, Mike Mignola’s B.P.R.D.: Being Human trade cover at €12,000, and John Buscema and Bill Sienkiewicz’s Wolverine Vol. II #11 page at $8,000.
Panel Page Art listed a group of high-priced covers and splashes, led by Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen #7 cover at $350,000, John Romita Sr. and Gil Kane’s Amazing Spider-Man #143 cover at $275,000, Gil Kane’s Tales of Suspense #88 cover at $185,000, Frank Miller’s Dark Horse Presents #59 Sin City cover at $175,000, and Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four #34 page 1 splash at $150,000.
Huberty Breyne Gallery added a large group of Marcel Gotlib works, including Rubrique-à-Brac: La marionnette infernale at €95,000, several Rubrique-à-Brac Tome 1 pages at €25,000, and Fluide Glacial #63 cover art with color work at €9,000. The same update also included Killoffer’s Retour de bâton page 7 at €1,200.
Daniel Maghen listed works by Emmanuel Lepage and Christian Rossi, including a Muchacho illustration at €10,000, another Muchacho illustration at €9,000, and Christian Rossi’s Golden West illustration at €7,000.
Pulp’s Art posted a broad selection of Sean Murphy and Olivier Vatine pages and covers, led by The Last Driver Volume 3 cover A, The Last Driver Volume 2 cover B, and The Last Driver Volume 2 cover A, each at €8,000. Olivier Vatine entries included the Niourk Volume 3 double-page spread at €4,000 and the Aquablue Volume 2 page 35 at €3,500.
Essential Sequential listed Rafael Albuquerque’s Absolute Green Arrow #1 variant and promo art at $10,000 and Absolute Green Arrow #3 cover at $6,500, plus JG Jones’ Detective Comics #1115 cover at $5,000. Comix Art Studio added a group of Gerardo Sandoval covers, including Cable: Love and Chrome #4 cover at $5,500 and Empyre: Savage Avengers #1 cover at $4,400.
Romitaman listed Bernie Wrightson’s Shadow Over Innsmouth large illustration at $5,000, Armando Gil’s What If...? #50 Hulk and Wolverine splash at $4,000, and Nick Bradshaw’s Uncanny X-Force #19 cover at $3,800. Cool Lines Art added inquiry-priced pieces including Neal Adams’ Brave and the Bold #86 Batman and Deadman page, Frank Miller’s Wolverine promotional art, and Mike Mignola with P. Craig Russell’s Corum: Bull & Spear #1 cover.
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Mandarake Big Web has around 90 pieces scheduled, with several active high bids in yen. Ken Sugimori’s Pokémon Yadoran color illustration is at ¥7,600,000, about $47,000 or €41,000, and his Pokémon Metamon color illustration is at ¥6,100,000, about $38,000 or €33,000. Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball Son Goku shikishi is at ¥2,000,000, about $12,500 or €10,800, while Osamu Tezuka’s Princess Knight Sapphire color shikishi is at ¥1,500,000, about $9,400 or €8,100.
Landry Pop Auctions includes Ron Wilson’s Captain Britain #25 cover, currently at $4,000 against an $8,000–12,000 estimate, and Mike Henderson’s The Forged #5 Walking Dead 20th Anniversary variant cover, at $2,000 against a $4,000–6,000 estimate. Other scheduled lots include Simon Bisley’s Lobo video game preliminary at $1,500 and J.K. Woodward’s Star Trek: Defiant #4 variant cover at $1,000.
Millon has more than 150 lots, including Manu Larcenet’s Bill Baroud page and Blutch’s Mitchum back-cover illustration, both at €1,664 within their €1,500–2,000 estimates. Albert Uderzo’s two Astérix au volant drawings, one at €1,472 and another at €1,344, are currently above their €800–1,200 estimates.
Septimus offers close to 170 lots, led by Raymond Reding’s Jari cover for Tintin magazine at €525 against an €800–1,200 estimate. Several Eric Castel pages by Reding are active around €231–237, including Match retour page and Coup dur page.
Heritage has over 400 lots scheduled or active. Current highlights include Todd McFarlane’s Amazing Spider-Man #319 Mary Jane page at $2,000, Bill Sienkiewicz’s Moon Knight #12 page 15 at $1,156.25, David Finch and Danny Miki’s Ultimatum #2 Death of Professor X pages at $1,000, and Olivier Coipel and Mark Morales’ Mighty Thor #2 page at $906.25.
Urania Casa d’Aste includes two active groups in the supplied calendar. One group is focused on illustration and children’s literature, with Libico Maraja’s Heidi illustration at €1,500 against a €1,500–3,000 estimate. Another group includes Roberto Baldazzini’s Chiara: Severa Punizione at €2,800 and Giovanna Casotto with Hot Stuff’s Seduzione at €1,800.
eBay upcoming tracked auctions include five featured lots: Chris Samnee’s Ultimate Spider-Man #155 pages 4–5 at $3,717, a Simone Bianchi oil on canvas at €1,510, Gary Frank’s Geiger #24 pages 18–19 at $785, a Lucio Grillo Marvel cover at €684.71, and Chris Samnee’s Ultimate Spider-Man #155 pages 6–7 at $500.
Catawiki has more than 300 auction lots in the calendar. Featured active lots include Juan Giménez’s Choisis ton jeu published page at €1,100, Brüno’s T’zee original page at €650, Todd McFarlane’s Venom drawing at €650, Liliane and Fred Funcken’s Doc Silver page at €172, and Kevin Eastman’s TMNT villains drawing at €87.
Raremarq has an active auction group led in the wider calendar by Riccardo Federici’s Justice League vs. The Dark Knights original art at $15,000 and his Invincible Universe: Battle Beast #2 cover at $8,000. The additional Raremarq calendar extract includes Ghost Popestar album-cover homage and La Muerta: Pin Ups #1 sketch cover, both at $1,000.
todocoleccion includes active Spanish and European material, led by a Milo Manara drawing in a Pedro Almodóvar comic item at €2,125, Nazario Luque’s Bomberos de Barcelona underground artwork at €720, and Miguel Farriol’s El Rrollo underground drawing at €720. Auctionet has Yrjö Edelmann’s Cosmos unpublished comic page at kr 714, about $70 or €60.
Among smaller or irregular upcoming sources, the miscellaneous group includes Olivier Supiot’s Marie Frisson color page with a €1,300–1,800 estimate, Yoann Chivard’s Ether Glister color page with a €1,000–1,800 estimate, Paul Cuvelier’s Epoxy color page with an €8,000–12,000 estimate, and Philippe Druillet’s Dracula illustration with an €8,000–12,000 estimate.
Moebius, Dr Manhattan, Spider-Man, Mike Mignola, and Batman occupy the top five positions in this week’s keyword rankings. The rest of the top ten is Frank Miller, John Byrne, Milo Manara, Frank Frazetta, and Jim Lee.
The largest one-week gains were recorded by Dwayne Turner, up 2,799 places from rank 2,999 to 200; Dr Manhattan, up 1,914 places from rank 1,915 to 1; and Willy Linthout, up 1,843 places from rank 1,858 to 15. Other large moves included X-23, up 677 places to 196, and Hajime no Ippo, up 604 places to 192.
Good luck with your searches this week, and remember that ComicArtTracker is there to help you follow auctions, dealer updates, and marketplace listings without missing the original comic artworks you would love to own.