Hello, and welcome to this week’s ComicArtTracker round-up: a compact tour through recent results, fresh listings, upcoming auctions, and the keywords collectors are following right now.
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The auction-house segment was led by Heritage, which sold 345 out of 345 lots for $192,564, with a median price of $250. The top result was Paul Ryan and Al Williamson’s Squadron Supreme cover at $5,500, followed by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson’s Superman #256 splash page at $4,750, Ivan Brunetti’s Extra Good Stuff complete four-page story at $4,750, Ryan Ottley’s Carnage: Black, White & Blood variant cover at $4,500, and Jack Kirby and Mike Esposito’s Tales to Astonish Hulk story page at $4,250.
Los Angeles Estate Auction had a smaller sale, with Gary Panter’s Dal-Tokyo original comic strip art selling for $3,500, above its $20–300 estimate. The other listed lot, C.R. Bryan’s Tales From The Texas Gang cover art, did not sell, with the reserve not met.
eBay was led by Carlos Ezquerra’s Starlord #12 cover, which sold for $10,223.25. Other notable sales included Dick Giordano and Paris Cullins’ Supergirl cover art at $2,500, John Romita Jr.’s Action Comics #1017 page 1 at $1,500, Don Perlin’s Werewolf by Night #38 page at $1,395, Glenn Fabry’s The Authority: More Kev #3 cover at $1,276, and Steve Dillon’s Preacher #35 page at $1,250.
Catawiki sold 197 of 267 lots for €18,781, with a €70 median and a €750 top result for Marc Sleen’s Nero original page. Giuseppe De Luca’s Buck Danny short-story page and Magnus & Romanini’s La Compagnia della Forca page each sold for €290, while Enric Badia Romero’s Axa strip sold for €280. Several highlighted lots did not sell, including Eddy Barrows and J.P. Mayer’s Superman original page and Claude Chebille’s Les Pieds Nickelés colour page.
Raremarq sold 53 of 163 lots for $29,485, with Stanley Artgerm Lau’s Jubilee shikishi leading at $5,650. Puppeteer Lee’s Black Cat #15 variant cover followed at $4,600, with Frank Cho’s Black Cat sketch cover at $2,000 and Borja Burgueño Moreno’s Savage Rogue sketch cover at $1,530.
todocoleccion recorded one sale in the provided extract: Pulp Art: Walter Baumhofer at €61. mycomicshop.com sold two small sketch lots, led by Billy Tucci’s Vampirella sketch at $42, while the miscellaneous auction group included Reg Parlett’s Billy Bunter original cartoon art at $45.
eBay new auction activity includes John Byrne’s Spider-Man original art, currently at $1,010, and Andrei Bressan’s Birthright #9 page at $126. Other active listings in the extract include Drew Hayes’ Poison Elves #15 page at $280, Toshio Maeda’s hand-drawn manga artwork at $177.50, Gary Frank’s Geiger #24 page 13 at $165.50, and Leinil Francis Yu’s Ultimate Avengers page at $152.50.
Catawiki added a large active selection, led among highlighted lots by Gil Formosa’s Buck Danny T55 page at €800, Patrizio Evangelisti’s Termite Bianca colour page at €660, Floyd Gottfredson’s Mickey Mouse strip at €571, Gipi’s I Vandali page at €400, Milo Manara’s HP e Giuseppe Bergman page at €396, and Tim Sale’s Matrix page at €350.
Raremarq has active auction material led by Sorah Suhng’s Harley Quinn #59 published cover set at $9,500, Homare’s Savage Land Rogue and Magik illustration at $1,561, and a Greg Capullo and Danny Miki Spawn #80 page at $1,200. On the fixed-price side, Raremarq also listed Stanley Artgerm Lau’s X-23 sketch cover at $7,000, Michelle Diaz’s Mystique and Phoenix sketch card at $3,200, Arthur Adams’ Savage Red Sonja sketch cover at $2,500, and Ken Lashley’s Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #25 variant cover at $1,500.
BDEnchères listed more than 200 lots, with Albert Uderzo’s Astérix original cover currently at €80,000 against a €150,000–200,000 estimate. Other highlighted lots include Greg’s Achille Talon original cover at €8,000, Hermann’s Bois-Maury original page at €4,000, Bédu’s Clifton original page at €2,700, and Jijé’s Jerry Spring original page at €2,400.
Albert Moy added several fixed-price pieces at the top end of the week’s dealer listings, including Jim Lee and Scott Williams’ X-Men and Wildcats #1 cover at $100,000, Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen #8 page at $85,000, Barry Windsor-Smith’s Weapon X page at $80,000, Jack Kirby and Mike Royer’s Demon #6 cover at $50,000, and Neal Adams and Dick Giordano’s Superman vs Muhammad Ali page at $30,000.
Nostalgic Investments listed Neal Adams’ Avengers #93 half splash at $42,000, Jack Kirby’s Captain America Annual #4 page at $7,500, Don Heck’s Avengers #29 large-art page at $5,500, and Bill Sienkiewicz’s Moon Knight #18 splash page at $1,800.
Panel Page Art added Steve Epting’s Avengers #357 cover at $25,000 and Avengers #358 cover at $21,000, along with Alan Davis’ Wolverine #6 cover at $5,000 and Bill Sienkiewicz’s New Mutants #24 page at $4,500.
Galerie 9ème Art focused on Guillaume Sorel’s Deryn Du, led by the final cover at €6,000, the cover project at €4,500, and the double page 104–105 at €3,500. Segni e Disegni listed Corrado Roi’s uT #2 original cover at €5,500 and Ferenc Pintér’s Miss Marple illustration at €1,500.
Cool Lines Art posted several inquiry-only listings, including Frank Quitely’s New X-Men #133 cover, Frank Quitely and Tim Townsend’s New X-Men #117 cover, and Chris Bachalo’s Generation X #1 page 1 splash. Anthony’s Comic Book Art added Paul Pope’s Absolute Batman #12 cover prelim at $2,000 and Sean Gordon Murphy’s Zorro: Man of the Dead cover concept at $1,200.
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Heritage has more than 300 pieces scheduled or active in the calendar. Current highlighted lots include Bill Sienkiewicz’s Elektra: Assassin #8 page at $2,875, Keith Giffen and Bruce Patterson’s Legion of Super-Heroes #289 page at $2,625, and Tim Sale’s Catwoman: When in Rome #2 page at $2,312.50. Other active lots above $1,000 include Sal Buscema and Joe Sinnott’s ROM #31 Rogue page at $2,312.50 and Neal Adams’ Joker specialty illustration at $1,156.25.
ComicConnect has more than 200 lots in the calendar, with early bidding shown on Jack Kirby and Frank Giacoia’s Tales of Suspense #85 page at $121 and Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta’s Fantastic Four #42 page at $121. Other scheduled items include Bill Sienkiewicz’s Moon Knight #20 page, Frank Miller and Lynn Varley’s Dark Knight Returns store display illustration, and Charles Schulz’s Peanuts daily strip.
Catawiki has more than 300 lots in the calendar. Featured active lots include Gil Formosa’s Buck Danny T55 page at €800, Massimiliano Frezzato’s Margot Queen of the Night colour page at €390, Tim Sale’s Matrix page at €350, Pierre Makyo’s Grimion gant de cuir page at €290, Jean-Louis Pesch’s Sylvain et Sylvette page at €260, Attilio Micheluzzi’s Dylan Dog page at €260, Turf’s La Nef des fous drawing at €200, Jan Bosschaert’s Sam page at €200, and Raul Goodman’s Conan marker artwork at €135.
eBay has a focused extract of active auction lots, with all featured items led by Russ Heath’s Sea Devils #10 splash page at $1,225, John Byrne’s Spider-Man original art at $1,010, Don Newton’s Batgirl end page at $575, Russ Heath’s Sea Devils #8 page at $420, Cliff Chiang’s Wonder Woman #12 page 1 at $173.50, and Andrei Bressan’s Birthright #9 page at $126.
Raremarq has just over 100 active auction lots. Current bids are led by Sorah Suhng’s Harley Quinn #59 published cover set at $9,500, Homare’s Savage Land Rogue and Magik illustration at $1,561, the Spawn #80 page with Greg Capullo bluelines and Danny Miki inks at $1,200, Miki Okazaki’s Jubilee Marvel Rivals sketch cover at $1,010, and Hailey Gong’s Magik and Luna Snow sketch cover at $1,000.
todocoleccion has more than 300 active lots in the calendar, led by Andrés Bañolas’ Victor Trice #1 complete interior art at €1,275, John Buscema’s Tarzan #19 half splash at €1,064.20, a large Mortadelo-related original ink page at €850.85, and Jesús Blasco Monterde’s Cuentos Vascos cover art at €764.99.
Other calendar entries include Nate Sanders, with a Charles Schulz Snoopy signed sketch sheet at $1,500, and miscellaneous auction sources, led by a featured Planet Comics #40 original art lot at $700 against a $500–1,000 estimate.
Moebius, Spider-Man, Mike Mignola, Batman, and John Byrne occupy the top five positions in this week’s keyword rankings. The rest of the top ten is Frank Miller, Jim Lee, Milo Manara, Frank Frazetta, and Art Adams.
The strongest one-week progressions were Maurizio Dotti, up from rank 2523 to 20, Turf, up from 685 to 37, Dick Ayers, up from 619 to 75, Stan Sakai, up from 520 to 13, and Dungeons & Dragons, up from 567 to 153.
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