World record Comic Book & Art Auction surpasses $12.2 million at Heritage Auctions

The First Art Newspaper on the Net    Established in 1996 Friday, March 29, 2024


World record Comic Book & Art Auction surpasses $12.2 million at Heritage Auctions
A copy of Action Comics #1 (DC, 1938), CGC VG 4.0, which sold for $573,600.



DALLAS, TX.- Chicago's largest public auction dedicated to vintage comic books and original comic art fetched $12,201,974 — setting the world record for the most valuable sale of its kind.

The top lot claimed its own record when artist Frank Frazetta's Original Art titled Death Dealer 6, 1990 — first published as the cover for Verotik's 1996 Death Dealer #2 comic book — more than doubled the all-time auction record for any piece of comic art when it sold for $1.79 million.

"As the live session opened, the Frazetta painting had a bid of $600,000, but within moments it had come down to two collectors, bidding by phone, who waged a pitched battle for this very desirable painting," said Barry Sandoval, Director of Comics Operations at Heritage.

The sale surpassed the previous record for the world's most valuable comic book auction by more than $1.8 million, a record also set by Heritage Auctions in July 2012 at $10,389,821. The three-day, 1,684-lot auction held May 10-12 offered examples of the world's rarest comic books, including a copy of Action Comics #1 (DC, 1938), CGC VG 4.0, which sold for $573,600. Featuring the first appearance of Superman, the copy was sold by a longtime American comic book collector who paid $50,000 for the copy 15 years ago.

In addition to the copy of Action Comics #1, key books in high-grade condition broke the six-figure barrier. An issue of Batman #1 (DC, 1940), CGC FN- 5.5, never before offered for sale, sold for $227,050. Justice League of America #1 (DC, 1960), CGC NM+ 9.6, ended at $215,100, and a copy of Whiz Comics #2 (#1) (Fawcett Publications, 1940), CGC FN 6.0, the first appearance of Captain Marvel, sold for $173,275.

One of the most sough-after issues of all time, Superman #1 (DC, 1939), CGC GD 2.0, brought $167,300 and 25 bids pushed the auction price of Action Comics #7 (DC, 1938) CGC VG/FN 5.0, known for being the second Superman cover ever, to $161,325.

The auction's offering of original comic art included John Romita Sr. The Amazing Spider-Man #61 Cover Original Art (Marvel, 1968), which sold for $167,300. Continuing collector's streak for paying high-flying auction prices for art by Robert Crumb, his original art for a "Head Comix" 1-Page Story from Yarrowstalks #2 (Yarrowstalks, 1967) sold for $143,400.

Artist Dave Cockrum's bombastic Original Cover Art to X-Men #102 (Marvel, 1976) sold for $131,450 and a magnificent splash-page of Original Art by Jack Kirby and George Roussos from Fantastic Four #25 (Marvel, 1964) sold for $113,525.

Additional top highlights:

· The Original Art by Jack Kirby and Paul Reinman used for page 3 of X-Men #1 (Marvel, 1963), sold for $89,625

· Bill Watterson's Original Art for a Calvin and Hobbes Daily Comic Strip dated 1-21-86 (Universal Press Syndicate, 1986), sold for $67,725

· A single page of art from the comic book featuring the first appearance of popular character Deadpool: Rob Liefeld's New Mutants #98 Story Page 15 Original Art (offered just a week before the film "Deadpool 2" hits theaters), sold for $51,385

· Bidders set another world record when the Original Art for a The Far Side Daily Comic Strip, by cartoonist Gary Larson, sold for $31,070, making it the most expensive Far Side strip ever sold at auction.










Today's News

May 15, 2018

ContinuEd Project Space at the School of Visual Arts presents Kathryn Hart: Searching

Modigliani sells for $157.2 mn in New York: Sotheby's

American University chosen to receive majority share of works from Corcoran Art Collection

Picasso 'accidentally' damaged, withdrawn from sale

Hamiltons opens an exhibition of silkscreens on canvas by Daido Moriyama

Exhibition reveals how artists in London responded to the protests of 1968

A rare Rolex Daytona 'Paul Newman' soars to $ 947,776 at Sotheby's in Geneva

Margot Kidder, Lois Lane of 'Superman' films, dead at 69

Obama center in Chicago to include replica Oval Office

University of Southampton's John Hansard Gallery reopens with Gerhard Richter exhibition

World record Comic Book & Art Auction surpasses $12.2 million at Heritage Auctions

San Miniato Basilica celebrates 1,000th anniversary with restoration of 15th century chapel

Exhibition of portraits of sculptors by Anne Purkiss opens at the Royal Society of Sculptors

Four artists chosen for Hennessy Art Fund for IMMA Collection 2018

Belgian comic book artist William Vance dies: publisher

SculptureCenter presents new commissions and existing works by 10 international artists

Nadeau's to offer over 600 lots from the Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller

Artist Alexander James campaigns to tackle plastic pollution

Stone Age oak fashioned into spring fling furniture and pottery

Art Nouveau. Its beginnings, influences and original nature explored at the Art Museum Riga Bourse

Perot Museum of Nature and Science's Being Human Hall undergoes major transformation

Exhibition explores the relationship between photography and transience

Miller & Miller Auctions announces highlights from its Fine & Decorative Arts Auction

SCHAUM/SHIEH designs new building for the Transart Foundation for Art and Anthropology




Museums, Exhibits, Artists, Milestones, Digital Art, Architecture, Photography,
Photographers, Special Photos, Special Reports, Featured Stories, Auctions, Art Fairs,
Anecdotes, Art Quiz, Education, Mythology, 3D Images, Last Week, .

 



Founder:
Ignacio Villarreal
(1941 - 2019)
Editor & Publisher: Jose Villarreal
Art Director: Juan José Sepúlveda Ramírez

Royalville Communications, Inc
produces:

ignaciovillarreal.org juncodelavega.com facundocabral-elfinal.org
Founder's Site. Hommage
to a Mexican poet.
Hommage
       

The First Art Newspaper on the Net. The Best Versions Of Ave Maria Song Junco de la Vega Site Ignacio Villarreal Site
Tell a Friend
Dear User, please complete the form below in order to recommend the Artdaily newsletter to someone you know.
Please complete all fields marked *.
Sending Mail
Sending Successful