Original Comic Art Tips #158 - Eisner, Byrne, AH!

Welcome to #158 of Original Comic Art Tips!

ebay: a Swamp Thing painting by Mike Mignola went for almost $9k, a Frank Frazetta prelim went for $4,5k, a Conan page by John Buscema went for a surprising $2,8k, the Fantastic 4 storyboard by Kirby for $2,5k, a Batman commission by David Finch for a best price lower than $1,3k, a Spawn page by Capullo/McFarlane for $1k.

Heritage European Auction: the highest price is for the Peanuts Sunday, sold for $62k, the Flash Gordon Sunday pages by Alex Raymond went for $42k and $40k, a splash by Druillet went for $40k, the Spiderwoman cover by Milo Manara for $37k, the Blueberry page by Giraud went for $32k, it was already sold on HA in 2013 for almost $36k…

The Tank Girl pages all went for high prices, with the cover sold for $20k.

A Sean Murphy Batman splash went for more than $6k.

Some manga original art: a Candy Candy illustration went for $4,5k, a Shigero Mizuki illustration for $3,8k, a panel by Osamu Tezuka for $3,5k.

Heritage Weekly Auction: Frank Cho wins with a girl’s back paid $4,8k, the Usagi cover by Stan Sakai went for $3,2k, the Alex Ross page for $3,1k, the 1985 TMNT pinup by Kevin Eastman went for $2k and that’s all.

Comiclink Auction: the highest price paid was $11k for a Batman cover by Dick Giordano, then $7k for a Batgirl page by Don Heck, $5,7k for an Infinity Gauntlet page by Ron Lim, one by George Perez went for $5,3k, a Carnage origin splash by Ron Lim was sold for $3,7k, an X-Force splash by Greg Capullo for $3,5k.

Happy collectors took home a Flash cover by Francis Manapul for $800, a Venom page by Ron Lim for $700, a detailed Red Sonja cover prelim by Frank Thorne for $650, a Batman page by Don Newton for Less than $500, a great one by Scott McDaniel for $230, one by Tom Mandrake for $280, a Brave & Bold page by George Perez for $350.