Original Comic Art Tips - Issue #102

Welcome to Original Comic Art Tips #102!! Yes I’m late this week, I had a big job to finish first… 😥 let’s go.

eBay: the Joelle Jones commission spot went for $3,600, the Sojourn splash by Greg Land went for only $500, the X-Men cover by Mike Huddleston for $1,600. the Byrne commission went for $800, She-Hulk by Artgerm for $750, the Jim Cheung charity sketch cover for $1,800, a Berserker cover by Mike Mignola for the same price.

Heritage Science Fiction Auction: the Planetary splash by John Cassaday was sold for $4k, the Tim Conrad Conan for $1,3k, I wasn’t the only one who liked that Paulo Siqueira commission, it was sold for $1,6k, pretty impressive for an unpublished (?) piece.

The Conan page by Barry Smith was sold for $4k. Everybody should listen to the old rule of “Hey! Don’t sell again that page on Heritage! It’s too soon!”: the Rune splash by BWS lost $240 in 10 months, the half splash lost $1,170 🙀, the page $550, the other page $252. (not considering the seller’s fees).

Heritage Sunday: the Sgt. Fury page by Dick Ayers went for $4k, the Infinity War page by Ron Lim for $1,1k, good catch. A Richard Corben sketch page went for $3k, the period is good for Corb, but the art not too exciting. The Erik Larsen Spider-Man page went for $800, a good price if you don’t want to spend $5k for a better piece.

Spectacular Spidey pages by Sal Buscema are rarely offered for sale at less than $1,000. Guess we better buy them at auction: $660 and $660 for two very nice pages. Good to know.

Nice prices: Steve Dillon for $140, Murphy Anderson for $300, Rafael Albuquerque for $400, Rich Buckler for $400, Michael Bair for $500.

ComiConnect: the Jack Kirby TOS cover recreation went for $24k, the Ghost Rider cover by Gil Kane for $10k, the Johnny Comet strip by Frank Frazetta for more than $7k, the X-Men cover by Chris Bachalo for $3,8k.

The Spider-Man splash by Angel Medina went for less than $500, the Hulk DPS for $370. The Batman splash by Gary Frank was sold for $1,500, based on the most recent auctions I imagined a higher price.

The Spidey/Kingpin commission by Sienkiewicz was sold for $500, the Batman one for $125. A Batgirl cover by Scott McDaniel for $380 and a Black Panther page by Sal Velluto for $71 (!).