Lichtenstein piece sold for $43M, comic that inspired it? $431
Last week I posted news about a Roy Lichtenstein painting had sold at auction for $43 million. Jeff Darcy (in the comments) noted the original comic art upon which the Pop Art painting was based was recently sold on eBay for “a few hundred bucks.” Turns out it was $431 to be exact. Here’s a [...]
Posted on: Nov 18, 2011, Section: Auctions, Comments: 11 Comments
Lichtenstein painting auctions off for $43 million
A painting by Roy Lichtenstein, the father of pop art and noted for using cartoon images and techniques, has sold for $43 million. The painting, “I Can See the Whole Room! … and There’s Nobody in It!” was created in 1961. From the BBC: The comic strip-inspired work was part of a sale of post-war [...]
Posted on: Nov 9, 2011, Section: Auctions, Comments: 4 Comments
Vintage Superman costumes up for auction
Not sure where Mike Peters bought his Superman costume, but if you need one the Antique Helper Auctions in Indianapolis, Indiana is auctioning off vintage costumes worn by George Reeves who starred in the 1950s Superman television show, others by Christopher Reeve and Dean Cain. The George Reeve costume is reportedly worth $120,000 to $150,000. [...]
Posted on: Jan 13, 2011, Section: Auctions, Comments: 3 Comments
Banksy original goes for $120,000
A print by anonymous graffiti artist Banksy was sold at auction for $120,000. From CNN: The work, “Save or Delete Jungle Book,” went under the hammer alongside works by other urban artists as part of an Urban Art sale at Bonhams auction house in London. The image was originally commissioned by Greenpeace for a poster [...]
Posted on: Jan 12, 2011, Section: Auctions, Comments: 2 Comments
Christies pulls cartoon auction due to hate laws
An early cartoon (1903) by Henry Mayo Bateman will not be auctioned off by Christies after a Jewish amateur antiques dealer complained. The cartoon depicts a man with bearded Jewish man with a skull-cap with talon-like fingers and a tail. The auction house consulted with Scotland yard to see if the auction would violate a [...]
Posted on: Dec 3, 2010, Section: Auctions, Comic history, Comments: 3 Comments
Lichtenstein’s “Ohhh…Alright…” tops auction
Roy Lichtenstein’s famous “Ohhh…Alright…” comic strip painting took in whopping $42.6 million in a recent auction at Christie’s and Southeby’s. The Lichtenstein piece trumped Andy Warhol’s black and white coke bottle painting that went for $35 million earlier in the week.
Posted on: Nov 12, 2010, Section: Auctions, Comments: 1 Comment
Cartoons and Cocktails this Thursday
This year’s “Cartoons and Cocktails” will be held this Thursday. The annual event auctions off editorial cartoons donated by the top cartoonists in the country. The proceeds go to Young D.C. the independent newspaper by and for teenagers in the Washington Metropolitan area and the Cartoonists Rights Network International. This year the auction will include [...]
Posted on: Oct 25, 2010, Section: Auctions, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 0 Comments
Heritage Auctions passes $150 million in auctions
A sizable milestone has been passed by Heritage Auction. The Texas auction house has recently sold over $150 million in comic related properties. Established in 1976, it began its comics category in 2001 and holds several Guinness World Records for comic related auctions. The highest includes $5.2 million for the Nicolas Cage comic book collection [...]
Posted on: Aug 13, 2010, Section: Auctions, Cartoons, Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 0 Comments
Webcomics auction for the gulf coast has begun
Back in June I reported that several webcomic creators were planning on auctioning off original art to raise money for Gulf of Mexico clean up and restoration efforts. The auction for those originals is now underway. As of this posting, the most sought after original is from Kate Beaton’s Hark! a Vagrant. Auction ends July [...]
Posted on: Jul 8, 2010, Section: Auctions, Fund Raisers, web comics, Comments: 0 Comments
AZ couple has $350k worth in Peanuts originals
Speaking of original Peanuts artwork, a Phoenix woman took her stash of original Peanuts art that she’s been buying up since 1950 to the “Antique Roadshow” hoping that they’d appraise enough help she and her husband retire. She estimated her collection was worth about $50,000, but the appraiser on the television show said that her [...]
Posted on: Apr 19, 2010, Section: Auctions, Comic history, Comic strips, Comments: 6 Comments
Batman sets world record for comic auction item
The recent auction of Detective #27, which includes the first appearance of Batman, became the highest price ever paid for a comic book. The stunning price of $1,075,500 for a single comic book wasn’t the only record set in Heritage Auctions’ Signature(R) Vintage Comics and Comics Art Auction. The $5.6 million total for the event [...]
Posted on: Mar 4, 2010, Section: Auctions, Comic Books, Comments: 2 Comments
Stephan Pastis original auctioned for $2050
Last week, I mentioned that Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis was auctioning off an original sketch of his comic characters with the proceeds going to the Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund. The auction has closed and the winning bid came in at $2,050. Over the course of the seven day auction, there were 65 [...]
Posted on: Feb 22, 2010, Section: Auctions, Comic strips, Comments: 1 Comment
Stephan Pastis auctioning off original to benefit Haiti
Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis is auctioning off an original drawing of the Pearls characters on eBay with the proceeds to be donated to the Red Cross. Three days into the auction, the current bid is $1,300 with four days left. From his blog: Speaking of strips, I’m often asked if I sell my [...]
Posted on: Feb 17, 2010, Section: Auctions, Comic strips, Comments: 3 Comments
Reminder: Help the Hodges auction on-going
Last week I posted a report that the National Cartoonists Society Foundation was holding an auction to raise money for the Hodges family whose son is in a coma after a car accident. The auction began last Friday. A full list of auction items and details on dates are found in my earlier report.
Posted on: Jan 25, 2010, Section: Auctions, Comments: 0 Comments
NCSF launches Help the Hodges fund-raiser
The charitable, not-for-profit arm of the National Cartoonists Society will be launching an online auction through e-Bay to raise money for the family of Tim Hodge, whose son, Matthew was involved in a car accident that resulted in him in a coma. His insurance has refused to pay for long-term recovery. Tim Hodge is an [...]
Posted on: Jan 20, 2010, Section: Auctions, National Cartoonist Society, Comments: 1 Comment
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