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Auction Info

Auction Name
Wednesday Comic Art and Animation Select Auction
Auction Date
12/31/2025 - 12/31/2025
Sale Number
#322553
Total Lots
349
Sold Lots
348.0
Lots Sold
99.71%
Unsold Lots
1
Total Sales (USD)
229,594.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
0.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
0.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
0.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
0.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
Inf%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
50106 Rick Griffin

Rick Griffin "Moses" Illustration Original Art (undated).

undated Not Available USD 27,500.00
50196 Kael Ngu

Kael Ngu Harley Quinn #7 Variant Cover Original Art (DC, 2021).

2021 Not Available USD 11,875.00
50261 Frank Thorne

Frank Thorne - Red Sonja Illustration Original Art (c. 1970).

c. 1970 Not Available USD 6,562.50
50222 Steve Rude and Eric Shanower

Steve Rude and Eric Shanower Nexus #15 Kreed and Mezz Story Page 4 Original Art (First, 1985).

1985 Not Available USD 4,625.00
50237 Syd Shores

Syd Shores - Captain America and Bucky Illustration Original Art (1971).

1971 Not Available USD 4,375.00
50239 Joe Simon

Joe Simon - Captain America Specialty Illustration Original Art (undated).

undated Not Available USD 4,000.00
50029 John Buscema

John Buscema Conan the Barbarian Daily Comic Strip Original Art dated 9-21-78 (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1978)

1978 Not Available USD 3,500.00
50290 Basil Wolverton

Basil Wolverton - Self-Caricature Illustration Original Art (1946).

1946 Not Available USD 3,250.00
50170 Wilson McCoy

Wilson McCoy The Phantom Comic Strip Original Art 12-1-48 (King Features Syndicate, 1948).

1948 Not Available USD 3,250.00
50288 Robert Williams (as Big Daddy Roth)

Robert Williams (as "Big Daddy Roth") - Choppers Magazine T-Shirt Illustration Original Art (1967).

1967 Not Available USD 3,000.00
50135 Bob Kane

Bob Kane - Batman Sketch Original Art (1992).

1992 Not Available USD 3,000.00
50212 Alex Raymond

Alex Raymond Rip Kirby Daily Comic Strip Original Art dated 8-2-52 (King Features Syndicate, 1952).

1952 Not Available USD 2,750.00
50223 Steve Rude and Karl Kesel

Steve Rude and Karl Kesel World's Finest #2 Superman and Batman Story Page 46 Original Art (DC, 1990).

1990 Not Available USD 2,750.00
50178 Mike Mignola and Carlos Garzon

Mike Mignola and Carlos Garzon Cosmic Odyssey #4 Story Page 9 Original Art (DC, 1989).

1989 Not Available USD 2,750.00
50122 Adam Hughes

Adam Hughes Penthouse Comix #3 Young Captain Adventure Story Page 5 Original Art (Penthouse, 1994).

1994 Not Available USD 2,500.00
50304 James Bama

James Bama Foxes of the Desert Paperback Cover Painting Illustration Original Art (Bantam, 1967).

1967 Not Available USD 2,375.00
50129 Klaus Janson

Klaus Janson The Punisher #3 Story Page 17 Original Art (Marvel, 1987).

1987 Not Available USD 2,250.00
50200 Irv Novick and Frank McLaughlin

Irv Novick and Frank McLaughlin The Flash #258 Story Page 6 Original Art (DC, 1978).

1978 Not Available USD 2,250.00
50321 Jeff Pittarelli

Jeff Pittarelli "Fetish Traci" Traci Lords Painting Illustration Original Art (2001).

2001 Not Available USD 2,125.00
50017 Simon Bisley

Simon Bisley Simon Bisley's Illustrations From the Bible: A Work In Progress "He Is Risen" Preliminary Illustration Original Art (Heavy Metal, 2004).

2004 Not Available USD 2,125.00

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    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
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    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
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    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
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    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
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