Posted in: Comics | Tagged: avengers, conan, Don Thompson, frank frazetta, heritage auctions, maggie thompson, Tales of Suspense

$5.8 Million In Sales at 100% Sell-Through Comic And Art Auction

The Don and Maggie Thompson Pedigree collection (originally mentioned here) ended up bringing in $835,384.00 as part of a $5.8 million 100% sell-through comic and comic art event at Heritage Auctions. All 1,700 lots sold during the auction held Nov 21-23 in Beverly Hills.

The top selling comic of the day was Tales of Suspense #39 CGC 9.6 that sold for $262,900.00. 

Other top sellers:

The Avengers #1, CGC NM 9.4, for $89,625.

Original cover art for Conan the Barbarian #4 for $87,235.

Journey Into Mystery #83, CGC NM- 9.2, ended at $77,675.

The Incredible Hulk #1, CGC VF+ 8.5, reached $58,256.

Detective Comics #33, CGC VF 8.0, realized $68,712

Strange Tales #110, CGC NM+ 9.6, ended at $44,812.

Amazing Fantasy #15, CGC FN/VF 7.0 quickly sold for $33,460.

Some other top selling art:

Weird Science #15, with art by Wally Wood, from 1952 sold for $71,700

Frank Frazetta's The Tempest sold for $65,725.

and a rare and original hand-painted cover for Uncle Scrooge #43 by Carl Barks sold for $53,775.

A complete nine-page story featuring Uncle Sam and original art by Will Eisner and Lou Fine for National Comics #13, 1941, sold for $53,775.

Frank Miller and Klaus Janson's original art for Batman: the Dark Knight Returns #4, featuring Superman, Batman and Alfred the butler, 1986, sold for $52,281.

Brent Anderson's Fantastic Four cameo in the original cover art for X-Men Annual #5, 1981, brought $44,812 and likely a new record for the artist.

A Peanuts Christmas Sunday comic strip original art by Charles Schulz, dated Dec. 21, 1991, realized $31,070.

A second auction with more form the Thompson Pedigree collection is scheduled for February in Texas.

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