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Will Tintin Page Break A Million Dollars? New Sothebys Comic Art Auction Goes Live

Sothebys is auctionng a new lot of original comic book art by Hergé, Uderzo, Jacobs, Alex Raymond, Hal Foster, Floyd Gottfredson, even a Windsor McKay Little Nemo original

Expect to see ungodly amounts of money changing hands over this one. Here are just a few examples… the Asterix page from Asterix And Cleopatra is estimated at 200-250K Euros ($280,000) alone.

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Though if you really like Uderzo, you can pick up this illustration in a very different style for a mere $100.

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And this colour illustration of Astrerix, Obelix and Dogmatix is a more reasonable $90,000

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This Spirit page could go for up to $5000…

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This Burne Hogarth Tarzan page is estimated to go for $11,000

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While this Hal Foster Prince Valiant may go as high as $23,000.

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And this Windsor McKay Little Nemo original page is estimated at a high of $57,000.
pf1560-5And this Alex Raymond Flash Gordon has a high of $57,000

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But the ultimate star of the show is this Herge double pager from Tintin And The Sceptre Of Ottokar is up at a record high of $920,000.

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Well, it's either that of a few houses.

You can see the whole catalogue right here.

 


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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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