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Al Milgrom Amazing Spider-Man #194 Cover Art Sells For Over A Million

Al Milgrom's original cover art for Amazing Spider-Man #194 sells at auction for over a million dollars at Heritage Auctions.

Al Milgrom's original cover art for Amazing Spider-Man #194 has just sold at auction for over a million dollars. The first appearance of Felicia Hardy, the Black Cat, went under the hammer last Friday for $1,020,00 to become the most valuable Spider-Man cover ever sold at auction. and while not sold by Al Milgrom, who sold the art a long time ago. at the consignor's direction, a portion of the proceeds from its sale will go to Al Milgrom.

"As we've been seeing for some time in our auctions, it's impossible to predict the ceiling for the best comic art," says Todd Hignite, Executive Vice President. "The market is just incredibly deep for such singular examples, and this cover's record-setting price led to a diverse group of amazing results." "Little did I know that my artistic effort on this cover would go on to become one of the most iconic covers of the 1970s," Milgrom says. "I've signed hundreds, perhaps thousands, of autographs on this comic for legions of fans."

Also in Heritage's January 9-12 Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction, the first appearance of Robin in Detective Comics #38 CGC Very Fine 8.0 from The Lester Schilke Collection sold for $132,000, a record sale for the comic. The whole auction brought in $10.79 million. Other sales included:

• Action Comics #1 restored copy, the first appearance of Superman from 1938 graded CGC Apparent FN+ 6.5 Moderate/Extensive (A-4) that sold for $384,000.
• Jack Kirby and Mike Royer's original art for the cover of the 1978 graphic novel The Silver Surfer: The Ultimate Cosmic Experience, sold for $312,000.
• An original page from Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott's 1969 Fantastic Four #83, Shall Man Survive? with the Inhumans, opened at $57,500 and sold for $117,000.
• Carl Barks' original 1971 painting Money Lake, based on Uncle Scrooge McDuck's first solo comic from 1952, sold for $264,000.
• Dale Keown and Bob McLeod's original art for the cover of 1991's The Incredible Hulk #379 sold for $168,000.
• Daredevil #5, which saw Wally Wood join the comic with Stan Lee, sold for $108,000.
• More Fun Comics #52 in CGC 6.5 from 1940 sold for $108,000
• Detective Comics #39 graded CGC Very Fine+ 8.5, the highest grade Heritage had ever offered, sold for $33,600, another record for the issue that teased Clayface, who made his proper debut one issue later.
• 1944's Suspense Comics #3 CGC Very Good 4.0, extraordinarily difficult to come by, sold for $156,000 to become, by far, the most valuable copy of the title in that grade.
• Bernie Wrightson's Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein Portfolio Plate One original art from 1980 sold for $96,000.
• Frank Miller and Klaus Janson's Daredevil #166 original art page from 1980 sold for $84,000
• Frank Miller, Stefan DeStefano, and Karl Kesel's cover for 'Mazing Man #12 from 1986 sold for $72,000
• John Byrne and Terry Austin's X-Men #126 page from 1979 sold for $72,000, while a page from #125 sold for $69,000.
• Harvey Kurtzman's Two-Fisted Tales #26 original cover art from 1952 sold for $57,600.00

"Bidders were particularly excited about fresh-to-market material, particularly new material from the Golden Age," says Heritage Auctions Vice President Barry Sandoval. "These comics are now more than 80 years old, and collectors often wonder if there are any discoveries yet to be made. For now, at least, that answer is a resounding yes."

Heritage Auctions is the largest fine art and collectables auction house founded in the United States and the world's largest collectables auctioneer. Heritage maintains offices in New York, Dallas, Beverly Hills, Chicago, Palm Beach, London, Paris, Munich, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Brussels and Hong Kong.

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