Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson Original Art for Sale
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Below is a recent realized price for a piece of Nib Watterson comic art. We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions can obtain upwardly to this amount or more than for you:
Pecker Watterson Comic Art. Sold for upwardly to $200,000.
Calvin and Hobbes Nib Watterson comic art doesn't come up on the market often, and when it does, collectors notice. Although Watterson'sCalvin and Hobbes only ran for ten years, it held the record for the highest price ever achieved for a comic strip at sale. An original colour Sunday strip sold for an over$200,000, a record-breaking sum in 2012. Part of the reason is availability; the bulk of original Bill Watterson comic art is in the Bill Watterson Deposit Collection at The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at Ohio State University. The collection contains the bulk of originalCalvin & Hobbes artwork.
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Hither is an example of an original Calvin and Hobbes strip from 1987:
Hither are various prices realized for Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson comic fine art pieces and we can get these prices for you at our auction:
Original Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson comic art hand colored Dominicus comic strip —$200,000
Original Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson comic art 1986 daily comic strip —$threescore,000
More recently, another original Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson comic art 1986 daily comic strip — Almost$100,000
Original Calvin and Hobbes Nib Watterson comic art 1987 daily comic strip —$50,000
Original Pearls Before Swine Neb Watterson comic art daily comic strip —$fifteen,000
Signed Colour Proof of Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson Comic Art Sold for$7,941 at Nate D. Sanders Auctions
Nate D. Sanders Auctions has sold the following Calvin and Hobbes items:
Final "Calvin & Hobbes" 1995 Color Proof Signed by Creator Bill Watterson
Bill Watterson signed colour proof of his final "Calvin & Hobbes" comic strip, published 31 December 1995. In this last Sun strip, the famous best friends explore a new earth, covered with snow, representing a blank slate of a New year's day and perhaps a new life post-comic strip. Watterson directed the benefactor of his comic, Universal Press Syndicate, to print up several color proofs of this terminal iconic strip to exist sent out to art directors and editors at newspapers across the U.S. as a "thank you" for their support of Calvin & Hobbes. Included is a letter to the recipient of the strip signed by Lee Salem, the United Printing Syndicate VP and editorial manager. In addition to discovering Watterson, Salem as well edited Garry Trudeau'southward "Doonesbury". Proof measures 13.75" x 9.75", disordered to xv" x 12". Near fine condition. Sold for $7,941.
Last "Calvin & Hobbes" 1995 Color Proof Signed by Creator Bill Watterson
Bill Watterson signed color proof of his final "Calvin & Hobbes" comic strip, published 31 December 1995. In this last Sunday strip, the famous all-time friends explore a new world, covered with snowfall, representing a bare slate of a New year's day and peradventure a new life mail service-comic strip. Watterson directed the distributor of his comic, Universal Press Syndicate, to print up several color proofs of this last iconic strip to be sent out to fine art directors and editors at newspapers beyond the U.S. as a "thanks" for their support of Calvin & Hobbes. This one was sent to Michael Ellis, executive editor of the Herald-Standard in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Proof measures xiii.75" x nine.75". Minute wearable and mild discoloration along left margin, overall near fine condition. With an LOA from Michael Ellis.Sold for $5,625.
We have also sold the following comic memorabilia:
"Prince Valiant" Sunday Artwork by Hal Foster From 1939 — Perhaps the Most Recognizable Artwork past Hal Foster From "Prince Valiant", the Majestic Andelkrag Castle
I of the greatest pieces of artwork past Hal Foster in his career, the original artwork for the 120th "Prince Valiant" Lord's day comic strip from 28 May 1939. In this instantly recognizable piece — featured on the cover of Fantagraphics' "Prince Valiant Vol. 2: 1939-1940" and in numerous "Prince Valiant" publications — Val sees the foreboding castle of Andelkrag in person, surrounded by Huns as they prepare to attack it. The 6 console strip measures 26" x 34.v", (the big Andelkrag panel measures 17" x 21" by itself), with incredible item showing the seemingly impregnable fortress, the mountains behind it, the flames roiling up aside it and Prince Valiant continuing upon a hillside, gazing at its beauty and enormity. In this strip, Val makes his approach and plunges into the river moat at darkness, to find a fire-raft congenital past the Huns in guild to destroy Andelkrag'southward span. As Prince Valiant destroys their handiwork, the Huns vow revenge in return. Artwork is signed by Foster on the second panel, inscribed to "Edward W. Larson / with friendly greetings / Hal Foster". With Male monarch Features Syndicate, Inc. characterization on fifth panel, with 1939 copyright. The date of 28 May 1939 appears on the 4th panel, forth with "120", the number of this Prince Valiant strip in the life of the series. Artwork is mounted to board and disordered to a size of 33" x 41.5", with matting strips separating the panels. With minute corporeality of soiling, artwork is in almost fine condition. Accompanied past the color newsprint of this artwork and ii "Prince Valiant" books featuring this strip.Sold for $70,461.
Very scarce and desirable "Red Baron" Peanuts comic strip, mitt-drawn by Charles Schulz. Appearing Sunday, one January 1967 and featuring Snoopy and Charlie Brown, this fifteen-panel strip is i of only eight "Peanuts" Sunday strips to run on New Years twenty-four hour period. Strip features Snoopy as the Flying Ace, comically fantasizing about shooting down his WWI nemesis, the "Red Baron". Tired of Snoopy's ruckus, the European tavern owner in Snoopy's dreams unceremoniously kicks him out of his doghouse in the pouring rain. Luckily, he always has Charlie Brown, with whom he reigns in the New year's day. United Feature Syndicate label appears on second to terminal panel. 22.5″ x fifteen.5″ strip is disordered to an overall size of 29.75″ x 22.5″. Very light creasing. Near fine.Sold for $60,000.
Charles Schulz Original Manus-Fatigued "Peanuts" Comic Strip — In This Strip From 1957, Schulz Draws the Score From Beethoven'due south Piano Sonata No. 1 to Call in Snoopy, Who Trots in on 4 Feet
Special "Peanuts" original comic strip, mitt-drawn by Charles Schulz for publication on 16 December 1957. Strip is 1 of the rare examples of Schulz meticulously recreating a musical score past Beethoven, in this case Piano Sonata No. ane. Schroeder whistles the Sonata to call in Snoopy for dinner, who trots in on four legs rather than two, a hallmark of the early "Peanuts" strips. With United Feature Syndicate characterization on showtime console, strip measures 29" 10 vii". Balmy toning, overall very good to near fine condition.Sold for $58,954.
Original Sunday "Peanuts" comic strip, hand-drawn past Charles Schulz. In this "April showers" themed strip, published 26 April 1970, Snoopy, Woodstock and Peppermint Patty get caught in a downpour, but then little Woodstock is farther harassed by a flowing rain gutter. Strip measures 24" x 17", inscribed by Schulz to Jim Pearson. Virtually fine condition.Sold for $56,250.
Original "Scribbly" artwork hand-drawn by comic pioneer Sheldon Mayer, published in "All-American Comics" #6 from September 1939, and so reprinted in "The Greatest Aureate Age Stories Ever Told" (DC, 1990). These iconic four pages of Scribbly appeared as 4 complete stories in the #6 upshot, chronicling Scribbly Jibbet's journeying of getting hired every bit a xiii i/2 year erstwhile boy cartoonist, a storyline based on Mayer's own experiences in the comic volume industry during the early 1930s. Iv large pages each measure fourteen" x 17", signed by Mayer on each page, and also signed "past Scribbly" on the single-console topper "Why Big Brudders Leave Home", the title of Scribbly Jibbet'southward serial. Mayer also writes a annotation on the margin of the first page to colour friction match the 1939 #half-dozen event. Mild clothing, overall in very good to near fine condition. From the Sheldon Mayer estate.Sold for $29,845.
Original "Prince Valiant in the Days of Rex Arthur" strip in two parts, dated 5 October 1941. In this chapter, we witness the sorcerer Belsatan cast a powerful spell for the return of his wife and its dramatic aftermath (which is "beyond clarification!"). In before action, Belsatan had concocted a scheme to use Val to get rid of his beautiful, just nagging married woman, Acidia. The schemed worked, but the sorcerer soon grew lone, leading to the action featured in this strip, a fantastic instance by Hal Foster, the strip'southward creator, working at the absolute top of his game. Foster inscribes the strip to his "favorite comic artist 'Chick' Immature". Hand-drawn strip measures 29″ ten 15″ and 29″ 10 22″. Both parts of the strip are mounted, with very light toning, overall very adept to near fine. From the estate of "Blondie" creator, Chic Young.Sold for $27,981.
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