Covers

$100,000+ USA comic covers:
  1. $717,000 (2017): Fritz the Cat (Robert Crumb)
  2. $657,250 (2012): Amazing Spider-Man #328 (Todd McFarlane)
  3. $500,000+* (2013): Amazing Spider-Man #50 (John Romita) [per Mike Burkey 2013-12-12]
  4. $478,000 (2013): Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #2 (Frank Miller)
  5. $442,150 (2015): Green Lantern #76 (Neal Adams)
  6. $380,000 (2010): Weird Science-Fantasy #29 (Frank Frazetta)
  7. $358,500 (2012): Spider-Man #1 (Todd McFarlane)
  8. $286,800 (2013): Amazing Spider-Man #121 (John Romita Sr.)
  9. $286,800 (2014): Action Comics #15 (Fred Guardineer)
  10. $239,000 (2011): Detective Comics #67 (Jerry Robinson)
  11. $200,000 (2008): Weird Fantasy #16 (Wally Wood)
  12. $195,500 (2005): Batman #11 (Fred Ray, Jerry Robinson)
  13. $185,555(2017): Fantastic Four #77 (Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott)
  14. $179,250 (2015): Amazing Spider-Man #98 (Gil Kane, Frank Giacoia)
  15. $179,250 (2016): Amazing Spider-Man #62 (John Romita Sr.)
  16. $170,000 (2013): Fantastic Four #76 (Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott)
  17. $167,300 (2011): Amazing Spider-Man #49 (John Romita Sr.)
  18. $167,300 (2014): Tales of Suspense #84 (Jack Kirby, Frank Giacoia)
  19. $167,300 (2012): Flash #137 (Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson)
  20. $155,350 (2013): Watchmen #1 (Dave Gibbons)
  21. $155,350 (2015): Journey Into Mystery #122 (Jack Kirby, Wally Wood)
  22. $155,350 (2016): Amazing Spider-Man #151 (Gil Kane, John Romita Sr.)
  23. $155,350 (2016): X-Men #95 (Gil Kane, Dave Cockrum)
  24. $149,375 (2016): Daredevil #9 (Wally Wood)
  25. $143,400 (2012): Amazing Spider-Man #317 (Todd McFarlane)
  26. $143,400 (2016): Amazing Spider-Man Annual #6 (John Romita Sr.)
  27. $140,000 (2014): Amazing Spider-Man #300 (Todd McFarlane)
  28. $131,450 (2016): Fantastic Four #52 [unused cover] (Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott)
  29. $130,000† (2017): Uncanny X-Men #266 (Andy Kubert)
  30. $125,000* (2011?): Amazing Spider-Man #300 (Todd McFarlane) [per Thomas Fish 2012]
  31. $119,500 (2011): Adventure Comics #73 (Jack Kirby, Joe Simon)
  32. $112,015 (2013): Action Comics #309 (Curt Swan/Sheldon Moldoff)
  33. $107,550 (2015): Action Comics #45 (Fred Ray)
  34. $104,562 (2012): Amazing Spider-Man Annual #3 (John Romita Sr.)
  35. $101,700 (2006): Amazing Spider-Man #43 (John Romita Sr.)
  36. $101,575 (2010): Daredevil #188 (Frank Miller)
  37. $101,575 (2007): Mr. Natural #1 (Robert Crumb)
  38. $101,575 (2011): Action Comics #46 (Fred Ray)
  39. $101,575 (2017): Thor #136 (Jack Kirby, Vince Colletta)
  40. $101,575 (2017): ID #2 (Robert Crumb)
  41. $100,625 (2002): Famous Funnies #213 (Frank Frazetta)
  42. $100,000 (2015): Amazing Spider-Man #238 (John Romita Jr., John Romita Sr.)


$150,000+ foreign comic covers:
  1. $3,620,070 (2014): Tintin - Garde Bleu Foncé (Hergé - 2,654,400 €)
  2. $1,843,796+ (2012): Tintin en Amérique [1st edition] (Hergé - 1,338,509 € + fees)
  3. $1,379,074 (2014): Tintin - L'Île noire (Hergé - 1,011,200 €)
  4. $1,206,341 (2008): Tintin en Amérique [1st edition] (Hergé - 764,218 €)
  5. $485,530 (2014): Corto Maltese – Les Ethiopiques (Hugo Pratt - 391,840 €)
  6. $480,221 (2009): Tintin - Le Crabe Aux Pinces D'or (Hergé - 372,028 €)
  7. $461,720 (2008): Corto Maltese - Les Ethiopiques (Hugo Pratt - 292,500 €)
  8. $434,119 (2010): Gaston Lagaffe - Des Gaffes et des Dégâts (André Franquin - 315,171 €)
  9. $319,916 (2009): Corto Maltese In Siberia (Hugo Pratt - 247,840 €)
  10. $265,362 (2014): Asterix and the Soothsayer (Albert Uderzo - 193,500 €)
  11. $223,496 (2009): Gaston Lagaffe - Le cas Lagaffe (André Franquin - 149,943 €)
  12. $215,993 (2014): Spirou et Fantasio - Sins of Youth Collection (André Franquin - 157,500 €)
  13. $174,209 (2011): Le Sommeil du monstre #2 (Enki Bilal - 117,609 €)
  14. $165,399 (2011): The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (1960 - 124,099 €)
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* Private Sales
† Added 2018-02-18
Foreign comic $ price calculated based on exchange rate at the time


Big Sales that are up there:

Giant Size X-Men #1 (2005-2006?); Famous Funnies #215 (2007-2008?); Avengers #93; Silver Surfer #4 (2013); Nick Fury agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #3 (2013 - over $100K in trade)


Did Not Meet Reserve:


Superman #14 cover at $402,000 (2010); Detective Comics #69 cover at $213,000 (2010)

3 comments:

  1. Is there an update to this for 2017? I know that there have been some huge sales in the past year. --Bill

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    1. I believe that I am caught up now with the US auctions, but I am sure that I missed some foreign art and foreign auctions.

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