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Sell Your Bill Watterson Comic Art

Below is a recent realized price for a piece of Bill Watterson comic art. We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions can obtain up to this amount or more for you:

Bill Watterson Comic Art. Sold for up to $200,000.

Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson comic art doesn’t come on the market often, and when it does, collectors notice.  Although Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes only ran for ten years, it held the record for the highest price ever achieved for a comic strip at auction.  An original color Sunday strip sold for an over $200,000, a record-breaking sum in 2012.  Part of the reason is availability; the majority 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 majority of original Calvin & Hobbes artwork.

If you have Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson Comic Art reserved at over $45,000, we should also be able to get great press about the sale because of the rarity of Bill Watterson Comic Art at auction.  Please contact us for a free estimate of your Bill Watterson comic art.

Here is an example of an original Calvin and Hobbes strip from 1987:

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Here are various prices realized for Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson comic art pieces and we can get these prices for you at our auction:

Original Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson comic art hand colored Sunday comic strip — $200,000

Original Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson comic art 1986 daily comic strip — $60,000

More recently, another original Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson comic art 1986 daily comic strip — Almost $100,000

Original Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson comic art 1987 daily comic strip — $50,000

Original Pearls Before Swine Bill Watterson comic art daily comic strip — $15,000

Signed Color 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 color proof of his final ”Calvin & Hobbes” comic strip, published 31 December 1995. In this last Sunday strip, the famous best friends explore a new world, covered with snow, representing a blank slate of a New Year and perhaps a new life post-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 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 Press Syndicate VP and editorial director. In addition to discovering Watterson, Salem also edited Garry Trudeau’s ”Doonesbury”. Proof measures 13.75” x 9.75”, matted to 15” x 12”. Near fine condition. Sold for $7,941.

Final ”Calvin & Hobbes” 1995 Color Proof Signed by Creator Bill Watterson. Click to enlarge.

Final ”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 best friends explore a new world, covered with snow, representing a blank slate of a New Year and perhaps a new life post-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 art directors and editors at newspapers across the U.S. as a ”thank you” for their support of Calvin & Hobbes. This one was sent to Michael Ellis, executive editor of the Herald-Standard in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Proof measures 13.75” x 9.75”. Minute wear and mild discoloration along left margin, overall near fine condition. With an LOA from Michael Ellis. Sold for $5,625.

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We have also sold the following comic memorabilia:

”Prince Valiant” Sunday Artwork by Hal Foster From 1939 — Perhaps the Most Recognizable Artwork by Hal Foster From ”Prince Valiant”, the Majestic Andelkrag Castle

One of the greatest pieces of artwork by Hal Foster in his career, the original artwork for the 120th ”Prince Valiant” Sunday 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 six panel strip measures 26” x 34.5”, (the large Andelkrag panel measures 17” x 21” by itself), with incredible detail showing the seemingly impregnable fortress, the mountains behind it, the flames roiling up aside it and Prince Valiant standing 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 built by the Huns in order to destroy Andelkrag’s bridge. 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 King Features Syndicate, Inc. label on fifth panel, with 1939 copyright. The date of 28 May 1939 appears on the fourth panel, along with ”120”, the number of this Prince Valiant strip in the life of the series. Artwork is mounted to board and matted to a size of 33” x 41.5”, with matting strips separating the panels. With minute amount of soiling, artwork is in near fine condition. Accompanied by the color newsprint of this artwork and two ”Prince Valiant” books featuring this strip. Sold for $70,461.

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Very scarce and desirable “Red Baron” Peanuts comic strip, hand-drawn by Charles Schulz. Appearing Sunday, 1 January 1967 and featuring Snoopy and Charlie Brown, this 15-panel strip is one of only eight “Peanuts” Sunday strips to run on New Years day. 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. United Feature Syndicate label appears on second to last panel. 22.5″ x 15.5″ strip is matted to an overall size of 29.75″ x 22.5″. Very light creasing. Near fine.  Sold for $60,000.

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Charles Schulz Original Hand-Drawn ”Peanuts” Comic Strip — In This Strip From 1957, Schulz Draws the Score From Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 1 to Call in Snoopy, Who Trots in on 4 Feet

Special ”Peanuts” original comic strip, hand-drawn by Charles Schulz for publication on 16 December 1957. Strip is one of the rare examples of Schulz meticulously recreating a musical score by Beethoven, in this case Piano Sonata No. 1. 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 label on first panel, strip measures 29” x 7”. Mild toning, overall very good to near fine condition. Sold for $58,954.

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Original Sunday ”Peanuts” comic strip, hand-drawn by 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 further harassed by a flowing rain gutter. Strip measures 24” x 17”, inscribed by Schulz to Jim Pearson. Near fine condition. Sold for $56,250.

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Original ”Scribbly” artwork hand-drawn by comic pioneer Sheldon Mayer, published in ”All-American Comics” #6 from September 1939, and then reprinted in ”The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told” (DC, 1990). These iconic four pages of Scribbly appeared as four complete stories in the #6 issue, chronicling Scribbly Jibbet’s journey of getting hired as a 13 1/2 year old boy cartoonist, a storyline based on Mayer’s own experiences in the comic book industry during the early 1930s. Four large pages each measure 14” x 17”, signed by Mayer on each page, and also signed ”by Scribbly” on the single-panel topper ”Why Big Brudders Leave Home”, the title of Scribbly Jibbet’s series. Mayer also writes a note on the margin of the first page to color match the 1939 #6 issue. Mild wear, overall in very good to near fine condition. From the Sheldon Mayer estate. Sold for $29,845.

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Original “Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur” strip in two parts, dated 5 October 1941. In this chapter, we witness the wizard Belsatan cast a powerful spell for the return of his wife and its dramatic aftermath (which is “beyond description!”). In earlier action, Belsatan had concocted a scheme to use Val to get rid of his beautiful, but nagging wife, Acidia. The schemed worked, but the wizard soon grew lonely, leading to the action featured in this strip, a fantastic example by Hal Foster, the strip’s creator, working at the absolute top of his game. Foster inscribes the strip to his “favorite comic artist ‘Chick’ Young”. Hand-drawn strip measures 29″ x 15″ and 29″ x 22″. Both parts of the strip are mounted, with very light toning, overall very good to near fine. From the estate of “Blondie” creator, Chic Young. Sold for $27,981.

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FREE ESTIMATE. To buy, auction, sell or consign your Bill Watterson comic art that is for sale, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).

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