Illustrators and Comics

Enki Bilal after Apocalypse 1 Reply

The auction house Artcurial is developing a vocation to participate actively in cultural events in Paris. Its exhibition rooms of the Hôtel Dassault, avenue des Champs-Elysées, meets particularly w...

Tagged: Bilal

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Sep 21.

Super Arithmetic for Super Heroes 1 Reply

In this group, we know now DC Comics, which created from 1935 the super heroes including Superman and Batman. In 1956, this company is seeking to renew the genre, and creates the magazine Showcase....

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki May 22.

Gaston Lagaffe retrieved by his Boss 1 Reply

The bande dessinée is a Franco-Belgian specialty. The humor is often nice and subtle, as opposed to the brutality of some comics from other countries. The characters of André Franquin are popular ...

Tagged: Franquin

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Mar 19.

Tintin with the Golden Claws 1 Reply

Hergé was a nice father to Tintin. From 1930 to 1939, in the first eight albums, he let him live his life as a boy scout reporter busy fighting against evil and bandits. "Le Vingtième Siècle", whic...

Tagged: Tintin, Hergé

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Mar 15.

Online with Superman 1 Reply

In the market for magazines and albums of strips and comics, the more desirable are the first numbers of the series. Besides the prestige afforded by the possession of a number 1, we feel a more cu...

Tagged: Superman

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Mar 14.

2009 Auctions

AUCTION HOUSES referred below Artcurial Site Press Video Christie's Site Press Comic Connect Site Heritage Auction Galleries Site Press NEXT SALES Artcurial, Paris, November 20 131 strips for La...

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki Feb 5.

2008 Auction History

All Results in BOLD A separate catalog of Sotheby's is devoted to the character of Winnie the Pooh in drawings by Ernest H. Shepard. This L08414 sale is in London on December 17. Lots 10 and 19 ar...

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki Dec. 24, 2008.

Somov Drawings for Le Livre de la Marquise 1 Reply

MacDougall's Russian Art Auctions is an auction house working exclusively with Russian art, operating in London. I do not miss quoting at least one painting before each of their sales in my preview...

Tagged: Somov

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Nov. 27, 2008.

Druillet revisits the Isle of the Dead 1 Reply

The drawings made for albums of comics were some working artefacts for the pioneers as Hergé or Franquin. Then they became works of art. A new market was born recently in this area. The fans now st...

Tagged: Druillet

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Nov. 18, 2008.

An album signed by "Tintin" and "Milou" 1 Reply

The character of Tintin first appeared in 1929 in the supplement of the journal "le Vingtième Siècle". Its creator, Hergé, offers him adventures in the country of Stalin and makes him accompanied b...

Tagged: Soviets, Tintin, Hergé

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Oct. 2, 2008.

The Birth of Superman 1 Reply

To vary the topics of my articles, I know a good solution: to visit Heritage Auctions Galleries, the important auction house of Texas which always finds objects that one does not find elsewhere, or...

Tagged: comics, superman, batman

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki May. 29, 2008.