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Emolius

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    Asterix page by Uderzo up at Christies on November 20.

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    On 10/29/2019 at 1:49 PM, NicoV said:

    Honestly it's FAR from a hefty price for an Asterix page (https://comicarttracker.com/albert-uderzo-original-art-for-sale). A lot of estimates in this catalog are in no way related to the FMV of the lots. But it seems like the new experts (Huberty & Breyne) to work with Christie's decided to show low estimates to attract customers. And European auction houses like to compare results with fees to estimations, to claim that their auction was a big success, so the lower the estimates the better! Unfortunately the buyer will also have to pay the 30% buyer fees and the resale right (4% up to 50k€ then 3% => roughly 5000€).

    But even if "Asterix and the Secret Weapon" is a late volume (Goscinny was long dead) and far from being a famous one, I do agree that it's a nice page, with all these gauls, the famous image of Asterix after he drunk his potion and Obelix sulking because he's not allowed to drink some, Panoramix/Getafix and his cauldron full of magic potion, Assurancetourix/Cacofonix tied up and gagged, etc. ! And as it's autographed, at least you're sure that this one was not stolen.

    Hello, I am new in the forum. How much would you estimate for an original french collection starting from 1959 to cost. Not asking for anything exact, just an approximation :)