Any guesses on what the Calvin & Hobbes painting will sell for?

[miraclemet]

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[miraclemet]

wow, nothing in the room... surprising.

[malvin]

yup, I was surprised too

[justin]

$107,550

[GreatEscape]

...I expected more spirited bidding. $90k plus juice still impressive.

[delekkerste]

wow, nothing in the room... surprising.

 

Someone started clapping in the room for about 2 seconds, which I think sums things up. It's a strong result, but badly missed some of the more optimistic expectations out there, including my own. I think ever since the DKR splash sale, we have come to expect that anything rare and desirable is going to provoke a mad bidding war. I guess, in reality, it's very case-specific.

[theloveforart]

I guess you were wrong by $100,000 dollars Miraclemet .....

 

[miraclemet]

I guess you were wrong by $100,000 dollars Miraclemet .....

 

that I was... and thats why I shouldnt be trusted with large sums of money

[Romain]

 

that I was... and thats why I shouldnt be trusted with large sums of money

 

[justin]

I wonder who it was that wouldn't go to 95k. Worth well more than that IMO

[Bronty]

Personally I hunk sanity won the day on this one

[Bronty]

Think darn autocorrect

[Dick Pontoon]

I hunk sanity, too.

[comix4fun]

I hunk sanity, too.

 

 

Who doesn't??

 

 

Sanity

[Pete Marino]

We are still talking about art right?

[AnkurJ]

I think it went for a correct amount. As much as we love C&H, not every comic book art collector liked newspaper strips. Much more narrow market.

[batman_fan]

I think it was an amazing piece and the price realized was pretty nice as well. I had no idea what it would go for but knew it would be well beyond what I would spend. Congrats to whoever did pick to up.

[Sharkey]

I think the price was impressive for a calendar image. I agree with others who said that if this was a primo Sunday strip, it would have gone for more.

 

I'd LOVE to own an original C&H of any type....

[miraclemet]

Has a Sunday strip gone up in the past?

[spider9698]

Not to my knowledge. One of the auction houses (Christies/Sothebys/Guersey's/IllustrationHouse) had some C+H art but that was many, many moons ago.