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More and more comic books in Paris

 

Nowadays, a few wealthy comic book fans are prepared to buy rare comic book plates for the price of a small work by Georges Braque or Fernand Léger. In the West, the comic book market has two main hubs: Belgium (Namur and Brussels) and France. In France, the specialist auction houses in this genre are Artcurial (since 2005) and Millon & Associés (since 2009). With two or three sales a year, Artcurial is the market leader in this booming sector. In 2012 it broke the million-dollar barrier when it sold a piece of HERGÉ's original cover artwork (Les aventures de Tintin et Milou. Tintin en Amérique, pour la couverture Les aventures de Tintin reporter du petit vingtième en Amérique, sold for €1.108 million or $1.37 million on 2 June 2012) and it has also achieved record six-figure sales for works by André FRANQUIN, Hugo PRATT and Enki BILAL. As a result, it is hardly surprising that Christie's is taking an interest in this promising market. The auction house is holding its first comic book sale on 5 April 2014. On offer are 250 lots, including Uderzo's original cover of the Asterix and Obelix book Le Devin; the original cover of L'héritage, the first special edition featuring Spirou and Fantasio by Franquin; plus works by Peyo, Jacobs, Pratt, Moebius, Tardi, Bilal, Gibrat and many more. Total sales are expected to reach some €1.5 million or $2 million. If this initial foray proves to be successful, Christie's is planning to hold another comic book sale in April 2015. This could inject yet more momentum into the already booming comic strip market.

 

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http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/salebrowse.aspx?intsaleid=25029&viewType=list&action=paging&pg=1

 

i found the results, its interesting, i know almost none of the artists (mainly european) , the results appear to me to be very strong.....makes the american comic artists seem undervalued. its worth a quick browse.

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More and more comic books in Paris

 

Nowadays, a few wealthy comic book fans are prepared to buy rare comic book plates for the price of a small work by Georges Braque or Fernand Léger. In the West, the comic book market has two main hubs: Belgium (Namur and Brussels) and France. In France, the specialist auction houses in this genre are Artcurial (since 2005) and Millon & Associés (since 2009). With two or three sales a year, Artcurial is the market leader in this booming sector. In 2012 it broke the million-dollar barrier when it sold a piece of HERGÉ's original cover artwork (Les aventures de Tintin et Milou. Tintin en Amérique, pour la couverture Les aventures de Tintin reporter du petit vingtième en Amérique, sold for €1.108 million or $1.37 million on 2 June 2012) and it has also achieved record six-figure sales for works by André FRANQUIN, Hugo PRATT and Enki BILAL. As a result, it is hardly surprising that Christie's is taking an interest in this promising market. The auction house is holding its first comic book sale on 5 April 2014. On offer are 250 lots, including Uderzo's original cover of the Asterix and Obelix book Le Devin; the original cover of L'héritage, the first special edition featuring Spirou and Fantasio by Franquin; plus works by Peyo, Jacobs, Pratt, Moebius, Tardi, Bilal, Gibrat and many more. Total sales are expected to reach some €1.5 million or $2 million. If this initial foray proves to be successful, Christie's is planning to hold another comic book sale in April 2015. This could inject yet more momentum into the already booming comic strip market.

 

Interesting the Franco Belgian comics market is an entirely different world. If only comic creators were treated with similar reverence in the American west.

 

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More and more comic books in Paris

 

Nowadays, a few wealthy comic book fans are prepared to buy rare comic book plates for the price of a small work by Georges Braque or Fernand Léger. In the West, the comic book market has two main hubs: Belgium (Namur and Brussels) and France. In France, the specialist auction houses in this genre are Artcurial (since 2005) and Millon & Associés (since 2009). With two or three sales a year, Artcurial is the market leader in this booming sector. In 2012 it broke the million-dollar barrier when it sold a piece of HERGÉ's original cover artwork (Les aventures de Tintin et Milou. Tintin en Amérique, pour la couverture Les aventures de Tintin reporter du petit vingtième en Amérique, sold for €1.108 million or $1.37 million on 2 June 2012) and it has also achieved record six-figure sales for works by André FRANQUIN, Hugo PRATT and Enki BILAL. As a result, it is hardly surprising that Christie's is taking an interest in this promising market. The auction house is holding its first comic book sale on 5 April 2014. On offer are 250 lots, including Uderzo's original cover of the Asterix and Obelix book Le Devin; the original cover of L'héritage, the first special edition featuring Spirou and Fantasio by Franquin; plus works by Peyo, Jacobs, Pratt, Moebius, Tardi, Bilal, Gibrat and many more. Total sales are expected to reach some €1.5 million or $2 million. If this initial foray proves to be successful, Christie's is planning to hold another comic book sale in April 2015. This could inject yet more momentum into the already booming comic strip market.

 

Interesting the Franco Belgian comics market is an entirely different world. If only comic creators were treated with similar reverence in the American west.

 

i think its starting to happen

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It was an interesting auction with a couple of amazing results (a Moebus Incal page went for nearly $65000, I remember that 6 or 7 years ago there were Incal pages for less than $3000 to be had and that some stayed on the market for months, I should have bought one at that time).

There was some American art included in this sale, but the higher end pieces did not sell because the estimates were a bit to high (a mid level Kirby FF page from issue 53 estimated at €12000 to €13000 plus Christie's fee) and even way to high in one case: a 7 page Eisner Spirit story estimated at €40000 to €45000 before the fee. Those are the 2 examples that come to mind now.

 

French and Belgian art by top artists is going for extremely high prices now (this has been the case for some years ) and the stuff I like is completely out of reach....

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Yes.

A friend of mine put the Ranxerox pin-up that went for €10k up for this auction. I had the chance to see it in person and it is a really great piece. The problem is that those pages come not often up for sale...

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