Anyone like Milton Caniff? 1 1

[RCGoldenAge]

Going through our collection and have Caniff originals I thought would like to be seen including a signed letter. The pieces referred to in the letter are shown as well as a bonus Dragon Lady original strip. Names edited on photos for privacy. Anyone have an idea on value? Thanks!

 

Edited September 14, 2023 by RCGoldenAge

[artdealer]

The Dragon Lady daily, about $4000

the other Terry Daily, about $800-$1000

The drawings, probably $1000 for both

[Rick2you2]

Preferences for Caniff or Reed Crandall? Steve Canyon/Terry and the Pirates or the Blackhawks? 
 
I wouldn’t kick either one out of my collection.

[tth2]

A number of Terry strips in the period surrounding the Dragon Lady strip were auctioned on Heritage during the past few years, so you should be able to get some sense of comps.  Having said that, I generally agree with Art Dealer’s assessments although the non-Dragon Lady daily should go for more than $1000 if the Caniff letter is included, as it provides very cool provenance as well as the explanation that that’s Claire Chennault. 

Edited September 15, 2023 by tth2

[drdroom]

On 9/14/2023 at 8:08 PM, tth2 said:

A number of Terry strips in the period surrounding the Dragon Lady strip were auctioned on Heritage during the past few years, so you should be able to get some sense of comps.  Having said that, I generally agree with Art Dealer’s assessments although the non-Dragon Lady daily should go for more than $1000 if the Caniff letter is included, as it provides very cool provenance as well as the explanation that that’s Claire Chennault. 

Many Dragon Lady strips on Heritage were from earlier and more valuable periods, which could mislead the OP. This one is from the last DL arc by Caniff. I love it, but they don't go as high. I agree with Art Dealer on this one, give or take.

Edited September 16, 2023 by drdroom
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[tth2]

On 9/16/2023 at 10:26 AM, drdroom said:

Many Dragon Lady strips on Heritage were from earlier and more valuable periods, which could mislead the OP. This one is from the last DL arc by Caniff. I love it, but they don't go as high. I agree with Art Dealer on this one, give or take.

Yes, that's why I pointed him to strips from the same period.  A number of Terry strips from the Bobby Murphy collection were from that same story arc. 

You're correct that the strips from that later period are not as popular as from earlier periods (particularly the 1930s), and $4k sounds about right to me too, but better for the OP to directly check some comps.

[alxjhnsn]

Everything I know about pricing comic art is in the hidden text of the first post on the Pricing Comic Art thread.