Business InsiderBy William Fierman
The value of an item, the adage goes, is never less than what someone is willing to pay for it. And for rare comic books, that value is skyrocketing. At a sale at French auction house Artcurial on April 30, comics — especially those written by the famous Belgian cartoonist Hergé — will receive attention and prices rivalling those usually reserved for fine art.
“The world of comic strips has recently witnessed a renewed enthusiasm,” said Eric Leroy, an expert in comics at Artcurial.
“Quality works are getting harder to find, but some aspects of comics are always important: the rarity, the album it originates from, the talent of the artist and the condition of the work,”Leroy said.
The auction this month will include items from the personal collection of French pop singer Renaud. It heavily features the work of Hergé, creator of The Adventures of Tintin.
At the top of the docket is a rare double-plate from the Tintin comic King Ottokar’s Sceptre, estimated by the house to sell for between $650,000 and $865,000.
A similar, double page from a different episode sold for an astonishing $1.5 million last year, doubling its presale estimate.
Hergé, who died in 1983, is one of the most important names in the European comic-book tradition, making the series a veritable record of the twentieth century.
Source: BusinessInsider.com
The value of an item, the adage goes, is never less than what someone is willing to pay for it. And for rare comic books, that value is skyrocketing. At a sale at French auction house Artcurial on April 30, comics — especially those written by the famous Belgian cartoonist Hergé — will receive attention and prices rivalling those usually reserved for fine art.
“The world of comic strips has recently witnessed a renewed enthusiasm,” said Eric Leroy, an expert in comics at Artcurial.
“Quality works are getting harder to find, but some aspects of comics are always important: the rarity, the album it originates from, the talent of the artist and the condition of the work,”Leroy said.
The auction this month will include items from the personal collection of French pop singer Renaud. It heavily features the work of Hergé, creator of The Adventures of Tintin.
At the top of the docket is a rare double-plate from the Tintin comic King Ottokar’s Sceptre, estimated by the house to sell for between $650,000 and $865,000.
A similar, double page from a different episode sold for an astonishing $1.5 million last year, doubling its presale estimate.
Hergé, who died in 1983, is one of the most important names in the European comic-book tradition, making the series a veritable record of the twentieth century.
Source: BusinessInsider.com
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