The auction site Heritage Auctions put a ton of interesting works on the block in early November, in a sale called “European Comic Art Also Featuring Comics and Animation.” The listings featured works by a lot of artists strongly identified with Heavy Metal, including Milo Manara, Moebius, Paulo Eleuteri Serpieri, Tanino Liberatore, Philippe Druillet, Enki Bilal, Bernie Wrightson, Simon Bisley and others. Additionally, pieces by noted artists including Eduardo Risso, Jamie Hewlett, Charles Vess, Manuel Sanjulian were up for sale, as were many by more mainstream comics artists and feature animators.
What does it cost to buy an original piece by these familiar names? Here’s a look at a sampling from the large catalog, with prices:
One of the marquee items in the sale was this rejected cover for Spider-Woman by Milo Manara. You can read a little bit of the saga here.
Tanino Liberatore’s Ranxerox character invaded Heavy Metal in the ’80s and became an audience favorite – in fact we’ll be publishing Ranx: The Complete Collection in December.
Charles Vess is a noted fantasy artist who contributed the back cover of the September 1978 issue of Heavy Metal.
