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Battle mags and Dr Who go into action
05 April 2021Publishers’ file copies of the first 199 issues of War Picture Library, pocket-sized and essentially pictorial publications of the years 1958-63, brought a bid of £3250 in a Comic Book Auctions (19% buyer’s premium) timed sale.

Result that was fine and Dandy
08 February 2021One highlight of a timed online sale of comics and related artwork was a complete run of Dandy for the year 1944 at £2250.

Crude and rude for more than 40 years – Viz No1 comic comes to auction
09 November 2020Fat Sod, Skinhead, Colin the Amiable Crocodile and Victor Pratt the Stupid Twat were introduced to the public in the form of a comic offered in a Newcastle pub in December 1979. Forty-one years later that comic is still going strong: Viz.

Phwoarrrr - first ever Viz comic comes up for sale
07 November 2020Fat Sod, Skinhead, Colin the Amiable Crocodile and Victor Pratt the Stupid Twat were introduced to the public in the form of a comic offered in a Newcastle pub in December 1979.

Dr Who and Ninjak originals sold at Comic Book Auctions
02 November 2020Shown here are two of the higher-priced lots from a timed online Comic Book Auctions (19% buyer’s premium) sale.

First Batman from Down Under makes rare appearance at Comic Book Auctions
10 August 2020With their regular photographer isolated in Somerset, it was proprietor Malcolm Phillips’ partner, Sally, who used her iPhone to produce all the catalogue images for a Comic Book Auctions (19% buyer’s premium) timed sale on thesaleroom.com.

Horror titles cut after decapitation shocker
06 April 2020Offered without a reserve, a job lot of “low grade” comics dating from the 1940s-50s ended up selling for £1200 in a Comic Book Auctions (19% buyer’s premium) timed sale on thesaleroom.com.

Spartan artwork sparkles at £5700
06 January 2020As in its September auction, a double-page Frank Bellamy artwork featuring ‘Heros the Spartan’ proved a star turn in the latest Comic Book Auctions (19% buyer’s premium) online sale on thesaleroom.com.

Where Judge Dredd rules and Eagles dare
21 October 2019Three pieces of original artwork were the big money spinners in a Comic Book Auctions (20% buyer’s premium) timed online sale on thesaleroom.com which closed on September 1.

Timed to perfection
24 June 2019The success of timed online auctions for London’s big auction houses is putting the format on the map for other salerooms too.

Single buyer reunites second Dandy and jumping frog toy
24 June 2019Pictured here is the front page of the scarce second issue of Dandy, published in January 1937, along with an even rarer example of the jumping frog toy that was given away with the comic as a promotion.

English delftware and Thunderbirds artwork once owned by Bob Monkhouse – six auction highlights that caught bidders’ eyes in the last week
07 June 2019ATG’s selection of hammer highlights over the past week includes English delftware, an early acoustic gramophone, Thunderbirds artwork and a Qing period double gourd vase.

Beano, Eagle, Sweethearts and Scoops in demand at Comic Book Auctions timed sale
18 March 2019Though it sold just a touch under the lower estimate, a copy of the 1938 launch issue of Beano was the top lot in a Comic Book Auctions (19% buyer’s premium) timed auction of March 3 held on thesaleroom.com.

Bob Monkhouse archive artwork backs a vote for Sloper
14 January 2019Earlier material in the last Comic Book Auctions (16% buyer’s premium) sale of the old year, which ended on November 25, included an original ink on card artwork of 1900 featuring Ally Sloper, whose pioneering comic debut had been made as early as 1867 in Judy, a comic rival to Punch.

Original comic artwork from the fantastic Bob Monkhouse Archive comes to auction
08 November 2018Bob Monkhouse was loved as one of the best comedians and presenters of his generation but few people know about the huge respect he is also held in by comic collectors.

Oor Wullie and pals delight the comic hoarders
08 October 2018Head in his hand and seated on a bucket for his 1941, first annual appearance, Oor Wullie, a favourite character from the Scottish Sunday Post, led the bidding in a September 9 comics sale.

Comic artists help Daleks to invade
05 February 2018Launched in 1965, TV Century 21 featured the work of some of the best comic artists of the day – among them Ron Turner, whose contributions included strips featuring The Daleks, Stingray and Captain Scarlet.

Air-raid reading for children
02 October 2017Mostly sold by Woolworth’s stores at 3d each, Mighty Midgets ‘Blitz’ books helped distract children who had to spend nights in air-raid shelters or Underground stations during the Second World War.

Beano takes magical turn
10 July 2017A further selection of children’s annuals from the Brenda Butler archive, characterised as usual by superb condition, provided some of the highlights of a May 2 sale at Comic Book Auctions (16% buyer’s premium).

Magic war-time comic annual makes £5600 at auction
03 June 2017What is magic about this copy of a Beano annual? Collectors of comic books will know the 'Magic-Beano Book' was the name of the annual when it was published between 1942 to 1949.

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