Back

Nate D. Sanders Auctions: Chic Young Hand-Drawn "Blondie" Comic Strips

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Chic Young Hand-Drawn "Blondie" Comic Strips	Total Sales (USD)	66,518.00
Auction Date	December 12, 2024 - December 12, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Sale Number	#121224	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Total Lots	178
Sold Lots	160.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	89.89%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
Unsold Lots	18	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
172	Bill Watterson	Bill Watterson Signed Limited Edition Lithograph of ''Calvin and Hobbes'' from 1992 -- Pristine Condition	1992	Not Available	USD 7,500.00
1	Chic Young	Chic Young Hand-Drawn ''Blondie'' Comic Strip From 1931 -- Blondie's a Cheerleader for Dagwood's Team	1931	Not Available	USD 2,888.00
8	Chic Young	Chic Young Hand-Drawn ''Blondie'' Comic Strip From 1933 -- Day 17 of Dagwood's Famous Hunger Strike!	1933	Not Available	USD 1,221.00
23	Chic Young	Chic Young Hand-Drawn ''Blondie'' Comic Strip From 1933 -- The Christmas Tree Crashes! in This Visually Stunning Strip	1933	Not Available	USD 1,110.00
109	Sheldon Mayer	Sheldon Mayer's 1946 Day Planner as Editor of All-American Publications -- Nearly Every Day Filled-in With Dozens of Artists & Strips Like Flash & Green Lantern -- With Idea of Wonder Woman as a Girl	1946	Not Available	USD 1,078.00
30	Chic Young	Chic Young Hand-Drawn ''Blondie'' Sunday Comic Strip From 1935 -- Blondie and Dagwood Can't Turn Down a Fun Party	1935	Not Available	USD 999.00
9	Chic Young	Chic Young Hand-Drawn ''Blondie'' Comic Strip From 1933 -- The Bumsteads Plan Blondie's Marriage to Dagwood	1933	Not Available	USD 979.00
31	Chic Young	Chic Young Hand-Drawn ''Blondie'' Sunday Comic Strip From 1935 -- Blondie Wonders Why Dagwood Is Being So Nice to Her	1935	Not Available	USD 908.00
32	Chic Young	Chic Young Hand-Drawn ''Blondie'' Sunday Comic Strip From 1935 -- Blondie Bosses Dagwood Around	1935	Not Available	USD 908.00
28	Chic Young	Chic Young Hand-Drawn ''Blondie'' Sunday Comic Strip From 1934 -- Blondie Helps a Sleepy Dagwood Get to Work	1934	Not Available	USD 750.00
33	Chic Young	Chic Young Hand-Drawn ''Blondie'' Sunday Comic Strip From 1935 -- Dagwood Misses His Family	1935	Not Available	USD 750.00
42	Chic Young	Chic Young Hand-Drawn ''Blondie'' Sunday Comic Strip From 1936 -- Dagwood Dreams of Dragons & Swords -- Also With Original Artwork on Verso of Strip	1936	Not Available	USD 750.00
96	Chic Young	Chic Young Hand-Drawn ''Blondie'' Sunday Comic Strip From 1968 -- The Day's Off to a Bad Start for Dagwood -- Also With Chic Young's Original Preliminary Artwork	1968	Not Available	USD 745.00
12	Chic Young	Chic Young Hand-Drawn ''Blondie'' Comic Strip From 1933 -- Dagwood Has Amnesia!	1933	Not Available	USD 734.00
22	Chic Young	Chic Young Hand-Drawn ''Blondie'' Comic Strip From 1933 -- Christmas Themed Strip Where Blondie's Gift-Wrapping Skills Overshadow the Actual Gift	1933	Not Available	USD 734.00
95	Chic Young	Chic Young Hand-Drawn ''Blondie'' Sunday Comic Strip From 1968 -- Dagwood Crashes Into the Mailman on His Way to Work Not Once, But Three Times! -- Also With Chic Young's Original Preliminary Artwork	1968	Not Available	USD 676.00
14	Chic Young	Chic Young Hand-Drawn ''Blondie'' Comic Strip From 1933 -- Dagwood's First Day of Work!	1933	Not Available	USD 666.00
20	Chic Young	Chic Young Hand-Drawn ''Blondie'' Comic Strip From 1933 -- Blondie Employs Her Feminine Wiles to Convince Dagwood Where They Should Go for Christmas	1933	Not Available	USD 666.00
26	Chic Young	Chic Young Hand-Drawn ''Blondie'' Comic Strip From 1934 -- Dagwood Becomes Comically Distracted by a Pretty Woman	1934	Not Available	USD 666.00
68	Chic Young	Chic Young Hand-Drawn ''Blondie'' Sunday Comic Strip From 1949 -- Blondie Scares Dagwood Silly	1949	Not Available	USD 666.00
4	Chic Young	Chic Young Hand-Drawn ''Blondie'' Comic Strip From 1932 -- Dagwood Returns from His Cruise Only to Find Out Blondie Is Engaged to Another! -- Strip Also Features a Rare Appearance by Blondie's Mother	1932	Not Available	USD 625.00
18	Chic Young	Chic Young Hand-Drawn ''Blondie'' Comic Strip From 1933 -- Thanksgiving Strip Where Dagwood ''Pardons'' Their Turkey	1933	Not Available	USD 625.00
2	Chic Young	Chic Young Hand-Drawn ''Blondie'' Comic Strip From 1932 -- Blondie's Employed by Dagwood's Parents & Helps Mrs. Bumstead Lose a Few Pounds	1932	Not Available	USD 605.00
3	Chic Young	Chic Young Hand-Drawn ''Blondie'' Comic Strip From 1932 -- Blondie Briefly Dates Gil the Mechanic	1932	Not Available	USD 605.00
11	Chic Young	Chic Young Hand-Drawn ''Blondie'' Comic Strip From 1933 -- A Rare Strip Showing Dagwood's Parents at Blondie & Dagwood's Home	1933	Not Available	USD 605.00

Sotheby’s
Year in Review

Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly!