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

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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	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

Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Beckford (William) [Vathek] An Arabian Tale, first (but unauthorised) edition, Lady Caroline Lamb's copy with her signature and notes, 1786. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, first edition containing the 6 suppressed poems, first issue, contemporary half black morocco, Paris, 1857. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Beardsley (Aubrey).- Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, one of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, Leonard Smithers, 1896. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Douglas (Lord Alfred) Sonnets, first edition, the dedication copy, with signed presentation inscription from the author to his wife Olive Custance, The Academy, 1909. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Crowley (Aleister) The Works..., 3 vol. in 1 (as issued)"Essay Competition" issue on India paper, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1905-07. £1,500 to £2,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Rodin (Auguste).- Mirbeau (Octave) Le Jardin des Supplices, one of 30 copies on chine with an additional suite, bound in dark purple goatskin, Paris, 1902. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Pellar (Hans) Eight original book illustrations for 'Der verliebte Flamingo' [together with] a published copy of the first edition of the book, 1923. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Cretté (Georges, binder).- Louÿs (Pierre) Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, 2 vol., one of 99 copies, with 2 original drawings, superbly bound in blue goatskin, gilt, Paris, 1930. £3,000 to £4,000.
Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD

Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD

Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD

Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000

Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: Dürer (Albrecht) Hierin sind begriffen vier bücher von menschlicher Proportion, 4 parts in 1, first edition, Nuremberg, Hieronymus Andreae for Agnes Dürer, 1528. £30,000 to £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 26 fine hand-painted miniatures, 17th century dark brown morocco, [Lyon], [c. 1475 and later c. 1490-1500]. £25,000 to £35,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Brontë (Emily) The North Wind, watercolour, [1842]. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Titanic.- Mudd (Thomas Cupper, one of the youngest victims of the sinking of the Titanic, 1895-1912) Autograph Letter signed on board RMS Titanic to his mother, April 11th 1912. £20,000 to £30,000.

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: [Austen (Jane)] Emma: A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, for John Murray, 1816. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Picasso (Pablo).- Ovid. Les Metamorphoses, one of 95 copies, signed by the artist, Lausanne, Albert Skira, 1931. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: America.- Ogilby (John) America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World..., all maps with vibrant hand-colouring in outline, probably by an early hand, 1671. £15,000 to £25,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Iceland.- Geological exploration.- Bright (Dr. Richard )and Edward Bird. Collection of twenty original drawings from travels in Iceland with Henry Holland and George Mackenzie, watercolours, [1810]. £20,000 to £30,000.

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