The ComicLink Featured Auction which closed at the end of August set many records for prices realized for comic books and original artwork. The company provided Scoop with a look at some of their prices realized in the original art category.

Editor’s note: A look at their comic book results can be found this week in our Auctions/Prices section.

“Outstanding price results were realized across original art genres,” said ComicLink President Josh Nathanson. “Some highlights spanning the genres include $54,000 for a Steve Ditko panel page from Amazing Spider-Man #34, $28,250 for a Jack Kirby panel page from Fantastic Four #40, $16,250 for a Kirby monster splash page from Strange Tales #96, $36,555 for an X-Men piece created by Jim Lee, Scott Williams and Joe Chiodo and used for a poster and trade paperback cover, and $10,250 for a Burne Hogarth Tarzan Sunday.”

The offerings included John Buscema’s Silver Surfer #7 Page 36 half splash ($14,500), Silver Surfer #7 unpublished cover ($24,000), Epic Illustrated #1 Page 4 ($3,055) and Avengers #83 Page 16 ($4,600), John Byrne’s Fantastic Four #246 Page 19 ($7,988) and Amazing Adventures #6 cover ($7,900), Mike Deodato, Jr.’s Incredible Hulk #71 cover ($3,001) and Wolverine Annual #2 cover ($1,600), Mike Grell‘s Warlord #10 Page 12 splash ($1,800) and Warlord #22 cover ($6,544), and Jim Starlin’s Warlock #13 Page 23 ($5,778) and Warlock Special Edition #1 wrap-around cover ($9,200).

 The selections in this auction also included George Pérez’s Fantastic Four #186 cover ($15,750), Gene Colan’s Tales Of Suspense #88 Page 1 title splash ($12,250), Bill Griffith’s Young Lust #1 cover ($10,750), Al Feldstein’s A Moon, A Girl…Romance #9 cover ($10,000), Wally Wood’s Weird Sex-Fantasy portfolio plate #1 ($8,000), John Romita, Sr.’s Spidey Super Stories #23 cover pencils ($6,800), Joe Kubert’s Blitzkrieg #1 cover ($6,500), Jim Lee’s Superman #204 Page 6 splash ($5,000), Werner Roth’s X-Men #27 Page 5 2/3 splash ($4,900), J. Scott Campbell’s Avengers vs. X-Men #3 cover ($4,605), a Frank Frazetta published illustration ($4,523), a Mark Schultz Xenozoic Tales specialty piece ($4,500), Gil Kane’s Monsters On The Prowl #20 cover ($4,330), Chris Burnham’s Batman Incorporated #8 variant cover ($4,300), Stephan Platt’s Vampi #12 cover ($4,100), Joe Chiodo’s Gen13 bikini pin-up special painted cover ($3,900), Michael Turner’s Witchblade #10 Page 18 splash ($3,900), Marc Silvestri’s X-Men: Deadly Genesis #6 cover ($3,700), Paul Pope’s Batman: Year 100 #4 Page 20 ($3,600), Carmine Infantino’s Star Wars #37 Page 30 ($3,050), Howard Porter’s Captain America & The Falcon #10 cover ($3,009), Gabriele Dell’otto’s Ultimate Iron Man II #1 variant cover painting ($2,910), Charles Vess’ Fables: 1001 Nights Of Snowfall splash painting ($2,850), Dave Cockrum and Joe Rubinstein’s X-Men #145 Page 26 ($2,750), Paulo Siqueira’s Amazing Spider-Man #654 cover ($2,705), Bernie Wrightson’s Witzend #7 Page 13 ($2,500), Phil Jimenez Countdown To Final Crisis promo poster ($2,275), Johnny Craig’s Vault-Keeper painting ($2,200), Whilce Portacio’s Wetworks #2 Page 1 title splash ($2,112), Mike Zeck’s Master Of Kung Fu #95 cover ($1,955), Michael Golden’s Micronauts #5 Page 26 ($1,850), a Gilbert Hernandez Love And Rockets character profile page ($1,600), Bryan Hitch’s Giant-Size Avengers #1 cover ($1,600), and Dale Keown’s The Darkness #22 cover ($1,500).

ComicLink is now accepting consignments and offering cash advances for vintage comics and original artwork to be placed in the firm’s auctions upcoming November Featured Auction and October Focused Auction. Their September Focused Auction has also begun, and it is the subject of another Scoop article this week. For more information or to reserve auction placement, contact Nathanson, Douglas Gillock, Sean Goodrich, Jason Crosby, Jon Signorelli at (617) 517-0062, option 1.