Next week in Beverly Hills, several million dollars will be spent buying the pen-and-ink artwork behind the comics we love. Including some classic Batman art, and some Jack Kirby inks. Check out a gallery of the artwork that’s for sale — with suggested bids totaling around $2 million.
Comic book art has firmly entrenched itself in the world of fine art, with a page from Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns selling for half a million dollars earlier this year — and Leonardo DiCaprio and Steven Spielberg were rumored to have been bidders.
Heritage Auctions’ highlights for the three day event (which will be will be streamed live on the 15th through 17th). And bits for art from the collection of Jerry Robinson, the classic Batman artist who created the Joker and Penguin, have already surpassed the $200,000 mark, with a week to go.
