NEW YORK, NY.- In an auction where spectacular prices were in abundance – a World Record price of $448,125 for the original art from Page 10, issue #3 of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, $179, 250 for Carl Barks’ Vacation Panel Painting Original Art, $…
L.A.’s Original Contemporary Art Fair Returns to Inspire Global Collectors in New Downtown Location
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The sixth annual artLA, the original Los Angeles International Contemporary Art Fair, will be staged at a breathtaking new location at the J.W.Marriott Ritz Carlton in Downtown Los Angeles. artLA, the original Los Angeles Internation…
Original Batman Drawing Sets World’s Record at Heritage Auctions Sale of Comics
NEW YORK, NY.- The original art from Page 10, issue #3 of Frank Miller and Klaus Janson’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (DC, 1986) became the single most valuable piece of American comic art to ever sell when it brought $448,125 as part of Heritage A…
Frank Miller’s 1986 Dark Knight Batman & Robin Splash Page to Be Offered at Heritage Auctions
NEW YORK, N.Y.- The iconic original art for the page 10 splash page from issue #3 of Frank Miller and Klaus Janson’s The Dark Knight Returns, the comic series that almost single-handedly re-vitalized Batman, and defined the best of 1980s comics, is exp…
Artspace.com Closes a $1.2 Million Round of Investment Financing and Launches Today
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Artspace, the premiere online marketplace for contemporary art, announce the closing of a $1.2 million round of financing from professional and super-angel investors. Launching today, Artspace offers collectors and art enthusiasts the …
Newly Launched Artist Become Allows Artists to Showcase and Sell Art Online
WICHITA, KAN.- Artist Become (ArtistBe.com), the new online community for creating, selling and buying artwork online, today announced its launch. ArtistBe.com is the latest venture by the popular online art gallery overstockArt.com, the go-to source o…
Original Illustration Art from the Collection of Kendra and Allan Daniel Offered at Sotheby’s
NEW YORK, N.Y.- On 11 April 2011 Sotheby’s New York will hold a single owner sale of Original Illustration Art from the Collection of Kendra and Allan Daniel. The auction will present a selection of children’s illustrations and other original…
Denver Art Museum’s Petrie Institute of Western American Art Reaches Endowment Goal
DENVER, CO.- The Denver Art Museum’s (DAM) Petrie Institute of Western American Art, which develops original scholarship and Western American art exhibitions and programs for the public, has reached its endowment funding goal. More than $7 millio…
First "Bat-man" Comic Proof Pages, Saved from the Trash in Queens, Highlight Comics Event at Heritage Auctions
DALLAS; TX.- The original 1939 production proofs for pages 2-6 of Detective Comics #27, otherwise known as the first appearance of “The Bat-Man,” perhaps the closest the world will ever get to the original art for this monumental comic book – lo…
Banksy’s Original Art Work for Greenpeace Campaign Poster Makes £78,000 at Bonhams
LONDON.- An original art work by the legendary street artist, Banksy, for a Greenpeace Save or Delete campaign photographic poster, sold for £78,000 last night (11 January 2011) at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of its Urban Art sale. The unique p…