Comic Strips

Original Plates, albums, statuettes… everything to do with the world of comic strips!

The department was launched by François Tajan and Eric Leroy in 2005, and is already world leader with impressive annual results. Expert Leroy is a noted specialist, and one of his most recent coups was the Enki Bilal Sale in March 2007, when the famous cartoonist agreed to offer his original plates at auction for the first time.

Artcurial is a partner of Angoulême’s annual Festival International de la Bande Dessinée

Records

: André Franquin (1924-1997)
Le trombone illustré; 44 x 32,7 cm; €145,300, 31 March 2012

: Hergé (1907-1983)
L'étoile mystérieuse, 1943; Casterman 1943. Dos rouge, (3 exemplaires connus); €102,935, 14 March 2009; World Record

: André Franquin (1924-1997)
Gaston Lagaffe; Encre de Chine, gouache et encre de couleur pour la couverture de l'album « Des Gaffes et des Dégâts »; 30 x 24 cm; €324,025, 13 March 2010; World Record

Some Recent Prices

: Hergé (1907-1983)
Le secret de la Licorne, 1944; Encre de Chine, gouache et aquarelle; €168,907, 26 November 2011

: Hugo Pratt (1927-1995)
Corto Maltese en Sibérie; 64 x 49 cm; €247,840, 21 November 2009

: Hergé (1907-1983)
Le crabe aux pinces d'or; Encre de chine, mine de plomb; 42 x 31 cm; €372,028, 14 March 2009

: Hergé (1907-1983)
Le Lotus Bleu, 1935; encre de chine; 23 x 26 cm; €167,292, 22 November 2008

: Hugo Pratt (1927-1995)
Corto Maltese; Feutre noir, aquarelles de couleurs et gouache blanche; 31 x 41 cm; €300,830, 29 March 2008

: Enki Bilal
« Bleu Sang »; €176,910, 24 March 2007

: Rosinski
Au-delà des ombres, 1983; Acryliques de couleurs sur carton, réalisé pour un un poster du journal Tintin en 1983.; 33 x 49 cm; €36,100, 29 March 2008