Live auction 386
The Masters of Comics and Illustration
wed 5 December 2018
Milan - Via San Marco 22
A selection of works from private Italian collections
Viewing
Viewing in Milan from Friday 30 November to Monday 3 December, 10am to 7pm
The Best Awards
Lot N. 101
Hugo Pratt (1927-1995) 7th first Egypt 1941 El Alamein
Ink and watercolor on thin cardboard, cm 50x36. Great condition.
Estimate
€ 18.000,00 / 36.000,00
Lot N. 98
Hugo Pratt (1927-1995) Marlene Dietrich
Mixed technique on thin cardboard, cm 24x35. End of the 80s. Signed. Great condition, framed.
Estimate
€ 16.000,00 / 32.000,00
Lot N. 102
Guy Peellaert (1934-2008) Pravda la Survireuse, testi di Pascal Thomas
Original art for the graphic novel; ink on thin cardboard, cm 50x65. Good condition.
Estimate
€ 15.000,00 / 25.000,00
Lot N. 152
Harold Rudolph Foster (1892 – 1982) Prince Valiant – The Quest for the Graal
Sunday strip published on 4th October 1960. Pencil, colored pencil and ink on thin cardboard, in total cm 74x90.
Estimate
€ 10.000,00 / 18.000,00
Lot N. 193
Sergio Cavallerin (1957) Dynamicspiderman
Unique art, extroversion on canvas, cm 115x80. Dated 2018.
Estimate
€ 6.000,00 / 12.000,00
Lot N. 60
Guido Crepax (1933-2003) Ferrari Le Mans
Illustration for “Velocità”; ink and tempera on Schoeller cardboard, cm 36x51. Signed.
Estimate
€ 3.500,00 / 7.000,00
Lot N. 104
Charles Schulz (1922-2000) Snoopy
Illustration marker pen on paper, cm 7,5x13. Signed.
Estimate
€ 1.200,00 / 2.500,00
Lot N. 2
Gruau Renè (1909-2004) Abito per Lanvin
Ink and yellow watercolor on thin cardboard. 25x35 ca. Signed, great condition.
Estimate
€ 3.000,00 / 6.000,00
Lot N. 196
Agron Hoti (1970) Justice League
Mixed technique and collage on canvas, cm 90x110. Titled, signed and dated 2017 at the back.
Estimate
€ 2.000,00 / 4.000,00
Lot N. 76
Benito Jacovitti (1923-1977) Panoramica di Fine Anno
Pencil and ink illustration on Fabriano paper, watercoloured, cm 29x33,5. Signed and dated 1973.
Estimate
€ 2.300,00 / 4.500,00
Lot N. 106
Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri (1944) Druuna
Executive proof; watercolor and ink on xerox, cm 25x31. Great condition.
Estimate
€ 1.500,00 / 3.000,00
Lot N. 22
Anselmo Ballester (1897-1974) Il volto del fuggiasco
Executive painting for movie poster; charcoal and watercolor on cardboard, cm 47x65. Signed. Great condition.
Estimate
€ 1.800,00 / 3.600,00
5
Original painting for early 20s postcard, cm 28x43,5; mixed technique on thin cardboard. Signed, great condition.
4
Original painting for early 20s postcard, cm 27x42; mixed technique on thin cardboard, applied on cardboard. Signed, great condition.
196
Mixed technique and collage on canvas, cm 90x110. Titled, signed and dated 2017 at the back.
195
Mixed technique on canvas,cm 80x100. Signed and dated 2018.
3
Illustration for humoristic magazine, second half of the 10s, cm 24,5x32; mixed technique on thin cardboard. Signed, great condition.
66
Original cover art for “Il Corriere dei Piccoli” published in 1967; mixed technique on cardboard, cm 36x48,5.
9
Executive advertising art, cm 24x44; pencil, ink and tempera on cardboard. Published in June 1932. Signed in ciphers.
8
Original painting for early 20s postcard, cm 27,5x43; mixed technique on cardboard. Signed, great condition.
97
Great size illustration; marker pen on paper, cm 33x48,5. Signed and dated 1978.
115
Pencil, ink and gouache on thin cardboard, cm 25x35. Signed and dated 2005. Great condition.
114
Original art published in November 1999; pencil, ink and gouache on thin cardboard, cm 25,5x36,5. Great condition.
22
Executive painting for movie poster; charcoal and watercolor on cardboard, cm 47x65. Signed. Great condition.
19
One of the 14 full page red and black illustrations for a Rubino’s tale.
91
Closing art for the story published in “Il Corriere dei Ragazzi”; 1975, pencil and ink on thin cardboard, cm 33x45. Good condition.
90
Study for the graphic novel; pencil on paper, cm 22x28. Signed and dated 1980.
92
Illustration pencil and ink on paper, cm 35,5x25; end of 70s.
76
Pencil and ink illustration on Fabriano paper, watercoloured, cm 29x33,5. Signed and dated 1973.
75
Humoristic illustration, cm 31x23; pencil and ink on Fabriano paper, watercoloured at the back. Signed and dated 1963. Great condition.
77
Illustration for the stickers’ album; pencil and ink on drawing paper, watercoloured at the back, cm 25x35. Signed and dated 1976.
78
Illustration for the stickers’ album; pencil and ink on drawing paper, watercoloured at the back, cm 25x35. Signed and dated 1976.
79
Pencil, china and gouache on drawing paper, cm 60x24. Signed and dated 1979. Self-contained strip.
80
Original art published in “Il Giorno”; pencil, ink and watercolor on drawing paper, cm 29x37,5. Great condition. Signed.
81
Pencil, ink and watercolor on thin cardboard, cm 60x43. Signed and dated 1961. Great condition.
187
Unpublished variant cover; mixed technique on thin cardboard, cm 50,5x35,5. Signed and dated.
10
Advertising illustration, half 50s, cm 34,5x52,5; mixed technique on thin cardboard. Signed
25
Original cell animation, ink and tempera on acetate. Partially cut at right upper corner on the higher edge. Signed
117
Original cover for the colored edition of the “La Repubblica” newspaper, n. 43 published in 2014. Pencil and ink on thin cardboard, cm 29x39,5. Signed and dated 2013, framed.
116
Original art published on page 112 in the first giant album, in January 1993. Pencil and ink on thin cardboard, cm 30x40. Signed and framed.
153
Signed lithograph published by Comic Book Library n3,only 500 speciments 1987, cm 60x92.
30
Original cover art for “Segretissimo” #517; 1973; tempera on cardboard, cm 35x45,5. Signed.
29
Original cover art for “Segretissimo” #303; 1979; tempera on cardboard, cm 37,5x48. Signed. Great condition.
105
Pencil and ink on thin cardboard, cm 7,5x22 (comic cm 4,5x14 circa). Great condition.
149
Sunday strip published on 23rd September 1956. Pencil and ink on thin cardboard, cm 66,5x46,5. Signed on the last bubble.
183
Original art published in “Superman” 380 pag. 8 , cm 28,2X40,7, 1983. Pencil, blue pencil, ink and contact screen on professional DC Comics thin cardboard.
73
Mixed technique splash page, on cardboard, cm 32x54. reply art used for the Red Moon Mystery story that was cut up and reworked for the 1974 Dan Dare Annual.
188
Original art, tempera and watercolor on thin cardboard, cm 49x69. Signed.
113
Original art published on page 183 of the graphic novel published privately in Croatia in 2002, and later in Italy. Pencil, ink and tempera on thin cardboard, cm 23x30,5. Signed.
47
llustration made of more than 50 original arts, dedicated to the early XX century armies, cm 90x30. Pencil and ink on thin cardboard. Some arts faded, else great condition. Framed.
46
Closing art published in 1966; pencil and ink on thin cardboard, cm 27x34,5.
18
Mixed technique on paper, cm 21x27. Dedicated and signed at the lower margin. Framed.
17
Ink and watercolor on paper, cm 27x21,5. Signed. Framed.
138
Mixed technique on colored thin cardboard, cm 30x41,5. Signed with the author’s study of the characters.
31
Mixed technique on thin cardboard, cm 42x17. Art realised for Lucca Comics 1990.
50
Coloured serigraph on cotton paper for the Quebec Comics Festival in 1998. Limited edition of 80 numbered copies, signed by the artist; complete of COA.
52
Original art, ink and watercolor on thin cardboard, cm 30,5x40. Signed. Great condition.
51
Pictorial illustration on thin cardboard, cm 30,5x43. Signed and dated 2016.
53
Original art, ink and watercolor on thin cardboard, cm 30,5x40. Signed. Great condition, together with its Spanish lettering.
13
Original cover art for an satirical magazine, not dated but 1915, cm 48x28; ink and gouache on thin cardboard. Signed, great condition.
164
Recreation pencil and ink illustration on thin cardboard,cm 30x43. Signed and dated 2017. Framed.
163
Wax pencil on thin cardboard,cm 21x29,5. Signed and framed.
122
Each original art pencil and ink, all signed, cm 29,5x42. Official folder.
121
Original art published on page 35 of “Tex Gigante” n.445, published in November 1997. Pencil and ink on thin cardboard, cm 30x42. Signed.
123
Pencil and ink on thin cardboard, cm 29,5 x 42. Signed, not dated but 2018.
20
Watercolor on thin cardboard, cm 18x2. Signed. Half of the 30s. Light water-stains, else great condition. Framed.
38
Original cover art for a Mondadori publication; tempera on canvas, cm 24,5x34. Signed.
37
Original cover art for a Mondadori publication; tempera on paper, cm 20x28. Signed.
39
Original cover art for the “Omnibus” series, early ’60; tempera on cardboard, cm 67x21 circa. Great condition, framed.
40
Original cover art for Mondadori publishing; tempera on canvas, cm 18X23,5. Framed.