Calvin and Hobbes original comic strip art sells for record $480K

Panel from a hand-colored piece of original art for a ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ Sunday comic strip from 1987, which sold for $480,000 on November 17. The result set a new auction record for original ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ comic strip art and tied the world auction record for any piece of original newspaper strip art. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions
A hand-colored piece of original art for a ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ Sunday comic strip from 1987 sold for $480,000 on November 17. The result set a new auction record for original ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ comic strip art and tied the world auction record for any piece of original newspaper strip art. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions
A hand-colored piece of original art for a ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ Sunday comic strip from 1987 sold for $480,000 on November 17. The result set a new auction record for original ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ comic strip art and tied the world auction record for any piece of original newspaper strip art. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions

DALLAS – A hand-colored Calvin and Hobbes Sunday strip from May 24, 1987, sold for $480,000 at Heritage Auctions to set a new auction record for Bill Watterson and his beloved creations. That price also ties the record for the most valuable original newspaper strip ever sold at auction.

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