Original comic art for Logan star's debut hits auction block soon
This entry was posted on March 9, 2017
.The newest small star of the big screen world that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be a big deal once again very soon on the auction block.
How?
The original art used for the first comic book appearance of Laura Kinney, aka X-23, will be hitting the open market next month via Heritage Auctions.
X-23 is the new star played by Dafne Keen alongside Hugh Jackman in Logan, which has raked its way to more than $104 million at the box office in the United States alone since its release less than one week ago. (It's up to $295 million world-wide.)
Her first appearance came in issue No. 3 of NYX from Marvel back in February 2004. That was a mini-series that focused on homeless teenage mutants in New York City. Included with the cover art by Joshua Middleton are three concept sketches as well as a piece that extends the main image. All were created by Middleton and since acquired from the artist. The main piece measures 10-by-17.25 inches and is in pencil/graphite on Bristol board.
Demand for this one should be big -- and demand for the comic itself is already quite high, too, as it's one of the more-iconic books of the 2000s.
A CGC 9.9 copy of the book -- the highest-graded copy and one of just four with that mark -- sold on eBay in January for $4,550. More typically, signed and slabbed copies sell for as much as $1,000 and lesser-grade unsigned copies typically go for anywhere from $500 to $1,000. (Volume is high along with the prices, so there's more volatility.)
This piece? It won't hit the auction block until April 28 and that sale will run until May 18-19 when the Heritage Comics Signature Auction -- New York reaches its finale. Curious about potential? It's not a perfectly natural comparison, but the inked page for the very first appearance of Wolverine from back in 1974 sold for a record $657,250 back in 2014.
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