Latest Catawiki International Comic Art auction offers a real all sorts of original work

There are over one hundred items of comic art from across the globe currently on offer on this week’s Catawiki International Comic Art Auction, including work by Alessandro Barbucci, Fernando Fernández, Thomas Frisano, Hermann, “Robot Archie” by Ted Kearon, Dick Matena, “Trigan Empire” art by Don Lawrence, “Modesty Blaise” by Enrique Badia Romero and Piet Wijn.

There’s quite a range of artworks in the catalogue too, many of them from European humour comics, but adult and prelims, too.

Blueberry and Chihuahua Pearl – (2020) by Giuseppe Candita, best known currently for his work on the western series, Tex

Check out all the items offered by Catawiki in this week’s International Comic Art Auction here – bidding closes at 7.00pm on Thursday 12th August 2021

Do note that the UK’s departure from the European Union may mean additional import duties on sales. Catawiki highlights items offered from the continent that will incur additional fees. Prior to Brexit, the effective rate of UK tax on imports of art was 5%, which is lower than most other European countries. An owner could previously import an artwork to the UK from outside the EU and was then free to transport it to other EU countries, where the import tax rates may be higher, without incurring any further import-related tax charges. If the owner then wished to bring the artwork back to the UK, there would also have been no further tax charge.

This apolitical guide outlines what you should be aware of when buying or selling art internationally but it is a work in progress

• Online orders up to £135 are now supposed to have the UK’s prevailing VAT rate added at the point of sale by the EU retailer, which has to have registered with HM Revenue & Customs. Lots of smaller EU-based retailers have decided that the paperwork of collecting UK VAT is not worth the hassle and as a result will no longer supply UK consumers

With thanks to Richard Sheaf for highlighting the British artworks on his Boys Adventure Comics Blog



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