I’m having another spate of clearing boxes at downthetubes, and the following items are currently being offered on ebay… Sales help keep us going, especially at present. Pictures of all offered items can be found here on Flickr • 1967… Read More ›
Auction News
Ackerman Auction in May
Hot on the heels of the upcoming Battlestar Galactica auction (see this news story I wrote for weirdand beard.com) comes news of another major scifi and fantasy auction event, this time from Profiles in History who will offer over 1100… Read More ›
Alan Moore’s Unpublished Big Numbers #3 Discovered on eBay
Comics collector Pádraig Ó Méalóid and documenter of Alan Moore‘s prestigious career has turned up a remarkable find — art for Big Numbers #3 — on eBay. Big Numbers is an unfinished comic book series by Moore and artist Bill… Read More ›
ComPal Auction Closes This Week
A quick reminder that the Spring 2009 auction at Compalcomics, which includes offerings of art from TV21 by Frank Bellamy and Mike Noble (see news story) closes this week. Bidding will close on Tuesday 10 March at 8 PM UK… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: 27 February 2009
• Taking place this weekend in Scotland is D-Con, at Dundee Student Union. Looks like a manga and anime-oriented event judging from the line-up, which is perhaps why we’ve only just got to hear about it. Special Guests include Naniiebim,… Read More ›
Bellamy, Noble Art Up for Auction
Rare wartime Beanos and The Dandys and artwork by Frank Bellamy, Don Harley, Ken Reid, Mike Noble and Dudley Watkins form just part of the British section of the latest auction from London-based Comic Book Auctions. While best known for… Read More ›
Britsh Comics Art on EBay
Artwork from Steel Claw from Valiant, Robot Archie from Lion and Black Bow from Eagle is currently on sale on eBay, more work that was sold off by IPC a couple of years ago when it cleared its archives. The… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: 5 February 2009
• Dickon Harris presents a trio of interviews recorded at last autumn’s Comica festival in London at the ICA on Resonance FM (London) today, talking to the winner – Julian Hanshaw – and runner-up – Isabel Greenberg – of 2008’s… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: Gerry Anderson News
British publisher Reynolds and Hearn are to release two books reprinting strips from TV Century 21 comic and other titles first published by City Editions in the 1960s such as Joe 90: Top Secret. Scheduled for release early next year and titled Century 21 – Classic Comic… Read More ›
Foss First for Compalcomics Auction
Rare triptych cover art by acclaimed science fiction illustrator Christopher Foss for 2000AD is just one item in the Winter 2008 auction of London-based Compalcomics that also includes Dan Dare and Desperate Dan art and a number of first issues… Read More ›
Jeff Hawke Art for Sale
Offered from downthetubes via ebay is a piece of Jeff Hawke newspaper strip original art, signed by creator and artist Sydney Jordan. The art from the Daily Express strip “Jeff Hawke” is identified as strip H3387 featuring mysterious aliens from… Read More ›
Starblazer Sale and Game News
One downthetubes reader has been in touch to tell us he’s offering a number of Starblazers via eBay, including the first three issues of this collectable SF comic published by DC Thomson. He tells us all of the… Read More ›
How Much Is A Fanzine Worth?
Just how much is a fanzine worth? For the buyer, in theory, it is worth the amount of money that he has just paid for it. If it wasn’t that good and the buyer believes that it is worth less… Read More ›
Rare Anderson Comics up for auction
Copies of Lady Penelope — the comic created by the publishers of the best-selling TV Century 21 but aimed at girls — are just some of the rare items up for auction from British company Compalcomics this autumn. Bids will… Read More ›
Knight Rider Car Sold on eBay
A rare version of KITT, the iconic talking black car from the US 1980s TV show Knight Rider has just been sold on the internet auction site eBay. The KITT model, built from a Pontiac Trans Ams — and most recently… Read More ›
Illustration House Auction
New York auction company Illustration House has announced a fine selection of paintings and drawings with its new Auction of Illustrative and Cartoon Art, which takes place tomorrow, 7th June, at their Manhattan Gallery. Absentee bidding available. The works, which… Read More ›
Colan Auction Results
An Iron Man cover donated by top British comics artist Jon Haward to raise money to help veteran comics artist Gene Colan who is very ill and has no medical insurance has raised $290 for the cause. “I wish it… Read More ›
Iron Man Art Auction to help Gene Colan
Top British comics artist Jon Haward has pitched in on efforts to raise money to help veteran comics artist Gene Colan who is very ill and has no medical insurance (see news story). Up for sale via eBay are the… Read More ›
New UK Comics Auction Opens
The Summer 2008 auction at comics auction site Compalcomics (www.compalcomics.com) is now open, with another great range of both British and US items on offer. There are over 300 lots in this catalogue. DC Thomson’s The Broons are once again… Read More ›
Gene Colan gravely ill
American writer Clifford Meth has put out an urgent plea to help raise money for the family of one of America’s greatest comic artists Gene Colan, who is gravely ill. The funds are needed to cover medical expenses, as they… Read More ›