Unlike her Barack Obama does not come with an already defined planSince a couple of weeks this does not stopGem Palace is only the jeweller of the maharajasHorseradish showcases its root mineralityThen think of those that never talks SMEsIncluding by respecting the local differencesWhere an industrial disaster that has already cost 1The debt in the airWell acquired benefits neverDrain and sprinkle with purée of shallotsAll for a price around 80 cents per litreThe ninth art, Artcurial, comic expert Eric Leroy claims fully: "Should not be simply popular character of the discipline." It's great designers whose creation is aesthetically more accessible than the contemporary art. There is a new generation of readers who lived her childhood in company comic strip heroes and now wants to acquire original boards. "This market is completely new. Long, however aware of bibliophiles seeking rare Tintin albums as it would for a piece of money or a stamp with an anomaly. Moreover, on 13 and 14 March, Artcurial sells some of these rarities. 45,000 euros to estimate for an album of "Tintin in the land of the Soviets" 1930 which exists only to 500 copies. And 20,000 euros for "The case sunflower" in 1956 because the back of the album is green, while it is red for all other copies. If it was noted that the conditions of preservation of the album are vital in the pricing, it will include it's a highly technical field, almost manic enthusiasts. One of them has even invested in November 2008, 63.700 euros an absolute record in a rare volume of "Tintin in the Congo" printed without any text and for representatives abroad.
Strokes of brilliance to Bilal and Pratt
But the original plate refers to something else. If, of course, the nostalgic character plays for much of the interest by number of fans, this is the authentic nature, the evidence of the hand of the designer that fascinates. According to Christian Desbois, the eponymous Paris Gallery specialized, installed at 14, Avenue of Bourdonnais, this area has registered a rise in demand from 2005. The gallery works directly with the designers to expose plates, paintings or drawings of contemporary signatures as Bilal or late. From April 4, it will be further reworked boxes (thumbnails) of the latest album by Bilal, "Animal'z ', out March 11 at Casterman. These impressions are expanded and enhanced by the author. They are to sell between 3,000 and 4,000 euros. Original drawings, they are traded, according to Christian Desbois, for 15,000 to 20,000 euros.
More generally, "the first clap of Thunder in the matter took place in 2007 when a Board of Bilal has been awarded, in a sale that he was devoted to 176.900 euros." The auction had recorded total of nearly EUR 1.2 million. Somehow, price showed the genus. "Collectors old, as Michel - Edouard Leclerc, have been strengthened in their action of precursors and new fans are involved in the movement." The following year, Hugo Pratt Watercolour which provided coverage in 1980 for the album the adventures of Corto Maltese "The Bellema" was awarded 250,000 euros.
It is clear that today ' today, and this despite the crisis, original boards of comic books remain a coveted domain. The sale devoted to the subject in November at Artcurial, 80 of the lots have changed hands. The next major event was held on 13 and 14 March, always in the Hotel Marcel Dassault, with 321 originals dispersed by a Belgian collector who wished to remain anonymous. The prism of his interests covered both the historical American BD of the beginning of the century than the contemporary creation. The star of the sale is signed Hergé. A designed ink on the cover of the album "The crab claws of gold", published in 1942, is presented with an estimate of 350,000 euros. The last record in the material date of March 2008, when a gouache conducted in 1932 by Hergé for the coverage of "Tintin in America" had been bought by a European amateur to 764.200 euros. Enormous and very media...
Hergé, a case
Eric Leroy note that Hergé is a case apart, a mythology in the specialty, which affects a wide audience. "It is a huge work which scans almost all the 20th century, from 1929 to 1983, and remained perpetually in a curve backward." Therefore, this price does not reflect the General State of the market. "Indeed, other estimates are much more modest, 35,000 euros for a Board to gouache of Moebius, 1976 for"Harzach", reference to the French BD contemporary 250 euros for five boxes of a comic-strip American mythical,"Mutt & Jeff", by Bud Fisher, dating from 1923.
