Al Capp Li’l Abner Comic Art: Realized Prices & Value Guide
To auction, sell or consign your Al Capp Li’l Abner comic art, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).
Sell Your Al Capp Li’l Abner Comic Art
Al Capp was an American cartoonist and humorist who is best remembered for creating and illustrating the comic strip Li’l Abner. The strip ran for 43 years between 1934 and 1977. Capp also created and wrote the comic strips Abbie an’ Slats and Long Sam.
Here Are Some Al Capp Li’l Abner Comics We’ve Sold:
Sunday Comic Strip From 1939 — Sold for $2,600
Al Capp original art for a Sunday comic strip of L’il Abner. Dated 6/3, with the copyright slug reading United Features Syndicate, 1939. Pen and ink with Chinese white on illustration board, four strips conjoined (nine panels in all), 22 x 19 1/2 inches (55 x 48 cm). Masking tape in the outer margins, some expected minor soiling, marginal printing notations, in all in excellent shape. Framed. Wolf Girl comes to visit the Yokums, forswearing her former ways; and to test her reform, the family leaves her with Salome, the “youngest Yokum,” the tastiest pig in the world, with predictable results. Sold for $2,600.
Ink Portrait of ”Li’l Abner” Heroine Daisy Mae — Sold for $2,500
Al Capp drawing of ”Li’l Abner” star Daisy Mae. Large ink drawing of the barefoot cartoon bombshell measures 11.5” x 14.5”. Partial ”Li’l Abner” Sunday strip header is printed to verso. Two pinholes to lower right quadrant. Near fine. Sold for $2,500.
Hand-Drawn & Signed Comic Strip From 1948 — Sold for $1,875
Al Capp hand drawn ”Li’l Abner” comic strip featuring Shmoos. 2-panel strip from 9 September 1948 depicts Abner dining on a plate of the cooked Shmoo meat Mammy is dishing out in the kitchen, surrounded by living Shmoos, while shopkeeper Soft-Hearted John storms in ranting about his business being down since the townspeople are getting everything they need from Shmoos, as explicated by Abner, ”Shmoos does ev’rything! They gives milk, aigs, meat, an’ th’ eyes makes fine suspender buttons!…Nobody needs money no more!” Capp uses his Shmoo creatures as an allegory for animals. Measures 22.5” x 7”. Toning and white out. Near fine. Sold for $1,875.
Early 1930s Comic Strip — Sold for $1,694
Four panel “Li’l Abner” comic strip from the early 1930s featuring earlier incarnations of Abner and Daisy Mae. Measures 23 x 7 inches with some foxing and toning. Sold for $1,694.
Pencil and Ink Sketch of Daisy Mae & Slobberlips — Sold for $1,250
Oversized 15” x 11” ”Li’l Abner” sketch by Al Capp. Drawing in ink and pencil depicts Daisy Mae and Slobberlips. With pencil notations along bottom, possibly in Capp’s hand. Minor foxing and toning, very good. Sold for $1,250.
Hand-Drawn & Signed Comic Strip from 1940 — Sold for $1,050
“Li’l Abner” daily strip from 23 November 1940. Four panel strip features Hazel Hobgoblin on Sadie Hawkins day and measures 23 by 7 inches. Near fine condition with some toning and white out.
To auction, sell or consign your Al Capp Li’l Abner comic art, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).
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