https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalk...r#61f672a05465
"Heritage reports this year’s biggest sale as Frank Frazetta’s original oil painting Death Dealer 6 (1990), published as the cover to Death Dealer #2 from Verotik in 1996. The canvas brought $1,792,500 at Heritage’s May auction, nearly tripling the highest price paid for a piece of U.S.-published comic book artwork. It should be noted, however, that Frazetta, who died in 2012, is something of a special case. Although he started out as a comic book artist, he is best known for his book covers, album covers, posters and other works usually depicting dark and/or sexy sword and sorcery themes that define a specific pop culture aesthetic. He also frequently worked in oil paint, a medium with long-standing appeal to art collectors. Prices for his work have been in the high six or low seven figures for some time, and this sale, while impressive in exceeding the pre-auction estimate by 3x, is typical of the trend in prices for this artist."