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Expert: - 7/26/2010


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My Grandmother won a contest and got an original drawing of the cover of a comic book drawn by Jae Lee (Stan Lee's son). is there somewhere (preferably online) where we can found out the value of this drawing?

Answer
Hi Sam

Jae Lee is an artist who was born in South Korea and is not related to Stan Lee.

http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=735

There is no easy place to determine the value of an original drawing.  Collectors decide on each drawing whether they think it is a great work of art by the artist in question.  Collectors may also be more interested in covers with characters they are interested in, such as popular superheroes.

However, one place that does have information on past auction results is

www.comics.ha.com

which is the website for Heritage Auctions.  You have to create an account to look at their auction archives, but there is no fee to do so.  They have auctioned off several covers and inside art pages by Jae Lee.  Covers have sold for around $225-$300.  However, none have sold for the last couple years, so I don't know if he is more or less popular than in the past.

Of course, you can also watch eBay and see what happens with any other auctions of Mr. Lee's work.  There is one auction currently up with the bidding up to $400, but that is an extremely nice cover with a very popular character--the Punisher: ebay # 180533278542



Chris
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Chris Brown

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I have extensive knowledge on comic books published from 1897 through 1975. My knowledge goes beyond superheroes to include early strip reprints from 1897-1930 or so, science fiction, horror comics of the 50s and 70s, love, crime, satire and other genres. I can provide advice on buying or selling comics as well as answering general queries.

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I am a longtime collector and occasional seller of older comics.

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Bachelor of Arts

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