Saturday, July 28, 2012

McFarlane 'Spider-Man' cover sold for $657,250

This image, provided by Heritage Auctions, shows original cover art for ?The Amazing Spider-Man? No. 328 by artist Todd McFarlane. The cover has sold for a record $657,250 at auction, just one among several pieces from the 1990s that went for hundreds of thousands of dollars. McFarlane drew several titles for Marvel Comics in the 1990s and then left to develop his own character, ?Spawn,? and form Image Comics with other artists and writers. The cover was among several sold by Heritage Auctions, and also included McFarlane's cover for ?Spider-Man? No. 1, which was bought for $385,500. (AP Photo/Heritage Auctions)

This image, provided by Heritage Auctions, shows original cover art for ?The Amazing Spider-Man? No. 328 by artist Todd McFarlane. The cover has sold for a record $657,250 at auction, just one among several pieces from the 1990s that went for hundreds of thousands of dollars. McFarlane drew several titles for Marvel Comics in the 1990s and then left to develop his own character, ?Spawn,? and form Image Comics with other artists and writers. The cover was among several sold by Heritage Auctions, and also included McFarlane's cover for ?Spider-Man? No. 1, which was bought for $385,500. (AP Photo/Heritage Auctions)

This image, provided by Heritage Auctions, shows Todd McFarlane?s Spider-Man #1 Cover Original Art (Marvel, 1990). The cover, which sold for $385,500, was among several sold by Heritage Auctions. McFarlane drew several titles for Marvel Comics in the 1990s and then left to develop his own character, ?Spawn,? and form Image Comics with other artists and writers. (AP Photo/Heritage Auctions)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) ? Artist Todd McFarlane's original cover art for "The Amazing Spider-Man" No. 328 has sold for a record $657,250 at auction, just one among several pieces from the 1990s that went for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The McFarlane cover, which shows Spider-Man gut-punching the Hulk, was part of a collection of original art owned Martin Shamus, a Long Island, N.Y.-based comics and memorabilia shop owner.

McFarlane drew several titles for Marvel Comics in the 1990s and then left to develop his own character, "Spawn," and form Image Comics with other artists and writers.

The cover was among several sold by Heritage Auctions, and also included McFarlane's cover for "Spider-Man" No. 1, which was bought for $385,500.

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