Ape Art

Bidding will end soon on Frank Frazetta’s painting for the Lancer paperback book cover of Robert E. Howard’s Conan story, “Rogues in the House.”

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/paintings/frank-frazetta-conan-novel-cover-painting-original-art-lancer-ace-1967-/a/7446-1.s

It’s currently at $8,500,000, with Heritage Auction’s so-called Buyer’s Premium taking it up to $10,625,000.

This is Barry Smith’s cover illustration for the Marvel Comics adaptation of the story, as written by Roy Thomas.

Here is an interesting comparison. It’s Bernie Wrightson’s illustration for Poe’s “Murders in the Rue Morgue.”