Value of Original Robert Crumb Art

Robert Crumb art price guide

Crumb invented an entire sub-niche, Comix, distinctly edgy and adult in nature. They are actually quite hard to sell these days, as eBay and other online platforms consider them pornographic!

Facts About Original ROBERT CRUMB Comic Art

Record Sale for Artwork:
$717,000 Fritz the Cat #1 Cover Art

Official Website:
https://www.crumbproducts.com

Key Comic Book Issues (click to view current market values):

• Mr. Natural #1
• Zap Comix #2
• Motor City Comics #1
• Snatch Comics #3

How Much is Robert Crumb Art Worth?

Tens of thousands of dollars for important pieces of Crumb art, up to six figures for cover art from the better-known publications.

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Robert Crumb Art Prices

Fritz the Cat #1 Cover Art by Robert Crumb sold for $717,000. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Fritz the Cat #1 Cover Art sold for $717,000
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Arcade the Comics Revue #3 by Robert Crumb sold for $31,070. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Arcade the Comics Revue #3 sold for $31,070
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Art and Beauty Illustration by Robert Crumb sold for $23,900. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Art and Beauty Illustration sold for $23,900
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Bizarre Sex #8 Cover Art by Robert Crumb sold for $55,200. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Bizarre Sex #8 Cover Art sold for $55,200
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Head #1 Unused Cover Art by Robert Crumb sold for $31,070. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Head #1 Unused Cover Art sold for $31,070
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Hulp Comics #1 Self Portrait Cover Art by Robert Crumb sold for $28,680. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Hulp Comics #1 Self Portrait Cover Art sold for $28,680
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Hulp Comics #3 Cover Art by Robert Crumb sold for $68,710. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Hulp Comics #3 Cover Art sold for $68,710
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Hytone Comix nn. 'Stoned Again' Inside Back Cover Art by Robert Crumb sold for $690,000. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Hytone Comix nn. 'Stoned Again' Inside Back Cover Art sold for $690,000
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ID #2 Cover Art by Robert Crumb sold for $101,575. Click here to get your original art appraised.

ID #2 Cover Art sold for $101,575
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Keep On Trucking' Illustration by Robert Crumb sold for $90,000. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Keep On Trucking' Illustration sold for $90,000
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Robert Crumb Meets the Beats - Jack Kerouac Illustration by Robert Crumb sold for $33,460. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Robert Crumb Meets the Beats - Jack Kerouac Illustration sold for $33,460
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Mondo Snarfo Grim Grids Cover Art by Robert Crumb sold for $131,450. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Mondo Snarfo Grim Grids Cover Art sold for $131,450
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Motor City Comics #2 Cover Art by Robert Crumb sold for $28,175. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Motor City Comics #2 Cover Art sold for $28,175
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Mr. Natural #1 Cover Art by Robert Crumb sold for $101,575. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Mr. Natural #1 Cover Art sold for $101,575
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New York Magazine Cover Art February 21, 1994 by Robert Crumb sold for $32,500. Click here to get your original art appraised.

New York Magazine Cover Art February 21, 1994 sold for $32,500
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Old Time Blues Singers Illustration by Robert Crumb sold for $30,000. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Old Time Blues Singers Illustration sold for $30,000
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Placement Sketch by Robert Crumb sold for $1,920. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Placement Sketch sold for $1,920
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Snatch Comics #1 Cover Art 'The Fight' sold for $31,070. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Snatch Comics #1 Cover Art 'The Fight' sold for $31,070
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Stormtrooper Sketch by Robert Crumb sold for $2,030. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Stormtrooper Sketch sold for $2,030
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The Conspiracy Stomp Concert Poster by Robert Crumb sold for $1,920. Click here to get your original art appraised.

The Conspiracy Stomp Concert Poster sold for $1,920
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The People's Comic #1 Page #4 by Robert Crumb sold for $203,150. Click here to get your original art appraised.

The People's Comic #1 Page #4 sold for $203,150
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Thrilling Murder Comics #1 Cover Art 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' by Robert Crumb sold for $143,400. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Thrilling Murder Comics #1 Cover Art 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' sold for $143,400
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Unknown Detroit Bluesman Album Cover Art by Robert Crumb sold for $28,680. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Unknown Detroit Bluesman Album Cover Art sold for $28,680
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White Man Meets Bigfoot Unpublished Illustration by Robert Crumb sold for $4,180. Click here to get your original art appraised.

White Man Meets Bigfoot Unpublished Illustration sold for $4,180
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Your Hytone Comix Back Cover Art by Robert Crumb sold for $22,705. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Your Hytone Comix Back Cover Art sold for $22,705
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History of Robert Crumb in Comic Book Art

Robert Crumb is among the most prolific artists of the 20th century, beginning his professional career in 1962 drawing greeting cards for American Greetings in Cleveland, Ohio.

In 1965, Crumb had his first original character, Fritz the Cat, published in the men's magazine Cavalier. Around this time Crumb's work drastically changed after he began experimenting with LSD, leading him to create some of his most iconic characters such as as Mr. Natural, Snoid and Angelfood McSpade.

In 1967, Crumb relocated to San Fransisco to join the hippie counter-culture scene of the time, where he made many promotional concert posters and partook in a variety of underground comics and newspapers.

He began working on his own comic, Zap Comix, which saw a departure from the previous comics he'd made to entertain, to a more self-exploratory and dark new way of expressing himself through his work.

Zap Comix was a financial success and opened the door for Crumb to make a variety of new underground titles, like Weirdo Comics and Snatch Comics throughout the late sixties. Crumb also made several prominent album covers for bands of the counter-culture movement, such as Big Brother and the Holding Company and The Grateful Dead.

His work has continued through to the present with a style that is immune to imitation. Crumb is also revered for the sharp satirical edge that accompanies his artwork.

No stranger to controversy, the artist has been subject to several scandals over the years for his portrayals of perverse sexuality and dark human psychology. Nevertheless, he has won many awards and accolades over the years, including an Inkpot Award in 1989 and the Angoulême Grand Prix in 1999.

The sale of his original cover art for the Fritz the Cat collection sold for $717,000, making it the all-time highest sale price of any piece of American cartoon art. 

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