Years:

Sales grouped by the year the artwork was created or published (not the year it sold).

1985

11 sales · top $60,000

1986

14 sales · top $2,400,000

1987

5 sales · top $27,500

1988

12 sales · top $781,250

1989

15 sales · top $93,750

1990

14 sales · top $657,250

1991

14 sales · top $960,000

1992

11 sales · top $1,874,673

1993

11 sales · top $17,500

1994

10 sales · top $23,750

1995

14 sales · top $112,500

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Each free Friday issue covers the week's biggest 1985–1995 original art sales, with prices, links to the lots, and one deep dive.

Art: Jim Lee & Art Thibert, X-Men #6 cover (1992), sold for $437,500. Image: Heritage Auctions