Books and works on paper
Original ink on card artwork of 1900 featuring Ally Sloper, the work of WF Thomas, which sold for £720 at Comic Book Auctions. It came from the Bob Monkhouse archive.
Earlier material in the last Comic Book Auctions (16% buyer’s premium) sale of the old year, which ended on November 25, included an original ink on card artwork of 1900 featuring Ally Sloper, whose pioneering comic debut had been made as early as 1867 in Judy, a comic rival to Punch.