# John Buscema - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T13:49:32.726Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 24
- Lots with prices: 16
- First auction date: 2010-11-19
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-25
- Median realised price: $600
- Price range: $220 to $3,900

## Market Takeaway
John Buscema has 24 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $600. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($600\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($300 to $750\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 87.5% (14 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 12.5% (2 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 3
- Previous 12 months sales: 3
- Recent 12 months median: $225
- Previous 12 months median: $750
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-03-25
- Days since latest sale: 36
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Finarte: 12 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 6 lots
- Tessier & Sarrou et Associes: 2 lots
- HVMC \- Hôtel des Ventes de Monte\-Carlo: 1 lots
- Landry Pop Auctions: 1 lots
- Profiles in History: 1 lots
- Quinn's Auction Galleries: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-03-25 | John Buscema \- Conan, 1980 | Finarte | €220 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-john-buscema-conan-1980-257-c-496555a4b0
2. 2025-11-12 | John Buscema, Conan Preliminary Sketches | Landry Pop Auctions | $225
3. 2025-06-25 | JOHN BUSCEMA \(1927 \- 2002\) | HVMC \- Hôtel des Ventes de Monte\-Carlo | €750
4. 2024-11-08 | John Buscema \- Fantastic Four \- Closer Than Brothers!, 1987 | Finarte | €1,800
5. 2024-05-10 | John Buscema \- King Conan \- Red Moon of Zembabwei!, 1980 | Finarte | €750
6. 2024-05-10 | John Buscema \- Fantastic Four \- In One World\-And Out the Other!, 1975 | Finarte | N/A
7. 2023-11-18 | John Buscema \- The Avengers \- Death Calls for the Arch\-Heroes!, 1968 | Finarte | N/A
8. 2023-11-18 | John Buscema \- Savage Sword of Conan \- Skull on the Seas, 1991 | Finarte | N/A
9. 2023-11-18 | John Buscema \- Conan the Barbarian \- Argos Rain, 1985 | Finarte | €300
10. 2023-11-18 | John Buscema \- Conan the Barbarian \- Argos Rain, 1985 | Finarte | €290
11. 2023-11-18 | John Buscema \- Conan the Barbarian \- The Strange High Tower in the Mist!, 1975 | Finarte | N/A
12. 2022-05-07 | John Buscema \- Marvel Fanfare: Silver Surfer, 1990 | Finarte | €3,900
13. 2021-11-27 | John Buscema \- Hulk \- A Very Personal Hell, 1980 | Finarte | N/A
14. 2021-11-27 | John Buscema \- Thor \- Journey to the Golden Star!, 1973 | Finarte | N/A
15. 2020-12-12 | John BUSCEMA \(1927 \- 2002\) Al WILLIAMSON \(1931 \- 2010\). X\-Men 2099 \#6 Encre de Chine sur papier pour la planche 22 de ce recit. | Tessier & Sarrou et Associes | €700
16. 2020-12-12 | John BUSCEMA \(1927 \- 2002\). Crayonné de planche mettant en scène Galactus Mine de plomb sur papier 37,5 x 25,5 cm. | Tessier & Sarrou et Associes | N/A
17. 2018-06-06 | John Buscema original art / story board. Conan. | Quinn's Auction Galleries | $600
18. 2016-07-30 | John Buscema splash page for Tales to Astonish \#85 "Incredible Hulk". | Profiles in History | N/A
19. 2010-11-19 | John Buscema and the Tribe Conan the Barbarian \#65 Page | Heritage Auctions | $375
20. 2010-11-19 | John Buscema and Joe Sinnott Thor \#242 Page 15 Original | Heritage Auctions | $650
21. 2010-11-19 | John Buscema and Dick Giordano Thor \#232 Firelord Splas | Heritage Auctions | $375
22. 2010-11-19 | John Buscema and Frank Giacoia Sub\-Mariner \#3 page 12 O | Heritage Auctions | $850
23. 2010-11-19 | John Buscema and Frank Giacoia Sub\-Mariner \#2 Inhumans | Heritage Auctions | $800
24. 2010-11-19 | John Buscema and Vince Colletta The Avengers \#44 page 3 | Heritage Auctions | $350

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