DALLAS (KRLD) - Bidding is now open online for more than 10,000 pieces of original art from Jim Davis' iconic Garfield comic strip at Dallas based Heritage auctions.
Todd Hignite is a Vice President of Heritage Auctions and he says, "the amazing thing is that it's everything that he ever drew that he had in his possession for the comic strip."
The collection features individual daily and Sunday strips by Jim Davis, the artist behind the most widely syndicated feature in the world, reaches two million readers daily. Davis created the strip in 1978. In November 2011, the strip switched to digital production, so the ink on Bristol board Garfield originals offered by Heritage represent all that will ever be created.
As far as the value of the collection, Hignite says, "The ballpark total that we are thinking is over five million dollars."
In this Sunday's Comics, Animation & Art Weekly Online Auction collectors may bid on a classic Garfield strip. The auction closes Sunday, Sept. 1, on HA.com. H
Heritage Auctions' next comics Signature auction is Nov. 21-23 in Dallas, Texas, and on HA.com.