Dik Browne Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Dik Browne Art Value Price Guide

Aug. 24, 2024
Richard "Dik" Browne (1917-1989) American, Signed and Framed Comic Strip
Est: $300 - $600
Richard "Dik" Browne (1917-1989) American, Signed and Framed Comic Strip. Signed in last panel. Depicting answering the phone to a wrong number but winning dance lessons nonetheless. Overall: 10 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. Sight: 5 x 15 in. #7353 . Richard Arthur Allan Browne was born August 11th, 1917 in Manhattan. He attended the private college Cooper Union for a year before starting work at the New York Journal-American as a copy boy, quickly working his way up to the art department drawing maps and charts. In 1936, photographers and artists were banned from the Lucky Luciano compulsory prostitution trial. Browne slipped in undetected, and his courtroom sketches gave the New York Journal-American a news exclusive on the story. In 1942 Browne joined the United States Army, and was assigned to draw maps and charts for an Army engineering unit throughout World War II, eventually rising to staff sergeant. It was during this time that he created the shorthand “Dik” as his signature, partially to avoid recognition if he was ever captured in battle. In his spare time he created the comic strip “Ginny Jeep” about the Women’s Army Corps, which appeared in Army and Air Force newspapers. Returning to the United States after the war he worked as an illustrator for Newsweek, where he met and married his wife, Joan, having two sons and a daughter together. He also worked freelance for Johnstone & Cushing, an advertising company, creating the Carmen-Miranda-inspired Miss Chiquita trademark logo for Chiquita. He later created additional marketing blockbusters, such as the Birds Eye bird, a Campbell’s Soup Kids redesign, and a Mounds candy bar ad. From 1950 to 1960 he drew “The Tracy Twins,” a comic strip for Boys’ Life Magazine. His work brought him to the attention of King Features Syndicate, an animation and licensing studio founded by William Randolph Hearst. Lead Cartoonist Mort Walker enlisted Browne to co-create the long-running strip “Hi and Lois,” a spin-off of Walker’s popular “Beetle Bailey” strip. Walker wrote the strip, which Browne illustrated the rest of his life. The series is now drawn by his son Chance and written by Walker’s sons. In 1973 Browne created “Hägar the Horrible,” a strip about an ill-mannered red-bearded medieval Viking. The comic was produced by his son Chris after Browne’s death until Chris passed away as well in 2023. Both strips are still in syndication, two of the longest running modern comics that have appeared in hundreds of newspapers for decades. Browne was awarded the National Cartoonists Society’s Best Humor Strip plaque in 1959, 1960, and 1972, and its Reuben Award as Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year in 1962. He was elected President of the Society in 1963, and remained an active part of it for the next decade. The National Cartoonists Society gave Browne a second Reuben Award in 1973, and three more Best-Humor Strip awards in 1977, 1984, and 1986, a record-breaking number for a single artist. Browne died of cancer on June 4th, 1989, in Sarasota, Florida.
Sarasota Estate Auction
May. 19, 2024
HI & LOIS ORIGINAL COMIC STRIP ARTWORK
Est: $400 - $700
MORT WALKER AND DIK BROWNE HI & LOIS ORIGINAL COMIC STRIP ARTWORK: Sight size 14" x 21", strip from 1975, signed by Browne in the right margin, framed, 20" x 27".
Burchard Galleries Inc
Apr. 17, 2024
Dik Browne Hand Signed Hagar the Horrible Print
Est: $50 - $100
Dik Browne Hand Signed Hagar the Horrible Print. Inscribed and signed in black pen by Dik Browne. Measures 11 x 8.5 inches. VG-EX condition. Unframed, loose and not glued or mounted. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as condition can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Nov. 18, 2023
Dik Browne - Hi and Lois, 1969
Est: €375 - €700
pencil, ink and Zipatone on thin cardboard Daily comic strip from 03/15/1969 for "Hi and Lois". Signed and dated.
Finarte
May. 20, 2023
Dik Browne - Hagar the Horrible, 03/07/1988
Est: €1,000 - €1,800
pencil and ink on thin cardboard Sunday comic strip from 03/07/1988 for "Hagar the Horrible". Hagar is a Viking exasperated by his son, challenged by his daughter and annoyed by his wife, his daily life is poisoned by the problems of the average raider, here we find him grappling with a busy night. Signed and dated.
Finarte
Dec. 15, 2022
DIK BROWNE (1917-1989) "Short Vincent didn't pay his taxes." Original "Hägar the Horrible" daily comic strip.
Est: $300 - $400
DIK BROWNE (1917-1989) "Short Vincent didn't pay his taxes." Original "Hägar the Horrible" daily comic strip, published August 6, 1975, with King Features Syndicate pastedown. Pen and ink with correction fluid on Bristol board. 90x292 mm; 3 1/2x11 1/2 inches, on 4 1/2x12 3/4-inch sheet. Signed "Dik Browne" and dated in last panel.
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 25, 2022
Dik Browne, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Poster
Est: $100 - $200
Artist: Dik Browne, American (1917 - 1989) Title: Brooklyn Academy of Music Year: 1981 Medium: Poster Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm)
RoGallery
Nov. 05, 2022
Dik Browne, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Poster
Est: $250 - $325
Artist: Dik Browne, American (1917 - 1989) Title: Brooklyn Academy of Music Year: 1981 Medium: Poster Image Size: Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm)
RoGallery
Oct. 22, 2022
Dik Browne - Hagar the Horrible, 1987
Est: €400 - €600
pencil and ink on thin cardboard Daily comic strip from 03/27/1987 for "Hagar the Horrible". Signed and dated.
Finarte
Aug. 13, 2022
DIK BROWNE Helga [Hagar] Original Sketch
Est: $300 - $600
Original drawing of the wife of Hagar the Horrible, Helga, by the comic strip character's creator, Dik Browne (American, 1917-1989). Obtained at a Sarasota, Fla., charity event to which this piece was donated by Browne. Measures 28" x 30-1/2" overall. Fun fact: Evidently the artist began sketching the piece, then was compelled to add an additional panel to the piece's left side to allow for Helga's girth. (The previous lot is a sketch of Hagar.) Unsigned. This item will need to be shipped by a packing company of your choice. We maintain a list of reliable shippers, or you may choose your own.
Blackwell Auctions LLC
Aug. 13, 2022
DIK BROWNE Hagar the Horrible Original Sketch
Est: $400 - $800
Original drawing of Hagar the Horrible by the comic strip character's creator, Dik Browne (American, 1917-1989). Obtained at a Sarasota, Fla., charity event to which this piece was donated by Browne. Measures 28" x 22" overall. (The next lot is a sketch of Hagar's wife, Helga.) Unsigned. This item will need to be shipped by a packing company of your choice. We maintain a list of reliable shippers, or you may choose your own.
Blackwell Auctions LLC
Aug. 10, 2022
Dik Browne, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Poster
Est: $250 - $325
Artist: Dik Browne, American (1917 - 1989) Title: Brooklyn Academy of Music Year: 1981 Medium: Poster Image Size: Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm)
RoGallery
Apr. 19, 2022
Dik Browne, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Poster
Est: $150 - $200
Artist: Dik Browne, American (1917 - 1989) Title: Brooklyn Academy of Music Year: 1981 Medium: Poster Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm)
RoGallery
Nov. 28, 2021
Dik Browne, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Poster
Est: $250 - $325
Artist: Dik Browne, American (1917 - 1989) Title: Brooklyn Academy of Music Year: 1981 Medium: Poster Image Size: Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm)
RoGallery
Jun. 24, 2021
DIK BROWNE (1917-1989) "My Mother is Going to Visit Us!" [COMICS / HAGAR THE HORRIBLE]
Est: $600 - $900
DIK BROWNE (1917-1989) "My Mother is Going to Visit Us!" Original "Hägar the Horrible" daily comic, published October 3, 1973, with King Features Syndicate pastedown in last panel. Pen and ink with correction fluid on Bristol board. 95x292 mm; 3 3/4x11 1/2 inches, on 5x13-inch sheet. Signed "Dik Browne" and dated in last panel. Inscribed in margin, at lower right, "For Sunny+Bill - from Dik Browne avec [sketch of heart pierced by arrow]." Provenance: Estate of William F. Brown and Tina Tippit Brown.
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 28, 2021
Dik Browne, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Poster
Est: $250 - $325
Artist: Dik Browne, American (1917 - 1989) Title: Brooklyn Academy of Music Year: 1981 Medium: Poster Image Size: Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm)
RoGallery
Jan. 30, 2021
Dik Browne, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Poster
Est: $100 - $125
Artist: Dik Browne, American (1917 - 1989) Title: Brooklyn Academy of Music Year: 1981 Medium: Poster Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm) Reference:
RoGallery
Aug. 22, 2020
DIK (RICHARD ARTHUR) BROWNE (American, 1917-1989)
Est: $300 - $500
DIK (RICHARD ARTHUR) BROWNE (American, 1917-1989), group of (2) original ''Hagar The Horrible'' comic strip ink illustrations, each signed and dated ''1987''. Each approximately 4''h, 13-1/4''w.
South Bay Auctions Inc
Jan. 23, 2014
DIK BROWNE. Hagar the Horrible.
Est: $600 - $900
DIK BROWNE. Hagar the Horrible. 9-panel Sunday comic strip. Pen and ink on paper, signed lower right. 280x406 mm; 11x16 inches, image. Not examined out of frame. Published May 18, 1980.framed
Swann Auction Galleries
Jan. 24, 2013
DIK BROWNE. Hagar the Horrible; 9-panel Sunday comic strip.
Est: $600 - $900
DIK BROWNE. Hagar the Horrible; 9-panel Sunday comic strip. Pen and ink on paper, signed lower right. Sight size 280x406 mm; 11x 16 inches. Not examined out of frame. Published May 18, 1980.framed
Swann Auction Galleries
Jan. 24, 2013
DIK BROWNE. Hagar the Horrible. Two daily comic strips.
Est: $300 - $400
DIK BROWNE. Hagar the Horrible. Two daily comic strips. One is two panels, the other three. Each approximately 102x330 mm; 4x13 inches, signed lower right. July 6 and September 19, 1983. Not examined out of frame.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jul. 20, 2012
DIK BROWNE [AM 1917-1989] LITHOGRAPH "HAGAR THE
Est: $150 - $250
DIK BROWNE [AM 1917-1989] LITHOGRAPH "HAGAR THE HORRIBLE": Each comic strip scene 4 1/2" X 12".
DuMouchelles
Dec. 09, 2009
Dik Browne
Est: -
Autograph: Dik Browne Printed signed and inscribed felt tip sketch of Hagar the Horrible lifting a mug of ale, with Browne adding a mouth to the Viking, on an off-white 8.5 x 11 sheet. Signed and inscribed, “To Rev. William Ward, Best wishes, Dik Browne and Hagar.” In fine condition. RRAuction COA.
RR Auction
Oct. 31, 2007
DIK BROWNE, American, 1918-1989, Large format "Hagar the Horrible" illustration., Watercolor on paper, 39" x 29" sight. Framed.
Est: $500 - $700
DIK BROWNE American, 1918-1989 Large format "Hagar the Horrible" illustration. Signed lower right "Dik Browne". Watercolor on paper, 39" x 29" sight. Framed.
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