Frank Bellamy original art on Heritage: Garth: People of the Abyss and Thunderbirds

I recently mentioned Heritage Auctions in America are selling 3 pieces of Bellamy Thunderbird artwork and wanted to let you know that they now also have a Garth strip for auction as well as another Thunderbirds strip. Heritage are so generous in giving us access to top quality photos/scans of the pieces. You can spend days looking at the beautiful archives on that site!

The Garth strip comes from the story 'The People of the Abyss' which was originally published in the Daily Mirror between 7 September 1972 - 23 December 1972 (#F211-F303). It's number F227. Apparently it contains an inscription from David Bellamy, Frank's son, which he most likely added when selling the artwork for the first time:
"This Garth original by my father, Frank Bellamy is dedicated to my good friend Jack Promo, who is the No. 1 Frank Bellamy fan of America. With all good wishes, from David Bellamy. 19 Sep 1977."

Frank Bellamy's art for Garth #F227

The Thunderbirds piece comes from the story "Visitor from space"  (or "The Jovian Eye" - one day I'll explain why we have multiple names for the Thunderbirds stories!) The story ran in TV21 #147 - 154 (11 November 2067 - 30 December 2067). It's been reprinted many times

Original artwork from TV21 #147 (Page 2)

I'll update the template below with the winning bids when the auction ends, but I thought you might like to see the two pages from the above story as printed (and scanned) in TV21 #147. Notice that this Bellamy colour piece is faded in the same way any of them do as a result of having them on display and the sun bleaching the colours! Still a great piece!

SUMMARY

Garth strip:

• WHERE?: Heritage Auctions Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction - New York #7104
• SELLER:  [Lot # 93028]
• STARTING BID: $1
• ENDING PRICE: $776.75 [£504.47] (inc. Buyer's Premium)
• END DATE: 21 Feb 2015
• No of bids:9

Thunderbirds artwork:

• WHERE?: Heritage Auctions Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction - New York #7104
• SELLER:  [Lot # 91332]
• STARTING BID: $55
• ENDING PRICE: $1,493.75 [£970.13] (inc. Buyer's Premium)
• END DATE: 19 Feb 2015
• No of bids:8