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An Original Betty Boop Comic Strip Sold For $4,720

In August 2012, an original 1935 Betty Boop Sunday comic strip sold during a Hess Fine Auctions event. The strip, which was part of The Charles L. Howard Collection of Early Comic Art & Original Political Illustration, sold for a staggering $4,720. Mr. Howard has been a collector of original printings of comic strips as well as the chief officer for the Sant Fe Railroad. His collection was exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1939, and the original strips were the focus of multiple education institutions in the early 1940s.