Frank Frazetta’s 1973 painting 'Captive Princess,' originally created as cover art for Edgar Rice Burroughs’s novel 'The People That Time Forgot,' is heading to auction at Propstore with a high estimate of $1 million. The work, which depicts a dramatic abduction scene involving prehistoric figures, leads a major sale of entertainment memorabilia that includes iconic film props like a 'Jaws' harpoon gun and a C-3PO head.
This sale highlights the explosive growth in the market for fantasy and comic art, following a record-breaking year for Frazetta that saw his painting 'Man Ape' sell for $13.5 million. The artist's work is increasingly viewed as a blue-chip investment, benefiting from crossover appeal between traditional fine art collectors, literary enthusiasts, and film memorabilia investors who value his role as a foundational architect of modern fantasy aesthetics.