Rare 1938 DC Thomson Dandy annual fetches £1250 at auction

A rare copy of the first Dandy annual from 1938 has sold at auction for £1,250.
By Sam Russell
Published 12th Apr 2019, 16:11 BST
Updated 12th Apr 2019, 16:39 BST

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The rare copy of a 1939 Dandy Monster Comic that has fetched almost 1,300 pounds at auction. Picture: Andy Newman/PA WireThe rare copy of a 1939 Dandy Monster Comic that has fetched almost 1,300 pounds at auction. Picture: Andy Newman/PA Wire
The rare copy of a 1939 Dandy Monster Comic that has fetched almost 1,300 pounds at auction. Picture: Andy Newman/PA Wire

The 1939 Dandy Monster Comic, which was published at the end of the preceding year, was the first of 81 editions of the annual.

It had a pre-sale estimate of £1,200 to £1,500 at Keys Fine Art Auctioneers in Aylsham, Norfolk, and the winning online bid at Thursday’s auction was for £1,250.

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The annual, which had an original cover price of 2/6, features many of the characters that went on to become household comic names such as Desperate Dan and Korky The Cat.

The Dandy comic was first published by Dundee-based DC Thomson in December 1937 and continued until December 2012 in printed form, then for a further six months online.

Keys head of books Andrew Lindsay-Bullock said: “It is very rare to see a copy of the first ever Dandy annual, especially in such good condition.”

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