Value of Original Roy Krenkel Art

Roy Krenkel art price guide

Golden Age sci-fi and horror artist Roy Krenkel is best known for his work on EC Comics titles such  as Weird Fantasy and Shock SuspenStories.

Facts About Original Roy krenkel Comic Art

Record Sale for Artwork:
$19,120 At the Earth's Core Paperback Cover painting

Key Comic Book Issues:

  • Creepy #6
  • Weird Fantasy #14
  • Shock SuspenStories #2
  • Eerie #4
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How Much is Roy Krenkel Artwork Worth?

His work rarely comes to market, but when it does, items usually sell for a few hundred to a few thousand dollars each.

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Prices For Roy Krenkel Art

At the Earth's Core Paperback Cover Art sold for $19,120
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A Cro-Magnon Hunter Illustration sold for $750
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Analog Science Fiction - Fact November 1961 Page 54 sold for $1,200
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Cavewoman with Sabre-Toothed Tiger Illustration sold for $2,990
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Creepy #6 Complete 1-Page Story sold for $18,000
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Fantasy Horseback Rider Illustration sold for $1,555
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Fantasy Princess Illustration sold for $250
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Female Semi-Nude Sketch sold for $1,195
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Gwynwyn Sunday Comic Strip 3-27-47 sold for $5,975
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John Carter of Mars Illustration sold for $5,260
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Man vs. Winged Dinosaur Illustration sold for $1,015
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On the Road to Azrael Illustration sold for $7,170
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Pastoral Sketch sold for $420
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Science Fiction Illustration sold for $480
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Smilodon Attacking Wild Horses Illustration sold for $2,390
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Statue of Zeus at Olympia Painting sold for $8,365
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Swordsmen and Saurians Sketch sold for $1,440
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Tales of Three Planets Illustration sold for $3,885
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Tales of Three Planets Book Cover Art sold for $7,170
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Tanar of Pellucidar Preliminary Cover Art sold for $12,000
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Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins Illustration sold for $4,035
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Tarzan at the Earth's Core Preliminary Illustration sold for $1,675
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The Land That Time Forgot Illustration sold for $3,500
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The Tepidarium: The Baths of Caracalla Illustration sold for $2,125
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Zaftig Female Nude Illustration sold for $510
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History of Roy Krenkel in Comic Book Art

Roy Krenkel was a comic book artist and illustrator who specialized in fantasy and historical paintings and sketches. He provided cover art for numerous comics books, novels and magazines.

Krenkel attended Cooper Union's Art School and studied with George Bridgman at the Art Students League of New York prior to World War II. Following his service in the war, he attended classes at the Cartoonists and Illustrators School, where he was instructed by Burne Hogarth.

It was there that he met a group of young cartoonists that would go on the shape the industry, such as Frank Frazetta, Al Williamson and Joe Orlando, with whom he would later collaborate with at both EC and Marvel Comics.

Krenkel produced over 23 paperback book cover paintings, as well as frontispieces for many fantasy writers. He would also provide preliminary cover art for Frazetta to later perfect on Warren Publishing's series Creepy and Eerie.

Krenkel did the cover art and interiors for The Sowers of the Thunder and The Road of Azrael.

Krekel won the Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist in 1963.


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