Carl Barks original Uncle Scrooge & Donald Duck Artworks combine to realize more than $500,000 in at Heritage Auctions Comics and Comic Art auction.

Original Carl Barks artwork, especially those featuring Uncle Scrooge McDuck, have been bringing steadily superb prices at auction in the last year as The Kerby Confer Collection has made its way back into the collecting public. This auction proved that the demand for the best examples continues to be high as fully five of the top 10 lots in the auction came from the magical paintbrushes of the legendary Carl Barks, totaling more than $500,000 in all.

Barks’ Red Sails in the Sunset Donald Duck painting, 1974, recreating one of his best loved covers from Walt Disney Comics and Stories #108, enticed a smart collector at $113,525, while his Golden Cities of Cibola painting, 1975, a recreation of a scene from his tale, “The Seven Cities of Cibola” (originally published in Uncle Scrooge #7), brought $101,575.

Halloween in Duckburg, 1973, a bewitching and “spook-tacular,” painting spotlighting Witch Hazel in her element, based on the cover of the first issue of Donald Duck (#26), which in turn was based on the Disney short “Trick or Treat,” provided fireworks at $83,650 and the 1975 oil painting I Found It! I Keep It!, featuring Scrooge chipping out a rich vein of glittering gold with a shotgun by his side, brought an impressive final price realized of $65,725.