27 Jun 2023

Rare Murray Ball Footrot Flats cartoon auctioned

From Afternoons, 1:25 pm on 27 June 2023

It's quite rare to see an original Murray Ball Footrot Flats cartoon for sale

Around five thousand of his pieces were donated to the Alexander Turnbull Library by his family

But one appeared on TradeMe recently, and on Saturday at 8:06pm it was sold to the highest bidder at $10,607.

Murray's nephew, Nik Ball was involved. He talks to Jesse.

Murray Ball comic strip auctioned on Trade Me

Murray Ball comic strip auctioned on Trade Me Photo: TradeMe