Bidding has hit $100,000 for an original splash page from Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, one of many highly collectible comics in a New York auction.

The Batman artwork, from Miller's 1986 limited series, is being offered as part of Heritage Auctions' New York Signature Vintage Comics and Comic Art Auction being held Thursday. With an estimated value of $125,000, it's one of the most valuable pieces of comic book art to go up under the gavel in years, according to the auctioneer.

"To put it in perspective, our record for a piece of comic art was that we sold the cover art for Batman No. 11, which is from the 1940s, and that sold for more than $195,000," said Barry Sandoval, who heads up Heritage's comics division, in a phone interview with Wired.com. "To think that an item from the 1980s could even approach the price of something from the 1940s is a pretty mind-boggling thought."

The Dark Knight art is just one piece of comics history that on the block in the Heritage auction. Click through Wired.com's gallery to see more collectibles up for bidding, from The Amazing Spider-Man No. 2 to works by R. Crumb and Charles Schulz. Some even have prices you might -- stress, might -- be able to afford.

To keep up with the comic sales, head to the Heritage site, where the floor auction will be streaming Thursday.

Hat tip to ArtsBeat