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Put plainly, says Heritage Auctions’ Vice President Barry Sandoval. ∺nd the breast plate and jewelry in this painting are more ornate,” says Mannarino, who, alongside her husband Joe, began representing Frazetta in the 1980s. But there are alterations, at once small yet significant: In the version Frazetta kept for himself, ∽ejah's stance is more upright, indicating her prowess and confidence and depicting a stronger woman,” notes Nadia Mannarino, Heritage Auctions’ New York City-based Senior Consignment Director for Comics & Comic Art. They look the same at first, second, even third glance. The paintings that Frazetta titled The Princess of Mars, each featuring John Carter brandishing a sword above his head and Dejah Thoris alongside him, were seemingly identical in almost every way.

Better, he thought, to make another than lose this only child. He was deeply proud of the piece and knew its return was unlikely. And the other Frazetta made for himself immediately upon competition of the assignment. One he sent to the publishing house Doubleday, whose hardback version of the 1912 story – featuring the debuts of Confederate soldier John Carter and Martian princess Dejah Thoris – has become one of the most recognizable and influential covers in publishing history. In 1970, Frank Frazetta painted two versions of the cover for Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars.