Lot 123
[Cartoonists] Group of 60 Signed Cards, Most With Original Drawings. Only six of the cards do not have an original drawing, some of which are of comic characters for which the artist was known, such as Mort Walker's Beetle Bailey, Jack Elrod's Mark Trail, Jerry Dumas' Sam and Silo, Ron Ferdinand's Hank Ketcham, Tony Di Preta's Rex Morgan, M.D., Guy Gilchrist's Nancy, George Wildman's Popeye, and Sheldon Moldoff's Batman (Moldoff was an uncredited collaborator). Several sketches are political in nature, with several of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. Artists not already mentioned include Robert Arail, Glenn Bernhardt, Bud Blake, Steve, Breen (2), Frank Cammeo, Art Carney, Conrad, Chon Day, John Deering (2), Cathy Guisewite, Stan Goldberg, Jerry Holbert (2), Arte Johnson, Bill Keane, Ted Key, Fred Laswell (2), Dick Locher, Doug Marletta, Russel Meyers, Jim Morin, Michael Ramirez, Chip Sanson, Bill Schorr (2), Gary Trudeau (2), Morrie Turner, Jim Unger, Fred Wagner, Tom Wilson, and Dean Young. Jerry Orbach, the actor, contributed two signed cards with sketches and a couple of names are not legible. All fine.
Estimated Value $600 - 800.
Harry Sparks collection.
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