Ed Arno's Companionable Silence

A work of original New Yorker cartoon art by Ed Arno was sold in July on eBay without the benefit of a caption. The seller writes, "This still has a cover over it from the New Yorker. I assume it had a caption on the finished product." That's a pretty good assumption. The seller may not have known the caption but the buyer, who placed a total of four unanswered bids to make sure he got it, presumably did. Now you can know it too:

Ed Arno, Original art. "And then, after a few minutes or so of conversation, Edgar and his friend lapsed into a companionable silence. That was two days ago." The New Yorker, June 24, 1985, page 89

Ed Arno's signature

EBay Listing Ended July 14, 2015 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ed-Arno-illustrator-cartoonist-original-ink-rare-New-Yorker-Magazine-Edelstein-/151739133894?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item23545b6fc6&nma=true&si=Zv4PhLp6HocGRC23iqci2JeQ2LI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

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eBay Bid History A lone bidder placed four bids, three of them insurance against a possible competing bid. The final bid is placed aggressively in the last five seconds, but it isn't needed.

Ed Arno, "And then, after a few minutes or so of conversation, Edgar and his friend lapsed into a companionable silence. That was two days ago." The New Yorker, June 24, 1985, page 89

Ed Arno,"And then, after a few minutes or so of conversation, Edgar and his friend lapsed into a companionable silence. That was two days ago." The New Yorker, June 24, 1985, page 89

Note:  Once their companionable silence concludes, Edgar and his friend can read more in the archives about Ed Arno or about original New Yorker cartoon art. Captions are always included.