In 2011, Pook & Pook sold a Charles Addams missionary cartoon, correctly identifying it as a New Yorker original, but not providing bidders with the caption. No matter. Despite its culturally insensitive tribal setting, the work, estimated at $2,000 to $3,000, sold for a healthy $8,295.
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Note: Images of original Charles Addams art are sought after here at Attempted Bloggery. Please send mysterious and spooky scans or photos.
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| http://www.pookandpook.com/cat/2011-10-01/99 |
Here it is again, this time complete with caption and first publication date.
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| "Parker! You're letting him get the upper hand!" Charles Addams The New Yorker, November 22, 1947, page 42 |
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| Cartoon by Charles Addams and spot drawing by Tom Funk |
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| Tom Funk |
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