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Donald Trump's 2004 Doodle For Hunger
Celebrities not infrequently are asked to donate doodles and drawings to charities and they not infrequently comply. The value of such drawings is usually based not merely on artistic merit, although...
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Another Doodle for Hunger by Donald Trump
In yesterday's post we looked at a drawing by Donald Trump currently offered on eBay for $25,000:Donald Trump, Doodle For Hunger, 2004Another drawing donated by Mr. Trump to Doodle for Hunger, year...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #554
With the demise first of the Big Apple Circus, and then of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, what could be more poignant than an out-of-work clown? Ladies and gentlemen, in the center...
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Donald Trump Draws for the Mask Project
At Hospice of Metro Denver's Mask Project in 2006, a series of twenty-five masks decorated by celebrities was sold at auction to benefit the charity. Donald Trump's donation was a mask on which he made...
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The Hand of Donald Trump
A drawing of a hand by Donald Trump differs in subject matter from the skylines he usually draws. Most likely it is the outline of his own hand, but the thumb appears disproportionately large and the...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #555
Sharpen your teeth and read my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #555 for January 30, 2017. The drawing is by Jason Adam Katzenstein."I just don't see the point of the Mannequin...
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Donald and Ivana Trump at the Plaza by LeRoy Neiman
In 1988 Donald Trump appointed his first wife Ivana Trump president of the Plaza Hotel. She was paid a salary of "$1 a year plus all the dresses she can buy."The New York Times, March 29,...
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eBay 101: Donald Trump's Signed Baseballs
If your purpose on eBay is to sell a couple of baseballs signed by President Donald Trump which you obtained perhaps at a campaign rally and hope to sell for about $1,200 apiece, it behooves you to go...
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eBay 101: R. O. Blechman Original Sin
A perpetual source of consternation on eBay is the widespread inability of many sellers to distinguish original works of art from common prints. Sometimes this arises out of a seller's natural...
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Walt Kelly's Pogo: Defend the Country
Because "Runnin' from the Martian don't help..." In a pair of sequential Pogo comic strips from 1959 by Walt Kelly, Beauregard Bugleboy explains to Albert Alligator that "You gotta defend the...
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Peter Arno's Pep Talk
It's Super Bowl Weekend and our last chance this season to get a pep talk from cartoonist Peter Arno! A fine example of 1930's locker room humor was published in The New Yorker decades before there was...
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Eleven to a Side: Antonio Petruccelli Original New Yorker Cover Art
In 1935, Antonio Petruccelli painted a nostalgic cover for The New Yorker that was inspired by a famous fifty-year old photograph of the 1885 Yale University football team. That team was coached by...
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Devil's Cave
Today's walk took us to Devil's Cave in the John Witherspoon Woods.Devil's CaveThe view from the topAttempted Bloggery's quick links:PrincetonAttempted Bloggery's Cavernous Index02088
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #556
Brace for my reentry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #556 for February 6, 2017. The drawing is by P. C. Vey."Did you get the green light from Elon Musk?"Throwaways:"Your eggs are out of this...
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Lee Lorenz: Artist and Model
A number of original cartoons by Lee Lorenz have made their way onto eBay in recent years. This is the first of several from a single-owner collection hidden away for years in a portfolio. It's not at...
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Lee Lorenz's Beleaguered Lifeguard
Cartoonist Lee Lorenz visits a crowded beach and spots a beleaguered lifeguard in an early original cartoon. The eBay seller notes that the beach may be Coney Island, and it may, but it could be just...
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Lee Lorenz: Moment of Reflection
In an original eight-panel cartoon by Lee Lorenz, a woman crawling through the desert finds an oasis—and something even better.Lee Lorenz, original cartoon artVersosEBay Listing Ended March 18,...
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Lee Lorenz: Oil Futures
A fortune teller sees into the future in this original New Yorker artwork from 1969 by the unpredictableLee Lorenz. What she foresees is an oil strike in the Antarctic. Whether there truly are vast oil...
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The Lee Lorenz Dollar
Cartoonist Lee Lorenz has been caught in the act of defacing a one dollar bill. This comes from the paper money collection of bandleader Ray Anthony. The eBay listing notes his friendship with Dean...
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The Good Humor Man and Four Other Cartoons by Lee Lorenz
Five early cartoons by Lee Lorenz were sold on eBay in the summer of 2015. Subjects include some harem business, a slip-up on waterskis, a jealous husband, the Good Humor man, and a speed trap...
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