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September 2014 Auction Ends Thursday, September 25th, 5pm Pacific

Auction closed on 9/25/2014. Final prices include buyers premium.

• Lot #158: Ray Bradbury Personally Owned Pair of ''Steve Canyon'' Comic Strips by Milton Caniff -- Field Enterprises Stickers From 1977 & 1979 -- Larger Strip Measures 23'' x 7.25'' -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $300

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #159: Ray Bradbury Personally Owned 1955 ''Li'l Abner'' Al Capp Sunday Strip From 1955

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #160: Certainly One-of-a-Kind ''Li'l Abner'' Daily Strip Signed & Inscribed by Al Capp to Ray Bradbury ''With admiration'' -- Featuring Li'l Abner, Mammy, Daisy Mae & Bashful McSlob

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $625

• Lot #161: Humorous Marc Davis Cartoon Depicting a Mob of Bored Monsters & Robots in an Office Bothering a Man Who Tells Them, ''Dammit, Get Out Of Here. When Ray Bradbury Shows Up, I'll Let You Know''

  

  # Bids: 2

  Min Bid: $750

  Final Price: $1,031

• Lot #162: Ray Bradbury Personally Owned Caricature of Bradbury & Ray Harryhausen as Laurel & Hardy -- Done by Classic Horror Artist Frank Dietz

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $625

• Lot #163: Ray Bradbury Owned Sketch of Walt Disney's ''Donald Duck'' -- Sketched in Pencil on Animation Paper -- Measures 13'' x 11'' -- Very Good -- With COA From Bradbury Estate

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #164: Ray Bradbury Owned Sketch of Walt Disney's ''Donald Duck'' -- Sketched in Pencil on Animation Paper -- Measures 13'' x 11'' -- Creasing, Very Good -- With COA from Bradbury Estate

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: $313

• Lot #165: Hal Foster ''Prince Valiant'' Strip -- Twice-Signed and Inscribed to Ray Bradbury -- From the Bradbury Estate

  

  # Bids: 2

  Min Bid: $14,000

  Final Price: $21,175

• Lot #166: Ray Bradbury Personally Owned Hal Foster ''Prince Valiant'' Comic

  

  # Bids: 3

  Min Bid: $7,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #167: WITHDRAWN

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $2,000

  Final Price: W/D

• Lot #168: Ray Bradbury Personally Owned Mickey Mouse Lithograph by Disney Artist John Hench -- 18'' x 24''

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #169: Ray Bradbury Personally Owned Mickey Mouse Lithograph by Disney Artist John Hench -- 18'' x 24''

  

  # Bids: 3

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $916

• Lot #170: Ray Bradbury Personally Owned Original Drawing by Newspaper Cartoonist Frank Interlandi

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: $313

• Lot #171: Ray Bradbury Comic Cel Lot -- The Flying Machine & Martian Chronicles

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #172: Lot of 8 Pieces of Comic Art -- Tippie, Far Frontier, Sun & Sand, Alley Oop, a Comic by Al Smith & Drawing by Michele -- From Ray Bradbury's Personal Collection

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #173: Ray Bradbury Owned Lot of 3 Giant Hal Foster ''Prince Valiant'' Comic Books & 1 National Cartoonist Society 2001 Rueben Journal -- Books Measure 17'' x 22'' -- Very Good -- COA From Estate

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $300

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #174: Ray Bradbury Personally Owned Vintage Comics -- Lot of 23 Items Dating From 1905-1943 -- Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Popeye, Mickey Mouse, Tarzan & More -- With Note by Bradbury

  

  # Bids: 12

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $2,888

• Lot #175: Ray Bradbury Owned ''Buck Rogers'' Comic Strip Poster & ''NASA: Exploration Space - Explorers Wanted'' Framed Poster -- Larger Measures 24.25'' x 36.25'' -- Near Fine -- With COA From Estate

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: $313

• Lot #176: Ray Bradbury Owned Original ''Tarzan'' Comic Strip -- With a 1948 United Features Syndicate Copyright -- Measures 23'' x 6.5'' -- Very Good -- With COA From Bradbury Estate

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $300

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #177: Ray Bradbury Personally Owned ''The Martian Chronicles'' Original Comic Strip by Cartoonist Doug Wildey

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $2,250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #178: Ray Bradbury Personally Owned Copy of ''The Martian Chronicles'' Comic Strip by Cartoonist Doug Wildey -- Commissioned by the L.A. Times

  

  # Bids: 2

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: $379

• Lot #179: Ray Bradbury Owned Cartoon of Bradbury on a Private Jet Drinking a Martini With Mickey Mouse, Framed to 13.25'' x 12'' -- With a Framed Chris Lane Print -- Near Fine -- With COA From Estate

  

  # Bids: 8

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: $676

• Lot #180: Ray Bradbury Owned Lot of 4 Artworks -- Framed Page From Superman Comic #411 Depicting a Young Ray Bradbury + 3 Fan Illustrations -- 11.25'' x 17.5'' -- Very Good -- With COA From Estate

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #181: Ray Bradbury Owned Poster Lot of 9 -- Some Disney, Looney Tunes & Buck Rogers -- One Signed by Chuck Jones -- Largest Measures 27'' x 40.5'' -- Very Good -- With COA From Estate

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $300

  Final Price: $375

• Lot #463: Charles Addams Original ''New Yorker'' Cartoon Illustration Art -- Published in 1952 & Humorously Depicting a Golfer Visiting a Fortune Teller -- Also Signed by Addams

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $10,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #464: Rare Charles Addams Hand Drawing of Wednesday Addams -- Signed Within the First Printing of His Book ''Homebodies''

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $750

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #469: Pair of Original Cartoons Hand-Drawn by Dave Breger & Gifted to Hugh Brannum, ''Captain Kangaroo'' Actor Who Played Mr. Green Jeans

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $300

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #471: Lot of 4 ''Li'l Abner'' Comic Strips From 1976 -- Hand-Drawn & Signed by Capp Featuring Daisy Mae, Li'l Abner, A Shmoo & Honest Abe -- Sizes Vary, Approximately 19.5'' x 6.25'' -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #472: Large Al Capp Drawing Dated 1984 -- One of Capp's ''SWINE'' Hippie Characters -- 11.75'' x 14.75'' -- Crease to Upper Left Corner, Else Near Fine

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #473: Al Capp Drawing of ''Li'l Abner'' Favorite Mammy Yokum -- Large Art Measures 11.5'' x 14.5''

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #474: Bound Book of Handwritten Music From the 1956 Production of ''Li'l Abner'' Based on the Famous Comic Strip -- From the Personal Collection of Al Capp

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #475: From the Personal Collection of Al Capp -- Collection of Four Draft Scripts for the 1956 Musical ''Li'l Abner'' -- Each With Notes and Revisions by Capp

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #476: Early Sketch by Al Capp, Creator of ''Li'l Abner'' -- Hand-Drawn & Signed With His Full Jewish Surname ''Caplin''

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #477: ''Li'l Abner'' Sunday Strip Hand-Drawn by Al Capp From 20 June 1948 -- Featuring Stubborn J. Tolliver -- 21'' x 22.25'' on Four Separated Strips -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #478: ''Li'l Abner'' Sunday Strip From 21 November 1943 Featuring Hairless Joe, Lonesome Polecat, Available Jones & Mammy -- Drawn & Signed by Capp -- 23'' x 16.5'' -- One Missing Row

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #479: Al Capp Hand-Drawn Caricature Sketch of Himself Posing Nude on a Bear Rug

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $350

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #480: Handpainted ''Li'l Abner'' Poster Personally Owned by Al Capp -- ''Harvard Dames Dogpatch'' Where Harvard Elitism Meets Down-Home Dogpatch -- Measures 30.25'' x 20'' -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #481: Large Li'l Abner Limited Edition Serigraph Featuring Li'l Abner & Daisy Mae, Surrounded by Shmoos -- Signed by Al Capp -- Measures 24.25'' x 36''

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #482: ''Li'l Abner'' Sunday Strip Hand-Drawn & Signed by Al Capp From 24 September 1967 -- Spoofing Ultra-Thin Models -- 29'' x 22.5'' on Three Separated Strips -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #483: ''Li'l Abner'' Sunday Strip Hand-Drawn by Al Capp From 24 April 1966 -- Featuring Capp's Famous ''S.W.I.N.E'' Characters -- 29'' x 18'' On Two Separated Strips -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #484: ''Li'l Abner'' Unfinished Comic Strip by Al Capp -- Undated & Untitled Pencil & Ink Strip Features Li'l Abner & Harry Truman -- 19.75'' x 6.25'' -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #485: ''Li'l Abner'' Comic Strip From 26 March 1942 Featuring Daisy Mae & Maisie Day -- Hand-Drawn & Signed by Al Capp -- 22.75'' x 6.75'' -- Very Good Plus

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #486: ''Li'l Abner'' 2-Panel Christmas Special Typed Comic Strip From 25 December 1948 -- Hand-Notated & Signed by Al Capp -- 22.5'' x 7'' -- Toning & White Out, Near Fine

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #487: 'Li'l Abner'' Sunday Comic Strip Hand-Drawn by Al Capp From 16 May 1948 Featuring Mammy & Her Saying, ''Goodness...Triumphs Over Evilness...'' -- 22.75'' x 6.75'' -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #488: ''Li'l Abner'' 2-Panel Comic Strip From 3 May 1948 -- ''Now You Know'' -- Hand-Drawn & Signed by Al Capp -- 22.5'' x 7'' -- Toning, White-Out & Adhesive Residue, Near Fine

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #489: ''Li'l Abner'' Sunday Strip Hand-Drawn by Frank Frazetta & Al Capp From 29 October 1959 -- Featuring the Parrots of Wimpole Street -- 29'' x 9.75'' -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #490: ''Li'l Abner'' Sunday Strip From 11 December 1966 With Mammy & Pappy -- Hand-Drawn & Signed by Al Capp, Who Adds Sketches to Verso -- In Three Segments, Largest 29'' x 9.75'' -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #491: ''Li'l Abner'' Comic Strip From 10 April 1966 -- Hand-Drawn by Al Capp Featuring S.W.I.N.E. -- Students Wildly Indignant About Nearly Everything -- 21.25'' x 8'' -- Very Good Plus

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #492: ''Li'l Abner'' Sunday Strip Hand-Drawn by Al Capp From 11 June 1967 -- Spoofing Ultra-Thin Models -- 29'' x 23'' on Three Separated Strips -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #493: Two Al Capp Letters Signed to an Aspiring Artist Fan -- ''...get a good anatomy book (art anatomy) and master the construction of the figure...''

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #494: ''Li'l Abner'' Creator, Al Capp's Personally Owned Copy of His Script ''Sadie Hawkins Day Blues''

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #495: ''Li'l Abner'' Sunday Strip From 10 April 1966 Featuring Miss Scrubwell in a Political-Themed Situation -- Hand-Drawn by Capp -- 29.25'' x 15'' on Two Separated Strips -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #499: Robert Crumb Signed Sheet Featuring Crumb's ''East Village Other'' 1968 Cover Art

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #500: Disney Cel From the 1939 Short Film ''Society Dog Show'' -- Depicting Two of Disney's Most Iconic Characters, Mickey Mouse and Pluto -- Featuring Mickey in His Older Character Design

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $5,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #501: Animation Cel From the 1940 Disney Classic ''Pinocchio'' -- Shows Pinocchio During His Escapade at the Bottom of the Sea to Save Geppetto

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $4,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #502: Disney Animation Cel From ''Dumbo''

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $3,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #503: Original Disney Cel From ''Sleeping Beauty'' -- Two-Cel Set-Up Depicts the Evil Maleficent in Dragon Form From the Finale of the Film

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $2,250

  Final Price: $2,813

• Lot #504: Disney Animation Cel From ''Lady and the Tramp'' -- With Disney Seal

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $2,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #505: Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' Original Cel -- Featuring the Lovable Character ''Happy''

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #506: Walt Disney Original ''Pinocchio'' Cel -- Intricate Artwork of Jiminy Cricket

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $1,500

  Final Price: $1,875

• Lot #507: Disney's ''101 Dalmations'' Original 1961 Animation Cel

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #508: Original Illustration Drawn by Comic Book Artist Bill Edwards

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $600

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #509: Original Large Illustration Drawn by Comic Book Artist Bill Edwards -- Contains Removable Color Translucent Overlay

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $600

  Final Price: $750

• Lot #510: Original Illustration Drawn by Comic Book Artist Bill Edwards

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $600

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #511: Original Large Painted Illustration Drawn by Comic Book Artist Bill Edwards

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $600

  Final Price: $750

• Lot #512: Hal Foster's Personal Mock Award From King Features for ''Prince Valiant'' Comic Strip -- Rare

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $750

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #513: Chester Gould Autograph Note Signed -- With Cartoonist's Famous Character ''Dick Tracy''

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #514: ''Simpsons'' Creator Matt Groening Signed First Edition of His Book ''Childhood Is Hell'' -- To Which He Adds a Large Hand Drawn Sketch of His Protagonist

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #516: Lynn Harrison Original Illustration Signed

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #519: Extensive Lot of Original Jay Irving Material -- Vast Lot of Drawings & Notes Including ''Pottsy'' Storyline Ideas

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #523: Walter Lantz Signed Sketch of Woody Woodpecker as a Hula Dancer

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $300

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #524: George McManus Color Drawing Featuring His ''Bringing Up Father'' Characters Maggie & Jiggs

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #526: Joe Orlando Complete Six Page Story From EC Comics ''Vault of Horror #31'' -- From 1953 -- Adapted From Ray Bradbury's Short Story ''The Lake'' -- Signed by Bradbury

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $7,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #538: Original 1957 ''Peanuts'' Strip Hand-Drawn by Charles Schulz -- Featuring Snoopy, Charlie Brown & Lucy

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $15,000

  Final Price: $18,750

• Lot #540: Shrek Creator William Steig Hand-Drawn ''New Yorker'' Cartoon

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $2,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #541: Mort Walker Signed ''Beetle Bailey'' Drawings

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #542: Original Illustration Drawn by Comic Book Artist Bill Ward -- Signed by Ward

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #543: Original Pencil and Ink Illustration Drawn by Comic Book Artist Bill Ward -- Signed by Ward

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #544: Signed Pencil and Ink Illustration Drawn by Comic Book Artist Bill Ward -- Originally Drawn for the ''Sextra Laughs'' Comic Series

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #545: Signed Illustration Drawn by Comic Book Artist Bill Ward -- Illustration Appeared as Back Cover Image of November 1980 Edition of ''Funhouse Magazine''

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #546: Signed Illustration Hand Drawn by Comic Book Artist Bill Ward -- Excellent ''Good Girl'' Art

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #547: ''Good Girl Art'' Cartoonist Bill Ward Original Signed Illustration -- Portraying His Signature Risque Style

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #548: Comic Book Artist Bill Ward Signed Drawing -- Measures 13'' x 18.5'' -- Illustration Appeared on the Rear Cover of ''Popular Jokes'' Magazine in 1981

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #549: Bill Ward Hand Drawn Pin-up Art -- Large Charcoal or Conte Crayon Drawing Measures 18'' x 19''

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #550: Comic Art by Bill Ward -- Vintage ''Good Girl Art''

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #551: Comic Art by Bill Ward -- Excellent Vintage ''Good Girl Art''

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #552: Comic Art by Bill Ward -- Excellent Vintage ''Good Girl'' Art

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #553: Comic Art by Bill Ward -- Excellent Vintage ''Good Girl'' Art

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #554: Signed Illustration Drawn by Comic Book Artist Bill Ward -- From the ''Sex to Sexty'' Series

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #555: Bill Wenzel Hand Drawn Comic Strip

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $300

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #931: Intriguing Dwight Eisenhower Letter Signed as President to Al Capp -- ''...we must wage peace with all the vigor...of wartime...cartoonists...contribute to lessening [Cold War] world tensions...''

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $600

  Final Price: Pass