Pin-Up & Advertising Art Shines in Heritage Illustration Art Auction Heritage Auction Galleries' latest auction of Illustration Art, held Wednesday, December 12 in Dallas, Texas, realized $1,399,724 for 489 lots offered.
News-Antique.com - Dec 14,2007 - DALLAS, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries' latest auction of Illustration Art, held Wednesday, December 12 in Dallas, Texas, realized $1,399,724 for 489 lots offered.
"Illustration art, as a category, continues to grow in popularity with collectors," said Ed Jaster, Vice-President for Dallas-based Heritage, "especially for artists like Norman Rockwell, Joseph Christian Leyendecker, and other masters, whose work is universally admired."
"Pin-up art continues to perform above expectations," said Jaster, "particularly those pieces rendered by such outstanding illustrators as Gil Elvgren, Alberto Vargas, and Haddon Sundblom. This is material that reflects a timeless beauty, as popular today as it was the day it was painted."
"We're already hard at work on our next auction," Jaster said, "which will be held on April 30, 2008 in Dallas, Texas. Those interested should keep an eye on our website, www.HA.com , where they'll be able to watch the auction as it grows, complete with full-color, enlargeable images and complete catalog descriptions of each and every lot. Best of all, as the auction draws nearer, they'll even be able to enter their bids online."
NORMAN ROCKWELL (American 1894 - 1978)
Time to Retire: Old Man with Shopping Basket, Fisk Tire Company, automobile tire advertisement, 1925
Oil on canvas
32 x 26-1/2in.
Signed lower right
REALIZED: $143,400
GIL ELVGREN (American 1914 - 1980)
I Must Be Going To Waist (Waisted Effort), 1946, original pin up illustration
Oil on canvas
30 x 24in.
Signed lower left
REALIZED: $89,625
HADDON SUNDBLOM (American 1899 - 1976)
Original pin up illustration for the Shaw-Barton Calendar Company, Coshocton, Ohio, circa 1950s
Oil on canvas
36 x 32in.
Signed lower left
REALIZED: $89,625
JOSEPH CHRISTIAN LEYENDECKER (American 1874 - 1951)
Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, August 25, 1923
Oil on canvas
26 x 20in.
Signed lower right with a monogram
REALIZED: $71,700
GIL ELVGREN (American 1914 - 1980)
Tasteful Design, circa 1960s, original pin up illustration
Oil on canvas
30 x 24in.
Signed right-center
REALIZED: $59,750
ALBERTO VARGAS (American 1896 - 1983)
Please Don't Peek Until I Finish Dressing, original Vargas Girl pin up illustration for Playboy, September 1962
Watercolor and pencil on board
28 x 18in.
Signed lower right Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000.
REALIZED: $38,837
NORMAN ROCKWELL (American 1894 - 1978)
Painted Study for Portrait of Mary Louise Curtis Bok Zimbalist
Oil on canvas
20 x 16in.
Signed lower left
REALIZED: $33,460
BEN DENISON (American 20th Century)
Original Playboy cartoon from the very first issue, Playboy #1, December 1953
Gouache on board
11 x 8-1/2in.
Signed lower left
Caption: "Jeannie -- what's the past tense of 'virgin?'"
REALIZED: $22,705
NORMAN ROCKWELL (American 1894 - 1978)
Under the Mistletoe, 1971, two Franklin Mint silver plate illustration studies, with a signed letter, two photos of Norman Rockwell at the drawing board,
