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Hey, being in company with Bogie ain't a bad thing. The dude scored "Slim" with that look

Ha - I know you love that purported Cardwell Higgins - although I could see it possibly being a concept sketch for a girlie by someone like him. The "study" for Reefer Girl sold for $20k back in a time when the market was hotter for Illustration art. It will be interesting to see what the true published cover goes for on the 23rd. I can imagine it would go for quite a bit more, being so iconic but it's hard to tell in today's market what anything will go for. I could see myself throwing a thrill bid on one or two of the cheaper items that looks cool but I haven't seen anything that was really cool go for cheap on HA

Yeah, I kind of agree. The copy says "The Books", not "The Publishers" but it is is poorly worded and I can see how it can imply a more benevolent intent on the publishers part than they had, which was surely to sell books to men in raincoats with their collars raised

I know we should always feel blessed with what we have, and I do, but I wish I had the swag to play in this pool The number and variety of fantastic pb OA pieces in Heritage's April 23 Signature Illustration Art auction is mind blowing. Aside from the incredible original Rudy Nappi cover for "Reefer Girl" that I posted earlier, there's a great McCauley, https://fineart.ha.com/itm/pin-up-and-glamour-art/harold-w-mccauley-american-1913-1977-toffee-takes-a-trip-imaginative-tales-magazine-cover-november-1954-oil-on-canvas-30-x/a/8161-71108.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Open-ThisAuction-120115 Belarski's "River Boat Girl" https://fineart.ha.com/itm/pulp-pulp-like-digests-and-paperback-art/rudolph-belarski-american-1900-1983-river-boat-girl-paperback-cover-1952-oil-on-board-25-x-19-inches-635-x-483-cm-signed/a/8161-71115.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Open-ThisAuction-120115 A great Fixler piece https://fineart.ha.com/itm/pulp-pulp-like-digests-and-paperback-art/fred-fixler-american-1923-2010-the-hard-sell-girls-paperback-cover-1964-gouache-on-board-16-1-2-x-11-1-2-inches-419-x-292/a/8161-71123.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Open-ThisAuction-120115 Some great Rader's, I've rarely seen his originals go for sale https://fineart.ha.com/itm/pulp-pulp-like-digests-and-paperback-art/paul-rader-american-1906-1986-the-platinum-trap-paperback-cover-1962-tempera-on-board-12-7-8-x-6-7-8-inches-327-x-175-cm-/a/8161-71125.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Open-ThisAuction-120115 https://fineart.ha.com/itm/pulp-pulp-like-digests-and-paperback-art/paul-rader-american-1906-1986-the-drifter-paperback-cover-1962-gouache-and-watercolor-on-board-18-1-2-x-12-1-2-inches-470/a/8161-71124.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Open-ThisAuction-120115 Some nice lesbian pieces that you rarely see https://fineart.ha.com/itm/pulp-pulp-like-digests-and-paperback-art/al-brule-american-20th-century-the-one-between-paperback-cover-1962-gouache-on-board-18-3-4-x-12-1-8-inches-476-x-308-cm-/a/8161-71122.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Open-ThisAuction-120115 A gorgeous McGinnis blonde https://fineart.ha.com/itm/pulp-pulp-like-digests-and-paperback-art/robert-mcginnis-american-b-1926-mermaid-on-the-rocks-paperback-cover-1967-gouache-on-board-9-5-8-x-14-3-8-inches-244-x-36/a/8161-71126.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Open-ThisAuction-120115 A whole bunch of nice girlies https://fineart.ha.com/itm/paintings/hugh-joseph-ward-american-1909-1945-irresistible-bedtime-stories-magazine-cover-april-1936-oil-on-canvas-29-x-20-inches-73/a/8161-71139.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Open-ThisAuction-120115 Lot's of killer pulp covers https://fineart.ha.com/itm/pulp-pulp-like-digests-and-paperback-art/hugh-joseph-ward-american-1909-1945-mr-oo-private-detective-stories-magazine-cover-may-1941-oil-on-canvas-30-x-21-inches-/a/8161-71090.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Open-ThisAuction-120115 Lot's of Dribens, some 5 figure Elvgrens, so much more. A great auction if you love this stuff Man it's fun to look at but kinda sad for us bottom feeders as well. I really hope to snag at least one nice piece of OA this year that flies under the radar somewhere. Heritage isn't likely the place

A lot of bathroom jokes to be made about the title but an excellent Ray Johnson cover of the type Wertham would have loved

Startling Detective Adventures, September 1939. Stockton Mulford bondage cover. Brilliant colors on this one. "If this was a comic book"

Nice books fellas I'm going to a ballgame tomorrow so I'm gonna do a Thursday Fun instead of the usual Friday. Bought a nice collection of Science Fiction that is chock full of high grade books. I have to compare most with my current copies but It will generate a ton of dupes, probably enough to do another sale sooner rather than later. A couple of tubs full... Some nice spines. Most look like they were read once carefully and put away. When the spine edges have all their color you know you're looking good... Very high grade copies of a whole bunch of the "fridge magnets". Here's a couple The prize is this unread copy of Jack Vance's 1st book, "The Dying Earth", Hillman No. 41. Cover art by Leo Morey. At the top of every old school collectors list. It's so tough in high grade due to scarcity and terrible construction. This is bright and glossy with almost no wear. NFS

I take it this means you did well selling ? If so that's great to hear

April 15th, 1940 Blatantly blatant. A pure copy. I don't think there is any counter-argument to Tilburne as the artist on these AFR's. It is just how he operated.

I've been collecting for a loooooong time but I don't think I've seen any jd piece atop this OA. A demo piece sold for records in the past, but this is the actual used cover... Masterpiece of stoner girl mood by Rudy Nappi Anyone want to lend me 20k https://fineart.ha.com/itm/paintings/rudy-nappi-american-1923-2015-reefer-girl-paperback-cover-1953oil-on-board23-x-15-5-8-inche/a/8161-71114.s

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That might be his best draftsmanship I've ever seen. He was not that good technically as an artist so did a lot of swiping and his paintings are cartoonish, rather than shaded down to pro finish. I still love his covers though, they catch a mood I think is classic

Thanks, I guess those are well known in the Golden Age collecting community although I wasn't aware of the Eerie comic until NerV and Goldust40 alerted me in a sale thread I was aware of the swipe elements of the cover though. The dragon is from a Belarski pulp cover.

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You been raised right Pat It's even more obvious if you know the backstory: Weird Tales artist who paints in a "globular" style uses a swipe of an old Weird Tales cover to paint a known "globular" style cover in the same year as fanciful "globular" style covers appear on Avon Fantasy Readers in a style that looks like no other artist in the world than... that Weird Tales artist Including an obvious swipe of a Graves Gladney Shadow cover on AFR No. 6 Nah.. couldn't be the most obvious artist in the Avon/Weird Tales orbit at the time

100% not Bok. If I ever have time, maybe i'll collect all of my posts about why I think A.R. Tilburne is the artist on AFR No.2,3,4 and probably 5 & 6 as well and try to put an article together. I think my many points are persuasive.

Ed Hulse recently posted this copy, he won't mind if I share... This is what she looked like to guys stopping at the rack in Woolworths in 1948

Posted this on the pb thread but guess here's where it belongs with an interior pic as well... Amazing Detective Cases, April 1944. An early usage of the Atlas logo. I believe Human Torch #14 from December 1943 was the first. This usage is parallel with Goodman's mid 1940's crime digests... Some nice interiors, especially the fonts on story title pages... This cool two page splash illo by 1940's pro Arnold Allen

I like a nice minty fresh Avon once in a while. They have a certain charm to them.

I love seeing vintage pb's bought for the interiors as well as the covers, especially non high grade books. Although I am crazy about cover art, I read a TON of my vintage pbs and many obscure books and lesser (or un) known authors have compelling reading in them. I feel like starting a thread on the Pulp section on them

One Million Dollars Great cover . I'd use the lower tier for submission if it was mine. Just because someone might pay crazy for it doesn't mean you should volunteer to pay higher for grading.

Lot's of gr8 books Robot Man

Tough book

I've fought the urge to hit the BIN on quite a few of these lately. There's a lot of cool looking covers but soooo many issues, I'd probably not be able to stop!