Westy Steve Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 (edited) Hey guys. Us pulp and vintage paperback collectors share one little thread in the Golden Age section of this forum that we use as a subforum to share pictures of our collected vintage paperbacks, pulps and related vintage publications. It has come to light that some of us also collect or are starting to collect vintage illustration art...mostly cover art from paperback and pulps. I also know there are at least a couple collectors of video game art here on this forum. I’m not sure how many of us there are but I think some of us “fringe art collectors” would enjoy showing our artwork here in this thread if it doesn’t get the boot. What say you? Steve Edited July 12, 2020 by Westy Steve The-Collector, lb jefferies and grapeape 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brian Peck Posted July 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 12, 2020 This is my favorite piece of illustration artwork Jael -Sunday Newspaper Supplement in New York World Artist: Dan Smith (All) In the late 1890s, he worked for Hearst organization and covered the Spanish-American War. From Hearst he joined the New York Herald for a short period then moved on to The World, where “for twenty years, he drew nearly all of the covers for the Sunday magazine of New York World. I am not exactly sure when this was published, New York World was published thru 1931. I think this was done sometime in the early part of the 20th century. His originals are rare and this is on of the best I have seen and BIG this one is 22x28. I was first exposed to Dan's work thru Mark Schultz at BigWOW Comicfest. Al Williamson was also a big fan of Dan's. hmendryk, grapeape, Yorick and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy Steve Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 (edited) Wow! That’s stunning! After forcing myself to tear my eyes away from her, I noticed interesting details in the rest of the drawing. Very nice piece! Edited July 12, 2020 by Westy Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Brian Peck said: This is my favorite piece of illustration artwork Jael -Sunday Newspaper Supplement in New York World Artist: Dan Smith (All) In the late 1890s, he worked for Hearst organization and covered the Spanish-American War. From Hearst he joined the New York Herald for a short period then moved on to The World, where “for twenty years, he drew nearly all of the covers for the Sunday magazine of New York World. I am not exactly sure when this was published, New York World was published thru 1931. I think this was done sometime in the early part of the 20th century. His originals are rare and this is on of the best I have seen and BIG this one is 22x28. I was first exposed to Dan's work thru Mark Schultz at BigWOW Comicfest. Al Williamson was also a big fan of Dan's. Gorgeous Squeezy McSphincter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShallowDan Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 7 hours ago, Brian Peck said: This is my favorite piece of illustration artwork Jael -Sunday Newspaper Supplement in New York World Artist: Dan Smith (All) In the late 1890s, he worked for Hearst organization and covered the Spanish-American War. From Hearst he joined the New York Herald for a short period then moved on to The World, where “for twenty years, he drew nearly all of the covers for the Sunday magazine of New York World. I am not exactly sure when this was published, New York World was published thru 1931. I think this was done sometime in the early part of the 20th century. His originals are rare and this is on of the best I have seen and BIG this one is 22x28. I was first exposed to Dan's work thru Mark Schultz at BigWOW Comicfest. Al Williamson was also a big fan of Dan's. Beautiful! Only problem with someone starting the thread off with a piece this strong is that everyone is now going to feel intimidated having to follow it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy Steve Posted July 13, 2020 Author Share Posted July 13, 2020 (edited) I have an answer for that. I’ll lower the bar. I’m just getting started in serious acquisition after barely dabbling in it. I’m a paperback book collector and one of the great artists from the 50’s and 60’s was Robert Maguire. He got out of the book cover game for a while like the late 60’s to do greeting cards and then came back and did mostly romance covers. He passed away in 2005 and I think his stuff is inexpensive right now because there is a glut of it in the market as most of his final works are being absorbed. So I bought this painted prelim for what seemed a bargain price and I really like it. The style is Gothic If that sounds a lot like Batman’s “Gothos”cover, it’s the same style. Edited July 13, 2020 by Westy Steve Randall Dowling, alxjhnsn, The-Collector and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post buttock Posted July 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 13, 2020 A John Hassall illo I’ve had for years. For such a famous illustrator I can’t believe how inexpensive this was. Not to mention it’s a great image. alxjhnsn, Yorick, The Voord and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Timely Posted July 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2020 Here is a piece by Edgar Church (Original owner of the famed Mile High Collection) from 1918. Dr. Balls, davidtere, Will_K and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Timely Posted July 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2020 And another from 1912 lb jefferies, grapeape, vodou and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AnkurJ Posted July 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2020 One of my favorites by Alex Schomburg MOStateSuperman, davidtere, Randall Dowling and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy Steve Posted July 14, 2020 Author Share Posted July 14, 2020 You guys are bringing it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Voord Posted July 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2020 (edited) On 7/12/2020 at 6:25 PM, Westy Steve said: Hey guys. Us pulp and vintage paperback collectors share one little thread in the Golden Age section of this forum that we use as a subforum to share pictures of our collected vintage paperbacks, pulps and related vintage publications. It has come to light that some of us also collect or are starting to collect vintage illustration art...mostly cover art from paperback and pulps. I also know there are at least a couple collectors of video game art here on this forum. I’m not sure how many of us there are but I think some of us “fringe art collectors” would enjoy showing our artwork here in this thread if it doesn’t get the boot. What say you? Steve Actually, Bronty has initiated a thread for illustration artwork several years ago that's still active, though it's 'This week in you illustration art collection', which is geared-up for new acquisitions. I do own some illustration art and here's a Fortunino Matania original of 'Caesar and the Pope' dating from circa 1930s, with an image size of 18" x 13": Close-up shots and a photo of the framed artwork on display in my CAF at: https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=829222 Edited July 14, 2020 by The Voord Yorick, grapeape, Randall Dowling and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post glendgold Posted July 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2020 Cool idea. I have very little of it, but what I do is mostly Gorey. The Loch Ness monster is a TV guide illo and the cops and robber is from PENNY CANDY. alexgross.com, Brian Peck, Randall Dowling and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rsonenthal Posted July 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2020 I'm in for my one piece. This is by Tom Lovell and was published in May of 1942. Yorick, AnkurJ, pemart1966 and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hmendryk Posted July 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2020 In general I am not a collector of illustration art. But I do have some that have a comic book connection. As for instance this piece by John Florety Jr. The original has an agency label on the back. But Joe Simon used it, with some modifications, for the cover of Young Brides #19 (November 1954). AnkurJ, davidtere, vodou and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Voord Posted July 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2020 Original painting used for the commercial break in the Channel 3 screening of 1960s television series, THE OUTER LIMITS. My guess is that Channel 3 was a local TV station - so any further information would be welcome. No idea who the artist is, but this is basically a pastiche of imagery taken from two 1950s science-fiction movies - i.e. DESTINATION MOON (1950) and BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE (1959). Additional images at: https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1426597 aardvark88, glendgold, grapeape and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voord Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Original Movie Poster painting, used for a magazine trade ad, by the great Reynold Brown for the artist's very first movie campaign that would propel him to fame as a leading talent throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Image size is a whopping 32" x 25". Additional images and full description at: https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1500294 T Shen, grapeape, tth2 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AnkurJ Posted July 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2020 Another favorite Virgil Finlay BCarter27, The Voord, MagnusX and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Edgar Church signed & dated 1910. I believe this is the only surviving sci-fi piece by Mr. Church! grapeape, MagnusX, davidtere and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 2 hours ago, The Voord said: Original Movie Poster painting, used for a magazine trade ad, by the great Reynold Brown for the artist's very first movie campaign that would propel him to fame as a leading talent throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Image size is a whopping 32" x 25". Additional images and full description at: https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1500294 Terrific likenesses. Reynold was great! The Voord 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
