jimjum12 Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 On 3/22/2024 at 3:23 PM, Darwination said: A 9.0 Film Fun is absolutely remarkable (not to mention that's an incredible Bolles). Got it from Dwight, which should explain everything On 3/22/2024 at 3:23 PM, Darwination said: Is the Playboy the one with Bettie wearing only a Santa hat? Affirmative. I slabbed them to sell, but now I don't know. My MAD 29 was white Mountain and got a CGC 8.5 OW/W and kept the Ped... it looks much nicer but had some stacking dirt on the b.c. that hammered it. First Don Martin GOD BLESS ... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfing Alien Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 On 3/22/2024 at 3:08 PM, jimjum12 said: This one is on it's way back from CGC, where it was graced with a blue CGC 9.0. It's a beauty. My Nugget 1 got CGC 6.5, and my PLAYBOY 2/55 with the Bettie Page centerfold got a CGC 9.4. They were not easy on them, but certainly fair. GOD BLESS ... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Congrats Jim, that is a jaw- dropper! jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post davet75 Posted March 23 Popular Post Share Posted March 23 (edited) For deep-pocketed Bolles fans, there are a couple of his original paintings for sale in the April Heritage Illustration Art Auction. There are many jaw dropping pieces (and prices) from other iconic artists in the same auction: https://fineart.ha.com/itm/pin-up-and-glamour-art/enoch-bolles-american-1883-1976-flipping-through-pep-stories-magazine-cover-july-1930-oil-on-canvas-24-x-18/p/8161-43073.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515 Edited March 23 by davet75 jimjum12, Randall Dowling, Robot Man and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Darwination Posted March 26 Popular Post Share Posted March 26 I think the McCauley is going to do surprisingly well. Reefer Girl might just go crazy, too. Did a boardie happen to win an obscure Bolles this weekend on eBay? I was underbidder and have a proposition if you did... (not the sort of thing you'll see me asking too often ) PM ME But while I'm here, Bolles and one of a *lovely* batch of Judge I scanned and bagged tonight: pmpknface, Robot Man, Pat Calhoun and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwination Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 and Sidney Delevante pmpknface, jimjum12, Pat Calhoun and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Darwination Posted April 24 Popular Post Share Posted April 24 (edited) A new one, reminds me of my wife. Absolutely stunning. Edited April 24 by Darwination Pat Calhoun, Yorick, pmpknface and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 On 3/26/2024 at 12:24 AM, Darwination said: I think the McCauley is going to do surprisingly well. Reefer Girl might just go crazy, too. Did a boardie happen to win an obscure Bolles this weekend on eBay? I was underbidder and have a proposition if you did... (not the sort of thing you'll see me asking too often ) PM ME But while I'm here, Bolles and one of a *lovely* batch of Judge I scanned and bagged tonight: Love that Halloween issue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Surfing Alien Posted April 26 Popular Post Share Posted April 26 Enoch Bolles and Howell Dodd jimjum12, waaaghboss, johnenock and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwination Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 and Ruth Eastman Pat Calhoun, OtherEric, waaaghboss and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwination Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Hate to bring vulgar sales talk into the Bolles thread here, but there's an interesting one up tonight at HA that's sparked my interest. Already at a grand, it's a high-grade copy, but I'm pretty confident it is not the best I've seen. Missing a page, which obviously doesn't seem to affect the Bolles collectors that are already jousting for it. Curious where it will end up - a 37 Gay Parisienne isn't exactly the scarcest of creatures even if the high grade ones are few and far between. It sure is pretty, tho - Pat Calhoun, waaaghboss and pmpknface 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dickymoe74 Posted May 14 Popular Post Share Posted May 14 Hello, Love the books everyone is posting just wanted to share a few amazing books I have found with everyone.... Love the Gay Parisenne Devil cover!! Don't have this one, hope to someday! waaaghboss, pmpknface, Darwination and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwination Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 (edited) Beautiful mags! I don't believe I've ever seen the Tattle Tales for sale before, and that Gay Book is in lovely shape (the original painting appears for just a moment in a scene in Drawn to Perfection, the recent documentary on Dave Stevens). If I'm not mistaken, the Judge cover you have there is the first painting Enoch sold to the magazine in 1914. The original painting was sold in 2017. Feel welcome to show more Bolles! Edited May 14 by Darwination Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickymoe74 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Hello Darwination - Love all the great images and knowledge you share, thank you so much! I will have to check out the Dave Stevens documentary, I love Dave Stevens, thanks for sharing. I thought Judge Oct. 1914 was the first Enoch Bolles did as-well, until I found this... Picture of - Judge Sept 20th 1914. Attached. pmpknface 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickymoe74 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Correction - Judge September 5th 1914..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwination Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 (edited) Excellent - I haven't seen this before. It's hard for me to make out the signature in the lower left, but I take it Bolles' signature is clear to you there? I've seen Bolles with some of these weird, dark eyes before and can make out a bit of Bolles in her fingers and figure. It's a strange painting with the diver looking right at the reader with those black eyes! Edited May 14 by Darwination Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickymoe74 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Weird - The cover painting is signed Enoch Booles also the inside table of continence credits Enoch Bolles as Enoch Booles as-well. This is the same Judge Sept 5th 1914 issue. I added some pictures for just for reference. Let me know your thoughts??? pmpknface and Pat Calhoun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwination Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Surely Bolles Enoch is such an uncommon name, and the lettering in the signature, though funky, is familiar. It's not uncommon at all for early signatures of an artist to show variance or play with a near alias, and it makes sense that the magazine would just go with what they clearly see at the signature on the printed credit for an artist new to the publication. Here's one from almost ten yeats later on with the strangely dark eyes I encountered recently, I hear there's more of them: pmpknface and Pat Calhoun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickymoe74 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Love the Film Fun Covers! So many great covers.... Pat Calhoun, Yorick, Darwination and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwination Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 I confirmed the Innocence Abroad on the September Judge as Bolles' first cover I really like the "Losing Time" on the bottom, it's almost got a cartoonish aspect that's pretty unusual for a Bolles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickymoe74 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 On 5/14/2024 at 10:50 AM, Darwination said: I confirmed the Innocence Abroad on the September Judge as Bolles' first cover I really like the "Losing Time" on the bottom, it's almost got a cartoonish aspect that's pretty unusual for a Bolles. Very cool, thanks for checking on this...... Amazing the books made it through *(2) World Wars. Darwination 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
