Cartoonist
Peter Arno was born on this day in 1904. He was better than perhaps anyone at incorporating the City's bustling nightlife into his cartoon world. In 2012, Heritage Auctions sold the original artwork to one of his classic
New Yorker cabaret cartoons for $5,625 including the buyer's premium.
Heritage has a fairly unique post-auction feature called Make Offer to Owner with which the new owners can signal their willingness to entertain offers from interested parties who themselves wish to buy the artwork, with the auction house acting as the broker. Within just three days of the close of this auction then, two offers were received, the highest one for a very healthy $9,000. If accepted, that would have been quite a tidy profit for three days, but then, of course, the owner would have had to give up an amazing Peter Arno original the likes of which, well, to paraphrase the cartoonist, one doesn't see often these days.
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Peter Arno, "It isn't often one sees a bowler these days."
Original artwork for the New Yorker, August 9, 1952, p. 22 |
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Peter Arno, "It isn't often one sees a bowler these days."
Original artwork for the New Yorker, August 9, 1952, p. 22 |
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The presale estimate was $2,000 to $3,000.
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Peter Arno, "It isn't often one sees a bowler these days."
The New Yorker, August 9, 1952, p. 22 |
Note: Shouldn't someone have a
Peter Arno blog? Yes, of course. If I had one,
this is what it might look like.
News about Peter Arno is on
Ink Spill here.
Some of Peter Arno's
New Yorker work may be seen in the
Condé Nast store here.
Catch a glimpse of the Arno collection of
Harry's Bar here.
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