Sunday, July 3, 2022

Not Our Charles Saxon

I have absolutely no idea who Chuck Saxton may be, but I know who he is not. He is not New Yorker cartoonist Charles Saxon (1920-1988). But go tell that to the eBay seller of a genuine Chuck Saxton sketch—if one can call it that—erroneously promoted as the work of Charles Saxon. No one familiar with Saxon's cartoons could mistake this for his signature or his art. Nevertheless, the new owner has also won himself a Letter of Authenticity. Congratulations, and caveat emptor.



Chuck Saxton
eBay bid history
Two bidders fight over a sketch that shouldn't be fought over.




Here's the real Charles Saxon on the cover of Newsweek:

How Men Are Changing
Charles Saxon
Newsweek, January 16, 1978



Legal Battle of the Sexes
Charles Saxon
Newsweek, 
April 30, 1979



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