Charles Addams: Wednesday and Her Pet

For Charles Addams, souvenir drawings of Addams Family characters served as a kind of social currency. Many were given to friends and fans. Some are done on blank pages of his cartoon collections. Some are not—or at least are not any longer. 

A sketch of Wednesday with a very large pet—is that a cat?—is an example of a drawing that may never have been on a book page. A light wash was added to the drawing resulting in some mild bleeding of the ink. Offered for sale by Schulson Autographs, Ltd., of Millburn, New Jersey, it was priced at $1,925 in October. 

Charles Addams
AbeBooks Price as of October 17, 2024

And then it was sold:

Charles Addams
Sold!

https://www.abebooks.com/signed/Original-Cartoon-Drawing-Signed-Wednesday-cat/32014875056/bd?cm_ven=nl&cm_cat=trg&cm_pla=want_CM&ref_=pe_aep_AEP_wants_buyer-wants&cm_ite=readmore

Now we see the same drawing back on the market, newly framed and with a certificate of authenticity. This time, the price is $5,495. The seller on eBay is Meier and Sons Rare Books of New Canaan.

Charles Addams
eBay listing accessed July 6, 2025

https://www.ebay.com/itm/267247216005?_skw=Addams+Wednesday&itmmeta=01JZGTK9DWDT4Z7VH92BVVXA7A&hash=item3e392ce585:g:WUAAAOSwfc1oILK7&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1efT4Gg7sigrGKYrbifUTRKmRncUGJKwCDFLnoDKpHhfx9sLpC6BbS2NRuOnVRtwaJtnw%2FS0M54C9l90CGcFjyhY7en2j79Fi8lcHdXVXX1koXGig%2FyG%2FMRdZRUXQZ0IOtAG2NKzKvvwkvpR949Kl7JD5u%2FrL6Bp4JgCFCNRi0boSyVuMxSbLqXxb4OiG0S93Fg1MyVpgT7TZdLJrqY1a06JmoF9ncOIGdAuMS6C1uhze4tC4L6l359VWpwhQ3%2B4ws%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR7KYzZr8ZQ

Charles Addams
eBay item description

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