It's that time of year again, isn't it? Arnie Levin's June 15, 1981 New Yorker cartoon does something truly extraordinary.
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| "What do you think accounts for the holiday atmosphere?" Arnie Levin Original art The New Yorker, June 15, 1981, page 61 |
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| "What do you think accounts for the holiday atmosphere?" Arnie Levin Original art The New Yorker, June 15, 1981, page 61 |
Levin's original art came to auction in 2017 with a very reasonable estimate from Swann Galleries of $400 to $600. And yet when the sale was all over the hammer price was just $225, or $293 with the buyer's premium. To paraphrase the under-appreciated cartoonist, what do you think accounts for this?
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| Arnie Levin Swann Galleries, Sale 2465, Lot 295 December 14, 2017 Hammer Price |
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| "What do you think accounts for the holiday atmosphere?" Arnie Levin The New Yorker, June 15, 1981, page 61 |
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| An ad for International Gold Corp., Ltd., and a cartoon by Arnie Levin |
Note: I'd be only too pleased to post images of other Arnie Levin original cartoon art on this blog.
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