Ed Arno: Nursing St. Bernards

A decade ago, eBay hosted Live Auctions. One could bid on individual lots from many of the smaller auction houses through the eBay platform. Apparently, the margins were too small to make it worth eBay's while, and the online service shut down Live Auctions giving only short notice. Today, this market is largely divided between Invaluable and Live Auctioneers.

A 1969 cartoon original by Ed Arno was sold by National Book Auctions late in 2016.

The subject was nursing St. Bernards—one could almost imagine the gag from those three words. It had been published in The New York Times.

Ed Arno's signature

Copyright notice

Ed Arno
eBay listing ended October 8, 2016

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Ink-Drawing-ED-ARNO-Signed-Framed-New-Yorker-New-York-Times-Lot-8114-/201683868328?hash=item2ef54b9

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Ed Arno
eBay item description

Ed Arno
eBay bid history
The lone bidder must bid against the auction house's reserve.

Note:  A little Ed Arno art serves to warm up one's insides. Readers are encouraged to submit examples to this blog.

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The Little Red Computer Signed by Ralph Steadman

In 1969, the typical computer was a large, bulky mainframe that was still a long way from becoming the compact machine we now live with. In his first book, The Little Red Computer,  Ralph Steadman imagines a student computer small in size but rich in emotion. Thirty-five years later, when computers had long since shrunk to the dimensions imagined by Mr. Steadman in his early children's book, he made a drawing of his title character on the front endpaper of a slipcased copy. Both the drawing of the computer and the inscription are in two colors, red and black. How do you make a drawing in black ink over red ink without having it smear? Apparently, you don't.

Inscribed "From Ralph Steadman/Woody Creek/Aspen/Oct. 7th 2004."

Detail

eBay Listing as of September 28, 2016

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ralph-Steadman-The-Little-Red-Computer-RARE-Signed-with-Original-Drawing-RARE-/222252631897?hash=item33bf4a0759:g:pO8AAOSwFqJWnUP8

eBay Item Description

Note:  "A Retrospective:  Ralph Steadman" is on view in  New York at the Society of Illustrators. What are you waiting for?

Do you know what I'd like to see here on this blog? No surprise there. I'd like to see different examples of books with original sketches by Ralph Steadman. So, what do you say?


Attempted Bloggery's quick links:

Ralph Steadman

Hunter S. Thompson

Rolling Stone

Signed Books with Original Drawings

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