An original New Yorker cartoon by Mick Stevens first published almost thirty years ago shows, very likely, some fading but is in otherwise good condition. The gag itself hasn't aged badly at all. In fact, it is one of the few cartoons that actually appeared twice in the pages of the magazine, having been published in 1993 and subsequently reprised in The New Yorker's 1997 Cartoon Issue. The original art sold last weekend for only half its low estimate, although it's hard to know exactly what that says about the market when the auction house didn't even get the artist's name right.
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| "I know what I said ten minutes ago. That was the old me talking." Mick Stevens Framed original art The New Yorker, May 3, 1993 The New Yorker, December 15, 1997 |
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| "I know what I said ten minutes ago. That was the old me talking." Mick Stevens Original art The New Yorker, May 3, 1993 The New Yorker, December 15, 1997 |
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| Mick Stevens's signature |
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| Mick Stevens Sarasota Estate Auction, February 26, 2022 |
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| "I know what I said ten minutes ago. That was the old me talking." Mick Stevens Original art The New Yorker, May 3, 1993 The New Yorker, December 15, 1997 |
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| Cartoon by Mick Stevens and advertisement by Macy's |
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| "Encores" Cartoons by Leo Cullum, Tom Cheney, Mick Stevens, Jon Agee, and Charles Barsotti |
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