What's wrong with this picture? The award for poorest photography of original New Yorker art ever presented on eBay goes to...
Which do you see more clearly, the reflection or the artist's signature? Say, is that the photographer's finger?
Seriously, can you make out the gag here?
The copyright notice is dated 1981. The drawing was held in the bank for some six years and eventually published in 1987. The eBay seller's conclusion is that this "May have [been] a study for magazine art?" Why a study?
Ultimately the seller gets what the seller deserves: just $50 for matted and framed original New Yorker art. This whole process is a disservice to what is probably quite a handsome New Yorker original.
Note: Well, I hope that's as bad as the photography gets on eBay. Attempted Bloggery seeks clear, crisp photos of original New Yorker cartoon art by Bernard Schoenbaum and others.
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| Bernard Schoenbaum Original art The New Yorker, February 9, 1987, page 42 |
Which do you see more clearly, the reflection or the artist's signature? Say, is that the photographer's finger?
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| Bernard Schoenbaum's signature |
Seriously, can you make out the gag here?
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| Bernard Schoenbaum Original art The New Yorker, February 9, 1987, page 42 |
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| Bernard Schoenbaum Original art The New Yorker, February 9, 1987, page 42 |
The copyright notice is dated 1981. The drawing was held in the bank for some six years and eventually published in 1987. The eBay seller's conclusion is that this "May have [been] a study for magazine art?" Why a study?
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| Copyright notice |
Ultimately the seller gets what the seller deserves: just $50 for matted and framed original New Yorker art. This whole process is a disservice to what is probably quite a handsome New Yorker original.
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| Bernard Schoenbaum eBay Listing Ended February 2, 2014 |
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| Bernard Schoenbaum eBay Item Description |
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| No Q&A |
Here's the published gag, for those who want to see what it actually looks like:
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| Bernard Schoenbaum Original art The New Yorker, February 9, 1987, page 42 |
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| Cartoons by Bernard Schoenbaum and Henry Martin
https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1987-02-09/flipbook/042/
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