South Bay Auctions offered up an original New Yorker cartoon on Wednesday, one that was quite fashion forward:
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| "Hold all calls for the next fifteen minutes, Miss Hammish." Published as "Please hold my calls for the next fifteen minutes, Miss Hammish." Gahan Wilson Original art The New Yorker, September 15, 1997, p. 78 |
So which sounds better: "Hold all calls" or "Please hold my calls?" Gahan Wilson's cartoon from the issue of September 15, 1997, had its caption edited from the former to the latter. I think it sounds better this way, more like the way people really talk—although maybe not Wilson's people.
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| Gahan Wilson's signature and detail of the beginning of the caption |
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| Detail of the end of the caption |
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| Verso with The New Yorker's bar code sticker |
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| The wrapper with the printed cartoon affixed |
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| Gahan Wilson South Bay Auctions, Inc., listing accessed April 13, 2025 |
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| Gahan Wilson South Bay Auctions, Inc., item description |
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| Gahan Wilson South Bay Auctions, Inc., listing accessed April 13, 2025 |
Sold!
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| "Please hold my calls for the next fifteen minutes, Miss Hammish." Gahan Wilson The New Yorker, September 15, 1997, p. 78 |
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| "Hold all calls for the next fifteen minutes, Miss Hammish." Published as "Please hold my calls for the next fifteen minutes, Miss Hammish." Gahan Wilson Original art The New Yorker, September 15, 1997, p. 78 |
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| With a cartoon by Gahan Wilson |
Note: Attempted Bloggery is here to promote all manner of original Gahan Wilson art. Please write if you have something to show off. I also like to post original cartoons about sacrificing cute little animals.
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