In its October 20, 2025, sale, Heritage Auctions offered a small souvenir drawing by Dr. Seuss. It shows Max, the hapless dog in How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, the 1957 book. Max's head is seen in profile, smiling for once.
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| Dr. Seuss Heritage Auctions listing of October 20, 2025 |
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| Dr. Seuss Heritage Auctions item description |
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For Charles Addams, souvenir drawings of Addams Family characters served as a kind of social currency. Many were given to friends and fans. Some are done on blank pages of his cartoon collections. Some are not—or at least are not any longer.
A sketch of Wednesday with a very large pet—is that a cat?—is an example of a drawing that may never have been on a book page. A light wash was added to the drawing resulting in some mild bleeding of the ink. Offered for sale by Schulson Autographs, Ltd., of Millburn, New Jersey, it was priced at $1,925 in October.
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| Charles Addams AbeBooks Price as of October 17, 2024 |
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| Charles Addams Sold! |
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| Charles Addams eBay listing accessed July 6, 2025 |
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| Charles Addams eBay item description |
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A souvenir sketch of a sitting dog by cartoonist Charles Barsotti has turned up in Belgium, of all places. Priced at $100.10, it is adorable and it doesn't need to be walked.
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| Charles Barsotti AbeBooks listing accessed October 26, 2024 |
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For the occasion of a christening held in St. James's, London, on November 24, 1951, cartoonist Ronald Searle created a presentation drawing for the child's family. The paper backing the frame is inscribed, "With love from Kaye & Ronald Searle" so it seems the Searles framed the drawing themselves before giving it to the recipients. The child depicted is attended by four girls, two of whom are clearly winged angels. They are easily recognized as Searle's popular St. Trinian's girls by their trademark black stockings. The drawing, which has some color, was sold yesterday at Sworders in the Modern and Contemporary Art sale.
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| "A strange procession seen passing into Saint James' thiſ day Novembr 24 1951." Ronald Searle |
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"A strange procession seen passing into Saint James' thiſ day Novembr 24 1951." Ronald Searle Framed original art |
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| "With love from Kaye & Ronald Searle" |
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| Ronald Searle Sworders item presale description accessed April 7, 2024 https://www.sworder.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-200---ronald-searle-1920-2011/?lot=496 443&so=0&st=searle&sto=0&au=&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=0&pp=96&pn=1&g=1 |
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| Edward Koren AbeBooks listing accessed October 13, 2023 |
The cartoons of Charles Addams have been achieving some astonishing prices at auction in recent times, especially those featuring his ever-popular Addams Family characters. Some of those strong prices are working their way downmarket as well. Over the years, the artist presented countless souvenir drawings to friends and fans. Here a large drawing of Morticia is dated 1959 and inscribed in San Antonio, Texas, to one Lee. Five years before "The Addams Family" television show first aired, the character we know as Morticia would have been an as yet unnamed "witch lady." The framed drawing is offered by Meier and Sons Rare Books for $4,795.
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| Charles Addams eBay listing accessed October 26, 2022 |
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| Charles Addams eBay item description |
