“HAPPY HOOLIGAN” CREATOR FREDERICK B. OPPER PAPER EPHEMERA EXTENSIVE 45 PIECE COLLECTION.
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Winning Bid:
$189.75
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Bidding Ended:
Thursday, March 19, 2015 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, March 19, 2015 1:00:00 PM)
Auction:
Auction #214 - Part II
Item numbers 1008 through 2793 in auction 214
Item Description
Includes 20 complete issues of “Puck’s Library” magazines w/Opper covers. Each is 8-3/8x11-5/8” w/36 pages. Numbers and dates range from #10 April 1888 to #58 May 1892. Cover and contents themes include stereotypical African Americans, Jewish stereotypes, outdoor activities including baseball, winter. Inside cartoonists include Opper, Zim. Taylor, Dalrymple. Next are two Opper illustrated hardcover books: “Bill Nye’s Comic History of the U. S. “ © 1894-1906 and “Aesop’s Fables” © 1916. Next are 12 single pages from “Puck” weekly c. 1880s w/early Opper cartoons. Next are 11 “New York American” single folded pages w/front page Opper editorial cartoon. Dates range from Oct. 3, 1913 to March 16, 1914. Cartoons relate to Trusts and government corruption. Magazines and books have minor wear. Overall Fine/VF. “Puck” and newspaper pages have aging and edge wear. Good/VG overall. Superb instant collection highlighting the non-comic strip side of this seminal American cartoonist.
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