Jun 09, 2022 - Sale 2608

Sale 2608 - Lot 225

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000

[OTTO MESSMER (1892-1983)] (PAT SULLIVAN)

"Sing out the directions on that map - I'm off after the treasure."

Original "Felix the Cat" Sunday comic, published March 12, 1933, with King Features Syndicate pastedown. Pen and ink over graphite with blue pencil on Bristol board. 410x520 mm; 16 1/4x20 1/2 inches, on 18 1/2x23-inch sheet. Signed "Pat Sullivan" in last panel.

Messmer worked for the Pat Sullivan Studios, who claimed credit for the character.