Feb 27, 2003 - Sale 1961

Sale 1961 - Lot 100

Price Realized: $ 862
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(ART.) TAPLEY, MELVIN. Series of 7 original pen-and-ink comic strips for "Jim Steele." Each strip in 3 frames, with an additional introductory frame offering a precis of the previous strip; executed on one half of a small artist's board, the other half of each board with a 4 frame strip for "Breezy," each board approximately 14x19 inches; each strip Signed by Tapley. New York, 1940s

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"Jim Steele" was the Black equivalent of "Terry and the Pirates," a highly successful radio show and comic strip which chronicled the war in the Pacific.