Apr 22, 2010 - Sale 2211

Sale 2211 - Lot 244

Price Realized: $ 1,140
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(CARTOONS.) MULLIN, WILLARD. Ink drawing, Signed, twice, and Inscribed, "All Best Wishes / To Fred Williamson Jr.," cartoon for an unknown publication, showing a room similar to the Stock Exchange, full of people discussing Joe DiMaggio; a huge tote board displays the condition of each starter on the 1937 Yankees, with particular emphasis on DiMaggio; a graph entitled "DiMaggio Chart" shows a precipitous decline in 1937, captioned "Injured Foot." Approximately 18 1/2x16 1/2 inches; drawn on illustration board. [New York, 1937]

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Mullin (1902-1978), "The Dean of Sports Cartooning," was for many years the sports cartoonist for the New York World-Telegram.