Jun 24, 2021 - Sale 2574

Sale 2574 - Lot 235

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
[OTTO MESSMER (1892-1983)] (PAT SULLIVAN).
"Now, Danny, don't fail to give baby her bottle at nine fifteen, while we're out." Original "Felix the Cat" Sunday comic, published January 7, 1934, with King Features Syndicate pastedown. Pen and ink over graphite on Bristol board. 410x520 mm; 16 1/4x20 1/2 inches, on 17 3/4x22 3/4-inch sheet. Unsigned.

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