Jun 20, 2024 - Sale 2673

Sale 2673 - Lot 138

Price Realized: $ 10,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,000
CHARLES ADDAMS (1912-1988)
"It Doesn't Take Much to Collect a Crowd in New York." Single panel cartoon published in The New Yorker, June 28, 1941. Ink and wash on paper. 15 x 15 1/2 inches (image) in 24 x 20-inch frame. Signed in lower right image. Inscribed "To the USS Devilfish. Best of luck - Chas Addams." The USS Devilfish was a submarine that completed five war patrols in the Pacific during World War II, performing reconnaissance, engaging enemy vessels, and rescuing downed aviators.