Jan 23, 2014 - Sale 2337

Sale 2337 - Lot 41

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
COMICS.
Group of 22 food-related cartoons from the collection of food writer Jeanne Jones. 17 are original pen and ink, many with wash; 5 are reproductions. Various sizes, all framed. Signed, and many additionally Inscribed and Signed to Jones. Mostly 1960s-80s. Unexamined out of frames.

Additional Details

Includes: "Berry's World" by Jim Berry "Grin & Bear It" by George Lichty "The Lockhorns" by Bill Hoest "The Better Half" by Ruth Barnes, and others including Jim Unger, Bo Brown and J. Whiting. Topics include dieting, bad cooking, and other fun tropes in the world of food and cooking. Jones, the pioneer of healthy and light cooking who authored over 30 books on the topic as well as her weekly column "Cook It Light" by King Features Syndicate, Inc., collected these comics over the course of her career.