Jun 24, 2021 - Sale 2574

Sale 2574 - Lot 250

Price Realized: $ 312
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
MORT WALKER (1923-2018) & DIK BROWNE (1917-1989)
"Strike, You're Out!" Original "Hi and Lois" Sunday comic, published August 13, 1972, with King Features Syndicate pastedown in lower center panel. Pen and ink over graphite with correction fluid on Bristol board. 357x530 mm; 14x21 inches, on 16x22-inch sheet. Signed "Dik Browne" in lower center panel, dated in last panel and again, in margin at upper right. Written on loose backing board: "Presented to Christina Tippit by Mort Walker at Mort's 50th birthday, September 1, 1973 (though his actual birthday is September 3). This sunday page appeared August 19. 1973."

Provenance: Estate of William F. Brown and Tina Tippit Brown.