Jun 24, 2021 - Sale 2574

Sale 2574 - Lot 247

Price Realized: $ 195
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
MORT WALKER (1923-2018) [signing as ADDISON]
"In case he ever slips he wants to be ready." Original "Boner's Ark" Sunday comic, published August 19 (year unknown). Pen and ink over graphite with correction fluid on Bristol board; title panel in marker. 370x530 mm; 14 1/4x20 3/4 inches, on 16x22-inch sheet. Signed "Addison" in title panel, and again with date in last panel. Inscribed at lower left "To Teeny with love! [sketch of two hearts] Mort Walker."

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