Dec 14, 2017 - Sale 2465

Sale 2465 - Lot 35

Price Realized: $ 1,188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
PALMER COX.
Brownies at a City Wall. Original illustration depicting Cox's famous gang of characters who went on to be used in the first successful example of mass-merchandising, this cartoon was likely for Ladies' Home Journal or St. Nicholas magazine, circa late 1890s. Pen and ink on paper. 184x191 mm; 7 1/4x7 1/2 inches, on 8 1/2x8 1/4-inch sheet. Signed in lower left image. Mounted to window matte.