Jan 28, 2021 - Sale 2556

Sale 2556 - Lot 190

Price Realized: $ 4,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
[OTTO MESSMER (1892-1983)] (PAT SULLIVAN).
"Well there goes the circus leaving town - and I had to miss it." Original "Felix the Cat" Sunday comic, published August 6, 1933, with King Features Syndicate pastedown. Pen and ink over graphite on Bristol board. 410x520 mm; 16 1/4x20 1/2 inches, on 18 1/4x22 3/4-inch sheet. Unsigned.

Messmer worked for the Pat Sullivan Studios, who claimed credit for the character.