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                • Paul Calle's "When Trails Grow Cold" Limited Edition Print
                  Oct. 26, 2024

                  Paul Calle's "When Trails Grow Cold" Limited Edition Print

                  Est: $25 - $35

                  Paul Calle's "When Trails Grow Cold" limited edition print, signed lower right, and numbered 707/2500. This piece is of a hunter on a horse in winter, trecking through the snow, with three other horses following behind. This piece is in great condition with small wrinkle lower right, and some surface soiling at left.

                  Oakwood Auctions
                • Paul Calle "Interrupted Journey" Print
                  Oct. 19, 2024

                  Paul Calle "Interrupted Journey" Print

                  Est: -

                  Signed on the lower right corner, numbered 1222/1750 on the lower left corner, COA present on reverse. Frame measures approximately 33.25in x 46.25in. Artwork measures approximately 21.75in x 35.25in. Scuffs present on frame please see photos for condition consideration. NR30326 BP

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                • Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting
                  Aug. 25, 2024

                  Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting

                  Est: $750 - $950

                  ARTIST: Paul Calle (Connecticut, New York, 1928 - 2010) & Chris Calle (US,born 1961) TITLE: Triumphant Return to St Louis (titled on label) YEAR: 2005 MEDIUM: mixed media on board CONDITION: Very good. ART SIZE: 9 x 16 inches / 22 x 40 cm BOARD SIZE: 20 x 23 inches / 50 x 58 cm SIGNATURE: lower right PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer SKU#: 132570 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Paul Calle, Postage Stamp Designer, Is Dead at 82 By MARGALIT FOX The cause was melanoma, said his son Chris, who is also a stamp designer. A longtime Stamford resident, Mr. Calle (pronounced KAL-ee) designed more than 40 United States stamps, licked by generations of postwar Americans. He was best known for the 10-cent stamp, commissioned by NASA and issued in 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon landing that year. His other stamps include ones honoring Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1971), Robert Frost (1974), the International Year of the Child (1979), Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan (1980), Frederic Remington (1981), Pearl S. Buck (1983), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1984) and folk-art carousel horses (1988 and again, with new artwork, in 1995). Mr. Calle's work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and elsewhere. With Chris, he designed two 1994 stamps a 29-cent first-class stamp and a $9.95 express-mail stamp commemorating the moon landing's 25th anniversary. Father and son also collaborated on stamps for Sweden, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and the United Nations. Paul Calle was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on March 3, 1928. He earned a bachelor's degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and during the Korean War was an illustrator for the Army. Early in his career, Mr. Calle did cover artwork for science-fiction pulp magazines like Galaxy, Fantasy Fiction and Super Science Stories, as well as for general-interest publications like The Saturday Evening Post. In 1962, he was among the inaugural group of artists chosen for the NASA Art Program, a documentary record of the space program that has produced thousands of works to date. Mr. Calle's early art for the program includes a pair of 5-cent stamps, issued in 1967, depicting the Gemini casule and the astronaut Ed White making the first American spacewalk in 1965. On July 16, 1969, the day Apollo 11 was launched, Mr. Calle was the only artist allowed to observe the astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, as they readied themselves for the mission eating breakfast, donning their spacesuits and the like. He captured their preparations in a series of intimate pen-and-ink sketches later exhibited at the National Air and Space Museum. That morning, when the astronauts lifted off, one of the things they carried was the engraved printing plate of Mr. Calle's commemorative stamp. As the moon lacked a post office, a proof made from the plate was hand-canceled by the men aboard the spacecraft. Mr. Calle's wife, the former Olga Wyhowanec, whom he married in 1951, died in 2003. Besides his son Chris, he is survived by another son, Paul P., a veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo; a daughter, Claudia Calle Beal; and six grandchildren. Interviewed after the moon landing, Mr. Calle divulged the secret of his rigorous craft: "When you do a stamp," he said, "think big, but draw small."

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                • Paul Calle, "Lakota Chief"
                  Aug. 03, 2024

                  Paul Calle, "Lakota Chief"

                  Est: $1,500 - $2,500

                  Paul Calle (1928-2010), "Lakota Chief", Oil on board, Signed lower right Signed verso

                  Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC
                • PAUL CALLE "CHIEF HIGH PIPE" 1981 SIGNED LITHO
                  Jul. 21, 2024

                  PAUL CALLE "CHIEF HIGH PIPE" 1981 SIGNED LITHO

                  Est: $300 - $400

                  Paul Calle signed limited edition lithograph. Titled "Chief High Pipe". Dated 1981. Signed in pencil lower right. Number in pencil 850/950 lower left. Titled "Chief High Pipe" lower center. Published by Mill Pond Press Venice FL. Excellent condition, in heavy paper envelope. Measures 26" x 20".

                  Neely Auction
                • PAUL CALLE, WOOD GATHERER OF WALPI, LITHOGRAPH
                  May. 28, 2024

                  PAUL CALLE, WOOD GATHERER OF WALPI, LITHOGRAPH

                  Est: $325 - $525

                  Artist: Paul Calle, American (1928 - 2010) Title: Wood Gatherer of Walpi Year: 1975 Medium: Lithograph Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm) Description: Standing on the ledge of a pueblo, the figure gathering wood in this Paul Calle print is evocative of the stone and adobe mud architecture located at the Hopi village in Walpi, Arizona. Rendered in shades of orange and brown, the artist details the nooks of the stone walls and the pebbles lining the sandy path between the buildings.

                  RoGallery
                • Paul Calle, "Good Hunting "
                  Apr. 13, 2024

                  Paul Calle, "Good Hunting "

                  Est: $28,000 - $38,000

                  Paul Calle (1928-2010), "Good Hunting ", Oil on board, Signed and dated 1984 lower left Signed verso

                  Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC
                • Paul Calle's "When Trails Grow Cold" Limited Edition Print
                  Mar. 23, 2024

                  Paul Calle's "When Trails Grow Cold" Limited Edition Print

                  Est: $25 - $35

                  Paul Calle's "When Trails Grow Cold" limited edition print, signed lower right, and numbered 707/2500. This piece is of a hunter on a horse in winter, trecking through the snow, with three other horses following behind. This piece is in great condition with small wrinkle lower right, and some surface soiling at left. Image: 20 1/2" x 34 1/4". Paper: 25 1/2" x 39 1/4".

                  Oakwood Auctions
                • Paul & Chris Calle "Triumphant Return to St Louis"
                  Feb. 11, 2024

                  Paul & Chris Calle "Triumphant Return to St Louis"

                  Est: $100 - $1,000

                  Paul Calle (American, 1928 - 2010) and Chris Calle (American, B. 1961) "Triumphant Return to St. Louis" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media painting on Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. Image Size: 8.5 x 15.75 in. Overall Size: 20 x 23 in. Unframed. (B17452 / B17453)

                  Helmuth Stone
                • Paul Calle Neil Armstrong Print
                  Jan. 27, 2024

                  Paul Calle Neil Armstrong Print

                  Est: $75 - $100

                  A 25"x 35" print of a pencil drawing by Paul Calle of Neil Armstrong. Edge and corner handling flaws, but in good shape overall. Printed Calle signature.

                  Lunar Legacies
                • Paul Calle Signed Framed Stamp Display
                  Jan. 23, 2024

                  Paul Calle Signed Framed Stamp Display

                  Est: $100 - $1,000

                  DESCRIPTION: A large framed “Conquest of Space” Limited Edition stamp display that has been hand signed by American artist Paul Calle. This display features many of his stamp designs along with a hand signed art print of the first man on the moon. It has a COA on the back side and is dated July 27, 1979 with a serial number #01085. It is nicely framed to an overall size of 18” x 21”. Paul Calle (American, 1928) was an American artist who was best known for the designs he created for postage stamps, including 40 that were released by the United States Postal Service, and others for stamps issued by the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Sweden and the United Nations. CIRCA: 1979 ORIGIN: USA DIMENSIONS: H: 18” W: 21”. CONDITION: Good condition with mild wear to the frame. Unless otherwise stated, all information provided is the opinion of our specialists. Should you have any specific questions regarding the condition of this lot, please use the ask question button or send us an email.

                  Akiba Galleries
                • Paul Calle's "One With the Land" Limited Edition Print
                  Nov. 25, 2023

                  Paul Calle's "One With the Land" Limited Edition Print

                  Est: $75 - $100

                  Paul Calle's "One With the Land" limited edition print, signed lower right and numbered 72/290 lower left. This piece is of a hunter in winter, who is holding his rifle, and has caught two ducks. This piece has been professionally double matted with acid free matting, and has been custom framed under glass. Included with a COA.

                  Oakwood Auctions
                • Paul Calle Limited Edition Artist Proof Prints
                  Nov. 18, 2023

                  Paul Calle Limited Edition Artist Proof Prints

                  Est: -

                  North American Wilderness Portfolio (6 Images). Image Measures Approximately 11in X 11.5in. Paper Size Measures Approximately 14.25in X 16.5in. All Images Are Signed And Numbered. Nr30107 Sa

                  EJ'S Auction & Appraisal
                • Paul Calle Religious Genre Painting
                  Nov. 06, 2023

                  Paul Calle Religious Genre Painting

                  Est: $300 - $500

                  Connecticut, New York,1928-2010 Religious painting depicting a highly rendered baby Jesus held by Mary who's face and hands are rendered while her clothing, Joseph, and their surroundings remain wispy white outlines. Calle studied at the Pratt Institute and was a member of the Society of Illustrators. He is best known for his stamps, Western genres, and for his work under the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

                  Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers
                • Paul Calle, 1928-2010, 1960s Robert Kennedy, mixed media
                  Nov. 03, 2023

                  Paul Calle, 1928-2010, 1960s Robert Kennedy, mixed media

                  Est: $100 - $300

                  Paul Calle 1928-2010 1960s Robert Kennedy mixed media framed.

                  Link Auction Galleries
                • Paul Calle (1928-2010), "Neil Armstrong," 1976, Offset lithograph on paper, Sheet: 29.125" H x 19.125" W
                  Aug. 29, 2023

                  Paul Calle (1928-2010), "Neil Armstrong," 1976, Offset lithograph on paper, Sheet: 29.125" H x 19.125" W

                  Est: $2,000 - $4,000

                  Paul Calle (1928-2010) "Neil Armstrong," 1976 Offset lithograph on paper Edition: 416/1000 Signed in pencil by both the astronaut and the artist: Neil Armstrong / Paul Calle; and with the original printed justification/information sheet insert and embossed and printed paper folder; National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, pub.

                  John Moran Auctioneers
                • Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting
                  Aug. 20, 2023

                  Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting

                  Est: $950 - $1,250

                  ARTIST: Paul Calle (Connecticut, New York, 1928 - 2010) & Chris Calle (US,Born 1961) NAME: Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Collection - Great Falls YEAR: 2004 MEDIUM: mixed media on paper. Paper applied to board. CONDITION: Excellent. SIGHT SIZE: 9 x 16 inches / 22 x 40 cm BOARD SIZE: 20 x 23 inches / 50 x 58 cm SIGNATURE: lower right PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation SIMILAR ARTISTS: James Bama, Martin Grelle, Gerald Harvey Jones, Frank C McCarthy, Tim Cox, Scott Christensen, Roy Andersen, John Ford Clymer, Howard Terpning, Ken Carlson, William Acheff, Bill Anton, Michael Coleman, George Catlin, Ernest Leonard Blumenschein, Carl Borg CATEGORY: antique vintage painting SKU#: 116708 US Shipping $60 + insurance. AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US BIOGRAPHY: Paul Calle, Postage Stamp Designer, Is Dead at 82 By MARGALIT FOX The cause was melanoma, said his son Chris, who is also a stamp designer. A longtime Stamford resident, Mr. Calle (pronounced KAL-ee) designed more than 40 United States stamps, licked by generations of postwar Americans. He was best known for the 10-cent stamp, commissioned by NASA and issued in 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon landing that year. His other stamps include ones honoring Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1971), Robert Frost (1974), the International Year of the Child (1979), Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan (1980), Frederic Remington (1981), Pearl S. Buck (1983), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1984) and folk-art carousel horses (1988 and again, with new artwork, in 1995). Mr. Calle's work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and elsewhere. With Chris, he designed two 1994 stamps a 29-cent first-class stamp and a $9.95 express-mail stamp commemorating the moon landing's 25th anniversary. Father and son also collaborated on stamps for Sweden, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and the United Nations. Paul Calle was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on March 3, 1928. He earned a bachelor's degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and during the Korean War was an illustrator for the Army. Early in his career, Mr. Calle did cover artwork for science-fiction pulp magazines like Galaxy, Fantasy Fiction and Super Science Stories, as well as for general-interest publications like The Saturday Evening Post. In 1962, he was among the inaugural group of artists chosen for the NASA Art Program, a documentary record of the space program that has produced thousands of works to date. Mr. Calle's early art for the program includes a pair of 5-cent stamps, issued in 1967, depicting the Gemini casule and the astronaut Ed White making the first American spacewalk in 1965. On July 16, 1969, the day Apollo 11 was launched, Mr. Calle was the only artist allowed to observe the astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, as they readied themselves for the mission eating breakfast, donning their spacesuits and the like. He captured their preparations in a series of intimate pen-and-ink sketches later exhibited at the National Air and Space Museum. That morning, when the astronauts lifted off, one of the things they carried was the engraved printing plate of Mr. Calle's commemorative stamp. As the moon lacked a post office, a proof made from the plate was hand-canceled by the men aboard the spacecraft. Mr. Calle's wife, the former Olga Wyhowanec, whom he married in 1951, died in 2003. Besides his son Chris, he is survived by another son, Paul P., a veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo; a daughter, Claudia Calle Beal; and six grandchildren. Interviewed after the moon landing, Mr. Calle divulged the secret of his rigorous craft: "When you do a stamp," he said, "think big, but draw small."

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                • Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting
                  Jul. 02, 2023

                  Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting

                  Est: $900 - $1,100

                  ARTIST: Paul Calle (Connecticut, New York, 1928 - 2010) & Chris Calle (US,Born 1961) NAME: First 4th of July YEAR: 2004 MEDIUM: Mixed media on board CONDITION: Excellent. SIGHT SIZE: 8 x 16 inches / 20 x 40 cm BOARD SIZE: 15 x 23 inches / 38 x 58 cm SIGNATURE: lower right PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. SIMILAR ARTISTS: James Bama, Martin Grelle, Gerald Harvey Jones, Frank C McCarthy, Tim Cox, Scott Christensen, Roy Andersen, John Ford Clymer, Howard Terpning, Ken Carlson, William Acheff, Bill Anton, Michael Coleman, George Catlin, Ernest Leonard Blumenschein, Carl Borg CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117896 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Paul Calle, Postage Stamp Designer, Is Dead at 82 By MARGALIT FOX The cause was melanoma, said his son Chris, who is also a stamp designer. A longtime Stamford resident, Mr. Calle (pronounced KAL-ee) designed more than 40 United States stamps, licked by generations of postwar Americans. He was best known for the 10-cent stamp, commissioned by NASA and issued in 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon landing that year. His other stamps include ones honoring Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1971), Robert Frost (1974), the International Year of the Child (1979), Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan (1980), Frederic Remington (1981), Pearl S. Buck (1983), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1984) and folk-art carousel horses (1988 and again, with new artwork, in 1995). Mr. Calle's work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and elsewhere. With Chris, he designed two 1994 stamps a 29-cent first-class stamp and a $9.95 express-mail stamp commemorating the moon landing's 25th anniversary. Father and son also collaborated on stamps for Sweden, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and the United Nations. Paul Calle was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on March 3, 1928. He earned a bachelor's degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and during the Korean War was an illustrator for the Army. Early in his career, Mr. Calle did cover artwork for science-fiction pulp magazines like Galaxy, Fantasy Fiction and Super Science Stories, as well as for general-interest publications like The Saturday Evening Post. In 1962, he was among the inaugural group of artists chosen for the NASA Art Program, a documentary record of the space program that has produced thousands of works to date. Mr. Calle's early art for the program includes a pair of 5-cent stamps, issued in 1967, depicting the Gemini casule and the astronaut Ed White making the first American spacewalk in 1965. On July 16, 1969, the day Apollo 11 was launched, Mr. Calle was the only artist allowed to observe the astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, as they readied themselves for the mission eating breakfast, donning their spacesuits and the like. He captured their preparations in a series of intimate pen-and-ink sketches later exhibited at the National Air and Space Museum. That morning, when the astronauts lifted off, one of the things they carried was the engraved printing plate of Mr. Calle's commemorative stamp. As the moon lacked a post office, a proof made from the plate was hand-canceled by the men aboard the spacecraft. Mr. Calle's wife, the former Olga Wyhowanec, whom he married in 1951, died in 2003. Besides his son Chris, he is survived by another son, Paul P., a veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo; a daughter, Claudia Calle Beal; and six grandchildren. Interviewed after the moon landing, Mr. Calle divulged the secret of his rigorous craft: "When you do a stamp," he said, "think big, but draw small."

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                • LOT OF 5 PAUL CALLE LIMITED EDITION WESTERN ART PRINTS
                  Jun. 25, 2023

                  LOT OF 5 PAUL CALLE LIMITED EDITION WESTERN ART PRINTS

                  Est: -

                  Lot of 5 Paul Calle Limited Edition Western Art Prints. Includes titles: "Companions", "Two From The Flock", "Mountain Man", "Chief High Pipe", "Chief Joseph." All pieces are Signed and numbered by the artist in the lower margins. Comes in original portfolio. Paul Calle was an American artist who was best known for the designs he created for postage stamps, including 40 that were released by the United States Postal Service, and others for stamps issued by the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Sweden and the United Nations Keywords: Native American, Indian; Ref: BD1043

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                • LOT OF 5 PAUL CALLE LIMITED EDITION WESTERN ART PRINTS
                  Jun. 25, 2023

                  LOT OF 5 PAUL CALLE LIMITED EDITION WESTERN ART PRINTS

                  Est: -

                  Lot of 5 Paul Calle Limited Edition Western Art Prints. Includes titles: "Free Trappers Study", "Strays From The Fly Away", "One With The Land", "Return To Camp", "Just Over The Ridge", "Andrew At The Falls". All pieces are signed limited editions and come in original portfolios. Paul Calle was an American artist who was best known for the designs he created for postage stamps, including 40 that were released by the United States Postal Service, and others for stamps issued by the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Sweden and the United Nations. Keywords: Western, Artwork; Ref: BD1043

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                • LOT OF 5 PAUL CALLE LIMITED EDITION WESTERN ART PRINTS
                  Jun. 25, 2023

                  LOT OF 5 PAUL CALLE LIMITED EDITION WESTERN ART PRINTS

                  Est: -

                  Lot of 5 Paul Calle Limited Edition Western Art Prints. Includes titles: "Fresh Tracks", "A Winter Surprise", "Chief High Pipe", "Friends", "Almost Home". All pieces are signed limited editions and come in original portfolios. Paul Calle was an American artist who was best known for the designs he created for postage stamps, including 40 that were released by the United States Postal Service, and others for stamps issued by the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Sweden and the United Nations. Keywords: Western, Artwork; Ref: BD1043

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                • LOT OF 6 PAUL CALLE LIMITED EDITION WESTERN ART PRINTS
                  Jun. 25, 2023

                  LOT OF 6 PAUL CALLE LIMITED EDITION WESTERN ART PRINTS

                  Est: -

                  Lot of 6 Paul Calle Limited Edition Western Art Prints. Includes titles: "Chief High Pipe", "Two From The Flock", In Search Of Beaver", "Return To Camp", "When Snow Came Early", "Pause At The Lower Falls". All pieces are signed limited editions and come in original portfolios. Paul Calle was an American artist who was best known for the designs he created for postage stamps, including 40 that were released by the United States Postal Service, and others for stamps issued by the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Sweden and the United Nations. Keywords: Western, Artwork; Ref: BD1043

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                • LOT OF 6 PAUL CALLE LIMITED EDITION WESTERN ART PRINTS
                  Jun. 25, 2023

                  LOT OF 6 PAUL CALLE LIMITED EDITION WESTERN ART PRINTS

                  Est: -

                  Lot of 6 Paul Calle Limited Edition Western Art Prints. Includes titles: "Sioux Chief", "Two From The Flock", In Search Of Beaver", "The Snow Hunter", "Teton Friends", "End Of A Long Day". All pieces are signed limited editions and come in original portfolios. Paul Calle was an American artist who was best known for the designs he created for postage stamps, including 40 that were released by the United States Postal Service, and others for stamps issued by the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Sweden and the United Nations. Keywords: Western, Artwork; Ref: BD1043

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                • LOT OF 5 PAUL CALLE LIMITED EDITION WESTERN ART PRINTS
                  Jun. 25, 2023

                  LOT OF 5 PAUL CALLE LIMITED EDITION WESTERN ART PRINTS

                  Est: -

                  Lot of 5 Paul Calle Limited Edition Western Art Prints. Includes titles: "Companions", "Hear Me O Great Spirit", "When Trails Cross", "Teton Friends", "End Of A Long Day." All pieces are Signed and numbered by the artist in the lower margins. Comes in original portfolio. Paul Calle was an American artist who was best known for the designs he created for postage stamps, including 40 that were released by the United States Postal Service, and others for stamps issued by the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Sweden and the United Nations Keywords: Native American, Indian; Ref: BD1043

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                • Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting
                  Jun. 11, 2023

                  Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting

                  Est: $550 - $700

                  ARTIST: Paul Calle (Connecticut, New York, 1928 - 2010) & Chris Calle (US,Born 1961) NAME: Archeology Reveals Glories YEAR: 1998 MEDIUM: mixed media on board CONDITION: Excellent. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 14 inches / 25 x 35 cm BOARD SIZE: 15 x 20 inches / 38 x 50 cm SIGNATURE: lower right NOTE: This painting originally appeared on the Republic of the Marshall Islands The 20th Century series 60c Archaeology Reveals Past Glories stamp issued March 16, 1998. One of the greatest archeological finds of the 20th century was made in 1922 -- the discovery of the undisturbed tomb of Tutankhamen by Britain's Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter. Tutankhamen, a pharaoh of Egypt's 18th Dynasty, died around 1350 B.C. at the tender age of 18 or 19. For over 3,000 years Tutankhamen's tomb had lain forgotten in the harsh desert of the Valley of the Kings. Not since the discovery of the Rosetta Stone had the field of archaeology been so abuzz with excitement. Thousands of priceless objects were found in the tomb -- including the pharaoh's expertly-preserved mummified body and the solid gold sarcophagus. As newspapers around the globe feverishly covered the event, the whole world was soon caught up in the fascinating details concerning the discovery of the long-dead pharaoh and his fabulous treasures. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120445 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Paul Calle, Postage Stamp Designer, Is Dead at 82 By MARGALIT FOX The cause was melanoma, said his son Chris, who is also a stamp designer. A longtime Stamford resident, Mr. Calle (pronounced KAL-ee) designed more than 40 United States stamps, licked by generations of postwar Americans. He was best known for the 10-cent stamp, commissioned by NASA and issued in 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon landing that year. His other stamps include ones honoring Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1971), Robert Frost (1974), the International Year of the Child (1979), Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan (1980), Frederic Remington (1981), Pearl S. Buck (1983), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1984) and folk-art carousel horses (1988 and again, with new artwork, in 1995). Mr. Calle's work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and elsewhere. With Chris, he designed two 1994 stamps a 29-cent first-class stamp and a $9.95 express-mail stamp commemorating the moon landing's 25th anniversary. Father and son also collaborated on stamps for Sweden, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and the United Nations. Paul Calle was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on March 3, 1928. He earned a bachelor's degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and during the Korean War was an illustrator for the Army. Early in his career, Mr. Calle did cover artwork for science-fiction pulp magazines like Galaxy, Fantasy Fiction and Super Science Stories, as well as for general-interest publications like The Saturday Evening Post. In 1962, he was among the inaugural group of artists chosen for the NASA Art Program, a documentary record of the space program that has produced thousands of works to date. Mr. Calle's early art for the program includes a pair of 5-cent stamps, issued in 1967, depicting the Gemini casule and the astronaut Ed White making the first American spacewalk in 1965. On July 16, 1969, the day Apollo 11 was launched, Mr. Calle was the only artist allowed to observe the astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, as they readied themselves for the mission eating breakfast, donning their spacesuits and the like. He captured their preparations in a series of intimate pen-and-ink sketches later exhibited at the National Air and Space Museum. That morning, when the astronauts lifted off, one of the things they carried was the engraved printing plate of Mr. Calle's commemorative stamp. As the moon lacked a post office, a proof made from the plate was hand-canceled by the men aboard the spacecraft. Mr. Calle's wife, the former Olga Wyhowanec, whom he married in 1951, died in 2003. Besides his son Chris, he is survived by another son, Paul P., a veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo; a daughter, Claudia Calle Beal; and six grandchildren. Interviewed after the moon landing, Mr. Calle divulged the secret of his rigorous craft: "When you do a stamp," he said, "think big, but draw small."

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                • Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting
                  Jun. 11, 2023

                  Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting

                  Est: $700 - $900

                  ARTIST: Paul Calle (Connecticut, New York, 1928 - 2010) & Chris Calle (US,Born 1961) NAME: 1920s - Prohibition YEAR: 1998 MEDIUM: mixed media on board CONDITION: Excellent. SIGHT SIZE: 17 x 14 inches / 43 x 35 cm BOARD SIZE: 23 x 16 inches / 58 x 40 cm SIGNATURE: lower right NOTE: This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. Celebrate the Century Series 32c Prohibition Enforced stamp issued May 28, 1998. On October 28, 1919, the Volstead Act was passed, providing enforcement of the recently ratified 18th Amendment, prohibiting the manufacture, sale or transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States. President Herbert Hoover declared Prohibition to be "a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose." Most Americans, however, tended to disagree, especially those living in cities where illegal saloons or speakeasies flourished. Along with speakeasies came the men who supplied the illicit spirits, gangsters such as Frank Costello and Al Capone. Before long, the explosive growth of bootlegging and organized crime led to the broad corruption of public officials. Fewer than 1,600 liquor enforcement agents patrolled a nation inhabited by more than 105 million people, which possessed two lengthy borders and more than 18,000 miles of coastline. And since agents were paid miserable wages, few were dedicated to their work. Two notable exceptions were agents Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith -- famous for donning elaborate disguises to catch offenders. Calls for repeal of Prohibition began as early as 1923. It wasn't until February 20, 1933, however, that Congress passed the 21st Amendment, repealing the 18th Amendment and making liquor legal again. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. SIMILAR ARTISTS: James Bama, Martin Grelle, Gerald Harvey Jones, Frank C McCarthy, Tim Cox, Scott Christensen, Roy Andersen, John Ford Clymer, Howard Terpning, Ken Carlson, William Acheff, Bill Anton, Michael Coleman, George Catlin, Ernest Leonard Blumenschein, Carl Borg CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 118692 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Paul Calle, Postage Stamp Designer, Is Dead at 82 By MARGALIT FOX The cause was melanoma, said his son Chris, who is also a stamp designer. A longtime Stamford resident, Mr. Calle (pronounced KAL-ee) designed more than 40 United States stamps, licked by generations of postwar Americans. He was best known for the 10-cent stamp, commissioned by NASA and issued in 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon landing that year. His other stamps include ones honoring Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1971), Robert Frost (1974), the International Year of the Child (1979), Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan (1980), Frederic Remington (1981), Pearl S. Buck (1983), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1984) and folk-art carousel horses (1988 and again, with new artwork, in 1995). Mr. Calle's work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and elsewhere. With Chris, he designed two 1994 stamps a 29-cent first-class stamp and a $9.95 express-mail stamp commemorating the moon landing's 25th anniversary. Father and son also collaborated on stamps for Sweden, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and the United Nations. Paul Calle was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on March 3, 1928. He earned a bachelor's degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and during the Korean War was an illustrator for the Army. Early in his career, Mr. Calle did cover artwork for science-fiction pulp magazines like Galaxy, Fantasy Fiction and Super Science Stories, as well as for general-interest publications like The Saturday Evening Post. In 1962, he was among the inaugural group of artists chosen for the NASA Art Program, a documentary record of the space program that has produced thousands of works to date. Mr. Calle's early art for the program includes a pair of 5-cent stamps, issued in 1967, depicting the Gemini casule and the astronaut Ed White making the first American spacewalk in 1965. On July 16, 1969, the day Apollo 11 was launched, Mr. Calle was the only artist allowed to observe the astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, as they readied themselves for the mission eating breakfast, donning their spacesuits and the like. He captured their preparations in a series of intimate pen-and-ink sketches later exhibited at the National Air and Space Museum. That morning, when the astronauts lifted off, one of the things they carried was the engraved printing plate of Mr. Calle's commemorative stamp. As the moon lacked a post office, a proof made from the plate was hand-canceled by the men aboard the spacecraft. Mr. Calle's wife, the former Olga Wyhowanec, whom he married in 1951, died in 2003. Besides his son Chris, he is survived by another son, Paul P., a veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo; a daughter, Claudia Calle Beal; and six grandchildren. Interviewed after the moon landing, Mr. Calle divulged the secret of his rigorous craft: "When you do a stamp," he said, "think big, but draw small."

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                • Paul Calle (American, 1928), ‘Strays From the Flyway’, Chromolithograph, Frame: 30 x 35 1/2 in. (76.2 x 90.2 cm.)
                  Jun. 06, 2023

                  Paul Calle (American, 1928), ‘Strays From the Flyway’, Chromolithograph, Frame: 30 x 35 1/2 in. (76.2 x 90.2 cm.)

                  Est: $100 - $200

                  Paul Calle (American, 1928), ‘Strays From the Flyway', Chromolithograph, Pencil signed and numbered 886/950

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                • Paul Calle (American, 1928), Two From the Flock, Chromolithograph Frame: 33 x 44 in. (83.8 x 111.8 cm.)
                  Jun. 06, 2023

                  Paul Calle (American, 1928), Two From the Flock, Chromolithograph Frame: 33 x 44 in. (83.8 x 111.8 cm.)

                  Est: $100 - $200

                  Paul Calle (American, 1928), Two From the Flock, Chromolithograph Pencil signed and numbered, publishers proof

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                • Paul Calle (American, 1928), ‘Chance Encounter’, Chromolithograph, Frame: 32 1/2 x 41 3/4 in. (82.6 x 106 cm.)
                  Jun. 06, 2023

                  Paul Calle (American, 1928), ‘Chance Encounter’, Chromolithograph, Frame: 32 1/2 x 41 3/4 in. (82.6 x 106 cm.)

                  Est: $100 - $200

                  Paul Calle (American, 1928), ‘Chance Encounter', Chromolithograph, Pencil signed and numbered 356/950

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                • Paul Calle & Chris Calle "1930s - Bobby Jones" WC
                  Jun. 04, 2023

                  Paul Calle & Chris Calle "1930s - Bobby Jones" WC

                  Est: $100 - $1,000

                  Paul Calle (1928 - 2010) and Chris Calle (B. 1961) "1930s - Bobby Jones & Golfing" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media on Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original which was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. 32c Bobby Jones/1930's 20th Century stamps issued September 10, 1998. Those who knew Bobby Jones as a child would never have expected that he would one day become a golfing legend -- the greatest amateur ever to play the game. He was frail and awkward looking, with a head too large for his body. He also suffered from a digestive ailment that doctors believed would kill him before he was fully grown. Yet Jones became the first man to win golf's coveted grand slam, winning in a single year the four major tournaments of the time. In 1930 he captured the the U.S. Open, the British Open, the U.S. Amateur and the British Amateur titles, then promptly retired at the age of 28 with nothing left to prove. In a seven year span (1923-1930) he won 13 of the 27 major tournaments he played in. Although Jones attracted huge galleries and helped make golf a major sport, he was a practicing lawyer who never played the game for money. In retirement, Jones made a series of motion picture shorts demonstrating the basics of the golf swing. But perhaps his greatest contribution to golf came when he helped convert a botanical garden in Augusta, Georgia, into the most revered golf course in the nation, then founded the tournament bearing the one name that would do it justice -- the Masters. Image Size: 16.5 x 11.5 in. Overall Size: 20 x 16 in. Unframed. (B16178 / B16179)

                  Helmuth Stone
                • Paul Calle's "Interrupted Journey" Limited Edition Print
                  May. 20, 2023

                  Paul Calle's "Interrupted Journey" Limited Edition Print

                  Est: $50 - $60

                  Paul Calle's "Interrupted Journey" limited edition print, signed lower right and numbered 989/1750 lower left. This piece is of a hunter who has caught two geese, in the middle of winter. This print is in mint condition, and has been professionally triple matted, and custom framed under glass.

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                • Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting
                  May. 14, 2023

                  Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting

                  Est: $1,000 - $1,300

                  ARTIST: Paul Calle (Connecticut, New York, 1928 - 2010) & Chris Calle (US,Born 1961) NAME: Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Collection - Great Falls YEAR: 2004 MEDIUM: mixed media on paper. Paper applied to board. CONDITION: Excellent. SIGHT SIZE: 9 x 16 inches / 22 x 40 cm BOARD SIZE: 20 x 23 inches / 50 x 58 cm SIGNATURE: lower right PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation SIMILAR ARTISTS: James Bama, Martin Grelle, Gerald Harvey Jones, Frank C McCarthy, Tim Cox, Scott Christensen, Roy Andersen, John Ford Clymer, Howard Terpning, Ken Carlson, William Acheff, Bill Anton, Michael Coleman, George Catlin, Ernest Leonard Blumenschein, Carl Borg CATEGORY: antique vintage painting SKU#: 116708 US Shipping $60 + insurance. AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US BIOGRAPHY: Paul Calle, Postage Stamp Designer, Is Dead at 82 By MARGALIT FOX The cause was melanoma, said his son Chris, who is also a stamp designer. A longtime Stamford resident, Mr. Calle (pronounced KAL-ee) designed more than 40 United States stamps, licked by generations of postwar Americans. He was best known for the 10-cent stamp, commissioned by NASA and issued in 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon landing that year. His other stamps include ones honoring Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1971), Robert Frost (1974), the International Year of the Child (1979), Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan (1980), Frederic Remington (1981), Pearl S. Buck (1983), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1984) and folk-art carousel horses (1988 and again, with new artwork, in 1995). Mr. Calle's work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and elsewhere. With Chris, he designed two 1994 stamps a 29-cent first-class stamp and a $9.95 express-mail stamp commemorating the moon landing's 25th anniversary. Father and son also collaborated on stamps for Sweden, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and the United Nations. Paul Calle was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on March 3, 1928. He earned a bachelor's degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and during the Korean War was an illustrator for the Army. Early in his career, Mr. Calle did cover artwork for science-fiction pulp magazines like Galaxy, Fantasy Fiction and Super Science Stories, as well as for general-interest publications like The Saturday Evening Post. In 1962, he was among the inaugural group of artists chosen for the NASA Art Program, a documentary record of the space program that has produced thousands of works to date. Mr. Calle's early art for the program includes a pair of 5-cent stamps, issued in 1967, depicting the Gemini casule and the astronaut Ed White making the first American spacewalk in 1965. On July 16, 1969, the day Apollo 11 was launched, Mr. Calle was the only artist allowed to observe the astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, as they readied themselves for the mission eating breakfast, donning their spacesuits and the like. He captured their preparations in a series of intimate pen-and-ink sketches later exhibited at the National Air and Space Museum. That morning, when the astronauts lifted off, one of the things they carried was the engraved printing plate of Mr. Calle's commemorative stamp. As the moon lacked a post office, a proof made from the plate was hand-canceled by the men aboard the spacecraft. Mr. Calle's wife, the former Olga Wyhowanec, whom he married in 1951, died in 2003. Besides his son Chris, he is survived by another son, Paul P., a veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo; a daughter, Claudia Calle Beal; and six grandchildren. Interviewed after the moon landing, Mr. Calle divulged the secret of his rigorous craft: "When you do a stamp," he said, "think big, but draw small."

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                • Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting
                  May. 14, 2023

                  Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting

                  Est: $800 - $1,000

                  ARTIST: Paul Calle (Connecticut, New York, 1928 - 2010) & Chris Calle (US,Born 1961) NAME: Illustration - 1920s - The Scourge of Fascism Arrives YEAR: 1998 MEDIUM: mixed media on board CONDITION: Very good. SIGHT SIZE: 9 x 13 inches / 22 x 33 cm BOARD SIZE: 15 x 20 inches / 38 x 50 cm SIGNATURE: lower right NOTE: has publishing house labels on verso PROVENANCE: (has original gallery label on verso) SIMILAR ARTISTS: James Bama, Martin Grelle, Gerald Harvey Jones, Frank C McCarthy, Tim Cox, Scott Christensen, Roy Andersen, John Ford Clymer, Howard Terpning, Ken Carlson, William Acheff, Bill Anton, Michael Coleman, George Catlin, Ernest Leonard Blumenschein, Carl Borg CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117597 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Paul Calle, Postage Stamp Designer, Is Dead at 82 By MARGALIT FOX The cause was melanoma, said his son Chris, who is also a stamp designer. A longtime Stamford resident, Mr. Calle (pronounced KAL-ee) designed more than 40 United States stamps, licked by generations of postwar Americans. He was best known for the 10-cent stamp, commissioned by NASA and issued in 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon landing that year. His other stamps include ones honoring Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1971), Robert Frost (1974), the International Year of the Child (1979), Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan (1980), Frederic Remington (1981), Pearl S. Buck (1983), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1984) and folk-art carousel horses (1988 and again, with new artwork, in 1995). Mr. Calle's work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and elsewhere. With Chris, he designed two 1994 stamps a 29-cent first-class stamp and a $9.95 express-mail stamp commemorating the moon landing's 25th anniversary. Father and son also collaborated on stamps for Sweden, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and the United Nations. Paul Calle was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on March 3, 1928. He earned a bachelor's degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and during the Korean War was an illustrator for the Army. Early in his career, Mr. Calle did cover artwork for science-fiction pulp magazines like Galaxy, Fantasy Fiction and Super Science Stories, as well as for general-interest publications like The Saturday Evening Post. In 1962, he was among the inaugural group of artists chosen for the NASA Art Program, a documentary record of the space program that has produced thousands of works to date. Mr. Calle's early art for the program includes a pair of 5-cent stamps, issued in 1967, depicting the Gemini casule and the astronaut Ed White making the first American spacewalk in 1965. On July 16, 1969, the day Apollo 11 was launched, Mr. Calle was the only artist allowed to observe the astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, as they readied themselves for the mission eating breakfast, donning their spacesuits and the like. He captured their preparations in a series of intimate pen-and-ink sketches later exhibited at the National Air and Space Museum. That morning, when the astronauts lifted off, one of the things they carried was the engraved printing plate of Mr. Calle's commemorative stamp. As the moon lacked a post office, a proof made from the plate was hand-canceled by the men aboard the spacecraft. Mr. Calle's wife, the former Olga Wyhowanec, whom he married in 1951, died in 2003. Besides his son Chris, he is survived by another son, Paul P., a veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo; a daughter, Claudia Calle Beal; and six grandchildren. Interviewed after the moon landing, Mr. Calle divulged the secret of his rigorous craft: "When you do a stamp," he said, "think big, but draw small."

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                • ATTRACTIVE FRAMED DECORATIVE ART GROUP
                  Apr. 26, 2023

                  ATTRACTIVE FRAMED DECORATIVE ART GROUP

                  Est: $50 - $75

                  ATTRACTIVE FRAMED DECORATIVE ART GROUP. Including a Paul Calle (American 1928 - 2010) signed lithograph "Almost Home," contained in a glazed frame overall measuring 24 inches x 28.25 inches, a reproduction Currier and Ives "Rocky Mountains" print, contained in a glazed frame overall measuring 19.5 inches x 23.25 inches, and a gold foil double hemisphere world map, contained in a glazed frame overall measuring 30.5 inches x 40.25 inches. SHIPPING NOTICE: Jackson's is your sole and only source for one stop packing and shipping. With over 50 years of experience, our professional, affordable and efficient in-house shipping department will be happy to provide you a fair and reasonable shipping quote on this lot. Simply email us before the auction for a quick quote: shipping@jacksonsauction.com or call 1-800-665-6743. Jackson's can expertly pack and ship to meet any of your needs. To ensure quality control Jackson's DOES NOT release to third party shippers.

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                • Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting
                  Apr. 09, 2023

                  Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting

                  Est: $600 - $750

                  ARTIST: Paul Calle (Connecticut, New York, 1928 - 2010) & Chris Calle (US,Born 1961) NAME: Seneca Indian Portrait YEAR: 2004 MEDIUM: mixed media on board CONDITION: Excellent. SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 12 inches / 35 x 30 cm BOARD SIZE: 23 x 16 inches / 58 x 40 cm SIGNATURE: lower right PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation SIMILAR ARTISTS: James Bama, Martin Grelle, Gerald Harvey Jones, Frank C McCarthy, Tim Cox, Scott Christensen, Roy Andersen, John Ford Clymer, Howard Terpning, Ken Carlson, William Acheff, Bill Anton, Michael Coleman, George Catlin, Ernest Leonard Blumenschein, Carl Borg CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117897 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Paul Calle, Postage Stamp Designer, Is Dead at 82 By MARGALIT FOX The cause was melanoma, said his son Chris, who is also a stamp designer. A longtime Stamford resident, Mr. Calle (pronounced KAL-ee) designed more than 40 United States stamps, licked by generations of postwar Americans. He was best known for the 10-cent stamp, commissioned by NASA and issued in 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon landing that year. His other stamps include ones honoring Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1971), Robert Frost (1974), the International Year of the Child (1979), Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan (1980), Frederic Remington (1981), Pearl S. Buck (1983), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1984) and folk-art carousel horses (1988 and again, with new artwork, in 1995). Mr. Calle's work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and elsewhere. With Chris, he designed two 1994 stamps a 29-cent first-class stamp and a $9.95 express-mail stamp commemorating the moon landing's 25th anniversary. Father and son also collaborated on stamps for Sweden, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and the United Nations. Paul Calle was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on March 3, 1928. He earned a bachelor's degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and during the Korean War was an illustrator for the Army. Early in his career, Mr. Calle did cover artwork for science-fiction pulp magazines like Galaxy, Fantasy Fiction and Super Science Stories, as well as for general-interest publications like The Saturday Evening Post. In 1962, he was among the inaugural group of artists chosen for the NASA Art Program, a documentary record of the space program that has produced thousands of works to date. Mr. Calle's early art for the program includes a pair of 5-cent stamps, issued in 1967, depicting the Gemini casule and the astronaut Ed White making the first American spacewalk in 1965. On July 16, 1969, the day Apollo 11 was launched, Mr. Calle was the only artist allowed to observe the astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, as they readied themselves for the mission eating breakfast, donning their spacesuits and the like. He captured their preparations in a series of intimate pen-and-ink sketches later exhibited at the National Air and Space Museum. That morning, when the astronauts lifted off, one of the things they carried was the engraved printing plate of Mr. Calle's commemorative stamp. As the moon lacked a post office, a proof made from the plate was hand-canceled by the men aboard the spacecraft. Mr. Calle's wife, the former Olga Wyhowanec, whom he married in 1951, died in 2003. Besides his son Chris, he is survived by another son, Paul P., a veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo; a daughter, Claudia Calle Beal; and six grandchildren. Interviewed after the moon landing, Mr. Calle divulged the secret of his rigorous craft: "When you do a stamp," he said, "think big, but draw small."

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                • Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting
                  Apr. 09, 2023

                  Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting

                  Est: $950 - $1,200

                  ARTIST: Paul Calle (Connecticut, New York, 1928 - 2010) & Chris Calle (US,Born 1961) NAME: First 4th of July YEAR: 2004 MEDIUM: Mixed media on board CONDITION: Excellent. SIGHT SIZE: 8 x 16 inches / 20 x 40 cm BOARD SIZE: 15 x 23 inches / 38 x 58 cm SIGNATURE: lower right PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. SIMILAR ARTISTS: James Bama, Martin Grelle, Gerald Harvey Jones, Frank C McCarthy, Tim Cox, Scott Christensen, Roy Andersen, John Ford Clymer, Howard Terpning, Ken Carlson, William Acheff, Bill Anton, Michael Coleman, George Catlin, Ernest Leonard Blumenschein, Carl Borg CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117896 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Paul Calle, Postage Stamp Designer, Is Dead at 82 By MARGALIT FOX The cause was melanoma, said his son Chris, who is also a stamp designer. A longtime Stamford resident, Mr. Calle (pronounced KAL-ee) designed more than 40 United States stamps, licked by generations of postwar Americans. He was best known for the 10-cent stamp, commissioned by NASA and issued in 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon landing that year. His other stamps include ones honoring Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1971), Robert Frost (1974), the International Year of the Child (1979), Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan (1980), Frederic Remington (1981), Pearl S. Buck (1983), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1984) and folk-art carousel horses (1988 and again, with new artwork, in 1995). Mr. Calle's work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and elsewhere. With Chris, he designed two 1994 stamps a 29-cent first-class stamp and a $9.95 express-mail stamp commemorating the moon landing's 25th anniversary. Father and son also collaborated on stamps for Sweden, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and the United Nations. Paul Calle was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on March 3, 1928. He earned a bachelor's degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and during the Korean War was an illustrator for the Army. Early in his career, Mr. Calle did cover artwork for science-fiction pulp magazines like Galaxy, Fantasy Fiction and Super Science Stories, as well as for general-interest publications like The Saturday Evening Post. In 1962, he was among the inaugural group of artists chosen for the NASA Art Program, a documentary record of the space program that has produced thousands of works to date. Mr. Calle's early art for the program includes a pair of 5-cent stamps, issued in 1967, depicting the Gemini casule and the astronaut Ed White making the first American spacewalk in 1965. On July 16, 1969, the day Apollo 11 was launched, Mr. Calle was the only artist allowed to observe the astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, as they readied themselves for the mission eating breakfast, donning their spacesuits and the like. He captured their preparations in a series of intimate pen-and-ink sketches later exhibited at the National Air and Space Museum. That morning, when the astronauts lifted off, one of the things they carried was the engraved printing plate of Mr. Calle's commemorative stamp. As the moon lacked a post office, a proof made from the plate was hand-canceled by the men aboard the spacecraft. Mr. Calle's wife, the former Olga Wyhowanec, whom he married in 1951, died in 2003. Besides his son Chris, he is survived by another son, Paul P., a veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo; a daughter, Claudia Calle Beal; and six grandchildren. Interviewed after the moon landing, Mr. Calle divulged the secret of his rigorous craft: "When you do a stamp," he said, "think big, but draw small."

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                • Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting
                  Apr. 09, 2023

                  Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting

                  Est: $1,050 - $1,350

                  ARTIST: Paul Calle (Connecticut, New York, 1928 - 2010) & Chris Calle (US,Born 1961) NAME: Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Collection - Hired Sacagawea, Charbonneau YEAR: 2004 MEDIUM: mixed media on paper. Paper applied to board. CONDITION: Excellent. SIGHT SIZE: 8 x 15 inches / 20 x 38 cm BOARD SIZE: 20 x 23 inches / 50 x 58 cm SIGNATURE: lower right PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. SIMILAR ARTISTS: James Bama, Martin Grelle, Gerald Harvey Jones, Frank C McCarthy, Tim Cox, Scott Christensen, Roy Andersen, John Ford Clymer, Howard Terpning, Ken Carlson, William Acheff, Bill Anton, Michael Coleman, George Catlin, Ernest Leonard Blumenschein, Carl Borg CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117350 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Paul Calle, Postage Stamp Designer, Is Dead at 82 By MARGALIT FOX The cause was melanoma, said his son Chris, who is also a stamp designer. A longtime Stamford resident, Mr. Calle (pronounced KAL-ee) designed more than 40 United States stamps, licked by generations of postwar Americans. He was best known for the 10-cent stamp, commissioned by NASA and issued in 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon landing that year. His other stamps include ones honoring Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1971), Robert Frost (1974), the International Year of the Child (1979), Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan (1980), Frederic Remington (1981), Pearl S. Buck (1983), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1984) and folk-art carousel horses (1988 and again, with new artwork, in 1995). Mr. Calle's work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and elsewhere. With Chris, he designed two 1994 stamps a 29-cent first-class stamp and a $9.95 express-mail stamp commemorating the moon landing's 25th anniversary. Father and son also collaborated on stamps for Sweden, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and the United Nations. Paul Calle was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on March 3, 1928. He earned a bachelor's degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and during the Korean War was an illustrator for the Army. Early in his career, Mr. Calle did cover artwork for science-fiction pulp magazines like Galaxy, Fantasy Fiction and Super Science Stories, as well as for general-interest publications like The Saturday Evening Post. In 1962, he was among the inaugural group of artists chosen for the NASA Art Program, a documentary record of the space program that has produced thousands of works to date. Mr. Calle's early art for the program includes a pair of 5-cent stamps, issued in 1967, depicting the Gemini casule and the astronaut Ed White making the first American spacewalk in 1965. On July 16, 1969, the day Apollo 11 was launched, Mr. Calle was the only artist allowed to observe the astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, as they readied themselves for the mission eating breakfast, donning their spacesuits and the like. He captured their preparations in a series of intimate pen-and-ink sketches later exhibited at the National Air and Space Museum. That morning, when the astronauts lifted off, one of the things they carried was the engraved printing plate of Mr. Calle's commemorative stamp. As the moon lacked a post office, a proof made from the plate was hand-canceled by the men aboard the spacecraft. Mr. Calle's wife, the former Olga Wyhowanec, whom he married in 1951, died in 2003. Besides his son Chris, he is survived by another son, Paul P., a veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo; a daughter, Claudia Calle Beal; and six grandchildren. Interviewed after the moon landing, Mr. Calle divulged the secret of his rigorous craft: "When you do a stamp," he said, "think big, but draw small."

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                • Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting
                  Mar. 12, 2023

                  Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting

                  Est: $575 - $750

                  ARTIST: Paul Calle (Connecticut, New York, 1928 - 2010) & Chris Calle (US,Born 1961) NAME: Archeology Reveals Glories YEAR: 1998 MEDIUM: mixed media on board CONDITION: Excellent. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 14 inches / 25 x 35 cm BOARD SIZE: 15 x 20 inches / 38 x 50 cm SIGNATURE: lower right NOTE: This painting originally appeared on the Republic of the Marshall Islands The 20th Century series 60c Archaeology Reveals Past Glories stamp issued March 16, 1998. One of the greatest archeological finds of the 20th century was made in 1922 -- the discovery of the undisturbed tomb of Tutankhamen by Britain's Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter. Tutankhamen, a pharaoh of Egypt's 18th Dynasty, died around 1350 B.C. at the tender age of 18 or 19. For over 3,000 years Tutankhamen's tomb had lain forgotten in the harsh desert of the Valley of the Kings. Not since the discovery of the Rosetta Stone had the field of archaeology been so abuzz with excitement. Thousands of priceless objects were found in the tomb -- including the pharaoh's expertly-preserved mummified body and the solid gold sarcophagus. As newspapers around the globe feverishly covered the event, the whole world was soon caught up in the fascinating details concerning the discovery of the long-dead pharaoh and his fabulous treasures. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120445 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Paul Calle, Postage Stamp Designer, Is Dead at 82 By MARGALIT FOX The cause was melanoma, said his son Chris, who is also a stamp designer. A longtime Stamford resident, Mr. Calle (pronounced KAL-ee) designed more than 40 United States stamps, licked by generations of postwar Americans. He was best known for the 10-cent stamp, commissioned by NASA and issued in 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon landing that year. His other stamps include ones honoring Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1971), Robert Frost (1974), the International Year of the Child (1979), Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan (1980), Frederic Remington (1981), Pearl S. Buck (1983), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1984) and folk-art carousel horses (1988 and again, with new artwork, in 1995). Mr. Calle's work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and elsewhere. With Chris, he designed two 1994 stamps a 29-cent first-class stamp and a $9.95 express-mail stamp commemorating the moon landing's 25th anniversary. Father and son also collaborated on stamps for Sweden, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and the United Nations. Paul Calle was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on March 3, 1928. He earned a bachelor's degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and during the Korean War was an illustrator for the Army. Early in his career, Mr. Calle did cover artwork for science-fiction pulp magazines like Galaxy, Fantasy Fiction and Super Science Stories, as well as for general-interest publications like The Saturday Evening Post. In 1962, he was among the inaugural group of artists chosen for the NASA Art Program, a documentary record of the space program that has produced thousands of works to date. Mr. Calle's early art for the program includes a pair of 5-cent stamps, issued in 1967, depicting the Gemini casule and the astronaut Ed White making the first American spacewalk in 1965. On July 16, 1969, the day Apollo 11 was launched, Mr. Calle was the only artist allowed to observe the astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, as they readied themselves for the mission eating breakfast, donning their spacesuits and the like. He captured their preparations in a series of intimate pen-and-ink sketches later exhibited at the National Air and Space Museum. That morning, when the astronauts lifted off, one of the things they carried was the engraved printing plate of Mr. Calle's commemorative stamp. As the moon lacked a post office, a proof made from the plate was hand-canceled by the men aboard the spacecraft. Mr. Calle's wife, the former Olga Wyhowanec, whom he married in 1951, died in 2003. Besides his son Chris, he is survived by another son, Paul P., a veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo; a daughter, Claudia Calle Beal; and six grandchildren. Interviewed after the moon landing, Mr. Calle divulged the secret of his rigorous craft: "When you do a stamp," he said, "think big, but draw small."

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                • Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting
                  Mar. 12, 2023

                  Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting

                  Est: $550 - $700

                  ARTIST: Paul Calle (Connecticut, New York, 1928 - 2010) & Chris Calle (US,Born 1961) NAME: Streamlined Design YEAR: 1998 MEDIUM: mixed media on board CONDITION: Excellent. SIGHT SIZE: 15 x 12 inches / 38 x 30 cm BOARD SIZE: 20 x 16 inches / 50 x 40 cm SIGNATURE: lower right NOTE: This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. 32? Streamlin Design/1930's 20th Century stamps issued September 10, 1998. Prior to the early 20th century, ornamentation was universally regarded as a necessary component of product design. Products were deemed incomplete -- even soulless -- without lavish adornment. By the 1930s, however, such pretentious ornamentation fell out of favor with designers. In 1932, Walter Maria Kersting's book, The Living Form, stated designers should create "simple and inexpensive objects, that should not appear more than what they are." The same year, Norman Bel Geddes published Horizons, an influential work that enthusiastically promoted smooth, organic shapes for aircraft, ships and cars. In 1933, the revolutionary Douglas DC-1 aircraft appeared. With its all-metal structure, stressed aluminum skin, and wings that were integrated into the fuselage, the plane made a dramatic impact on all future aircraft designs. Douglas soon followed this landmark achievement with the DC-2 and DC-3. A pilot of the era commented, "one glance at their aerodynamically clean lines and handsome, stressed-skin finish was enough to emphasize their advance over all contemporary design." This aesthetic gained even greater impetus after 1934, when the Nazi Party dissolved the Bauhaus, Germany's famous school of design, architecture and applied arts. Many designers of the Bauhaus emigrated to the United States, bringing their streamlined design principles with them. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120040 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Paul Calle, Postage Stamp Designer, Is Dead at 82 By MARGALIT FOX The cause was melanoma, said his son Chris, who is also a stamp designer. A longtime Stamford resident, Mr. Calle (pronounced KAL-ee) designed more than 40 United States stamps, licked by generations of postwar Americans. He was best known for the 10-cent stamp, commissioned by NASA and issued in 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon landing that year. His other stamps include ones honoring Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1971), Robert Frost (1974), the International Year of the Child (1979), Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan (1980), Frederic Remington (1981), Pearl S. Buck (1983), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1984) and folk-art carousel horses (1988 and again, with new artwork, in 1995). Mr. Calle's work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and elsewhere. With Chris, he designed two 1994 stamps a 29-cent first-class stamp and a $9.95 express-mail stamp commemorating the moon landing's 25th anniversary. Father and son also collaborated on stamps for Sweden, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and the United Nations. Paul Calle was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on March 3, 1928. He earned a bachelor's degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and during the Korean War was an illustrator for the Army. Early in his career, Mr. Calle did cover artwork for science-fiction pulp magazines like Galaxy, Fantasy Fiction and Super Science Stories, as well as for general-interest publications like The Saturday Evening Post. In 1962, he was among the inaugural group of artists chosen for the NASA Art Program, a documentary record of the space program that has produced thousands of works to date. Mr. Calle's early art for the program includes a pair of 5-cent stamps, issued in 1967, depicting the Gemini casule and the astronaut Ed White making the first American spacewalk in 1965. On July 16, 1969, the day Apollo 11 was launched, Mr. Calle was the only artist allowed to observe the astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, as they readied themselves for the mission eating breakfast, donning their spacesuits and the like. He captured their preparations in a series of intimate pen-and-ink sketches later exhibited at the National Air and Space Museum. That morning, when the astronauts lifted off, one of the things they carried was the engraved printing plate of Mr. Calle's commemorative stamp. As the moon lacked a post office, a proof made from the plate was hand-canceled by the men aboard the spacecraft. Mr. Calle's wife, the former Olga Wyhowanec, whom he married in 1951, died in 2003. Besides his son Chris, he is survived by another son, Paul P., a veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo; a daughter, Claudia Calle Beal; and six grandchildren. Interviewed after the moon landing, Mr. Calle divulged the secret of his rigorous craft: "When you do a stamp," he said, "think big, but draw small."

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                • Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting
                  Mar. 12, 2023

                  Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting

                  Est: $650 - $850

                  ARTIST: Paul Calle (Connecticut, New York, 1928 - 2010) & Chris Calle (US,Born 1961) NAME: Oldest Democracy Celebrates Bicentennial YEAR: 1999 MEDIUM: mixed media on board CONDITION: Excellent. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 15 inches / 25 x 38 cm BOARD SIZE: 13 x 20 inches / 33 x 50 cm SIGNATURE: lower right NOTE: This painting is the original painting which was published on the Republic of the Marshall Islands The 20th Century Series 60c Oldest Democracy Celebrates Bicentennial stamp issued November 15, 1999. On July 4, 1976, America celebrated the 200th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Festivities in the world's oldest democracy started on a mountain in Maine, where dawn first reached the country. Magnificent clipper ships breezed into New York Harbor in honor of the holiday. From coast to coast, spectacular firework displays lit up the sky. Cities throughout the country held parades featuring marching bands in Revolutionary War regalia, while streets were festooned with red, white and blue streamers and confetti. Families and friends gathered at beaches and parks. As an important part of the enormous celebration, thousands of people were naturalized as American citizens in solemn ceremonies. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. SIMILAR ARTISTS: James Bama, Martin Grelle, Gerald Harvey Jones, Frank C McCarthy, Tim Cox, Scott Christensen, Roy Andersen, John Ford Clymer, Howard Terpning, Ken Carlson, William Acheff, Bill Anton, Michael Coleman, George Catlin, Ernest Leonard Blumenschein, Carl Borg CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 118693 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Paul Calle, Postage Stamp Designer, Is Dead at 82 By MARGALIT FOX The cause was melanoma, said his son Chris, who is also a stamp designer. A longtime Stamford resident, Mr. Calle (pronounced KAL-ee) designed more than 40 United States stamps, licked by generations of postwar Americans. He was best known for the 10-cent stamp, commissioned by NASA and issued in 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon landing that year. His other stamps include ones honoring Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1971), Robert Frost (1974), the International Year of the Child (1979), Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan (1980), Frederic Remington (1981), Pearl S. Buck (1983), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1984) and folk-art carousel horses (1988 and again, with new artwork, in 1995). Mr. Calle's work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and elsewhere. With Chris, he designed two 1994 stamps a 29-cent first-class stamp and a $9.95 express-mail stamp commemorating the moon landing's 25th anniversary. Father and son also collaborated on stamps for Sweden, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and the United Nations. Paul Calle was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on March 3, 1928. He earned a bachelor's degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and during the Korean War was an illustrator for the Army. Early in his career, Mr. Calle did cover artwork for science-fiction pulp magazines like Galaxy, Fantasy Fiction and Super Science Stories, as well as for general-interest publications like The Saturday Evening Post. In 1962, he was among the inaugural group of artists chosen for the NASA Art Program, a documentary record of the space program that has produced thousands of works to date. Mr. Calle's early art for the program includes a pair of 5-cent stamps, issued in 1967, depicting the Gemini casule and the astronaut Ed White making the first American spacewalk in 1965. On July 16, 1969, the day Apollo 11 was launched, Mr. Calle was the only artist allowed to observe the astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, as they readied themselves for the mission eating breakfast, donning their spacesuits and the like. He captured their preparations in a series of intimate pen-and-ink sketches later exhibited at the National Air and Space Museum. That morning, when the astronauts lifted off, one of the things they carried was the engraved printing plate of Mr. Calle's commemorative stamp. As the moon lacked a post office, a proof made from the plate was hand-canceled by the men aboard the spacecraft. Mr. Calle's wife, the former Olga Wyhowanec, whom he married in 1951, died in 2003. Besides his son Chris, he is survived by another son, Paul P., a veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo; a daughter, Claudia Calle Beal; and six grandchildren. Interviewed after the moon landing, Mr. Calle divulged the secret of his rigorous craft: "When you do a stamp," he said, "think big, but draw small."

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                • Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting
                  Mar. 12, 2023

                  Paul Calle (CT,NY,1928-2010) mixed media painting

                  Est: $750 - $950

                  ARTIST: Paul Calle (Connecticut, New York, 1928 - 2010) & Chris Calle (US,Born 1961) NAME: 1920s - Prohibition YEAR: 1998 MEDIUM: mixed media on board CONDITION: Excellent. SIGHT SIZE: 17 x 14 inches / 43 x 35 cm BOARD SIZE: 23 x 16 inches / 58 x 40 cm SIGNATURE: lower right NOTE: This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. Celebrate the Century Series 32c Prohibition Enforced stamp issued May 28, 1998. On October 28, 1919, the Volstead Act was passed, providing enforcement of the recently ratified 18th Amendment, prohibiting the manufacture, sale or transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States. President Herbert Hoover declared Prohibition to be "a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose." Most Americans, however, tended to disagree, especially those living in cities where illegal saloons or speakeasies flourished. Along with speakeasies came the men who supplied the illicit spirits, gangsters such as Frank Costello and Al Capone. Before long, the explosive growth of bootlegging and organized crime led to the broad corruption of public officials. Fewer than 1,600 liquor enforcement agents patrolled a nation inhabited by more than 105 million people, which possessed two lengthy borders and more than 18,000 miles of coastline. And since agents were paid miserable wages, few were dedicated to their work. Two notable exceptions were agents Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith -- famous for donning elaborate disguises to catch offenders. Calls for repeal of Prohibition began as early as 1923. It wasn't until February 20, 1933, however, that Congress passed the 21st Amendment, repealing the 18th Amendment and making liquor legal again. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. SIMILAR ARTISTS: James Bama, Martin Grelle, Gerald Harvey Jones, Frank C McCarthy, Tim Cox, Scott Christensen, Roy Andersen, John Ford Clymer, Howard Terpning, Ken Carlson, William Acheff, Bill Anton, Michael Coleman, George Catlin, Ernest Leonard Blumenschein, Carl Borg CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 118692 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Paul Calle, Postage Stamp Designer, Is Dead at 82 By MARGALIT FOX The cause was melanoma, said his son Chris, who is also a stamp designer. A longtime Stamford resident, Mr. Calle (pronounced KAL-ee) designed more than 40 United States stamps, licked by generations of postwar Americans. He was best known for the 10-cent stamp, commissioned by NASA and issued in 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon landing that year. His other stamps include ones honoring Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1971), Robert Frost (1974), the International Year of the Child (1979), Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan (1980), Frederic Remington (1981), Pearl S. Buck (1983), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1984) and folk-art carousel horses (1988 and again, with new artwork, in 1995). Mr. Calle's work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and elsewhere. With Chris, he designed two 1994 stamps a 29-cent first-class stamp and a $9.95 express-mail stamp commemorating the moon landing's 25th anniversary. Father and son also collaborated on stamps for Sweden, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and the United Nations. Paul Calle was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on March 3, 1928. He earned a bachelor's degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and during the Korean War was an illustrator for the Army. Early in his career, Mr. Calle did cover artwork for science-fiction pulp magazines like Galaxy, Fantasy Fiction and Super Science Stories, as well as for general-interest publications like The Saturday Evening Post. In 1962, he was among the inaugural group of artists chosen for the NASA Art Program, a documentary record of the space program that has produced thousands of works to date. Mr. Calle's early art for the program includes a pair of 5-cent stamps, issued in 1967, depicting the Gemini casule and the astronaut Ed White making the first American spacewalk in 1965. On July 16, 1969, the day Apollo 11 was launched, Mr. Calle was the only artist allowed to observe the astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, as they readied themselves for the mission eating breakfast, donning their spacesuits and the like. He captured their preparations in a series of intimate pen-and-ink sketches later exhibited at the National Air and Space Museum. That morning, when the astronauts lifted off, one of the things they carried was the engraved printing plate of Mr. Calle's commemorative stamp. As the moon lacked a post office, a proof made from the plate was hand-canceled by the men aboard the spacecraft. Mr. Calle's wife, the former Olga Wyhowanec, whom he married in 1951, died in 2003. Besides his son Chris, he is survived by another son, Paul P., a veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo; a daughter, Claudia Calle Beal; and six grandchildren. Interviewed after the moon landing, Mr. Calle divulged the secret of his rigorous craft: "When you do a stamp," he said, "think big, but draw small."

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                • Paul Calle's "Teton Friends" Limited Edition Print
                  Mar. 05, 2023

                  Paul Calle's "Teton Friends" Limited Edition Print

                  Est: $65 - $80

                  Paul Calle's "Teton Friends" limited edition print signed and numbered 521/950. This print is in mint condition and has never been framed. American Artist

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                • Paul Calle's "One With The Land" Limited Edition Print
                  Mar. 05, 2023

                  Paul Calle's "One With The Land" Limited Edition Print

                  Est: $65 - $80

                  Paul Calle's "One With The Land" limited edition print signed and numbered 664/950. This print is in mint condition and has never been framed. American Artist

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                • Paul Calle's "Generations In The Valley" Limited Edition Print
                  Mar. 05, 2023

                  Paul Calle's "Generations In The Valley" Limited Edition Print

                  Est: $65 - $80

                  Paul Calle's "Generations In The Valley" limited edition print signed and numbered 370/950. This print is in mint condition and has never been framed. American Artist

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                • Paul Calle's "Fresh Tracks" Limited Edition Print
                  Mar. 05, 2023

                  Paul Calle's "Fresh Tracks" Limited Edition Print

                  Est: $40 - $50

                  Paul Calle's "Fresh Tracks" limited edition print signed and numbered 670/950. This has been custom framed and double matted using acid free matting. Included with certificate of authenticity. American Artist

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                • Paul Calle's "Almost Home" Limited Edition Print
                  Mar. 05, 2023

                  Paul Calle's "Almost Home" Limited Edition Print

                  Est: $75 - $85

                  Paul Calle's "Almost Home" limited edition print signed and numbered 612/950. This print is in mint condition, has been professionally triple matted, and custom framed under glass. American Artist

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                • Paul Calle's "Fireside Companions" Limited Edition Print
                  Mar. 04, 2023

                  Paul Calle's "Fireside Companions" Limited Edition Print

                  Est: $70 - $80

                  Paul Calle's "Fireside Companions" limited edition framed print, signed and numbered 271/950. This piece is of an American hunter smoking a pipe, sitting by a campfire at night. This print is in mint condition, has been professionally double matted and custom framed under glass. French Artist Canadian Artist

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                • Paul Calle's "Prayer To The Great Mystery" Limited Edition Print
                  Mar. 04, 2023

                  Paul Calle's "Prayer To The Great Mystery" Limited Edition Print

                  Est: $175 - $200

                  Paul Calle's "Prayer To The Great Mystery" limited edition print signed and numbered 867/950. This has been professionally double matted using acid free matting and acid free foam core, and has been custom framed under glass. American Artist American Artist

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