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Lot 457: GOULD, CHESTER

Est: $300 USD - $400 USDSold:
Alexander Historical Auctions LLCStamford, CT, USJune 03, 2006

Item Overview

Description

457. CHESTER GOULD (1900-1985) American cartoonist who was first to introduce crime and violence to the comics with his creation of "Dick Tracy". Excellent original comic strip signed in full, 23" x 7", a hand-drawn and inked four-panel daily "Dick Tracy" strip for Oct. 26, 1966 showing Tracy confronting a killer in his hospital bed. The first panel shows a steam shovel's bucket bearing the "bodies of your two henchman", with a skeletal corpse "waiting in cold storage to send you to the chair". Fine condition. $300-400

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Auction Details

June 3rd, 2006

by
Alexander Historical Auctions LLC
June 03, 2006, 12:00 AM EST

860 Canal St. 2nd Floor, Stamford, CT, 06902, US