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Lot 14: Russell Brockbank (1913-1979) Four motoring related cartoons,

Est: £400 GBP - £600 GBPSold:
BonhamsChichester, United KingdomAugust 31, 2007

Item Overview

Description

in black ink, all drawn on the same sheet of artist's paper, showing the artist's typically dryly witty take on 1960s motor racing, the first showing a driver signing with a new team slightly perturbed by goings on at the factory, captioned as 'Thats right lad you sign here', the second showing the driver of a hairy 1960s single seater explaining to the team manager 'To paraphrase the Duke of Wellington I've no idea whether it frightens the enemy but by God it frightens ME!', the next showing two journalist eaves dropping outside the Clerk of the Courses office with the caption ' Drivers demanding four more chicanes He says the public wont stand for it Drivers say something we cant print about the spectators' the final showing a driver being stretched out of the pits at Le Mans with the caption 'Now then- which of you creeps told him his time through the measured Kilometre on the Mulsanne Straight?', combined measurement 40 x 25cm.

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Auction Details

Important Sports, Competition and Collectors' Motor Cars, Fine Automobilia

by
Bonhams
August 31, 2007, 12:00 PM EST

Goodwood House, Chichester, SXW, SXW, UK