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Auction archive: Lot number 114

WEIRD TALES of the FUTURE #5, CGC 3.5, WOLVERTON Cover

Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 114

WEIRD TALES of the FUTURE #5, CGC 3.5, WOLVERTON Cover

Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

CGC certified: VG- (3.5). Off-white to white pages. Basil Wolverton story and cover. Tony Mortellaro, Eugene Hughes, Ed Smalle and Charles Stern art. Classic Wolverton cover, a strong candidate for best non-EC sci-fi cover of the pre-Code era. "The comic book poet of [psychological horror] is Basil Wolverton, whose unique art style created bizarrely static yet vibrant and intense images. Wolverton is the unacknowledged master of fifties depression and anxiety, supposedly minor emotions whose true shape he reveals as profound horror." -Jim Trombetta, The Horror! The Horror! Comic Books the Government Didn't Want You To Read!" [Abrams: 2010]. CGC census: Eight 3.5 copies. Comparable CGC sales: 3.5: $1150 (Sept. 2018). Consignments Accepted for PBA's Next Comic Book Auction. Golden Age, Silver Age, Pre-Code, Original Art, Interesting Ephemera Sought. Contact [email protected] for details. PBA COMICS March 26th Comic Book Sale catalogues available. Supplies Limited. Softcover catalogue limited to 200 copies ($45 + $5 postage/handling). Hardcover limited to 26 lettered copies, dust jacket, special limitation plate ($150). Contact [email protected] .

Auction archive: Lot number 114
Auction:
Datum:
16 Apr 2020
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

CGC certified: VG- (3.5). Off-white to white pages. Basil Wolverton story and cover. Tony Mortellaro, Eugene Hughes, Ed Smalle and Charles Stern art. Classic Wolverton cover, a strong candidate for best non-EC sci-fi cover of the pre-Code era. "The comic book poet of [psychological horror] is Basil Wolverton, whose unique art style created bizarrely static yet vibrant and intense images. Wolverton is the unacknowledged master of fifties depression and anxiety, supposedly minor emotions whose true shape he reveals as profound horror." -Jim Trombetta, The Horror! The Horror! Comic Books the Government Didn't Want You To Read!" [Abrams: 2010]. CGC census: Eight 3.5 copies. Comparable CGC sales: 3.5: $1150 (Sept. 2018). Consignments Accepted for PBA's Next Comic Book Auction. Golden Age, Silver Age, Pre-Code, Original Art, Interesting Ephemera Sought. Contact [email protected] for details. PBA COMICS March 26th Comic Book Sale catalogues available. Supplies Limited. Softcover catalogue limited to 200 copies ($45 + $5 postage/handling). Hardcover limited to 26 lettered copies, dust jacket, special limitation plate ($150). Contact [email protected] .

Auction archive: Lot number 114
Auction:
Datum:
16 Apr 2020
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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