3 ‘Peanuts’ strips fetch $110,740 at Philip Weiss Auctions

Peanuts creator Charles Schulz drew this Sunday comics page in May 1953. Done in pen and ink, the strip sold for $67,800 at Philip Weiss Auctions. Image courtesy Philip Weiss Auctions.
Peanuts creator Charles Schulz drew this Sunday comics page in May 1953. Done in pen and ink, the strip sold for $67,800 at Philip Weiss Auctions. Image courtesy Philip Weiss Auctions.
Peanuts creator Charles Schulz drew this Sunday comics page in May 1953. Done in pen and ink, the strip sold for $67,800 at Philip Weiss Auctions. Image courtesy Philip Weiss Auctions.

OCEANSIDE, N.Y. – An original “Peanuts” Sunday page, rendered in pen and ink in May 1953 by the late comic illustrator Charles Schulz, soared to $67,800 at a multi-estate sale Sept. 13-14 at Philip Weiss Auctions. The eight-panel strip showed Charlie Brown and Snoopy playing fetch. In addition, two daily “Peanuts” strips sold for $21,470 each, bringing the three-strip total to $110,740.

All things considered, this sale was way better than I expected, with lots of surprises along the way,” said owner and auctioneer Philip Weiss. “I didn’t expect this level of activity – it was very exciting. Toy trains, comic books and animation art, in particular, did very well.”

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Exciting photographs, daguerreotypes to modern, to be sold at Be-hold Oct. 30

Image courtesy Be-Hold Inc.
Image courtesy Be-Hold Inc.
Image courtesy Be-Hold Inc.

NEW YORK – Powerful and revealing images documenting war will be front and center at the 52nd Be-hold catalog/internet auction of photographs that will take place Thursday, Oct. 30, starting at 2 p.m. Eastern.

A large series of photographs dealing with 20th century wars will be offered. Some of the material is disturbing, yet these photographs show how art and documentation are closely entwined. A major group of offerings deals with Vietnam. These are grouped chronologically, from the end of the French involvement up to the aftermath in Cambodia. Most of the images are press photographs, with the original “slugs” attached that provide important context. The photographers are often credited. Photographs by some of the major photographers such as Sean Flynn, Kyoichi Sawada, Philip Jones Griffith and Don McCullin will be offered individually.

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