PIN-UP ART 3

THIS PUNCHBOARD LITHO IS BY PIN-UP ARTIST BRADSHAW CRANDELL AND WAS DONE IN THE 1930's AS INDICATED BY THE OLD LUCKY STRIKE GREEN BACKGROUND AND THE OTHER OLD CIGARETTE'S, CAMEL, OLD GOLD & CHESTERFIELD. THIS 10"X14" PIECE IS TITLED "ACCENT ON YOUTH". IT HAS THE STAMPED COPYRIGHT ON THE BOTTOM LEFT THE GERLACH-BARKLOW CO. JOLIET, ILL. $55.00

THIS 12X16" CHROMOLITHOGRAPH BY PINUP ARTIST ART FRAHM IS TITLED "SPARE" & PRINTED IN BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE IS "CORP. A. FOX 1958 LITHO IN U.S.A." THIS IS A SALESMAN SAMPLE & HAS THE PRINTED SAMPLE # 8611 ON IT.THIS CAME FROM A PRINT SHOP THAT WAS IN BUSINESS IN THE 1920's THRU THE EARLY 1960's. THE 2" BLANK SPACE AT THE TOP WAS WHERE THE ADVERTISING WOULD GO. $55.00

"BEDROOM EYES" MOVIE POSTER 1984. THIS MOVIE POSTER MEASUES 27"X41" AND HAS THE USUAL CREASES FROM BEING FOLDED. IN CENTER OF FOLD/POSTER IS SMALL HOLE ALONG THE HORIZONTAL CREASE FROM FOLDING/UNFOLDING. $25.00

THIS 12X17" CHROMOLITHOGRAPH BY PINUP ARTIST BILLY DE VORSS IS UNTITLED. PRINTED IN BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE IS "FAS MADE IN U.S.A." THIS IS A EARLY 1940's SALESMAN SAMPLE & HAS THE PRINTED SAMPLE # 6977 ON IT.THIS CAME FROM A PRINT SHOP THAT WAS IN BUSINESS IN THE 1920's THRU THE EARLY 1960's. $75.00

THIS 12X17" CHROMOLITHOGRAPH BY PINUP ARTIST FOREST CLOUGH AND IS TITLED "FORTUNE TELLER". FOREST CLOUGH IS ANOTHER ARTIST THAT IS PARTICUARLY HARD TO FIND IN THE PINUP WORLD. PRINTED IN BOTTOM LEFT SIDE IS "KLM MADE IN U.S.A." THIS IS A EARLY 1940's SALESMAN SAMPLE & HAS THE PRINTED SAMPLE # 1915 ON IT.THIS CAME FROM A PRINT SHOP THAT WAS IN BUSINESS IN THE 1920's THRU THE EARLY 1960's. I HAVE THREE OF THESE AT $100.00 EACH 1 SOLD, 2 ARE LEFT

THIS IS A BLACK & WHITE LIMITED EDITION LITHO 12"X18" ALSO ON HEAVY ARCHIVAL QUALITY, ACID-FREE SAXONY PAPER. IF YOU SAW MY BOOK ON MacPHERSON THIS IS THE FRONT COVER PICTURE FOR THAT BOOK "MEMOIRS"AND HAS BEEN HAND SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. I HAVE 2 OF THESE LITHO'S FOR SALE #24/396 & 296/395 AT $45.00 EACH

THESE LAST 19 OR SO PIECE'S OF PIN-UP ART ARE BY GEORGE PETTY AND ALBERTO VARGAS. ALL OF THESE WERE OBTAINED FROM THE RETIRED ART DIRECTOR OF PLAYBOY, REID STEWART AUSTIN. I HAVE BEEN TO HIS HOME ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND CONSIDERED HIM A GOOD FRIEND. THESE PIECE'S CAME FROM HIS COLLECTION, AND IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, REID STEWART AUSTIN BECAME ALBERTO VARGAS'S PERSONAL ART DIRECTOR AND MORE SIGNIFICANTLY HIS FRIEND FOR OVER 17 YEARS. REID WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING VARGAS OVER TO PLAYBOY FROM ESQUIRE AFTER A BITTER LEGAL BATTLE OVER THE VARGA NAME RIGHTS. REID'S BOOK ON THE ARTWORK OF PETTY IS THE FIRST-EVER BIOGRAPHY OF PETTY. REID, IN COOPERATION WITH MARJORIE PETTY (GEORGE PETTY'S DAUGHTER & MODEL) AND THE PETTY ESTATE, HAS WORKED ON THE RESEARCH AND WRITING OF PETTY SINCE THE MID 1980's.

THIS GEORGE PETTY PIECE WAS FEATURED IN THE DECEMBER 1941 ESQUIRE MAGAZINE. THIS IS NOT A GATEFOLD. IF YOU HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE AD's IN ESQUIRE WHERE THEY OFFER SOME OF THE GATEFOLD'S IN A SPECIAL LITHO, SUITABLE FOR FRAMING, THIS IS WHAT IT WAS. 18"X12" THIS PETTY GIRL HAS BEEN PAINTED ON SOME OF THE WWII AIRCRAFT AS SEEN IN THE BELOW PICTURE, THAT IS FROM MY BOOK FOR SALE, "PETTY" THE CLASSIC PIN-UP ART OF GEORGE PETTY" BY REID STEWART AUSTIN. YOU WILL HARDLY EVER FIND PIECES LIKE THIS ANY MORE. $110.00SOLD

THIS 3 FOLD GATEFOLD IS FROM "TRUE MAGAZINE", JANUARY 1947. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, MARJORIE PETTY, THE DAUGHTER OF GEORGE PETTY AND MODELED FOR MANY OF HIS PAINTING'S, SIGNED THIS PIECE. ON THE BACKSIDE IS A BEAUTIFUL LITHO BY DEAN CORNWELL OF "THE RACE OF THE NATCHEZ AND THE ROBERT E. LEE" 2 OLD STEAM PADDLE BOAT'S. $225.00SOLD

A SIGNED PAGE OF MARJORIE PETTY FROM A DECEMBER 1938 ESQUIRE MAGAZINE. BEAUTIFUL GEORGE PETTY ARTWORK, THE VERSE SAYS "I'M NOT POSING FOR THAT ACCOUNT ANY LONGER. IT SEEMS I TOOK THE CONSUMER'S MIND ENTIRELY OFF THE PRODUCT". $175.00 SOLD

I HAVE ALWAYS CALLED THIS PIECE, "THE MEMPHIS BELLE" GIRL AS I'M SURE ALL OF YOU WWII BUFFS HAVE COME TO KNOW HER, THE SAME WAY. THIS GATEFOLD FROM THE APRIL 1941 ESQUIRE MAGAZINE IS SIGNED BY MARJORIE PETTY AND THE VERSE READS, "I'M THE ONE WITH THE PART IN THE BACK". $225.00 SOLD

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THIS WARTIME GATEFOLD ALSO BY GEORGE PETTY IS FROM THE JULY 1941 ESQUIRE MAGAZINE AND IS SIGNED BY MARJORIE PETTY. THE VERSE READS, "....SO TAKE MY ADVICE AND JUST BET YOUR SHIRT!". $225.00SOLD

THIS GEORGE PETTY "MEMPHIS BELLE" PIECE IS ON HEAVY STOCK WHITE PAPER AND REID STEWART AUSTIN TOLD ME THIS IS WHAT WAS USED AS BOTH THE GATEFOLD & CALENDAR PROOF. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1941 PROOF USED FOR THE APRIL 1941 ESQUIRE MAGAZINE. $450.00 SOLD

THIS GEORGE PETTY PIECE IS ALSO ON HEAVY STOCK PAPER AND WAS ALSO USED AS BOTH THE GATEFOLD & CALENDAR PROOF. IT DOES HAVE SOME CRINKELS AROUND THE PETTY SIGNATURE AND A SLIGHT CREASE FROM THE RIGHT SIDE ABOVE THE SIGNATURE OVER TO THE LEFT SIDE. ONCE FRAMED IS SHOULD BARELY BE SEEN. $300.00SOLD

ALBERTO VARGAS DID THIS PIECE FOR, TRUE MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 1952. THE 2 PAGE ARTICLE IS TITLED "TRUE GIRL BY VARGAS" $25.00

THIS BEAUTIFUL PIECE IS ON HEAVY STOCK PAPER WHICH I HAVE NEVER FOUND IN ANY BOOK ON VARGA OR VARGAS, IS A PRINTERS PROOF DATED 1939. MAYBE IT WAS TOO REVEALING FOR ONE OF THE ESQUIRE MAGAZINES!? $300.00SOLD

THIS ONE IS TRUELY A COLLECTOR'S PIECE. THIS IS A ORIGINAL 1943 FINAL PRINTERS PROOF GATEFOLD. IT IS NOT FOLDED, IT HAS NO PRINTING ON THE BACK. IT IS ALSO HANDSIGNED IN PENCIL, VARGA. (PENCIL SIGNATURE IS ON THE TOP & THE BOTTOM IS THE PRINTED SIGNATURE). THERE ARE SMALL BROWN AGE SPOTS ACROSS THE PROOF, VERY SMALL EDGE/CORNER DINGS & REAL SMALL TEAR ON THE TOP & SIDE. THESE TYPE OF ITEMS HARDLY EVER COME OUT FOR SALE OR FOR AUCTION. $600.00